New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-25
House bill No. IS, entitled an act relative
to the refunding the cotton tax
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| STATE OF LOUISIANA
| Executive Department, ,
New Orleans, January "a, 1873 }
| To the Honorable President and Members of the
| Senate:
By direction of his excellency the Gov
| ernOr. | have the honor to transmit here
with, for the information of the General
Assembly, the report of the State Treas
urer of receipts and expenditures for the
| year 1872.
H. CONQUEST CLARKE,
Private Secretary.
| Mr. Herwig, chairman of the Committee
| on Finance, reported the following bill as
| d substitute for Senate bill No. 48:
A bill to be entitled an act directing the
State Treasurer to suspend, and prohibiting
the registration of oil warrants and certiti-
Gates of indebtedness Issued in accordance
| with law.
By unanimous consent the substitute was
taken up and passed first reading.
On motion OF Mr.. Harris, the conatitu
tional rule was suspended by a four filths
affirmative vote. the bill read the second
time and considered engrossed.
Under a further suspension of the con.
stitutional. rule the bill passed its third
reading. and was finally adopted with its
title.
Mr.. Alexander, chairman Of the Commit
tee on Federal Relations, reported favor
ably upon the following Senate Joint resolu-
tons:
Senate joint resolution No. |, requesting
the President and Congress Of the United
States to restore the use and property of
the Branch Mint to the city Of New Or
leans, to be used as State House, and for
city purposes.
Lies over under the rules.
Senate joint resolution No. Q, joint reso
luton authorizing the Governor to contract
with the city of New Orleans, or other au-
thority, for the use as State House of the
branch Mint in the city Of New Orleans, or
part thereof.
Mr.. Wharton, chairman Of the Committee
on Retrenchment and Reform, reported ia
vorably on House bill No. IL, an act repeal
ing the act creating a commission to erect
a State House.
Lies over under the rules.
Also favorably on Senate bill No. 81, an
act Furnishing extortion in ofiee by the pub
lie officers.
Lies over under the rules.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
BY Mr.. Brewster;
a bill TO be entitled an ae. 70 confer Ger
tain additional jurisdiction on she parish
courts, to regulats certain proceedings in
the parish courts, and 90 fix the terms of
said courts.
The bill was read the FIRST timeo
The constitutional rule was suspended
by four-fifths affirmative vote, the bill!
read a second time, and referred to the
Committee GA Judiciary.
By Mr.. Ingraham:
A bill to be entitled an act 70 amend and
re-enact sections two and three Of ;.r act
entitled an act to incorporate the Louisiana
Workina mems Homestead Association, up
proved April g, 1872.
The bill was read the first time.
The constitutional rule was suspended
by @ four-tifths affirmative vote, the bill
read a second time and referred to the Com
mittee on Charitable Institutions.
Mr.. Wharton called up House bill M. II
entitled en- act repeating the act creating
a commission to erect State House.
BY unanimous consent. the bill was
taken up ana read.
Hr. Wharton moved its adoption on sec.
ond reading.
Mr.. Harris moved that the bill be referred
to the Committee on Parks and Public
Buildings.
Mr.. Wharton moved to lay the motion to
refer on the table.
The Senate refused TO lay the motion on
the table.
The question then Recurring on the mo.
ton to refer, the bill was referred 20 the
Committee on Parks and Public Buildings
by the following vote, on a call for the yeas
and nays by Mr. Wharton:
Yeas Anderson, Alexander. Barber.
Blackburn, Batler, Burch. Brewster.
Greene. Harris, 2. F. Herwig. Harper, Ia
graham. Keso, Mascot. Pollard. Syyher,
Stamps. Twitchell. WhartoR--!9o
Nay Blunt.
Mr.. Twitchell called up Senate bill NO.
y, an act Furnishing extortion in office by |
the public officers.
The constitutional rule was suspended |
by the required four fifths vote. the bill read |,
second time and considered engrossed.
The constitutional rule was still further /
suspended, the bill read the third time and |
fLaily passed with its title.
RESOLUTIONS.
BY Mr.. Bureb, by unanimous consent:
WHEREAS, The Governor of the State has
ordered an election to fill vacancies now
existing in this Senate; and
Whereas, The law governing said cleo
ton requires that the State Senate shall |
elect returning board; therefore, be it
Resotrsd, That in accordance with said
law this Senate will proceed to the election
of said returning board On Wednesday,
January %, 1873, at P. III.
Laid over and ordered to be printed in
the journal.
Also, Mr.. Burch, by unanimous consent,
offered the following:
Resolved, That senator Blackburn be
substituted on the Committee on Pen tentl-
airy flor this session only in the place of
Senator Weber, who is prevented by cir
over which be has no control,
from proceeding to Baton Rouge with said |
committee, of which he is member
Adopted.
The Senate went into executive session.
Executive session having been raised, on
call of The roll the following Senators
answered to their naInes:
Messrs. Alexander, Anderson. Barber.
Black burn, Blunt, Butter, Burch Bre ster,
Greene. Harms. p. F. Herwig, Z. L. Herwig, |
Harper. ingraham. Kelso. Assicot, Pollard.
gwItchell. Wharton--l9.
The President OF the Senate announced a
Quorum present.
Mr.. Butler asked for leave Of absence
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