New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-03-04
April, 1853, and seventeenth Of February,


bill put on it's second reading, and referred
to the Committee on Corporations and
Parochial Affairs.
[Mr'Wharton in the chair.
Dir. Harris called up House bill No. III,
a bill to be entitled an act establishing four
municipal police courts in the city OF New
Orleans and defining the jurisdiction and
officers thereof, and repeal all laws estao-
fishing recorders courts, and providing for
the transfer of the records from the re-
corder's courts to the municipal police
courts, and for other purposes.
Mr.. Barber moved the following amend
ments, which were adopted:
Section three, lines four and FIVE, strike
out "$3500" and insert $4,000.
Section three, lines seven and eight, strike
out "$2500" and insert $1,000" 10000,
Section three, line ten, strike out e2tV
and insert $500"
The bill was then adopted az amended on
second reading.
The constitutional rule was suspended,
bill read third time. and finally adopted
with it's title.
Mr.. Ingraham called up Senate bill No.
Jog, by unanimous consent, on second read
ing, bill to be entitled an act to amend act
No. Is, entitled an act for the relief OF the
University Of Louisiana. to repair the west
wing of the buildings of the university, and
to preserve the public property therein. ap-
proved February 25, 1871.
MIR. Merrill submitted the following
amendment:
After the word "warrant" insert the
words approved by the Governor" in sec
ton one, line sixteen.
The amendment was adopted.
The bill was then adopted, as amended,
on second reading and considered "a
crossed
The constitutional rule was suspended
and the bill read the third time.
Mr. Harris called the attention Of the
Senate to the fact that the time had arrived
at which the special order OF the day should
be taken up.
On motion of Mr.; Ingraham, the special
order was postponed for FIVE minutes.
president in the chair
On call of the yeas and nays. the Senate
voted to pass the bill by the following vote:
Yeas-Andersop, Barber, Butler, Brew
ster Crawford, Greene, Harris, Harper,
P +. Herwig, Ingraham, Kelso Mascot,
Merrill, Pollard, key, TTitchell, Wharton,
Weber, Whitney-l9.
Says-Blunt, Blackburn, Stamps.
Title was then adopted.
Mr.. Anderson called up the special or
1ar re Ia dow SaDo-a hill NJ hill
entitled an act forbidding the employment
of special counsel, creating the Office OF AS.
sistant Attorney General. providing for the
of such officer. fixing his COM
pensation and regulating his duties, and i'm
posing certain duties upon the district attor-
neys and district attorneys pro tempore.
On motion of Mr.. Brewster, the bill was
taken up and considered section by section.
Section one was read and adopted.
Section two WAS read.
Mr.. Blunt moved to postpone the further
of the bill till Monday next,
Mr.. Ingraham moved to lay this motion
on the table.
Tabled.
Mr. Stamps moved that the further con-
sideration of the bill! be indefinitely post.
poned.
Mr.. Ingtaham desired to speak on the
motion.
The Presiden; called Mr. Stamps to the
chair.
Mr. Weber raised the point of order that
discussion was oct OF order on a melton TO
postpone. and referred to rule
sixteen.
The Char declared the poin. no. we'll
taken.
Mr.. Butler raised the same point Of order
raised by Mr.. Weber, stating that motion
to indefinitely postpone was not debasable.
The Chair declared the point well taken.
Mr.. lngraham appealed from the decision
If the Chair.
Mr.. Harris called For the yeas and nays
On the question of sustaining the Chair.
The Senate refused to sustain the Chair |
~ the following vote:
Yeas-Butler, Weber,.
Nays-Barber, Blunt, Blackburn, Brew |
ter, Crawford, Greene, Harris, p. F. Her
Wig, Harper, IBgraham, KplsO, Mascot, I
Lerrill, Pollard. Rey. Sypher. Twitoheu,
Vhitney-l8.
The question then REQUIRED upon the mo.
ion of Mr.. Stamps to indefinitely postpone
he bill.
On call Of the yeas and nays the Sena.e
efused to indefinitely postpone the bill by
he following vote:
Yeas-Chadbourn. Stamps. Weber, Whar-
1n-f.
Nays-Anderson. Barber, Butler, Blunt,
blackburn, Crawford, Greene, Harris, +.
y. Herwig, L. Z. HerWig, Harper, Ingra-
am, Mascot, Merrill, Pollard, Rey,
ypher, Twitchell, Whitney-l8.
Mr. Crawford moved to amend by insert.
e in line si&, section two. after the word
bar" the word. "who has been q prac-
cling attorney at least three years in this
tate"
The amendment vas adopted and Re
,ctiOn adopted as amended.
The third section was read.
Dir. Crawford moved to insert the words |
or the Attorney General" after tho werd |
Governor" An line eighteen.
The amendment vas adopted and the aee-
on was adopted as smended.
Section four was read and adopted.
Section five Was read.
MI. Harris moved the following amend.
ent TO section FIVE:
Strike out oil after and including word
hat" at commencement of line two, 10 |
Drds General Assembly" line four, and |
sert the following: THAT the Assistant
'torney General DO and ID hereby re-
Ired to make an annual report, on or be- I c
re the tenth Of January each year, 10 the | .
torney General OF the State, to be by L
n submitted TO The General Assembly,
q sIrIke out from line twenty -tVQ to The 3
d of the section. j
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