New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-03-02

Tee on Banks and Banking, Committee Oh
Health and Quarantine and Committee Oh
, Militia. and whose attendance has neeh
necessary to keep said room clean ana III
| order; therefore be il
Heeoi,cd That the SUM of three dollars
and fifty cents per day from December y.
! 1872, to March s. 1873, incluslve-elghty,
| one iavs-amOuuting to two hundred and
r,rhtv.three dollars and fifty cents, be APP
propr!ated from the contingent fund OF the
Senate in payment to SAID Nllllaln mercer
| for bis services, and that the chairman OF
| the Committee on Auditing and SuperVls-
ing the Expenses Of the Senate be and ae
j. hereby requested to pay the.same.
The resolution was read.
Mr.. Anderson moved that the resolution
be adopted.
Motion withdrawn.
iMr. Harris in the chair.l
ON motion Of Mr.. Twitchell. by unari-
nous consent, the following:
Senate bill No. 49,, TO be entitled an &C.
to enforce the payment of taxes due the
State: providing for the seizure and sale of
the property Of delinquent taxpayers. and
regulating the proceedings against them
and against their property and tenants.
passed It's second reading.
Bill was considered sngrossed. consti'u.
tional rule Wa. suspended by four-hfths
vote; bill read the third time and finally
adopted with its title.
BILLS TAKEN Ur.
Mr.. Tw:tchell obtained unanimous con.
ssnt, and called up Senate bill No. 80. a
bill 20 be entitled an act to amend 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 a body polite and corporate, with certain
powers. privileges and franchises. and con.
tracing with said corporation for the con.
strlc:ion. maintenance and repairs of Ter.
tain !evees. and providing for compensation
therefor" approved February 20. 1871: also
70 amend and Te-enact section one of an act
entitled IAN act ratifying and confirming a
c"I.rac: between the Louisiana Leyee Com
pany and the Governor of the State of
Louisiana" approved February IS. 1871.
providing for the acceptance OF said
amendments by the Louisiana Levee Com.
pany. and authorizing and requiring a
yearly estimate Of the levees to be built.
reducing the compensation therefor from
sixty 20 fifty cents per cubic yard. and pro-
viding for committing timber woIk into
earth work.
Bill read third time.
Mr.. TwitchelI moved that the bill 10 ruw
fnailypas
On call OF the yeas and nays the Senate
voted TO pass the bill by the following vote:
Yeas Anderson. Barber. Butler. Blunt.
Bovee. Brewster. Cage. Chadbuugn. Greene.
Harris. =. +. Herwig, i. +. Herwig. Har.
per. Ingraham. Kelso. Mascot, Merrill.
Pollard. Rey, Stamps. Twitchell-2!.
Nays-AlexauGer. Blackburn. Crawford.
Weber,.
Title was then adopted.
Mr.. Brewster, by Unanimous consent. IN
troduced q bill. to be entitled an ac. de-
claring il :. crime to usurp a public office
and providing the punishment for such
otfense; providing that if any public officer
shall! adhere to or recognize any usurper
his Office shall be forfeited and considered
abandoned. and directing and regulating
legal proceedings TO have such abandon.
ment and forfeiture declared; authorizing
the Governor to declare such forfeiture and
abandonment in certain cases. and to re.
move such officers and to FIJI the vacancies
made by appointment.
Passed its first reading.
The constitutional rule was then sus-
pended by 4 four ffths affirmative vote. tie
hill nm coc,uJ Nadine,
The bill was read. and the bill con-
sidered cngrOssed for third reading.
The constitutional rule was then sus.
pended by u four-ffths affirmative vote. the
bill read its third and last time, and finally
adopted with its title.
Mr.. Blackburn raised question Of prlvi-
lege concerning :. certain statement in the
New Orleans Times. rejecting upon him for
statements made by him while the printing
bill was under debate in the Senate.
Mr.. Merrill, by unanimous consent, called
mp the following bill on second reading:
House bll No. l20, a bill TO be entitled
an act to amend and re-enact the last para.
graph OF article three hundred and three OF
the Code of Practice of Louisiana.
The constitutional rule was then sus-
pended by four titths affirmative vote. the
bill put on lis second reading. and referred
to the Committee on judiciary.
rh- President in the chair
N.. Barber moved TO take up House bill
80. i. a bill to be entitled an act to incor-
porate the Central Railway Company.
A., no n1,;a.+.l ,n col -,
bill. and obtained tha floor to give his req.
son. for oliecting.
Mr. Harris made the point Of order that
'Ir. Wharton was ont Of order, the b.ll 10:
Deiug before the Senate.
The Chair sustained the point Of order.
Mr. Wharton withdrew his objections.
md by unanimous consent the bill WAS
AIKEN ny.
While the bill was under debate the |
President announced the order OF the day |
which was the bill before the Senate. |
senate bill No. Is. aforesaid.
Mr.. Barber moved that the bill be or |
Tered printed and fixed for Monday mex. |
!, z. VI.
Mr.. Twitchell moved to lay the motion on
he table.
On call of the yeas and nays the Senate
oted to lay the motion on the table by the |
GLOWING vote:
Yeas-Anderson. Butler. Blunt. Cage.
had Harris, Harper, Kelso, Mascot.
'ollard, Rey. Stamps. Twitchell-l3.
Nays-Alexander. Barber. Blackburn,
'ovee. Brewster. Crawford, Greene. ?. F.
Ierwig. Z. F. Ierwig, Merrill. Sypher,
Weber. Wharton-l3.
There being a tie vote. the Chair gave
lc casting vote in the affirmative.
The motion 20 print and postpone was or