New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-15

Nz.s Masisot.noved 70 table the item. se--
On call Of the yeas and nays the Senat'
refused to table the item:
Yeas-Alexander, Brewster, Crawford
Detlege, Glaudin, Harris, Harper, K. +
Herwig, Masicot. Pollard, Rey, Stamps
Sypher, Twitchell, Whitney-l5.
Nays-Anderson, Barber, Belden, Black
burn, Blunt, Bovee, Burch, Butler. Cage
Chadbourn, Greene, Ingraham, Swaizie
Thomas, Weber, Whsrton-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 In favor of the same.
| The President sustained the point of or
der.
The item was not received.
The item apppopriating $4,000 to T. w
DeKly 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
| Is, session of 1870, and legislative check
No. III, session Of 1872, - dollars.
Mr. Harris moved to fill the blank by the
following:
Insert the " ords cor as much thereof as
may be necessary, not to exceed $780,"
Mr.. Crawford in the chair, accorded the
floor to Mr.. Burch for a 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 President
of the Senate through his ruling upon q
point of order that new items can not be
adopted without reference to the CON-
mittee on Finance. That he had stated to
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, it ap-
peared to him that his statement was dis
credited, hence his right as 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 parliamentary 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 a 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
was then present; that the Chief Clerk of
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
that the item appeared in the bill properly,
then under consideration; and as an item in
the bill could be considered same as any
other item.
The item appropriating $4,000 for the
repairs Of the State House at Baton Rouge
was taken up.
Mr.. Burch moved to adopt the item.
>AA' udAIlo Idl5CO UuC lOllOWluS COQBClCu-
tional objection to the adoption of the item:
Article Ill, in brief, requires that when
ever the General Assembly shall contract q
debt exceeding 100000, it shall provide
adequate means to pay the current interest
and principal when the same shall become
due, in the same law creating the debt
Such adequate means we're not provided.
The item creates debt for SOC, 900, when
the Auditor draws warrants upon the treas.
ury against this appropriation, with no
means adequate to pay the said warrants
were provided for in the item.
The President would have been glad to
have given his opinion at length upon the
question, but this would be
aking up too much time. He would, there
fore, briefly say that the point of order was
we'll taken; that the constitutional article
was correctly quoted, and that the consti-
tuition fixed the place for the State House
n this city, and that repairs upon the old
State House at Baton Rouge were not cur
'ent expenses; that such items are not |
proper in the general appropriations for
annual expenses; that it was the duty of |
he 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-
zeal was tabled by the following vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Barber, Brewster, But |
or, Chadbourn, Crawford, Harris, Harper, |
.. +. Herwig, 1ngraham, Kelso, Masicot, |
Pollard, Rey, Stamps, Sypher, Thomas, |
Cwitchell, Whitney-19.
Nays-Alexander, Belden, Blackburn,
3urch, Blunt, Cage, Detiege, Glaudin,
'waizie, Weber, Wharton-ll.
The item appropriating to pay Mr. Sauvi-
let was adopted.
Mr.. Harris moved to reconsider the vote
Mr.. Blunt moved to table the motion to
reconsider.
On call Of the yeas and nays the Senate
'oted to table the motion by the following
-ote:
Yeas-Anderson, Barber, Belden, Blunt.
3urch, Butler, Cage, Detiege, Glaudin.
Harper, Ingraham, Kelso, Mascot, Pollard,
ley, Swaizle, Thomas, Twitehell-l8
Nays-Alexander, Blackburn, Bovee,
Brewster, Chadbourn, Crawford, Greene,
Weber, Wharton, Whitney-l4.
On motion OF Mr.. Harris, the item for
drs. E. c. Edmonson, transferee of James
Idmonson, was stricken out.
On motion Of Mr.. Masicot, the item ap-
rent for the Land Office was
tricken out.
The third section was read.
Mr.. Harris moved to adopt the section.
Adopted.
The first item of the fourth section was
cad.
Mr.. Chadbourn in the chair