New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-08
OFFICIAL OUR NAL
OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SECOND SEES SION
OF THE
SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
.JOURNA AL

FOrty.seventh Day-Evening session.
HOUSE, OF REPREs ENTATivEs,(
Wednesday. February %, 1877. N)
The House was called to order, pursuant
to adjournment.
Speaker Brewster in the chair.
The roll was called, and the following
members answered to their names:
Speaker Brewster. and Messrs. Abel,
Baker. Barker, Barrett, Bentley. Bickham,
Bowen Brown. BRYAN, Butler. Carr, Craw-
ford. Darby, Davidson, Davis, Demas, De
wees. Deslonde Floyd, Gaddis, Garstkamp.
William Harper, johnson, kenner, hlllen,
La Saliniere. Laurent, Marie, Marvin. Mat
thews. McCarty. Meadows. Moncure. Nor
ply. Morris. Murray, Nelson, Oplatek,
Overton. Pond, Raby, Riley, Ringgold,
Sartain, Souer, Stinson, Tatman, Ihomp-
son. Tureaud. Verrett, Washington lAs-
sumptionI, Washington (Concordia), Wa
rers. Z. Williams, II. Williams, Worrall,
Ioung-59.
Quorum present.
Soto. the vote taken upon the final passage
of Senate bill No. 29l, an act to amend and
re-enact section two of an act entitled IAN
act to form a new parish, to be called the
parish Of Red River" approved March =,
1871, was reconsidered, and the bill
was then finally passed. Its title was
adopted and notice of concurrence was or
dered to be sent to the Senate.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
| The Secretary of the Senate was an
| nounced with the following MESSAGE,
House OF REPRESENTATIVE !
February 3D. 1872.
! To the Honorable Speaker and Members Of the
House of Representatives,
| am directed to present for your con-
| sderatiOn substitute for Senate bills Nos:
| Senate bill No. 400, granting additional
power to the police jury OF the parish OF
CHARLES II. MERRITT,
Secretary of Senate.
Mr.. Moncurc, of Caddo, moved that the
| House do resolve itself into committee OF
the whole to consider the appropriation bill
| Lost
| Mr.. Garstkamp, of Jefferson, moved that
| the House do resolve itself into committee
of the whole to consider such bills as had
been referred to it.
| Lost.
| Mr.. Faulkner, of Caldwell, called ul
Senate bill No. 295. an act ratifying and
confirming the charter of the New Orleans
| Waterworks Company, and to empower
said company to build waterworks, to lay
down pipes. erect fire plugs, ETC., and to
assess and collect water rates or rents on
property on the line of its pipes when laid.
Mr.. Moncure, of CaddO, raised the fol
lowing point of order: That the bill had
come up for consideration in the morning
session, and that motion was then made
to put it upon its second reading and was
lost, and that this evenings session being a
part of the days proceedings, it still took
a suspension Of the constitutional rule to
put it upon its second reading. Which
point was decided as being well taken.
Mr.. Quinn, Of Orleans, appealed from the
decision of the Chair.
Upon which Mcssrs. Moncure, of Caddo
and Thompson, of st. Tammany, called fol
the yeas and nays, with the following re
suit:
Yeas-Baker, Barker, Barrett, Barrow
Bickham, Broussard, Bryan, buckingham
Butler, Chachere, Cochrane, Darby. David
son. DeSlOnue, Ei!lS. riolu' NdrsthanD
p. Harper, Kenner, killen, Meadows, Mon
cure, Nelson, Oplatek, Sartain, Stinson
Tatman, Thompson, Iureaud, Washington
Assumption II. Willams-3l.
Nays-Abei, Antoine, Belot, Bentley
Bowen, Brown, Crawford, Darnsb burg
Davis, Demas, Devices, Faulkner, Gaddis
Gardner, William Harper, Hampstead
johnson, La Saliniere Laurent. j. b. Lott
Marie, Marvin, McCarty, Mcfarland
Moore, Morphy. Morris, Murray, Ong, Over
ton, Pond, Quinn, Raby, Riley, Ringgold
Smith, Stanton, Nerrett, Washington ICON
cordial, Waters, E. Williams, " orrall
Yorke-43.
Lost.
And the decision of the Chair was no
sustained.