New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-28
NOTICES or BILLS

NOTICES or BILLS.
BY Mr. lngrahsm:
A bill to be entitled an act apprOpriating
5000 from any funds in the State treasury,
not otherwise appropriated, to pay Ben
jamin Bloomfield for services performed by
him as Quartermaeter General of the militia
If the State of Louisiana, etc.
BY Mr.. Burch:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend and
re-enact article ll40 of the Code of Practice.
By Mr.. Anderson:
A bill to be entitled an act relative to
g contributions to be raised by the Citizens
Bank Of Louisiana and the resale of prop
erty or forecloure of stock mortgages.
By Dir. Blunt:
A bill to be entitled an act for the relief
of T. Mannette, of the parish of Natchi-
toches.
By Mr.. Blunt:
A bill to be entitled an act to Incorporate
town of Eatchitoches.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
BY Mr.. Twitchell:
A bill to be entitled an act TO amend
and re-enaot sections two and three of
act No. TO- entitled IAN act making an
appropriation to pay the mileage and
per diem OF the members, salaries of
O Ulcers and employees, and the contiE-
gent exlH ses of the extra session 90 l.
vened and commenced December 9, 1872
OF the Third General Assembly of the State
of Louisiana, by appropriating and provid-
ing for the sale of $4,000 OF legislative
warrants. and declaring the manner of dis
bursting the amount realized by the sale Of
said warrants, and for their redemption"
approved January 10, 1873, and authorizing
the Auditor of Public Accounts to issue
warrants in exchange for certificates of the
General Assembly, and providing for the
fixing Of the ri te of such exchange and for
other purposes
BY unanimous consent the bill was read
the first timep the constitutional rules was
suspended by a four-fifths affirmative Vote,
the bill read he second time, and considered
engrossed. Under further suspension of
the constitutional rules the bill passed its
third feadinga end was finally adopted
with Its title
According to- previous notice. Mr.. Burch
introduced the following bill, entitled an
act to amend and re-ensct sections seY n,
eight and nine OF an act defining the dis
tances from the domiciles of the members
of the General Assembly to the State House,
etc. approved February g. 1879.
The bill was read the first time The
constitutional rule was then suspended by
four-ffths affirmative vote and the bill
read second time. ordered printed and re.
ferred to the Committee on Judiciary
Mr.. Harris called up Senate bill No. 80,
reported as follows
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
Your Committee on Corporations to whom
was referred Senate bill No. 81, an act to
amend and re-enact an act entitled an act
to incorporate the Crescent City Gaslght
Company, etc, beg leave to report fayora-
bly,, with che following amendments
In line seven of title, written bill, strike
out the words ''rcduce their capital stock
and;" also, in lines fifteen, sixteen, seven
teen. eighteen, nineteen and twenty, strike
out that said company are hereby author.
lied to reduce the capital stock Of said corpo.
ration To one million dOllars with privilege
to increase the same to four millions of dol
lars, the stock to be divid into shares of
one hundred dollars each" Also, in line
twenty seven, after the word "presideut,"
insert land vice PRESIDENT" and in line
twenty eight, after the word "hudv," insert
tie word ''and;" and in the same line strike
out the words vice president" and in line
sixty one, after the word "thoreto" insert
provided that nothing IN This act shall
effect the charter heretofore granted to the
Jrferson City Gaslght Company"
And your comuitteo further recommend
that The title be amended SO az to strike out
the words 10 reduce their cauitaI stock
and"
ments we're adopted.
The constitutional rule was eusperded bv
"A four ffths affirmative vote, and the bill
adopted as amended on second reading.
engrossed, and under a further
suspension OF the constitutional rule, the
bill passed its .hirS reading and was finally
adopted with ats titleo as follows: An
act to amend and !e-enacc an act emit
lied an act TO incorporate the Crescent CITY
Gaslght Company, approved April 20, 1870,
and to tx with more precision tie time
when said company shah 90 into operation.
and T." authorize said company to issue
mortgage bonds, tc change the tigse for cleo
'io!s of directors. au'S to limit the price q.
80 charged Soe gss-ios the following sote
'Hr cal! for the ycas and nays:
Yeas - andersen. f}ntlero HIarksurn
brewster. Burch, Greene. Harri., Harpar
lnRr .ha1. Hels", nas:cot. .,yu!lers Twitch
ellis
Ha..-AaessnGes. Barber. HInn.. 7. +
i'eF"is' /. +. Her"ig. POLLARD. Wharton-s
y. Battle, called up 'he following Senate
b.il. n" ~. . h:f t. DE entitled: an act for
tho gelie! of &. e. Esti..e
WHEREAS, By virtue OF section 40. 9 of
%, No: 81, approved May %, 1879, the Audi |
'"s OF Public Accounts and the State Treas |
l:es we're authorized and required to dis.
"'ae cd, az public auction, to the higheet |
bidder, certain bonds belonging to the free |
-ohoo! fund" aud dis '.edcmption of the |
STATE debt fund.- to Che fund for Che re-. !
dernptioD oi ths floating debt % ele STAT, :, !
and
Whereas. Eharf.s T. Est'ns q. aprear. !
iron. tie certificates of said Auditor Of PAL }
lie Accounts and said State Treasurer, was
employed hS them as auctiOnees Cor she
sale of said bondss snd
Whereas, Said act No. 81 failed and |
to provide for the paymens Of the |
Of said auctiOneer for his ser |
vice as aforesaid;
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