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OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE UNITED STATES
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF new ORLEANS
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
OF THE
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE
SECOND SESSION
OF TIE
SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF TIE
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE
SECOND SESSION
Twenty.sixth Days Session,

SENATE CHAMBER I
Tuesday, January 80, 1877
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.
Presentation. =. B. S. Pinchback, Lieu
tenant Governor and President of the
Senate, and Messrs. Anderson, Antoine,
Barber, Blackman. Bowman, Butler. Camp
bell, Coupland, Gallup, Harris, Herwig,
Hunsaker, Ingraham jerks. kelso, Lewis
Lynch, McMillen, holland, O'Hara, Raglan,
Ray, Smith, SwOrdG, Sypber, Thomas
Thompson, Todd, Twischell, Wilcox-3l.
Prayer by the Chaplain.
Reading of the miHutes of the previous
days session dispensed with.
No corrections.
Adopted.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS.
sTArE OF LOUISIANA, }
Office State Superintendent Of Public Education,
New Orleans, January 70, 1872.
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. please find
preparation for the contingent expenses OF
my Office for the year 1871, with vouchers
for the same, as far as practicable.
Very respectfully, your Obedient servant,
THOMAS w. CONWAY,
State Superintendent of Public Education.
Referred to Committee on Finance, as,
also, accompanying vouchers.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
To the Honorable President and Members Of the
Senate:
Your committee, to whom was referred
Senate bill No. 294, being bill entitled
an act to amend and re-enact section two
of an act entitled An act to form a new
parish, to be called the parish of Red River"
approved March ,, 1871; also, Senate bill
No. 29l. being bill entitled an act to in
corporate the town of Coushatta, in the
parish of Red River; have the honor TO re-
port said bills back to the Senate, and re-
spectfully recommend their passage.
NJ. H. TWITCHELL,
Chairman Committee on Corporations and
Parochal Affairs.
COMMITTEE EXERCISING AND ENROLMENT
January 30, 1872.
To the Honorable President and Members Of the
Senate:
GENTLEMEx-Your Committee on En-
crossing and Enrolment beg leave to re-
port as duly engrOssed the following bill
and Joint resolution, to wit:
Senate bill No. IS5, for the relief of Vic
tor A. Freville. late State tax collector,
parish of Orleans, right bank.
Joint resolution No. 2, in relation to erect
ing lighthouse at the mouth of Bayou
Castine, emptying into Lake POntchartrain.
And as duly enrolled:
Senate bill No. 277, to amend an act en-
titled can act to incorporate the city of
CarrOlltOn." approved March II, 1859, and
acts supplehentar thereto.
THOMAS H. holland, Chairman.
To tn Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
Your Committee on Claims, to which was
referred Senate bill No. 269, for the relief
OF j. Osborn, to reinstate lost warrants,
have the honor to report tavOrably, and re-
commend the passage of the same.
E. BUTLER. Chairman:
OSCAR +. HUNSAKER.
WILLIAM L. THOMPSON,
GEORGE w. Raglan.
NOTICES OF BILLS.
BY Mr.. Ray:
OF bill to be entitled an act charterng
the Citizens Savings Bank
BY Mr.. Thompson:
OF bill to be entitled an act to authorize
Peter H. Kemp & Sons to build railroad
from Springfield to Blood river, in Livings-
ton parish.
BY Mr.. Lynch:
Of bill to be entitled an act to estab. |
lish an Agricultural. Normal ard Mechan-
ical Arts College in the State of Louisiana.
= BY Mr.. Anderson:
OF bill to be entitled an act to change
the naine Of Thomas Lewis Holloway to
Thomas Lewis Holloway Belden.
BY Mr.. Ingraham:
OF bill to be entitled an act for the relief
Of st. Francis Orphan School, corner of
Narigny and Where streets, Third District.
By Mr.. 1nsrahami
Of bill to be entitled an act to prohibit
railroad companies chartered by the State
Of Louisiana from entering into contracts
for the carrying of freight or passengers on
their lines or roads at less rates than thew !
charge citizens of the State of Louisiana for
the same articles Of freight or passage and
for the same distance.
BY Mr.. Ingraham:
Of bill to be entitled an act to repeal an |
,ct entitled IAN act to establish a Metro
,olitan Police District, and to provide for
he government thereof" approved Sep
ember IA, 1868, and also to repeal all acts
'e-enacting and amending the same.
BY Mr.. Hnnsaker:
Ola bill to be entitled an act to incorporate
no SGuthern Savings Bank of New Or
cans,
~ Mr.. Sypher:
Of a hill to be entitled an act to fix the
erms of the district court IN 1he lhir"
Judicial District.
INTRODUCTION or BILLS.
The following bills we're introduced with
,ut previous notice, by una1i:iOus consent:
BY Mr.. Todd:
Senate bill No. 295, to be entitled an act
ratifying and confirming the charter OF the
New Orleans Waterworks Company, and to
empower said company to build water
works, 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
where laid.
Passed it's first reading.
The constitutional rule was then sus-
pended by a four-fiths affirmative vote, the
bill put on It's second reading, and re-
ferred to the Committee on Corporations
and Parochal Affairs.
The following bills were introduced ac-
sording to previous notice:
BY Mr.. Ray:
Senate bill No 296, to be entitled On act
for the relief of the sufferers by the fire oc-
curing in the city OF Monroe, Louisiana, on
he night of the thirtieth day Of December,
1871.
Passed its first reading.