New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-14
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
SENATE
sixth Days session,


and was called to order by Hon. c. &. An
tome, Lieutenant Governor OF ths State
and President of the Senate
ON call of the roll the following sana'os'
answered to their names:
Messrs. Barber, Blackburn. Sovec. But
Ger Birch, Cage, Chad bourDs Greene. ifa!
wis, f. f. Herwig, Harper. !ngraham'
Kelso, Mascot, Pollard Reyo stamps
Weber Wharton Whitney-Se.
The Presidenq snuouace|t SStsn'm
present.
Prayer by the chas!FS
The reading of the journal Of yesterday
proceedings was dispensed WITH and the
Journal adopted.
PETITIONS A<y MEMORIALS
sly Mr.. Weber.
Petition of George Swa.ieo claiming .
seas in CHS body, ans asking An inVessisa'
eion.
Referred I'd She Esinmisses oily Contested
Elections.
by Mr.. Brewstet:
Petition of J. f. EeIHy. eohtstin. the
seat of j. Il. Alexander. tsom the twenty.
Fourth senatorial district
Referred to tho con.nsitte@ on CONTESTED
elections.
Mr. Brewster s,rs seGse6 fhesnsmoTial OF
Robert J. Caldwell, of Ouachita parish. to
sse General Assembly, and aslssd 6r
ssadng of the sameo
SThile the Secretary was Fesdins $he
memorial, objections were raised by MIR.
Harris tina. the (seadins % she pnelcsial
eyas QUE of order.
DR. Brewster moS8d 70 suspend the rules
- have the memorial read and referred.
Sir. Harris made the point Of order that
sne petition 10 0hor before the Senate Tor
size reason that the rule requires thai the
senator offering Che petition shall briefly
state the contenss aS ssie saues WHICH svas
cot Done
Mr.. GrewstsR enade Sis point 81 Srder
s.ias unanimous consent had been obtained.
she petition was received and partly read.
md should be &,feSseG 60 She appropriate
sYqnmitteco
The president sIs shaned che point made
ey Mr.. Harris, and decided the pstit!oa aos
eropeIiy before the Senate.
Mr., Brewster then obtained e,haiS1nc's
s.nseat, and offered She following bsiei
,s.tsment of the contests Of ths InemM1a!
thar Rober, j. caldwell. Of Ouaehita, -
yhe General Assembly, setting forth that he
had rendered the State service in annotatlng
abe Code Of Practice OF 3Sout.iana. adpTa4 3
nor remunerations
Eecesy.d sue Vesa.gs6 "a Tire Committee
90 G9aimso
gEfoRss OF COMMITTEES
Ay. Barber, 5roHs the Committee - Ca.
Gnished Business, submitted Il serbai repors
recommending that the bills remaining from
Che session OF fast ysay be indefinitely post
Soned.
Mr.. Keisos ehail,naS Of tie Comh,ittss on
Corporations, yeported fayorably. and re-
sommends the passage o! Senate bil! No.
tSS, an act to incorporate tho First Sapt!st
association Of Shreveport
Mr. Burch, from the COMMITTEES On I'm.
Sollment and EngrossEslte 1nads Ihc fol-
sowing reports
n>oMurrrEK on ENRosfNrSs.,
New orleans, January ~. 1874. }
3Ss~ ere Honorable gresideIs and Members Of She
senate:
I have the honor 20 report as having been
siuly engrossed an act providing Tor the
sunding of the public debt of the State. in.
aluding all legal and valid bonds OF the
State. and all legal and valid warrants and
certificates OF Indebtedness drawn by the
Auditor of Public Accounts upon the
Treasurer, and now unpaid; to pro
vide for the issuance or sonsol-
dated bonds of the State OF Louisiana
IN exchange for said outstanding oblga-
Rions; to provide for the payment OF inter
est and principal Of same; prescribing the
ton SYto-r
FUND; defining the duties and powers OF
State officers under this act, and the man
saer and terms on which said exchange shall
be effected: defining and limiting the State
debt under the operation OF this act; limit
eng the rate OF taxation tor all State pur-
Doses, aud peaing acts inconsistent here
with, and repeating all laws or parts OF
Jaws making the State sontingently liable
gor issuance hereafter OF any bonds, or au-
GhOrizing the Governor ts subscribe TO stock
a@ ans corporation.
COMMITTEE on EsGRossMpNr,s
Sew Orleans, January IL, d6iA
#$co sfse Honorable President and Members ~ she
Senate:
respectfully beg leave TO report as duly
Nngrossed the following Senate concurrent
RESOLUTIONS:
Creating Joint special committee. TO be
known as the committee on apportlonment.
90 report whatever may be necessary to
carry into effect article twenty OF the State
constitution relative to apportionment.
j. HENRI BURCH, ChairmasSs
SorrcES 90 S,LJss
BY Mr.. Cage:
A bill relative 60 acceptance o: bonds In
cases of provisional seizures. attachments
and other purposes.
Also, an act to fig the term % the Fiji
teenth Judicial District Court.
Also, an act TO consolidate and incor-
porate the towns of Lockport and Long
Vile. in the parish of Latourche, under one
title: to fix the boundaries OF said towns,
and 10 provide for the administration OF the
affairs thereof.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLA
BY Mr.. Ingraham
4 bill TO be entitled sn act TO amend and
re-enact sections thirteen, sixteen, twenty
three, forty three and fifty-eight OF an act
entitled IAN act to regulate the conduct and
to maintain the freedom and purity of elec
tons; to prescribe the mode of making re-
turns thereof; to provide for the election OF
returning officers and defining their powers
and duties; to prescribe the mode OF enter
ing on the rolls Of the Senate and House OF
Representatives. and to enforce article lo3
of the constitution" approved November
90 1872.
Bill read the first time
The constitutional rule was suspended,
the bill read the second time and referred