New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-31

referred House bill No. 49, would beg leave
| TO report and recommend the indefinite
| Vostponement Of the same.
| All OF @hieh we respectfully report and
| submit. ID. YOUNG,
| WILLIAM MURREiL,
! NJ L. BLACKSTONE,
WILLIAM WARD.
! Which motion was received and adopted.
| Mr Stewart, of Tensas, introduced the
following resolution:
! Reso!ce6, Tha. the Committee on Canals
! and Drainage are hereby authorized and
empowered to investigate the Mexican
Gulf and Ship Island Canal Company, and
|, for the purposes thereof the said committee
shall have full power 10 send goF persons
and papers.
! Lies over under The rules.
! Mr.. Mathews, OF Tens&s, moved 60 I'd
| iourn unit! tomorrow al !. ~
! Lest
Mr.. Stewart, of Tensas, asked sUspen-
| sion OF the rules te cal! up the following
resolution:
WHEREAS, David Bates, az empioye Of
! the House of Representa- has violated
! the orders of the House, as well as the In
structions OF the Speaker pro TEN; and
| Whereas, The said employe used abusive
and insolent language 60 the members
thereof: be il
+. Resolred, That David Bates be and he is
, hereby discharged from the service of the
, House, for the reasons set forth in the pre-
! smble, from THE date.
The rules were not suspended.
Mr. Heating, of Caddo, moved that House
! bill No 8, entitled an act to incorporate
the Louisiana Contra! Railroad Company,
be taken up.
Carried.
MESSAGE FROM .HE SENATE.
| SENATk CHAsBsw
! January 80 1873.
To VI. Honorable speskes and Members of the
| House Of Representatives.:
am directed by the Senate 90 ask con
| currence of your honorable body in the fol
| lowing bills:
Senate Joint resolution No. I, requesting
the President and Congress of the United
States to restore to the city of New Orleans
the property known as The Branch Mint.
Senate Joint resolution No. ,. authorizing
the Governor 70 contract with the city OF
New Orleans or other authority for the use
! of tn, Branch Mint as a State House.
| Senate bill No. SO, aIf act for the relief eli
the Semi Weekly L0uisiGniGn.
Senate bill No. 80, an act to provide for
the appropriation and means OF acquiring
lands by the United States, etc.
Respectfully.
Z. Z. BECRTEL,
Secretary OF Senate.
| INF Seweli of Orleans, in the chair.
The following amendment TO the above
bill was read:
c,SEC. %. Be il further enacted, etc, That
; the said louisiana Central Railroad Com
pany shall not employ any cOnvicts that are
, under sentence in the State Penitentiary in
| the construction OF maintenance OS s3iG
! railways.
Which, on motion o: NJ. Rodriguez. wac
adopted.
The following amendments, introduced
by Mr.. Heating. OF C.3do, were adopted:
SEC. "a Be il enacted, etc, That the capital
stock Of this company shall be six millions
! of dollars, the domicii of said company
shall be in the city OF New Orleans; the
| said Louisiana Railway Company shall com
| mence work on said road within six months
| after the passage of this acs; and further,
that the road shall be compieteu from Yer
| nIilionville, Louisiana, 20 Shreveport, LOU
ssiana. by the fourth day OF March, 1876.
! The following amendment, offered by Mr.
! Hahn. Of ST. Charles, as q substitute i,V
section twenty one, was adopted:
SEC q. BE il further enacted etc. That
! nothing in this act contained shall be COZ
trued as interfering with or diyesting the
Sew Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad
Company of any OF its rights or privileges
, under existing laws, nor shall il be construed
| as giving up or abandoning any right
! which fhc State of Louisiana may now
| have 20 stock or any other interest OF or in
, the said New Orb ans, Mobile and Texas
!. Railroad Company: and this law shall not
take effect OK be of any fierce upless the
said New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Rail
road Company, and the company chartered
| by this act, shall. through their respective
| boards OF directors, file in Che office of the
I Secretary Of State, within ninety days from
! and after the date OF the passage and APP
prevail o: this acy, o written acceptance
thereof. signed by q majority of the direc-
| sOrs OF said companies. and when SO &C
| cep.ei the rights and franchises granted by
! lis act 10 said new comnanv shal! be
deemed 10 be and shall be binding CON
. tracts between the State Of Louisiana and
| the said new company, and shall! not be
! impaired, disturbed or modified by subse
| cuen. legislation. except with the consent
and on the petition Of said company
| Mr. Mathews, Of Tensas, offered TIE fol-
lowing amendment, which was adopted:
SEC. .. Be il further enacted etc, That
! il any foregoing section, or the provision OF
any foregoing section of this act conflicts,
| or divests any other railway from any of
! its rights or franchises granted to them by
| the State Of Louisiana, or inteVferes. or viU-
| lates apy contract between the State OF
| Louisiana and any railroad or railway COM
! psny. then such section, or provisions of
| such section, are hereby declared null and
|! void, of no effect Whatever.
! Mr.. Benham, OF Carroll, offered the fol-
| lowing amendment. which was adopted:
yn section nineteen strike out all after
| the word moved in line ten, and insert
'.proscrbed by law up 70 ''ascertained' IN
line sixty four, and ;nseS: by the usua!
| forms of law.
Mr.. Hahn. Of ST Charles, ot'eSa9 the !o!-
lowing as a substitute ;cr section seventeen.
which was adopted:
SIC. II. Be il further enacted, ETC, That
any careless handling and unnecessary
thro wing of trunks or baggage belonging
TO passengers by any employees OF said com
pany. whereby any damage is done. shall
be paid Tor by said company, and the en-
! ployee of said company thus offending shall
| be liable to a Grimm II prosecution, and ON
conviction shall suffer fine and imprison-
men'. at the discretion OF the court.
Mr.. Mon,aldo % Orleans. moved the
adoption of House bill No. 6, entitled an
act 70 incorporate the Louisiana Central
Railroad Company, as whole. and called
for the previous question.
! Carried.
The bill was adopted as whole.
| Nr. Wands, of yangipahoa, acting chair
| .nsu of the Committee on Enrolment, made
the following report:
CoesITrEa % ESEoLGXEST AND EHGa0saNRSg, }
! January 30, 1873. )
! To Che Honorable Speaker and Members 0f fhe
| b Ouse of Representatives: