New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-02-22

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| change the boundary line between said
parishes.
| Lies over.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES LYING OVER.
Mr.. Stamps called up the report of the
special committee on the case for the !elief
of Albin Soulie, as follows:
| Senate bill No Ito, bill 70 be entitled
! AN &C. for the ,elief Of Albin Soulie. OF New
| Orleans
! The report of the committee was taken up
The bill vas read the first time, the con
.titutional rule suspended, the bill read the
second time and considered engrosse6.
! The constitutional rule was suspended
, again, the bill read third time, and finally
! adopted with its title, on call OF the yeas
and nays, by the following vote:
| Bovee, Butler. Burch. Brewster. Chad
! bourn, Ora wford, +. +. Herwig. f.. +.
| Herwig, Ingrahan, kelso. Aasicot. Merrill.
| Pollard. Rey, Stamps-lS.
Nays-Barbsr Blackburn. Blunt, Greene,
Harris. Harper. Twitche!I. W.ber-S.
| Mr.. blackburn called up, by unanimous.
| kNAS
Of haviag the same printed.
! Senate bill No. 1903 Substitute sor Senate
| bill No 23). a bill 10 be entitled an act pro
yiding for the establishment Of parish Off
| cial journals throughout the State, defining
the character and description of work they
shall be entitled to perform. and fixing the
price thereof. Bill was taken up and Or
dered printed.
Mr. Harris called up, by TN ininous con-
sent, Senate bill No. -, bill to be entitled
an act to incorporate the Monroe, BastrOp
and Arkansas railroad, for the purpose of
having the same printed.
The Senate ordered the usual number TO
be printed.
Mr.. Brewster called up, by unanimous
consent the following entitled resolution:
Senate joint resolution No. ID, requesting
Congress 10 refund the cotton tax. for edu-
catlonaf purposes.
Resolution las taken up on second read
ing.
Mr.. brewster moved that the joint reso,
| luton be considered engrOssed.
Constitutional rule was hot suspended on
call of the yeas and nays. four-fftLs not
having voted for the suspension Of the rule:
| Veas-Anderson, Alexander, Barber,
Belden. Blunt Bovee, Butler, Burch,
| Brewster, Cage. ChadbOnr Crawford.
| Harper, kelsO, MasicOt. Merrill, Pollard.
Rev, Stamps, Weber-20.
| Nays-Blackburn Greene. Harris. Sypher.
| TNitchell. Wharton-6.
Mr.. Chadbourn called for. but failed TO
| get consent to take up House bill No. lO4. a
| bill to be entitled an act to create the par
sh of Barataria. and providing fox the Or
ganization thereof.
| Mr. Bovee ia the chair
Mr.. Twitchell called up House bill Nc.
l56. bill 70 be entitled an act 70 amend
i and re.enact section two of an act entitled
IAN act relative to the Louisiana Levee
Company. a corporation organized under
| the general laws OF this State, constituting
it body polite and corporate. with certain
| powers, privileges and franchises, and con-
tracing with said corporation for the con-
structioD. maintenance and repairs of GER
tain levees. and providing for compensation
therefor" approved February &c, 1871; also
|
entitled IAN act ratifying and confirming q
| contract between the Louisiana Levee Com.
panv and the Governor Of the State of
louisiana" approved February %. 1871.
providing for the acceptance OF said amend
ments by the Louisiana Levee Company.
and authorizing and requiring yearly esti-
mate of levees 10 be built, reducing the
compensation therefor from sixty to fifty
cents per cubic yard. and providing for
committing timber work into earth work.
The bill wa. taken up and read the first
time.
Mr. Twitchell moved tina; the con-titu.
tional rule be suspended.
Mr.. lngiaham called for the yeas and
nays.
Tho constitutional rule was no: sus.
pended, tour-ifths not having voted 20 sus-
pend the rule:
Yeas-Anderson. Alexander. Blackburn.
| Barber, Blunt. Burch, Brewster. Bovee,
| Chaubourne, Greene, Harris, 4. +. Herwig,
Harper, Merrill, S!pher, Twi;ehell. Weber.
| Wharton-lS.
Nays-BeIden. Butler. Cage. Crawford,
lngraham, Keiso. Mascot. Pollard. Aey.
Stamps-l0.
Laid over on first reading.
1.-THE President in the char.l
Mr.. Burch obtained unanimous consent
and introduced the following bill:
A bill 70 be entitled an act for the Iellei
Of the home stead of the late Lieutenant
| Governor o. J. Dunn. and making an ap-
preparation therefor. and for other purposes.
Bill read the first time.
The constitutional rule was sus,.cnIcd.
the bill read the second time. and referred
to the Committee on Claims.
| Mr.. Harris, by unanimous consent. called
up the following bill: Senate bill No. lU2
bill to be entitled al act forbidding the
| employ ment of special cOUn sci; creatin, the
Office of Assistant Attorney General; pre-
| viding for the appointment: of such officer;
| fixing his compensation and regulating his
duties. and imposing certain duties upon
the district attorneys and district attorneys
| pro tempore.
| The bill was read in part.
On motion of ar. Bovee. the further read
| ing of the bill was dispensed with.
The bill was ordered printed, and made
the special order Of the day at two O'Clock
| ON Monday next.
| Mr. Blunt, by unanimous consent. called
up the following bill:
| Senate bill No rs, to be entitled an act
| TO amend and reenact sections ten. seven.
| teen and eighteen of act No. 90 of session
OF 1872, entitled an act to incorporate the
city of Natchitoches and provide for the
government of the same. approved July 5.