New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-08

reading of the journal in detail was dis
pensed with.
On motion, the journal was appro we'd.
The Speaker announced the folio wing
Committee on Contingent Expens es: j. S
Mathews, of Tensas, chairman; George
Devezin, of Orleans; L. j. Souer, of Avoy
Giles; r. NJ Bostner, of Union; David
Young, of Concordia; John Barr ow, of Or
leans. One vacancy.
The following communication from the
| Secretary of State was read:
To the Honorable Speaker of the House of Repre-
| sentatives'
Enclosed you will find complete copy of
the returns for Governor and Lieutenant
| Governor, at an election held on the fourth
day of November 1872.
E. B. MENTz,
| Assistant Secretary of State.
Mr.. Souer, of Avoyelles. moved that a
committee of three be appointed to wait on
| the Senate, requesting them to meet the
| House in joint session, for the purpose of
| counting the votes for Governor and Lieu
tenant Governor.
Carried.
The Speaker announced the committee TO
wait on the Senate, composed of Messrs
Souer, Murrell. of Madison, and Davis, of
St. Helena.
NOTICES OF BILLS.
The following gentlemen gave notice
that they would at some future day intro
duce the following bills:
BY Mr.. Montaldo, of Orleans:
An act for the relief of Widow Ellen Cou-
dron and her three children.
By Mr.. Williams, of East Baton Rouge:
An act for the relief of William Brown.
of Baton Rouge.
By Mr. Ward. of Grant:
An act for the relief of William B. Phil
lips.
By Mr.. Dumont, of Orleans
An Act to create the parish of Algiers,
provide for the organization thereof, and to
repeal so much of act No I, passed at the
extra session of the General Assembly of
the State of Louisiana of 1870, and approved
on the sixteenth of March of said year. en-
titled an act to extend the limits of the
parish of Orleans, ETC., as may be in con-
fiot with the act of which l hereby give
notice.
BY Mr.. Devices. of Red River:
An act for the relief of Thomas Wood
ward.
Joint Session.
The Sergeant-at-Arms then announced the
honorable Senate of the State of Louisiana. |
The President of the Senate, Hon. A b. !
Harris took the chair and directed the |
of the Senate to call the roll of |
the Senate in joint session.
The following answered to their names: |
Hon A. B. Harris, Lieutenant Governor |
and President of the Senate, and Messrs.
Barber, Blackburn, Blunt, But
l-r Burch, Brewster, Cage, Greene, p. +.
uerwig, L. +. HerWig, Harper, Iugraham, |
jerks, kelso, Mascot, holland, Pollard,
Swords, Sypher, Stamps, Twitchell, Weber,
Wharton, WorreIl-25.
The Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives then ordered the Clerk of; the House
to call the roll, when the following mem
bers answered to their names:
Speaker Lowell and Messrs. Allan, Arm
stead, Antoine. Bowman, Baker, Boyd,
Blackstone, Boatner, Connaugh-
ton, Cousin, Demas, d. C. Davis, z. r.
Davis, Decker, DeveziD, Dejoie, Dumont,
Dayries, Devices, Elliot, Fontelieu, Greene,
Grant, Gair. CAN'T, Guichard, Hetfner, HUI
beau. Hill, Heath, Hedgepath, nj: Jones,
Judice, Heating, Kenyon, Kern, Lewis,
Landry, Lawes Murrell (Lafourche), Muir
rell tMadisonj, Mahoney, Mayo, Martinez,
Marie, Mathews. Montaldo, Page, Paris,
Raby, Rochon Rodrigues, Souer, Sawyer,
Stewart, Sartain, Snaer, Southland, Sutton,
Sewel. Smart. Thomas, Tureaud, WI
iams, Worthy, Washington, Wiggin, Ward,
Wands, Ioung-72.
A quorum present.
The joint session being composed of
twenty fl 7e members of the Senate and
seventy-two members of the House, then
proceeded in joint assembly to count and
leclare the votes cast at the general cleo
ion held on the fourth of November, 1872,
or Governor and Lieutenant Governor, in
constitution.
The President of the Senate having stated
he objects Of the joint session, then ap
pointed Senators Twitchell, Ingraham and
Weber as tellcrs on the part of the Senate.
The Speaker sof the House appointed
N the part of the House.
The joint tellers then proceeded to ex-
mine and count the returns of the votes
ast in the several parishes of this State,
which are as follows:
official returns of the votes cast in the sew
eral parishes of the State of Louisiana on
the fourth of November, 1872, for Gov
ernor.