New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-24
Twelfth Days Session.

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SENATE CHAMBFR,
New Orleans, December 3 1872.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournmen
and was called to order by Hon. A. B. Ha
ris, Lieutenant Governor of the State an
President of the Senate
On call Of the roll the following Senator
answered to their names:
Presentation A. Is. Harris, President
and Messrs. Anderson, Barber Blunt, But
Ter, Burch, Brewster, Cage, Greene, ?.
Herwig, Harper, Ingraham, jerks, Mascot
Noland, Pollard, Sypher, Stamps, Todd
Twitchell, Weber, Wharton, Worrell-23.
The President Of the Senate announced
quorum present.
Prayer by Bishop Haden.
Reading of the minutes of yesterday
proceedings was dispensed with, and the
President announced that the journal o.
yesterdays proceedings stood approved
after the same had been corrected.
NOTICES OF BILLS.
BY Mr.. Hunsaker:
OF bill to be entitled 'an act for re-
Gief Of j. N. Shawhan.
BY Mr.. Green:
OF a bill to be entitled an act TO create
new parish, to be composed of jackson,
Union, Glairborn and Bienville.
Also Of a bill to be entitled, an act to
charter railroad from Vermilionville, by
way Of Alexandria, Vienna, to Archidelphia,
Arkansas.
Also, a bill TO be entitled an act creating
a committee to investigate the funds on the
State treasury.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
ENROLLING COMMITTEE
December q, 1872. :
20 the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
Your Committee on Enrolment beg leave
TO report the following bill as having been
duly enrolled:
Senate joint resolution No. 4, relative to
extending the time Of final payment Of
State tax collectors.
THOMAS H. holland,
Chairman.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS ACCORDING TO
PREVIOUS NOTICE.
BY Mr.. Twitchell:
Asn act requiring reclaimants or former
owners Of real estate to pay for all i'm
provemouts made thereon by the purchasers
Ghereof, and for other purposes.
BY unanimous consent, the bill was taken
up and read, and the constitutional rule
was suspended, and the bill put on it's sec
Ond reading by the required four-ffths
affirmative vote, and referred to the Com
inittee on Finance.
BY Mp. Weber,
A bill 60 be entitled an act for the relief
of taxpayers.
Ny unanimous consent, the bill was taken
up and que on its first reading and read. |
BY the required fourffths affirmative vote |
the rules were suspended, and the bill put |
on second reading, and referred to the |
on Finance.
RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED.
By Mr.. Brewster:
WHEREAS, The State library, containing
about 10000 volumes, and valued at up.
wards Of 100000, is in imminent danger of
being destroyed by reason OF the imperfect
of the library building; and
Whereas, 1t is currently reported that
sufficient amount of money has been appro-
priated to repair said building, and is now
IN the hands of parties who have delayed
expanding it in the manner designed by the
teneTal Assembly, therefore be it
,4IeS0iUed That the Committee on Libra
"les be and is hereby instructed to make a
thorough investigation of the correctness of
The above statements, and to report as soon
ts possible. And that the committee also
'eport what legislation is necessary, if any,
% require the State Librarian to open and
lose at such hours and on such DAYS as
yill enable the working people to visit the
library.
Adopted.
On motion Of Mr.. Butler, duly seconded,
he Senate went into executive session. 6
Executive session having been raised, =
be President ordered the roll to be called.
On call Of the roll the following Senators
nswered to their names: t
Presentation. A. b. Harris. and Messrs. t
nderson, Barber Blunt, Butler, Burch,
rewster, Cage, Greene, p +. Herwig.
arper, Ingraham jerks, Mascot, No
md, Pollard, Sypher, Stamps, Twitchell a
feber, Wharton, WOrrell-23. L
The President Of the Senate announced a
forum present.
APPOINTMENT OF JOINT COMMITTEE. il
The President announced that he had ap- L
'inted members of the joint committee on
q puLU VI blS DbudLb 10 ltEul WIFI Jl6
mmittee on the part of the House, in pur. j
ance Of the following resolution, joint
mmittee:
Resolved by the House, the Senate con, 81
rring, That a committee Of five members ar
this House and three members of the -
nate, to be appointed by the Chair or pre- p'
ling officer of each house, whose duty it or
all be to inquire into and report upon and pa
relation to the amount and character of 90
, Indebtedness against the State of Louis %
Ia, and with power to send for persons Sc
d papers. al
The following were appointed. by the pa
air: Messrs. Burch, Weber and Harper. to
IN motion of Mr.. Barber, the Senate tel
ed to adjourn till Monday at twelve
lock M.
he President then announced that the pu
late stood adjourned till Monday, De- a
aber %, 1872, at twelve o'clock NJ. by
CHARLES II. MERRITT. tb,
Secretary of Senate rel
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