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

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| extortion in office.
Senate bill No. AZ, relative to clerical
! force 10 Auditors Office.
| Senate bill No. So, relative to certificates
| of indebtedness
| Senate bill. No. SIS, amending election law.
WALTER REGAIN,
| Assistant Secretary of the Senate'
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
| Mr.. Hahn, of st. Charles. chairmah OF
the Committee on Judiciary. made the FOL
lowing report:
NEW ORLEANS, January q. 1873.
| To the Honorable Speaker and Members OF the
| House Of Representatives,;
The undersigned, your Committee on Ju-
| dietary, respectfully report AS follows:
unfavorably.
On House bill No IS, 20 fix the time OF
holding courts in the Fifth Judicial District,
| fav0rably.
On House bill No. II, to amend and re-
enact section oops of Revised Statutes OF
the State of Louisiana, fixing the salary Oh
parish Judges, favOrably.
| of office of the Clerk of the First District
| Court for the parish of Orleans, so far as
| PAYABLE by the city OF New Orleans, ana
| 10 provide for bis compensation by salary,
| favorably.
On House bill No. H. favorably, with the
| following amendments:
The title shall read
An act to provide for tho purchase OF sta
tiOnery. fuel, books and other articles for
the use of the legislative, executive and Ju-
dicial departments of the State.
And in section two, after the words "'in
the presence of all the bidders" add the
words ''who may choose to attend"
In the same section, instead OF ''present
fiscal. year ending November Is, 1873" in
sert the words present year, ending De
cember 81, 1873"
And instead of fifteenth day of January,
1873" for the first assembling OF the com
missioners, amend by inserting fifteenth
day of March, 1873"
We report favorably on joint resolution
House bill No. Az for the relief of Thomas
Wood ward, Robert II. Smith and q. n.
Prudhomme, citizens of Red River parish,
state of Louisiana, with the amendment OF
striking out the preamble, on account OF
length. So far as the relief granted Is owing
to over assessment, it is believed that the
case will not serve as an injurious prece-
dent, differing, as it does, from ordinary
cases of that kind in being owing t. the
confusion incident to the creation of new
parish
And fayorably on House bill No. IS, an
act to amend and re-enact section 932 of the
Revised Statutes of the State of Louisiana,
and to prevent the carrying of unconcealed
weapons in certain cases.
MICHAEL HAHN, Chairman.
Which. on motion of Mr.. Benham, of
Carroll. was received and adopted.
NOTICES OF BILLS.
The following gentlemen gave notice that
they would, on some future day, introduce
the following bills:
By Mr.. Peyton, of DeSoto:
An act entitled an act creating the parish
Of Keachie. from a portion of Caddo and
DeSoto.
BY Mr.. Murrelf. of Madison:
An act for the relief Of g. NJ. Barber
An act to incorporate the DeSoto Dry
Dock Company at DeSoto, Madison parish
Louisiana.
BY Mr.. Marie, OF Terrebonne:
An act for the relief of the New Orleans
Bee for services rendered to the Republican
party of this State.
Under suspension Of the ruies, Mr.
Devices, of Red River, called up Senate
bill No. So, entitled an act TO amend sections
seven. eight and seventy of an act entitled
an act to regulate the conduct and main.
tain the freedom and purity of elections; TO
prescribe the mode of making returns
thereof; to provide for the election of re-
turning officers, and defining their powers
and duties; to prescribe the mode of enter.
ing upon the rolls Of the Senate and House
of representatives, and 70 enforce article
1903 of the constitution.
Passed first and second readings under q
suspension of the constitutional rules.
Mr.. Hahn, of st. Charles, moved to refer
10 Committee on Elections and to have the
bill printed.
Mr. Devices, of Red River. moved 60 lay
that motion on the table.
Carried.
Mr.. Devices, of Red River, moved that
the bill be printed in the journal and made
the special order of the day for tomorrow
at I2:45 P. NJ.
Carried
Mr.. Stewart, of Tensas, asked leave of
absence for Mr.. Hubeau, of Jefferson, for
two days.
Granted.
Senate bill No. So, ordered to be printed
in the journal, is as follows:
An act to amend sections seven, eight and
seventy of an act entitled an act to re gu
late the conduct and maintain the free
dom and purity of elections. to prescribe
the mode of making the returns thereof,
to provide for the election of returning
officers and defining heir powers and du-
ties, to prescribe tho mode of entering
upon the rolls Of the Senate and House OF
Represeptatlv and to enforce article
one hundred and three of the constitu-
ton.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Represent ttives Of the State |
of Louisiana in General Assembly con
vened, That so mach ot section seven Of act |
eighty-one of the session OF 1872, appr0ved |
Novemb Der 90, 1872, be and is hereby amend |
ed so as to read as follows
At each parish in the State, except the |
parishes of Orleans and Jefferson, Is hereby |
fixed as an election precinct. and the assist
ant supervisor of registration shall direct |
what number of polls shall be established |
in each precinct, shall fix The place Of hold |
ing the election and appoint commissioners |
of election for each poll or voting place.
For the 4rish of t)rIeau5--E sch ward in |
the city of New Orleans shall constitute IN |
election precinct. and the State supervisor !
OF Registrations shall fix fhe voting places In |
each precinct, and appoint commissioners !
70 hold the election Tor each voting pI tc" |
For the parish f jeff rson ther. shall be ,
''yo election precincts one IN Zach side of |
the Mississippi river. the precinct IN each I
side embracing that portion ga sh" parish (;
en- the same side OF the river |
The assistant .upervispy of registration
fOs the parish " .letf.tsun shat. IL. the |
numO,s OF voting places AN. appoint 'he !
go election: provided, That ]
There .hsll br st least suc v.t:ul: precinct !;
tog every parish. ssc.pt 1bc parish %! O.-
leans. ."r each itiStic- .f ths peace ward:
SIC. .. 81. il furthe. .haft..l, .t., That !