New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-27

| lister Oaths, and to send tor persons ana pa
| pers.
| Be it also resolved, etc, That said com
mittee shall have a clerk, detailed from thu
Enrolment Committee, to perform clerica
| duties thereon.
| Mr.. Devices, of Red River, moved t.
amend by striking out ''two" and inserting
"tep," and to Investigate charges made by
! the Republican newspaper on yesterday
| Agreed to.
The resolution as amended was adopted
| Mr.. Dejoie, Of Orleans, offered the follow
ing resolution:
! Il esoired, That from and after this DAFT
/ there shall not be any special investigating
| committees appointed that conflict with The
| standing committees of this House: and al
| resolutions. etc, shall be referred to theil
| appropriate standing committees OF this
I House.
Referred to the Committee on Rules.
Mr.. Ward. of Grant, offered the following
! resolution:
ResoIrei. Tha. a committee of three mem
| bers be appointed by the Speaker to inves
| tigate che Metropolitan Loan aud Pledge
| Association, and they are further authorized
to send for books, papers and persons, and
70 make report to this House without delay
Referred to the Committee on Corpora
tions.
Mr.. Devices. of Red River. offered the fol
lowing resolution:
Resolred, That the chairman OF the Com
mittee on Contingent Expenses be and he
is hereby authorized to issue to Theodore
Lipshuts his certificate as clerk TO the ser
geant-at-arms for the regular session OF
%.~h h., i g..
OF the House OF Representatives, and the
Speaker is hereby authorized to sign the
same.
Which was adopted.
NOTICES OF BILLS.
The following gentlemen gave notice that
on some future day they would introduce
the following bills:
By Mr.. King, OF st. James:
An act for. the relief Of L. c. Raspberry.
ex-tax collector Of Bessie: parish.
By Dir. Baker. of Bossier:
An act authorizing person or persons
commissioned by the Governor Of the State
Of Louisiana to organize three or more com.
panies in the parish Of St. James.
By Mr.. Sutton. Of St. Mary:
An act for the relief OF the Orphans
Home. in the parish of st. Mary.
By Mr.. Mathews. of Tensas:
An act to regulate the fees and commits.
s;ons of tax collectors throughout the State.
BY Mr.. Kern, Of Jefferson:
An act to amend and extend the limita.
ton enacted in section five Of an act en-.
titled an act to incorporate the Star Hook
and Ladder Company No. of the city Of
Carrollton. parish Of jefferson. approved
March l6, 1854.
By Mr.. Marie. o: Terrebonre:
An act for the more regular and eeonoi1.
ical system of administering OF dispos;ng of
succession property.
By Mr.. Gair. of East Feiciana.
AN act repeating the lease of tie I.cuis;.
ana Penitentiary.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
according to previous notice. tie follow.
ing bills were introduced, and passed their
first and second readings under suspension
Of the constitutional rules, and referred to
their appropriate committees
BY Mr.. Simms, of ST. Landry:
House bill No. 1884, entitled an act fos the
relief of Theodore Valade.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
BY Mr.. Grant, of Morehouse:
House bill No. 1875, entitled an act for the
relief of Isaac T. Notf, D. B. Douglass and
Eugene McFee.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
/;
restrict the parishes of this State in the
issue of scrips, warrants. or other cyl
dences of Indebtedness, and imposing pen.
alties on police jurfes. foc any violation
thereof.
Referred to the Judiciary Committee and
ordered to be printed in the journal, as fol.
lows:
An act to restfic: The parishes of this State
in the issue of scrip. warrants or other
evidences of Indebtedness, and imposing
penalties upon police jurIes for any VIC.
lation thereof.
SECTION l. BE 1t enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Stats.
of Louisiana in General Assembly con.
Tened. That no board of police Jurors in
any parish of this State shall incur an in.
debtedness. assume obligations Or issue
warrants OF scrip of any kind in an amount
exceeding the levy of the parish tax of
said parish for the current year. unless
specially authorized SO to do by an act of
the Legislature of this State, and for any
violation of the provisions of this act the
members of any board of police jurors shall
be removed from office and each member
shall forfeit to the State the sum of five
hundred dollars. the same to be collected
before any court of competent Jurisdiction.
SEC. =. Be it further enacted. etc That
all laws or parts of laws in cOntraventon
to this act be and the same are hereby re.
pealed.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted. etc, That
this act shall take effec: and be in force from
and after its passage.
BY Mr.. Davidson. Of Livingston:
House bill No. 49,. entitled an act for the
relief Of Marcus 7. Carter. late distric.
attorney for the Sixth Judicia! District Of
the State Of Louisiana.
By Mr.. Smith. of Sabine:
House bill No. 1873. entitled an act to pre-
vent the carrying of dangerous weapons to
public gatherings and for other purposes.
Referred to the Judiciary Committee.
Also. House bill No. I39, entitled an act
to incorporate the town of Nanny, in the
parish Of Sabine. to provide for the govern.
ment Of the same and for other purposes
Referred to the Committee ON Corpora.
tons.
By Mr.. Allan. Of West Baton Rouge:
House bill No. l40. entitled an act to re.
lievs all delinquent taxpayers of this State
from all penalties due by them upon State
taxes, provided that the same be paid with.
in sixty day. from the passage of this act.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and
Means and ordered printed in the journal,
as follows: