New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-02-08


and paid out by the treasurer of the Board
| of Police; authorizing the Board of Police
| Commissioners to negotiate loans when nee
essary, end to provide for their payments;
prescribing the manner in which sheriffs of
| the parishes of Orleans, Jefferson and St.
Bernard shall receive Metropolitan Police
| warrants for taxes, and fixing q penalty for
non compliance Herewith; authorizing the
Board of Police Commissioners to draw
upon the Metropolitan Police fund for GER
tain purposes; to repeal laws and parts Of
laws in conflict with this act, beg leave to
report favorably.
Respectfully submitted.
j. A. MASCOT,
Chairman;
r. H. CHAD3OURN,
A. Z. BARBER,
+. b. STAMPS.
JAMES H. INGRAHAM.
Mr.. Ingraham, chairman of the Commit
tee on Engrossment and Enrolment, sub
mitted the following:
COMMITTEE ON ENROLMENT,
New Orleans, February 1874.
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
Your Committee on Enrolment and En-
grOssment begs leave to report as being
duly engroSsed concurrent resolution Gre
ating a Joint special committee, to be
known as the committee on appOrtiOnment,
to report what may be necessary to carry
into effect article twenty of the State con-
stitution, relative to apportionment.
JAMES H. INGRAHAM,
Chairman.
NOTICES OF BILLS.
By Mr. Rey:
An act to incorporate the Native Ladies'
Benevolent aud Mutual Aid Association of
New Orleans, Louisiana.
By Mr. Blunt:
A bill to be entitled an act for the relief
of Mrs. Mary T. Robinson.
By Mr.. lngraham:
An act to provide for the appointment of
an inspector of illuminating gas and gas
metres, to regulate the inspection of the
same and to protect consumers and manu-
facturers Of gas in the parish of Orleans
and jefferson.
Mr.. Twitchell called for the order Of the
day, being unfinished business.
Senate bill No. 176, to be entitled an
act fixing the limits of the Seventeenth
District Court and the time Of holding court
in the parishes comprising said district.
Mr.. Chadbourn moved that the unfinished
business be postponed for thirty minutes.
The Senate refused to postpone.
The unfinished business was taken uF.
The Chair declared the pending question
to be tie final passage of the bill.
Mr.. kelso moved to indefinitely postpone
the bill.
Mr.. Blunt moved to lay the motion to
postpone on the table.
On call of the yeas and nays the Senate
voted to lay on the table the motion to
postpone by the following vote:
Yeas-Alexander, Blackburn, Blunt,
Brewster, Butler, Burch, Cage, Glaudin,
Ingraham, Stamps, Twitchell. Weber,
Whitney-l3.
Nays-Barber, Belden, Chadbourn, De.
tiege, Daigle. Harris, Harper. kelso. MASH
cot, Rey-l0.
The Chair announced the pending Vues'
ton to be the final passage of the bill.
On call OF the yeas and nays, the Senate
voted that the bill do now pass:
Yeas-Alexander, Black burn, Blunt, But
Ter, Brewster. Burch. Cage, Glaudin, Ingra-
ham. Stamps. Twitchell, Weber. Whit
ney-l3.
Says-Barber. Belden, Chadhourn, De.
tiege, Daigle, Harris. Harper. kelsc. Masi.
cot. Rey-l0.
The title to stand.
On motion of Mr.. Butler tie final vote
whereby the Senate refused to adopt the
following on yesterday, was reconsidered.
The final action was as follows yesterday:
Res0lced, That the Committee of Finance
be instructed to examine and report to the
Senate what issues or pledges of ten per
cent bonds have Deen made since the first
of January. 1873, of the Council of the city
of New Orleans; whether the same have
been issued or pledged by authority of law,
and in accordance with the terms OF act
No. 100 Of 1871, and whether they cOnsti-
tute valid debt or obligation against the
city OF New Orleans.
Mr.. Chadbourn moved to strike out the
words ION finance" and insert special
before the word committee" strike out the
words that the" and insert "that a, iand
insert the words .of three" after Commit
tee"
On motion of Mr.. Chadbourn the amend
ment was adopted, on call of the yeas and
nays, by the following vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Belden. Brewster, But
Ter. Daigle, Harper, Ingraham. Rey. Stamps,
Thomas, Twitchell, Weber-l2.
Nays-Alexander Blunt, Bovee. Cage.
Chadbourn, Crawford, Detege. Glaudin.
Sypher, Wharton, Whitney-1I.
Mr.. Chadbourn moved to adopt che tesos
ton as amended.
The Senate refused to adopt the :essli.
ton.
On motion Of Mr.. Chadbourn. the sesoiu.
ton was adopted as amended.
INTRODUCTION OF 9JLLs.
BY Mr.. Barber:
4 bill 10 be entitled an act annexing the
city Of Carrollton to the city of New Or
leans: annexing the balance of the parish
of Jefferson on the east or left bank to the
parish of St. Charles, and providing for the
organization of the parish of Jetfersone
The bill was read the first times
The constitutional rule was suspended by
q four-tifths vote, the bill read the second
time, and referred to the Committee on
Corporations and Parochiai Affairs. and
ordered printed.
By Mr.. Ingraham:
Joint resolution, REQ Nesting our Repre-
sentatives and instructing our Senators in
Congress to secure the passage of concur
rent resolution in Congress, looking to the
securing of supply of seed cane for the
sugar lands of Louisiana.
Also the following communication:
New ORLEANS, February 6, 1874.
Knowing that your time is precious, |
will not trouble you with 8 complete his
tory of the sugar cane here. It has been
often published.
will commence in iS5s, when the Java
ribbon now cultivated gave the first sign Of
degenerating-the stubble or rattoons grow
ing in Salts like prairie grass The Hon.
Nj Conrad of BATON Rnnoe hairr the Sec