New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-26
Tw Days Proceedings.

Twenty.Second Days Proceedings.
HOUSE, REPRESENTATIVES, /
Thursday, January Is, 1872. :
The House met at twelve o'clock, pur-
suant to adjournment.
Speaker Brewster in the chair.
The roll was called and the following
members answered to their names:
Speaker Brewster, and Messrs. Abel. Ba-
kerr Barrett, Barrow, BelOt, Bentley. Bick-
ham, Blunt, Bowen, Broussard. Brown,
Bryan, Buckingham, Butler, Carr, Cha
chere, Crawford. Darinsburg, Davidson,
Davis, Demas, Devices, DeslOnde, Ellis.
Faulkner. Floyd, Gardner, Garstkamp. p.
Harper, William Harper, Hampstead, Hus-
ton, Hvams, johnson, Kenner, Killen, Kin
sella, Laurent, Llambias, H. Lott, j. B..
Lott, Mahoney, Marie. Marvin, Matthews,
McCarty, Mcfarland, Meadows, Moncure,
Overton, Pond, Raby. Riley, Ringgold. Sar-
tain, SOuer, Stamps, Stanton, StinsOn. Tat
man, Thompson, Tounoir, Tureaud, Verrett,
Washington (AssumptiOn), Washington
(Concordia), E. Williams, II. Williams,
Worrall, Yorke, Young-7.
Prayer by the Chaplain.
Upon motion of Mr.. Carr, of De Soto,
the reading of the minutes was dispensed
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.
Mr.. Kenner, of Orleans moved to post
pone the order OF the day fer one hour
Mr.. Demas, of St. Jamrs, moved to lay
the motion to postpone on the table.
Mr.. Devices of De Soto, raised the follow
ing point of order: That it took a two-thirds
vote to postpone the order of the day; which
point was decided as being well taken.
The following veto messages of the Gov.
ernor were then taken up and read:
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Executive Department,
New Orleans. January l. 1872.
To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
House of Representatives,
Herewith l return, without nv signature.
an act entitled "An act to grant the aid of
the State to the Lafonrche and Terrebonne
Draining and Land Improvement Com
pany."
This bill authorizes the issue of State
bonds to the amount of $265OOO, for the
purpose of dredging and making navigable
certain bayOus in the parish of TerrebOnne
During the vacation of your honorable
body, the Supreme Court, in the case of the
State ex rel. Solomon & Simpson vs. James
Graham, Auditor, declared that the consti-
tutional limitation of the State debt to
$4,000, 900 had been reached.
This bill, which provides for the contract
ing of further indebtedness, is, therefore.
in cOntravention of the constitutional
amendment question.
H. C. WARMOTH,
Governor of Louisiana
The Speaker put the question: Will the
House, upon a reconsideration, pass the
bill, the Governors veto to the contrary
notwithstanding
result:
Yeas-None.
Nays--Abel, Baker, Barrett, Barrow,
Belot, Bentley, Bickham, Blunt. Bowen,
Broussard, Brown. Bryan, Buckingham,
Butler, Carr, Chachere, Crawford, Darins-
burg, Davidson, Davis, Demas, Dewees.
Deslonde, Ellis, Faulkner, FLOYD. Gardner.
Garstkamp, P. Harper, William Harper,
Hempstead, Huston, Hyams, Kenner. Xii,
len, kinsella, Laurent, Llambias, H. Lott.
j. b. Lott, Mahoney. Marie, Marvin. Mat,
thews, McCarty, Mcfarland, Meadows,
Moncure, Moore, Morphy, Morris, Murray,
Nelson, Ong, Oplatek, Overton, Pond,
Raby, Riley, Ringold, Sartain, Souer'
Stamps, Stanton, Stinson, Tatman, Thomp.
son. TOunoir. Tureaud, Verrett, Washinp.
ton (Assumption), Washington (Concordia1
=. Williams, H. Williams, Worrall, Yorke
IOung-U. 0'
The Governors veto was sustained.
STATE o. LOUISIANA
Executive Department
New Orleans. January /, 1872. !
To the Honorable Speaker and Members of tho
House of Representatives: VI LILO
Having. carefully examined an act origin.
ating with your honorable BODY. entitled
Gan act to provide for the deepening of the
water on the bar existing at Pass IOutre
at the mouth Of the river Mississippi, to re-
mo a amPeq IN to the navigation at said
bonds Of the State of Louisiana in pavment