New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-22
Senate bill No. 34S, to be entitled an act

to amend an act entitled Gan act t.
incorporate the Pontchartrain Railroad
Company" approved on the twentieth
of January, 1880, and the severa
acts amendatory thereof; also to en-
able the said Pontchartrain Railroad
Company to sell to Charles Morgan, hi
heirs, successors and assigns, that portion
Of said Pontchartrain railroad with it!
tracks, depOts, appurtenances and fran
chises lying between Girod street an(
Elysian Fields, and to authorize sale
Charles Morgan to incorporate the same
with the road now known as Morgan's
Louisiana and Texas railroad, formerly
known as the New Orleans, Opelousas and
Great Western, and for the purpose of pro
viding continuous and unbroken communi
cation between the same by ferry transpor
tation, was taken up.
| Mr.. McMillen moved to lay the bill Oh the
table subject to call.
| Mr.. Blackman desiring to debate, raised
| the point of order that the question to order
to lie ON the table subject to call was de
batable.
| The President held the point not well
| taken.
Mr.. Blackman appealed from the decision
Of the Chair.
! On call of the yeas and nays the de-
cision Of the Chair was sustained by the
following vote:
| Yeas-Anderson, Barber Butler, Camp
| bell Harris, Hunsaker, jerks. Kelso, Lewis,
McMiilen, Swords, Thomas, Twitchell-l4
! Nays-Blackman, Bowman, Daigle, Gal
lup, Ray, Smith, Sypher, Thompson-s
The question then required on the motion
| to order to lie on the table.
On call of the yeas and nays, the mo-
| ton to order the bill to lie on the table was
refused by the following VOTE being tie
! vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Barber, Butler, Camp
| bell, Harris, jerks, Kelso, Lewis, Nc
| Millen, Pinchback, Swords, Twitchell-l2.
Nays-Blackman, Bowman, Daigle. Gal
lup, Herwig Hunsaker, Ray, Smith, Sypher,
| Thomas, Thompson, Wllcox-l2.
Mr.. McMllen moved to postpone the bill
| until Monday next, at one o'clock.
On call of the yeas and nays, the motion
to postpone was adopted by the following
vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Antoine. Barber, Butler,
Harris. jerks, Kelso, Lewis, McMillen,
Pinchback, Smith, Swords, Todd, Twitchell,
Whitney-l5.
Nays-Blackman, Bowman, Coupland
Daigle, Gallup, Herwig, Lynch, OHars
Ray, SSypher, Thomas, Thompson, VIII
coX-l3.
Mr.. O'Hara moved to take up House bill
No $50, relative to poor houses.
On call ofthe yeas and nays the Senate
refused to take up the bill:
Yeas-Anderson, Barber, Butler, Gallup,
Harris, Lewis. O'Hara, Smith, Swords
Sypher, Todd, Twitchell, Whtney-l3.
Nays Antoine, Blackman, Bowman,
COPELAND, Daigle, Herwig, jerks, Lynch,
McMilen, Pinchback, Ray, Thomas, Thomp-
son, Wicox-14.
Substitute for Senate bills Nos. 275 and
276. an act providing for the ell lection of a
State Printer, and defining the duties and
fixing the compensation of the same, and
providing for State, judicial parochial and
municipal printing, and for printing the de-
cisions OF the Supreme Court, was taken up,
and a motion was made that the bill be con-
sdered section by section
Mr.. Gallup moved to postpone the bill
10 be made the special order of the day for
Wednesday next, at halfpast seven o'clock
On call of the yeas and nays, the Senate
refused to postpone by the following vote:
Ieas-Gallup-l
Nays-Andcrson. Antoine, Barber, Black
man, Bowman, Butler, Campbell Coup
land, Daigle, Harris. Herwig, jerks, Kelso,
Lewis. Lynch, McMillen, O'Hara, Pinch
back, Ray, Smith Swords, Sypher, Thomas,
Thompson, Todd, Twitcheu. Whitney, Will
cOX-2S.
The question then required on the motion
to take up the bill section by section.
The motion was then adopted, the bill
taken up, and the first section read and
adopted, with the following amendments:
In line sixteenAh word two" was strlck-
Ell out and the word "one inserted.
In line six strike out the word Monday
and insert the word day"
In line ten strike out " first" and in sert
the word - EACH" and strike out the word
each after the word "of,'' and insert
the"
The section was then adopted as amended
Sections two, three, four, five six, seven
and eight were then read and adopted.
Section nine was then read.
Nj Lynch moved to strike out. in lines
four and five, the words ''or for the corpor-
alton of New Orleans"
Mr.. Campbell moved to lay the motion
on the table
On call of the yeas and nays, the Senate
refused to order to lie on the table by the
following vote:
Barber, Campbell, Harris. Hun
els
Nays-Anderson. Antoine. Blackman,
Bowman, Butler. Daigle, Gallup. Herwig.
Lewis, Lynch, McMillen, Pinchback. Raw,
Smith. Sypher, Thomas, Thompson, Viii.
cOx-lS.
The amendment was then adopted, and
section adopted as amended.
Mr., OHara in the chair
Section ten was then read.
Mr.. Smith moved to strike oIt three in
line sixty, and insert ''two"
Adopted.
Also, in line seventy-eight strike out zone
dollar and twenty-five cents" and insert
'seyenty-fiye."
Adopted.
Also, in line eighty-two, strike out zone
dollar and insert "seventy-tive cents"
Adopted.
The section was then adopted as amended
Section eleven was then read.
Mr. Lynch moved to strike out the entire
section.
Mr.. OHara moved to lay the motion on
the table.