New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-07

respective parties to the suit, and the third
by the two parties first selected, and it shall
be and is hereby made the special and
b0unden duty of the parish attorney, under
penalty of the forfeiture of his Office, to
bring and prosecute suit against all suoh
offending officials or pretended officials and
their deputies, without cost to the party
aggrieved, his reasonable fee for the same
to be paid by the prosecuted party when
convicted, and if the party shau not be
convicted then the said parish attorney
shall have no special fee in the case aside
from his annual. salary allowed by the 20
lice jury of his parish.
SEC. g. Be it further enacted, etc, Tha'
all provisions of law in conflict with thu
act be and the same are hereby rePe aled
and that this act take effect and be IN forct
after the expiration of ten days from and
after its official PRONUNCIATION.
fMr. Burch in the chair
JOINT RESOLUTIONS.
Mr. Brewster, by unanimous consent, IN
PRODUCED the following entitled resolution
Asking the Congress of the United States
to pass an act appropriating the proceeds
of all public lands hereafter sold for the
support Of free common schools.
The constitutional rule was suspended by
four-fifths vote, and the resolution put
on it's second reading and read, and, on
motion Of Mr.. Brewster, was referred tc
the Committee on Public Education.
RESOLUTIONS.
Mr Iugraham called up q resolution In
PRODUCED by him and lying over, as follows
RcsoIeed, That the Committee on Peniten.
tiary be and are hereby instructed to re-
port if there are any minors undergoing i'm
prisonment in the State Penitentiary for
violations of the statutes of the State.
The resolution was then adopted.
Also, ON motion of Mr.. Ingraham the fol-
lowing resolutions were taken up.
Rcsolred, That the Finance Committee be
and are hereby instructed to prepare and
report, by bill, making all Auditors war
rants outstanding December 81, 1872, inter
est bearing at eight per cent per annum, and
also provide for the redemption of said out
standing warrants by creating a fund of
twenty per centum of all moneys received
in the general fund, which fund shall be
used to purchase latter paying interest On
the outstanding warranty from time to
time, not oftener than once in every ninety
days, as the Auditor and Treasurer may, by
sealed proposals, advertise to purchase.
Resolucd, That the Finance Committee
also report, by bill, an act prohil ling the
issue by the Auditor of any warrant or war
rants on and after January /, 1873, unless
there be money in the State treasury to pay
said warrants on presentation; provided,
that warrants shall be issued by the Au-
otter in payment of the mileage, per diem
and pay of the members, officers, employees
and contingent expenses of the General
Assembly for the extra session of Decem-
Der, 1872, and Of the regular session of 1873.
The resolution was referred to the Com
mittee on Finance
On motion, duly seconded. the Senate
went into executive session.
Executive session being raised, the Senate
WAS called to order by the President, in
regular session.
On motion Of Mr.. holland, the Senate
voted that when it adjourned, it should be
to meet on Monday, January s. at 10
A. NJ
The Senate then voted to adjourn, as
aforesaid.
The President then announced that the
Senate stood adjourned to meet Monday.
January 6, 1878, at 10 A. M.
CHARLES FL. MERRITI,
Reoretary of the Senate.