New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-18
Mr.. Mascot moved to table the item.

On cal! OF the yeas and nays the Senat
refused to table the item:
Yeas-Alexander, Brewster, Crawford
| Denege, Glaudin, Harris, Harper, E. +
Herwig, Masicot. Pollard, Rey, Stamps
Sypher, Twitchell, Whitney-l5.
| Nsys-Anderson, Barber, Belden, Black
burn, Blunt, Bovee, Burch, Butler. Cage
Chadbourn, Greene, Ingraham, Swaizie
Thomas, Weber, Wharton-16.
Mr.. Harris made the point of order, tina
the item could not be received at this time
two-thirds Of the members present not vot
| ing ID favor of the same
The President sustained the poin: of or
| der.
The item was not received.
The item appropriating $4,000 to T. w
Deklyne was stricken out.
The following item was taken up:
The Auditor is hereby directed to issue
his warrants for legislative voucher No. al
session of 1870, and legislative warrant No
10, session of 1870, and legislative CHECK
No. w. session Of 1872, - dollars.
Mr.. Harris moved to fill the blank by the
following:
Insert the words "or as much thereof az
may be necessary, not to exceed $780,"
Mr.. Crawford in the chair, accorded the
floor to Mr.. Burch for q personal explana
ton under question of privilege.
Mr.. Burch complained that the item for
the repairs of the State House at Baton
Rouge had been rejected by the Presiden:
OF the Senate through his ruling upon a
point of order that new items can not be
adOntQ6 without
mittee on Finance. That he had stated to
the Senate that the item had been adopted
by the House of Representatives, and that
for some reason unknown to him the item
did not appear in the bill now under con-
sideration purporting to be the bill already
passed the Heuse.
That from the action of the Senate, i. ap-
peared to him that his statement was dis
credited, hence his right as a Senator to
raise this question of privilege. He (Mr.
Burch) then proposed to prove by the Chef
Clerk of the House of Representatives,
that his statement was correct and that in
an supplementary manner, his item had
been ruled out of order.
He then introduced the Chief Clerk of the
House, and desired the Chair to allow him
to read from the journal of the House the
action upon the item just rejected.
Mr.. Crawford in the Chair, ruled that the
Senate was considering bill that had
passed the House of Representatives, and
had been brought to the Senate under the
charge of the Chief Clerk of the House. who
%lo r
the House of Representatives could not be
allowed to impeach his own record; the bill
under consideration if not the one that
passed the House, could be declared out of
order by the Senator from Baton Rouge,
raising such point.
The President in the Chair, announced
hat the item appeared in the bill properly,
then under consideration; and as an item in
he bill could be considered same as any
other item.
The item appropriating 100000 for the
'epairs of the State House at Baton Rouge
v as taken up.
Mr.. Burch moved to adopt the item
Mr. Harris moved to table Mr.. Burch's
notion.
On call of the yeas and nays the Senate
efused to table by the following vote:
Yeas-Alexander, Brewster Crawford,
)etiege, Glaudin, Harris, Harper, 3. F.
1erwig, Mascot, Pollard, Rey, Stamps.
'ypher, Twitchell, Whitney-l5.
Nays-Anderson, Barber, Belden, Blunt,
Blackburn, Bovee, Burch, Butler, Cage,
yhadoourn, Greene, Ingraham, Swaizie,
'homas, Weber, Wharton-l6
Mr.. Harris raised the following constitu-
ional objection to the adoption of the item:
Article Ill, in brief, requires that when
yer the General Assembly shall contract a |
ebt exceeding 100000, it shall provide |
dequate means to pay the current interest |
nd principal when the same shall become |
Iue, In the same law creating the debt.
uch adequate means were not provided. |
he item creates debt for $780, 900, when i
he Auditor draws warrants upon the treas.
ry against this appropriation, with no
leans adequate to pay the said warrants
'ere provided for in the item.
The President would have been glad to
ave given his opinion at length upon the
institutional question, but this would be
aking up too much time. He would, there
ore, briefly say that the point of order was
ell taken; that the constitutional article
as correctly quoted, and that the cOnsti-
ltion fixed the place for the State House
| this city, and that repairs upon the old
tate House at Baton Rouge were not cur
mt expenses; that such items are not
roper in the general appropriations for
nnual expenses; that it was the duty of
lie Chair, when such questions were raised,
decide them.
Mr.. Burch took an appeal.
Mr.. Harris moved to table the appeal.
On call of the yeas and nays, the ap-
eal was tabled by the following vote:
r, ChadbOurn, Crawford, Harris, Harper,
+. Herwig, Ingraham, Kelso, Masicot,
ollard, Rey, Stamps, Sypher, Thomas,
Whitney-l9
Nays-Alexander, Belden, Blackburn.
urch, Blunt, Cage, Detiege, Glaudin,
vaizie, Weber, Wharton-Il.
The item appropriating to pay Mr.. Sauvi-
1t was adopted.
Mr.. Harris moved to reconsider the vote.
Mr.. Blunt moved to table the motion to
consider.
On call of the yeas and nays the Senate
tied to table the motion by the following
tie:
Yeas-Anderson, Barber, Belden, Blunt,
lrch, Butler, Cage, Detiege, Glaudin,
arper, Ingraham, Kelso, Masicot, Pollard,
~, Swaizie, Thomas, Twitchell-lS. f,
Nays-AleXander, Blackburn, Bovee,
'ewster, Chadbourn, Crawford, Greene,
arrls, =: +. Herwig, Sypher, Thomas,
eber, Wharton, Whitney-l4.
On motion of Mr.. Harris, the item for
re-. E. c. Edmonson, transferee of James :
thomson, was stricken out.
On motion of Mr.. Mascot, the item ap-
OPERATING rent for the Land Office was {
'icken out. =