New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-14
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
OF THR
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE
REGJLAIs SESSION
or THE
THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
0P THS
RS,EArE OFs LOUISIANA.
fifth Days Sessions
SENATE CHAMBPh
Rev Orleans, January IL. 1873.

Rev Orleans, January ii. 1873.
CHE Senate met pursuant to adjournment
and was called to order by Hon. A. B. Har-
tis, Lieutenant Governor Of the STATE and
president of the Senate
On call OF the roll the following Senators
answered to their names:
Hon. A. B. Harris, President, ana Mossrs.
anderson. Alexander Barber, Blackburn
Blunt, Butler, Burch, Brewster. Cage,
Greene, ?. F. Herwig, E. +. Herwig,
Harper, Ingraham, Kelso, Mascot, Pol.
fard Sypher. Stamps, Twitchell. Weber,
WHARTON.
The President Of the Senate announced .
quorum present.
Prayer by the Chaplain.
Reading of the minutes of yesterday s
proceedings was dispensed with, and the
President announced that the journal CT
sest6 rday's proceedings stood approved.
che same having been corrected.
MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE.
The Clerk of the House of Representa-
Gives appeared and reported the following
messages from the House:
HOUSE, OF REPRESENTATIVE,
New Orleans. January l9, 1873.
20 the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
1 am directed by she House to ask con
xurrence of your honorable body IN the fol
lowing bills, viz:
House bill No. "a, an act to release the
inhabitants Of tho town Of charlottesville
from payment of parish taxes.
House bill No 46, an act to change and
six the time for holding sessions of the Dis
trict Court in the parish of Lafayette. in
Abe Sixteenth Judicial District.
H. a,Nyr
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 ier 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 LOUISIANA
Executive Departnn ,
New Orleans, January 10, 1873
70 the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
lam directed by his excelency the Acting
Governor TO inform your honorable body
thathe has approved and signed an act orig
mating in the Senate, making an appro-
she members, salaries OF the officers and
employees and the contingent expenses OF
the extra session of the Third General As
sembly of Louisiana, etc
II. A. CORBIN,
Private Secretary.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.
STATE OF LOUISIANA
House of Representatives,
New Orleans January II, 1871
Ts the President and Members of the Senate:
l 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
arrangements for the inauguration OF the
Governor elect, viz: G. c. Benham, of Car
roll, chairman; George E. Paris, of Or
leans; T. G. Davidson, of Livingston;
William Kern, of jefferson; l.. 4. Snaer, Of
iberia.
JOHN w. RONBOROUGU,
Assistant Clerk House of Representatives.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMMITTEE.
The President of the Senate then an
neunced the following as committee on
the part of the Senate as aforesaid, to
make arrangements for the inauguration
of the Governor elect on Monday next, to
wit Messrs. Ingraham, Twitchell and
Barber.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The Senate, GU motion duly seconded,
went into executive session.
Executive session having been raised, the
President ordered call of the roll
Twenty-three Senators answered to their
names.
Quorum present.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
The special committee appointed in pur-
suance with the following resolution. adopt
ed yesterday, as follows
Resolred, That a special committee of
three be appointed by the chair to inquire
into and report tomorrow january ii,