New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-19
By Mr.. Tnprabam-


a bill to be entitled an act TO abolish the
Office of recorder of the city Of New Or.
leans, and to create the Office of police
justice.
On motion of Mr.. Ingraham the bali was
read the first time
The Senate dispensed with the constitu
tional rule by the four-ffths vote required,
and the bill was read the second time, or
dered printed, and referred 10 the Commit
tee on Judiciary.
By Mr.. Butler:
A bill to be entitled an act to reduce the
debt of the State by the repeal of the four
mill levee tax, and of the acts Of 1871 rela-
tive to the Louisiana Levee Company; to
| replace the levees under control of the
State government; to request our Repre-
sentatives in Congress to urge the main
tenance of the levees on the Mississippi
river by the federal government, and to in
vite the States of Mississippi, Tennessee,
Arkansas, Missouri and Illinois to unite
with Louisiana in her efforts to that effect
! The bill was read the first time.
| The Senate dispensed with the oonstitu-
tional rule, and the bill was read the sec
ond time, ordered printed, and referred to
| the Committee on Lands and Levees.
| RESOLUTIONS LING OVER.
| hr. Harris called up the following feso.
| luton:
Resolved, That the seats Of L. B. jerks,
| III. l.. Swords and Robert Worrell be and
| the same are hereby declared vacant, and
thn Ia -,
| formed of these vacancies, to the end that
elections may be ordered to fill the same
hr. Harris moved that the resolution BIO
made the special order of the day for Mon
day at half past twelve O'Clock.
Mr.. Barber moved TO amend by making
the resolution the special order for to-
morrow.
The motion was lost
The Senate finally ooncurred in the mo-
ton of Mr.. Harris, and the resolution was
made the special order for Monday at half
past twelve O'clock.
Mr. Barber called up the following ress-
luton, and moved that it be fixed for Mon
day at half past twelve O'Clock:
WHEREAS, The following members Of the
Senate, to wit: Albert Vosrhies, Edward
Booth, +. Daigle. B. F. Jonas, s. III.
Thomas, have been and are now partici-
pating in an Illegal meeting styling itself
the State Senate, in the City Hall, in viola
ton of the constitution of the State, and in
contempt of the Senate and its orders;
therefore, be it
Resolued, That if the above named Senar
tors are not present in their seats in the
Senate Chamber on Friday, December 10,
at the hour of P. M, or present some rea-
son for their absence satisfactory, the
Senate being then in session, will proceed
to expel the said Senators.
Mr. Harris opposing the motion Of fixing
the resolution for Monday, gave notice that
he should move that the motion to fix be
ordered to lie on the table, and waived the
motion to permit discussion by Mr. Barber
and others.
[Mr. Anderson in the chair.
Mr.. Butler raised question Of order that
the hour for the special order Of the day
had arrived.
The Chair sustained the point of order
On motion of Mr.. Butler, the hour for the
special order of the day was postponed till
two o'clock.
Mr. Butler moved the whole subject mat
ter under discussion lie on the table, and
called for the previous question on his mo-
ton.
The Chair refused to entertain the mo-
ton for the previous question.
Mr.. Butler raised the;point OF order that
the previous question if ordered brought
the main question pending to q vote in
preference to other business, and that the
whole subject matter included the question:
which was the motion to lie On the table.
The Chair ruled the point not well taken.
Mr.. Harris called for his motion to order
the motion of Mr.. Barber to lie on the
table, and made the point of order that his
motion was the only motion that could be
entertained by the Chair at that time.
The point of order was sustained.
The motion to lay on the table the motion
Of Mr.. Barber to take up and fix was
adopted by the following vote, on a call of
the yeas and nays by two members of the
Senate:
Yeas-Anderson, Blackburn, Burch, Brew
ster, Cage. Harris, p. +. Herwig, Harper,
Ingraham, Kelso Masicot, Pollard, Sypher,
Twitchell, Weber, Wharton-l6.
Nays-Alexander, Barber, Blunt, Butler,
Green's.
The Chair declared the result of the
action of the Senate to be that the original
resolution was still 10 remain upon the |
table subject to call.
ORDER OF THE DAY. |
The Chair stated the order of the day was |
the unfinished business of yesterday.
Mr.. Ingraham stated the unfinished bust |
ness to be House bill No. 80, entitled |
an act to incorporate the Pelican Lodge |
Knights Cush of the State of Louisiana, on
first reading.
The bill was read the first time, the con-
stitutional rule was suspended by four
fifths vote, the bill read a second time and
referred to the Committee on Corporations.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
On call of two members the Senate went
into executive session.
The Senate having risen from executive
session, on motion of Mr. Harris, the Senate
voted to adjourn till TO morrow at the usual
hour.
The President then announced that the
Senate stood adjourned till Saturday, Jan
uarv l8. 1873, at twelve o'clock III.
e. BECHTEL,
Secretary of the Senate.