New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-11

dria," and insert the words "Red river
also, to strike out the words "and every
mile" in line fourteen and insert at the end
of line thirteen the word smile"
Adopted.
Mr.. Sypher moved to strike out section
twenty.
Mr.. Harris moved to lay the motion on
the table.
On call of the yeas and nays, the motion
was ordered to lie on the table by the fol-
lowing vote:
Yeas-Blackman, Bowman, Butler. Gal
lup, Harris, Hunsaker, Ingraham, jerks,
Raglan, Ray, Smith, Swords, Thomas, Todd,
Twitchell-20.
Nays-Daigle, Herwig, Sypher, Thompson,
WilcOx-5.
Mr.. Harris moved to strike out the word
alexandria" and insert the word5S'Red
river"
Adopted.
The section was then adopted as
amended.
Mr.. Harris then moved to adopt the bill
as amended.
On a call of the yeas and nays, the bill
was adopted as a whole by the following
vote:
Yeas-Bowman, Coupland, Daigle. Gal
lup, Harris, Herwig Hunsaker, Ingraham,
jerks, Kelso, Lynch, holland, OHara,
Pinchback, Raglan, Ray, Smith, Swords,
Thomas, Todd, Twitchell-2l.
Nays-Blackman, Sypher, Thompson,
| Wilcox.
On motion of Mr.. Harris the bill was con-
sidered engrossed.
| Mr.. Harris moved to suspend the consti-
tutonal rule to put the bill on its third
reading.
On call of the yeas and nays, the Senate
voted to suspend the constitutional rule by
the following four-ffths affirmative vote
Yeas-Blackman Bowman, Campbell,
COPELAND, Daigle, Gallup, Harris, Herwig,
Hunsaker. Ingraham, jerks, Kelso, Lynch,
holland, O'HaIa, Pinchback, Raglan, Ray,
Smith, Swords, Thomas, Thompson, Todd,
Twitchell-2i.
Nays-Sypher, Wilcox-2.
The bill was read its third and last time,
and finally adopted, on call of the yeas
and nays, by the following vote:
Yeas-Blackman, Bowman, Campbell,
COPELAND, Gallup, Harris Hunsaker, Ingra
ham, jerks, Lynch, holland. O'Hara, Pinch
back, Raglan, Ray, Smith, Swords, Thomas,
Todd, Twitchell-20.
Nays-Sypher, Thompson, Wiicox-3.
The title was then adopted.
Mr.. Hunsaker, by unanimous consent,
called up Senate bill No. 149, for the pur-
pose of fixing it, and moved that it be made
the special order of the day for Tuesday
next at 2 P. NJ.
Adopted.
BILLS ON THIRD READING.
Substitute for Senate bill No pa, to be
entitled an act to amend and re-enact sec
lions one, three, four, eleven, thirteen,
fifteen, sixteen, nineteen. twenty-One,
twenty-five, twenty-six, Twenty-Five, thirty
three, thirty-fou thirty-fve, thirty-six,
thirty-eight and forty-two of an act entitled
IAN act to provide for the revision and cor
rection of the list of registered voters of the
State, the appointment of the various Off
GERS necessary therefor, and to prescribe |
the duties, powers and compensation of the
same; to prescribe certain duties for the
sections of the cemeteries of New Orleans;
to prescribe the penalties for the violation |
of the law, and to provide for new regis |
tration in certain parishes and wards" ap- |
proved March 10, 1870, and to repeal sections |
seventeen and forty-one of the said above |
entitled act
Read third time.
Mr. Lynch moved that the bill finally |
pass, and called for the previous question.
The main question was ordered, and the
bill finally adopted, on a call of the yeas
and nays, by the following vote:
Ieas-Anderson, Barber, Butler. Camp
bell. Harris, jerks, kelso, Lynch, holland,
OHara, Pinchback, Ragan. Ray, Swords
Thomas. Todd Twitchell-l7.
Nays-Antoine, Blackman, COPELAND,
Daigle, Gallup, Herwig, Ingraham, Smith,
Thompson. Wilcox-l0
Substitute for Senate bill No. l26, to be
entitled an act to amend and re-enact arti-
Gle 3lG5 Of the Revised Civil Code.
The amendments reported by the House
were, on motion of Mr.. Lynch, concurred
in.
By unanimous consent, House bill No,
39l, to appropriate the sum of two hundred
thousand dollars to pay the mileage and per
diem of officers, members, employees and
contingent expenses of the General Assem-
bly, of Louisiana, of the session commencing
January /, 1872, and the extra session of the
Senate, commencing December 6, 1871, was
taken up and read its first time.
The constitutional rule was then sus-
pended by four-tifths affirmative vote,
and the bill put on its second reading.
Mr.. Lynch offered the following amend
ments to the bill:
Section one-Strike out all after the enact
ing clause. and insert the following, viz:
That every thirty miles, and for all trac-
tons over. on the ordinary line of travel
from the parish courthouse of the parish in
which any member of the General As
semby has his domicile at the time of his
election, to the State House of this State,
as hereinafter provided, shall be computed
as one day in going to and one day in re-
turning from the sessions of the General
Assembly, and for which member shall :
be paid eight dollars per day, in accordance
70 article thirty-nine Of the constitution of
The State; and that, for travelling expenses
II going to and returning from the sessions
IF the General Assembly, each member
shall receive twenty cents per mile each ,,
way, going to and returning from the court
house of his domicile to the State House;
md that the following is hereby fixed as
he distance on the ordinary line of travel ,
rom each parish courthouse to the State
House, to wit: '
The parish of Ascension, eighty miles.
The parish Of Assumption, one hundred :
niles.
The parish of Avoyelles, three hundred $
niles
The parish of Bossier, seven hundred and :
ifty-fve miles.
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