New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-12
Fifth Days Session.

New Orleans January 49, 1879.
To che Honorable President and Members Of sile
Senate:
Z am directed by the House e. ask con
currepce of your honorable body in the toi-
lowing bills, viz:
House bill No. "a, an act to release She
inhabitants of tho town of DOnaldsoEy!lle
from payment of parish taxeso
House bill No. 46, an act to change and
fix the time for holding sessions of the Dis
trict Court in the parish of Lafayette IN
the Sixteenth Judicial District
House bill No. 81, to allow tie city of
New Orleans to construct locks near the
mouths of the New Orleans canal and
Bayou ST. John.
Also that the House has concurred in
the concurrent resolution relative to the
appointment of joint committee tor the
purpose of making arrangements for the
Inauguration of the Governor elect.
Very respectfully,
JOHN w ROXBOROUGH,
Assistant Clerk House of Representatives.
EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATION.
STATE OF BoUIsIASs,)
Executive Department,
Rev Orleans, January TO- 1873. >
TO che Honorable President and Members of she
Senate:
am directed by his excellency the Acting
Governor to inform your honorable body
thathe has approved and signed an act orig
mating in the Senate, making an appro-
priatiOn to pay the mileage and per diem OF
the members, salaries of the officers an d
employees, and the contingent expenses of
the extra session of the Third General As
II. A. CORBIN,
Private Secretarys
eEsyAGE FROM THE HOUSE.
STATS OF LOUISIANA,
House of Representatives, Z
New Orleans, January IL, 1875.
70 ,hs President and Members of the Senate
4 am directed by the House to inform
your honorable body that the following
named gentlemen have been appointed as
members of the joint committee to make
arrau gements for the Inauguration of the
Governor elect, viz: G. &. Benham, of Car
roll, chairman; George E. Paris, of Or
leans; T. G. Davidson, of Livingston;
William Kern, of Jefferson; u, A. Snaero OF
Iberia.
Veryfespeetfully,
JOHN w. ROXBOROGGH,
Assistant Clerk House of Representatives
ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMMITTEE.
The President of the Senate then an
nounced the following as committee on
the part of the Senate as aforesaid, 20
make arrangements for the Inauguration
of the Cover nor elect on Monday next, 60
wit: Messrs. Ingraham. Twitche. and
Barbero
Executive Sessions
The Senate. on motion duly seconded.
went into executive session.
Executive session having been raiseds the
President ordered a call of the roll.
Twenty three Senators answered 20 their
names.
Quorum present.
REPORTS OF CoNMifrEEso
The special committee appointed in puf'
Stance with the following resolution, adOpto
ed yesterday, as follows-o
ResoIred, That special committee of
three be appointed by the chair to inquire
into and report tomorrow January IL.
1879, as to the cause of the absence of any
and all Senators from their seats
Submitted the following report through
its chairman, Mr.. Brewsters
Your committee appointed to- learn the
cause of absent members beg leave to re-
port that they have visited number of the
absentees, and have ascertained that Sen
ators Hunsaker, Todd and holland have
Joined the so-called General Assembly al
Odd FeV lows Hail. and give as their reasons
that THEY believe the Senate TO be llega!
and unworthy of their support, aud that
they have 10 intention of again re
| suming their seats in the Senate OF the
State of Louisiana. AS regards the other
! Senators we ask further time.
o. II. BREWSTER.
r. B. STAMPS,
W. II. TWITCHELL.
! The report vas then received and adopt
ed by the Senate and the committee dis
charged.
On motion of Mr.. Brewster il ~as ordered
and Noland be declared vacant, represent.
ing the following senatoria; districts 60
wit: the seventh. sixth and fourteenth
senatorial disticts, on call OF the yeas and
nays, by a unanimous vote.
Yeas - Anderson, Alexander. Barber
Blunt, Butlero Burch. Brewster. Cage,
Greene, Harris. 2. +. Herwig. +. +. Her
wig, Harper, Ingraham, Keiso. Mascot.
Pollard, Sypheg. Stamps. V@itcheLle Weber,
Wharton-22.
The President then announced that TWEEN
ty-two, all the members presen: and a
quorum, having voted in The Affirmative il
btCtul6 HIS UutF W uCCitic SIO oSGIo VI
Messrs. Hunsakero Todd and holland va
| cant.
Mr.. Sypher moved that the vote taken
upon the expulsion of Messrs. Hunsaker,
| Todd and holland be now reconsidered, and
| also furthermore moved that the motion to
reconsider be laid upon the table.
The latter melton was adopted by a
unanimous vote. and so declared by the
Presidents
On motion Of NJ. ingraham. the Pres;-
dent ordered call Of the senate to asces-
tain if quorum was present.
The Iollowin: Senator. answered 30 .hoir
names:
Hon. 4. B. Harris, and Messrs. Anderson.
Alexander. Barber. Blunt. Bntler. Black
burn. Burch, Brewster, Gage. Greene. 2. +.
Herwig. e. +. Herwig. Harper. Iugrabam.
kelso, Masicot, Sypher. STAMPS. Vw.tsheli,
. Weber, Wharton-2lo
The President declared e quo. dIr present
On motion of Mr.. Brewster. the Senate.
ordered tina: the Secretary OF the Senate
notify. officially and by instructions from
this Serpte. that this Senate has declared
by the required constitutional vote OF the
Senate. being more than Swo-thiId. Of the
members present in quorum as6e mbled, that
the seats of o. F. Hunsafer. of The seventh
senatorial district: Sam NJ. Todd. Of the
sixth senatorial district, Thomas II. No