New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-02-20
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Thirty.iourth Days Proceedings.
House OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
New Orleans. February l9. 1874.


| New Orleans. February l9. 1874.
The House met pursuant to adjournment
and was called to order by the Chic: Clerk
who called Mr.. Mathews. Of Tensas, to tn,
chair.
! On call Of the roll the following member
answered to their names:
Messrs. Allan. Baker. Boyd, Blackstone
BenhaIn, Boatner. Bickham, Butler. Bar
| row, Carey, Cockerham, Carr, Connaugh
ton, Cousin, Demas. Davidson. D. G. Davis
X. r. Davis, Decker. Devezin. Dejoie. Desar
zant, Devices. Elliot. Fontelieu, Fernandez
Greene, Guchard. Harris. Hetfner. Humble
! Hubeau. Hill. Hahn, ?. Jones, johnson, NJ
Jones. Heating. kirkman. Kenyon. Kern,
| ID. King, Keys, V. O. King. Lewis. Landry
Lawes, Little. Marvin. Murrell of Madison
| Moreland. Mayo. Martinez. Marie. Mathews
Montaldo. Nichols, Norris. Price, Peyton
Page. Provost. Paris. Raby, Rodrigues, Saw
| yer. Stewart. Sartain. Snaer, Simms. Smith
| Southland. Sutton. Smart. Trahap. Thomas
Tureaud. Thompson. Williams. ID. Wilson
j. P. Wilson, Washington, Ward, Wands.
Young-s5.
A quorum present.
Prayer By the Rev. Z. Green.
On motion Of Mr.. Hill, OF Ouach;.a. tie
reading Of the journal in detail was dis.
pensed with.
On motion the journal of tie thirty third
days proceedings was approved.
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.
Mr.. Williams. Of East Baton Rouge, pre-
sented the following petition. which was
ordered printed in the journal. and referred
TO The Committee on Appropriations:
To 1he Honorable Speaker and Members OF the
House OF Repre- sentatives:
The petition of your subscribers respect.
fully shows your honorable body that they
are the officers of the Lutheran Benevo.
lent Association" Of the city of Baton
Rouge. Louisiana, an institution moor.
pora.ed under the laws Of this State, in the
year 1867. for the purpose Of attending to
the SICK and destitute OF al! nationalities.
religious denomination, or race. Tina: their
object IS to afford relief to all who may be
found in personal distress. and IN case OF
the death OF any such person, 10 see tina.
decen: ;nterment is provided.
And your petitioners further represen: that
they have fulfilled their selfimposed duties
as aforesaid. ever since the date Of the in.
corporation OF this institution. and paid all
the expenses out OF their own. slender re.
sources. and that owing TO the prevailing
sickness during the last year. they are un.
able to continue their organization. as their
funds are exhausted.
Your petitioners. therefore, pray your
honorable House to grant them relief by an
appropriation OF $500. which amount viii!
pay Oft the debt contracted by this associa.
ton in che discharge Cf their duties to
alleviate the sutferings Of a common hui
mani.y. and will enable them 20 continue
their .ahors in tLa: good cause.
Joseph Israel. Anthony Benjamin.
Amelia Brown. Ann Taylor.
George Thompson. Ade!ine HartshoIn,
Mary E. Israel. Charles Johnson,
James johnson. +. Burton.
G. Washington. W. T. Taylor,
Jacob Brown. n. Jackson.
w. K. Johnston. Joshua Scott,
Frank Anderson. George Hartsho.n,
.. Anderson. Lucinda Higgins.
John Hooper, Mary Moore,
ID. Webster. J. Bailey.
n. Banks. NJ. Davis,
Joseph Dalsor. Clemmy Anderson.
Under suspension of the rules. Mr..
Devices, of Red River. called up the follow.
ing House bill:
House bill! No. 23s. entitled an &C: making
an appropriation for the payment of mile.
age and per diem and contingent expenses
Of the Genera! Assembly of the State of
Louisiana. for the extra session of 1877. and
regular sessions of 1873 and 1874; describing
the manner in which the same shall be
paid. and making the warrants issued under
the provisions of this act receivable for all
taxes and licences due the general fund Of
the State.
Mr.. Devices. Of Red River. moved tina:
the House refuse 20 concur il Senate amend.
ments.
Carried.
Mr.. Devices. OF Red River. moved that
committee OF five be appointed TO confer
with similar committee OF the Senate in
relation 20 the above bill.
Carried.
RESOLUTIONS.
Mr.. Keys. Of Terrebonne. Offered the io,.
lowing resolution. which lies over under
the rules:
Reso,red. That the chairman Of the Com.
mi ttee on Contin gent Expenses be and he
is hereby authorized and directed to issue
TO Charles Frank, clerk. his certificate as
such for the regular session of 1874. to be
paid out of the contingent fund OF the
House Of Representative and the Speaker
is hereby authorized and directed to sign
the same.
Mr.. Murrell, Of Madison. offered the fol
lowing resolution, which was referred to
the Committee on Claims:
Resolred, That the Committee Oh Claims
of the House of Representatives be and is
hereby directed and authorized to examine
the books of the Auditor Of Public Ac-
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