New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-02-20
SENATE.
Thirty.fOurth Days Session.

Messrs Alexander, Barber, Blunt, Be
den, Brewster, Cage, Crawford, Glau1iI
Harris, lngraham, Pollard, Stamps. Syphel
Swaizie, Twitchell, Weber, Wharton-n.
The President announced no IuoruI
present.
On motion OF Mr.. Harris the Senate 700.
recess 70 l2 NJ. this day.
At L. VI. the following Senators answers
20 their names:
Messrs. Alexander, Barber, Blackburn
Belden, Blunt, Bovee, Brewster, Burct
Butler, Cage, Chadbourn, Crawford
De;iege, Greene, Glaudin, Harris, Harper
+. +. Herwig, Ingraham, kelso, Masicot
Pollard, Rey, Stamps. Sypher, Swaizie
Wbitney-3l.
The Presiden: announced quorum
present.
Prayer by the Chaplain.
The reading of the journal of Monday g
proceedings was dispensed with. and the
journal corrected and adopted.
EXECUTIVE MESSAGE:
The President submitted the following:
STATE OF LOUISIANA +,
Executive Department. :
New Orleans February 10. 1874
TO the Honorable President and Members Of the
Senate:
have received communication from the
Hon. William A. Richardson, Secretary the
Treasury, asking the passage by the Legisla'
ture OF Louisiana of a bill ceding to the
United States the titles to lands covered by
navigable waters on which lighthouses may
have been built. submit the communica-
lion to you, accompanied by the draft OF an
act prepared by the Secretary of the Trea.
sury. and request your favorable action
thersop.
Governor.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Washin gtOh, d. c., January 70, 1874. }
have the honor to call your a,ten.
zion 20 tho seventh section OF the act of
Congress passed May Is, 1920 Is Stat, p.
6O0l, providing ''that no lighthouse, beacon
Ger landmark shall be built or erected on
auy site previous to the cessOn of jurisdic.
zion over the same being made to the United
States" This law was passed in accordance
with the sixteenth and seventeenth clauses
of section eight Of article one OF the cons:i-
Sutton.
Under the impression that the general
government had jurisdiction over the
Eavigabe waters within the United States
and ;hs land covered thereby, light
houses have from time to time been
erected on submarine sites within the ter
sitOral Limits OF the States, without procur.
y
The act OF May IL, 1890.
it is understood now thai the States may
have jurisdiction over lands covered by the
Aavigable waters within their territorial
limits. In order to cure the detec. arising
from rhe possible misapprehension referred
TO, and to provide TOR the present as well as
the future. | have the honor to request, in
the interests OF commerce and navigation,
that you will recommend to the Legislature
OF your State the passage of general law
eeding TO the United States jurisdiction in all
sass Of sites OF light houses, and other aids to
navigation, built on submerged foundations.
and where the land under water is owned
by the State, providing for the cesslon 70
the United States OF the land also.
At the present time the lighthouse estab. |
1ishmen. has several appropriations for the
construction of lighthouses on submarine
sites which can not be used till jurisdiction
over the sites shall have been coded to the !
Cnited States, and as the period for which |
many OF these appropriations was made !
will expire on the first of July next. it is OF |
the utmost Importance to commerce that |
the legislative action asked for should be |
had at the earliest possible moment.
A form OF a law which. it is believed, will !
cover all such cases is herewith submitted |
for your consideration.
! am. sir. very respectfully. your odedi. |
ent servant,
WILLIAM A. RICHARDSON.
Secretary of the Treasury.
TO his Exce,iencs William Pitt Kellogg, GoveIpo: |
OF louisiana. New Oreanse LOUISIANA.
An act ceding to the United States title and |
jurisdiction over lands required for light.
houses OF beaconso
Be il enacted by the Senate and House |!
OF Representatives OF the State of Louis.
lana in General Assembly convened.
That whenever the United States de.
sire TO acquire title to land belong.
ing to the State and covered by the naviga.
BILE waters of the United States, within the |
limits thereof. tor the site Of lighthouse,
beacon, or other aid to navigation, and ap.
plication is made by duly authorized |
agent of the United States, describing the
site required for one of the purposes afores
said, then the Governor of the State is
authorized and empowered 10 convey the
title to the United States, and to cede TO
the said United States jurisdiction over the
same; provided, no single tract shall COM
tain more than ten acres, and that the State
shal. retain concurrent jurisdiction SO far
that all process, civil or criminal, issuing
under the authority OF the State, may be
executed by the proper officers thereof upon
any person or persons amenable to the
same, within the limits of land SO coded, in
like manner and to like effect as II this act
had never been passed.
MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE.
House, OF Representatives
New Orleans February 49, 1874. |
To the Honorable President and Members of the
am directed by the House to ask the
concurrence Of YOUR honorable body in the
concurrent resolution, VIZ:
Resolced, That the Senate is hereby re
Guested TO unite with House of Represent.
tatives in Joint session, at such time and
place as shall be agreed upon by the House
and Senate. to hear an address from ex.
10 the Centennial Board OF FL
nance
Very respectfully, etc,
JOHN w. ROXBOROUGH,
Assistant Clerk,
HOUSE. OF REPRESENTATIVES,, |
New Orleans February 49, 1874. } |
TO the Honorable President and Members of the
l am directed by the House to ask the
Of your honorable body TO meet them at
3 p NJ. today for the purposes OF listening
to an address of Ex-Governor Patten, of
Alabama relative to the centennial EXPOSE.
lion.
Very respectfully: etc. ono,.,r
JOHN w. ROXBOROTGH.
Assistant Clerk.
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.
The President announced that the special
order Of the day was House bill No. as. an
act to regulate the private markets in the
city of New Orleans and for other purposes.
Which was fixed for the special order, i'm
after the reading of the minutes.
The bill was taken up and read the third
lime.
Mr.. Harris moved that the bill do now