New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-04
EXTRA SESSION
Twentieth Days Session.

Blackburn, Blunt, Butler, Burch, Bfews
ter. Green, F. F. Herwig. Hunsaker
Harper, Ingraham, jerks, Kelso, Mascot
holland, Sypher, Stamps, Weber, Wharton
30
Quorum present.
Prayer by the Chaplain.
On motion Of Dir. Butler, the reading Of
the previous days journal was dispensed
with. There being no corrections to b'
made the President announced that The
journal was adopted
notice. OF BILLS.
Mr.. Hunsaker gave notice that at some
future day he would introduce bill to be
entitled an act to require the city of New
Orleans to provide an aims house for the
benefit Of INDECENT persons
Also a bill to be entitled an act to pro
vide a gradual system OF reprieves as re
ward for meritorious conduct.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
By Mr. Brewster:
A bill TO be entitled an act to organize
and incorporate a board of health for the
State of Louisiana, t. define its powers and
duties, to provide for the expenses # nd
board, to fix penalties for violation OF this
act, and to repeal certain acts now in force
BY unanimous consent the bill was put
on its first reading and read. The consti
tutional rule was then suspended by four
tfths affirmative vote, the bill put on itE
second reading and read, ordered printed
and referrt to the Committee on Health
and Quarantine.
BY Mr. Weber:
An act for the relief of the minor, Mary
f. Clellan, of the parish Of West Feliciana.
Mr. Weber moved a suspension of the
constitutional rules to place the bill on its
second reading, on which the yeas and
nays we're demanded. The following Sen
ators voted yea
Blackburn, Blunt, Burch, Brewster,
Greene, +. +. Herwig, Hunsaker, jerks,
Masicot, holland, Sypher, Twitchell, Weber,
WhartOn-l4.
The following Senators voted nay:
Alexander, Barber, Butler, Harper, In
graham, Kelso, Stamps.
The rules were not suspended, four
hfths not having voted in the affirmative,
and the bill lies over under the rules.
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING.
On motion of Mr.. Herwig, Senate bill No.
10, being substitute for House bill No. 10,
entitled au act making an appropriation
to pay the mileage and per diem of the
members, salaries of officers and employees,
and the contingent expenses Of the extra
session convened and commenced Deem
Der 9, 1922 of the third General Assembly
of the State of Louisiana, by appropriatipg
and providing for the sale Of SIS, 600 of leg
islative warrants, and declaring the manner
of discussing the amount realized by the
sale of said warrants, and for their redemp-
ton, was taken up on its second reading.
Mr.. Brewster moved that the bill be
taken up section by section.
Adopted.
Dir. Ingraham moved the adoption of sec
ton one.
Carried.
Mr.. Wharton moved to reconsider the
vote by which section one was adopted,
on which the yeas and nays were de
manded.
The following Senators voted yea
Alexander, Blunt Brewster, Greene.
Il. +. IIerwig, Hunsaker, Kelso, Sypher,
Wharton-9.
And the following Senators voted nay:
Barber. Blackburn, Butler, Burch, Har-
per, Ingraham, Masicot, holland, Twitchell,
Weber-l0
And the motion to reconsider the vote
was lost.
meut to section two:
Section two, line six, after the word
forthwith" add cor within ten days after
the passage of this act"
Adopted.
Mr.. Twitchell offered the following pro-
vlso TO section two:
Provided that only one half of the said
appropriation hereby authorized shall first
be disposed of and exhausted before the
balance of said appropriation shall be
placed in the market and disposed Of in
accordance with the provisions of this act;
and provided further, that when the re-
naming balance of said appropriation is to
be expended, any person entitled to the
benefits thereof shall be entitled to receive
warrants at the cash money value or rates
for which the first portion of said appropri
alton was disposed of by the SAID Auditor
and Treasurer, under the provisions of this
act, If said persons take the benefit there
of within ten days after the first part
of said appropriation has been exhausted,
or otherwise the said Auditor and Treasurer
will proceed to dispose of the balance of
said appropriation in the manner provided
by this act.
Adopted.
Mr.. Wharton offered the following amend
ment to section two:
Provided that said warrants shall not be !
sold at less than their par value.
Mr.. Barber moved to lay the amendment
of Mr. Wharton on the table, on which the |
yeas and nays were demanded.
The following Senators voted yea:
Alexander, Barber, Blackburn, Butler, |
Burch, Greene, +. +. Herwig, Harper, In |
graham, jerks, Masicot, holland, Twitchell, |
Neber-l4.
And the following Senators voted nay:
Blunt, Brewster, Hunsaker, kelso, Sv- |
pher, Stamps, WHARTON.
And the amendment offered by Mr..
Wharton was laid on the table
On motion of Mr.. Barber, section two was
adopted.
Mr.. Hunsaker moved that the further
reading of the bill be postponed, and that it
be recommitted TO the Finance Committee.
Mr. Twitchell moved to lay the motion of
Mr. Hunsaker on the table, on which the
yeas and nays were demanded.
The following Senators voted yea:
Blrber, Blackburn, Blunt, Butler, Burcb,