New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-23

lieu, Gardner, Garstkamp, P. Harper, Hemp
stead, Huston, La Saliniere, Laurent, Maho-
ney. Marie, Marvin, Matthews, McCarty,
Mcfarland, Morphy, Morris, Murray, Ong,
Oplatek, Overton, Quinn, Raby, Riley, Ring
gold, Sartain, Smith, Souer, Stamps, Stan
ton, Tounoir, Verrett, Washington (AssnmP
tom, Washington (Concordia), Worrail'
Yorke, Young
Quorum present.
Prayer by the Chaplain.
Mr.. Davidson, of Livingston, moved to
dispense with the reading Of the minutes
and to adopt the journal.
Carried.
Upon motion of Mr.. Davidson, OF Liv-
ingston, the vote expelling certain mem
beers for refusing to attend the meetings of
the House was reconsidered as far as it
concerned Messrs. Butler, of Bienville, and
Tatman, of St. Landry, and they were
allowed to take their seats and answer to
their names.
The Speaker announced the appointment
of the following committee, with instruc-
tons:
Committee on Contingent Expenses.
L. Souer. S. Marvin, p. G.. Deslonde, j. w.
Quinn. Peter Harper, j. j. Barrow, E.
Bentley.
The Committee on Contingent Expenses
is hereby instructed to compile statement
in detail of all expenditures of the House
ND to date, and hereafter to prepare q
weekly statement, in full, of all contingent
expenses, to be printed and placed on the
desks of the members on each Monday
morning during the session, together with
such suggestions and recommendations In
regard to retrenchment as they may deem
necessary. o. H. BREWSTER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
BY unanimous consent permission was
granted to the chairman of the Committee
on Judiciary, to rent suitable rooms for the
meetings of said committee.
Upon motion of Mr.. Brown, OF Ascension,
the following resolution and amendment,
lying on the table subject to a call, was
taken up and made the order of the day for
Wednesday, at one o'clock P. NJ.
Resolved, That the Speaker of the House
of Representatives appoint special COM
mittee, to consist of five members, to
whom shall be referred all outstanding un
audited warrants and vouchers of the last
session; that the said committee be required
to examine the same and make correct
registry of them and report the same to the
House as soon as possible; that the Warrant
Clerk be and is hereby directed to pay
none Of the outstanding warrants or vouch-
ers of the last session, until the whole list OF
genuine warrants and vouchers be reported
to the House for its action; and it
shall be the duty of the committee to
instruct the chairman of said committee
to indorse across the face of each voucher
or warrant decided to be genuine by the
committee, his signature, showing that they
are genuine; and it shall be the duty Of the
committee to frame deficiency bill, cover
ing the aggregate amount of said warrants
and vouchers, and designate how they shall
be paid, and submit it to the House for it's
action as soon as the registry is complete.
Amendment:
Provided. That no member OF the House
shall serve as q member OF committee
under this resolution who was member OF
any committee sitting during the recess
under resolutions alleged to have passed al
the last nights session, previous to the ad
jOurnment of 1871.
Mr.. Faulkner, of Caldwell, offered the
following resolution, and moved its adop
ton:
Resolrcd, That the members Of the House
of Representatives retain the seats they
now occupy the remainder of the present
session, and that the Sergeant alarms be
instructed to place the names of the mem
bers on their desks Immediately.
Mr.. Matthews. of Tensas, offered the fol
lowing substitute:
That we proceed to draw for seats in the
usual manner.
Upon motion of Mr.. Faulkner, of Cald
we'll, the substitute was laid on the table.
Mr.. Hampstead, of Iberville, moved to
adopt the resolution offered by Mr.. Faulk
ner, of Caldwell, and on that motion
called the previous question.
The main question was ordered and the
resolution adopted.
Mr. Devices, of Soto, moved to reconsider
the vote by which the resolution was
adopted, and also moved to lay the motion
to reconsider on the table.
Carried.
Mr.. Quinn, of Orleans. moved to adjourn
until II NJ. tomorrow.
Lost.
Upon motion of Mr.. Carr, of De Soto, the
veto messages OF the Governor were made
the special order of the day for Thursday
and ordered TO be printed.
MEMORIALS AND PETITIONS.
Mr.. Demas, of St. John the Baptist,
offered the following memorial, which was
referred to the Committee on Elections and
Qualifications:
81 &c p,,o 70 fha
House of Representatives of the State of
Louisiana.
NOTICES OF BILLS.
Notice was given that the following en-
titled bills would be introduced at some
future time:
By Mr.. Carr, of De Soto:
A bill entitled an act relative to pawn
broking and to regulate and control the
same throughout the State.
BY Mr.. Yorke, of Carroll
A bill entitled an act for the relief of j..
B. N. Browder, of Carroll.
By Mr.. Blunt, of Natchitoches:
A bill entitled an act to establish a steam
ferry at Grand Ecore, Red river.
BY Mr.. Brown, of Ascension
A deficiency bill to pay the genuine I'M
audited outstanding warrants and vouchers
of the session of 1871.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
Mr.. Faulkner, of Caldwell, having given
previous notice, introduced House bill No
3O4, an act entitled an act to annex the
northern part of Catahoula parish to the
parish of Caldwell, which was read.
Under suspension of the constitutional
rule, the bill was read the second time by
title, and referred to the Committee on