New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-02-19
TIE SENATE YESTERDAY.
1aiGt, .iOurth Day's Session.

The Senate me, pursuant to adjournment
tome, Lieutenant Governor q: the State
and President Of the Senate.
On call OF the roll the following Senator'S
I; answered to their names:
Mess:5. Alexander. Barber. Blunt. Bel
: zen. Brewster. Gage. Crawford. Glaudin
Harris. lngraham. Pollard. Stamps. Sypher
Swaizie. Twitcheil. Weber. Wharton-I.
The Pve.;den. announced no quorum
present.
ON molten OF M. Harris tie Senate took
9 recess u 1! 81. thi. day.
| =. II N. tie following Se: l:o:. answered!
70 their names:
! Belien. Blunt. Bevee. Brewster. Burch.
| Butler. Gage. Chadbourr. Crawford.
Detiege. Greene. G!audin. Harris. Harper.
| Z. +. Herwi.. Ingrahaul. ke!so. Masicot.
Pollard. Key. Stamps. Syphe-, Swalzie.
Thomas. lwitch-:I. Weber. Wharton.
! Whitney-3l.
The Pyes;ien: sa.o.;a...; u quorum
present.
Prayer by :he Chaplain.
The reading Of the jougna! ot Mondays
proceedings was dispensed with. and the
journal corrected and adopted.
EXECUTIVE MESSAGE.
The President submitted tie folio wing:
STATE .p IoUl.sSA)
Executive Department. ;
S-w Orleans. February i8, 1874 }
To ;,- ffcn"raI,e PtesideU: and Members Of tn.
Senate.
I have -eceiveda communication from the
Hon. William 4. Richardson. Secretary of the
king fhs nv sha I iSia
ture of Louisiana 9: 4 bill cedn. - the
United State. the titles to lands covered by
nayigable waters on which lighthouses NAV
have Seen built. ! submit the communities
ton 70 you. accompanied by the draft "t an
act prepared by the Secretary of the Trea.
sury. and request your favorable action
thereon.
WILLIAM =. KELLOGG.
Governor.
TRaa.uN, DEPAREns.r.t
Washington. d. e.. January 26. 1874.
have the honor to call your atten.
ton to the seventh section of the az, of
Congress passed May l.. 1920 E.: Stat. y.
600. providing THAT no lighthouse. beacon.
nor landmark shalt be built or erected on
any site previous 70 the cession OF jurisdic.
tion over the same being made 70 the United
States This law was passed in accordance.
with the sixteenth ani. seventeenth clauses
Of section eight Vi article one o: the cousti.
tuition.
Under tho impression tina. the general
government had jurisdiction over the
uavigable waters within the United State.
and tn. land covered thereby. light.
houses have from timc to time been
erected on submarine sites within the ter.
vitoria! limits OF the States. withou. procut.
ing the Cession of jurisdiction required by
the act OF May -. 1920.
Il is understood now that the States NAV
have jurisdiction over lands covered by the
navigable waters within their territorial
limits. In order 20 cure the defect arising
from the possible misrepresentation referred
to. and 20 provide tor the present as well az
the future. | have the honor ~ request. in
the interests OF commerce and navigation.
that you VIII recommend to the Legis ldture
of your State the passage of a general law
ceding to the United States Jurisdiction in all
oasis 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 cession to
the United States of the land also.
At the present time the lighthouse estab-
lishment 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
United 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 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.
70 ;cE
OF Louisiana, New Orleans Louisiana.
An act ceding to the United States title and |
jurisdiction over lands required for light.
houses or beacOns.
Be it 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 a lighthouse,
beacon, or other aid to navigation, and ap- }
plicauion Is made by a duly authorized |
agent of the United States, descr bing the
site required for one of the purposes afore
said, then the Governor of the State 10
and empowered to convey the
title to the L nlted States, and to cede to
the said United States jurisdiction over the
same; provided, no single tract shall con.
tain more than ten acres, and that the State
shall retain concurrent jurisdiction go tar
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
ike manner and to like effect a. If this act
lad never been passed.
MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE.
HOUSE OF REPRgsESTArIrEsf
New Orleans. February 10, 1874. J |
70 the Honorable Presi cent and Members of the |