New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-25

clerks of courts to employ and charge addi-
tional fees for the service of photographers
and stenographers, whenever employed in
any of the district or parish courts of the
State in which appeals lie to the Supreme
Court.
The bill was read the first time.
The constitutional rule was suspended by
four-tfths vote, the bill read the second
time, and referred to the Committee on Ju-
dietary.
By Mr.. Thomas:
An act to enforce the fee bills, and. in
fact, penalties for violation of the same.
The bill was read the first time.
The constitutional rule was suspended by
D four-ffths vote the bill read the second
time, and referred to the Committee on Ju
dietary.
By Mr.. Bovee:
An act to authorize notaries public to
fake and certify Oaths. affirmations and
dispositions.
The bill was read the first time.
The constitutional rule was suspended by
a fou,-fifths vote, the bill read second
time and referred to the Committee on Ju-
dietary.
BY Mr.. Brewster:
A bill to be entitled an act appropriatlng
to Mrs. Alice A. Crawford, widow of the
late Judge T. S. Crawford, andlto Mrs. S. +.
Harris, widow of the late District Attorney
A. II. Harris, the balance of the salary that
would have been due each of them had
they lived to the end Of their term Of SER
vice.
The bill was read the first time.
The constitutional rule was suspended by
a four-ffths vote, the bill read the second
time and referred to the Committee on
Judiciary.
Mr.. tngraham submitted the following
motion:
That House bill No. IS. referred to the
Finance Committee on the twenty-second
instant, be withdrawn therefrom.
(Mr. Butler in the chair.
Mr.. Brewster submitted the following
amendment:
That the Committee on Finance be in
etructed to report the bill to the Senate to-
morrow after reading of the minutes, and it
be made the special order of the day at that
time.
Mr. Twitchell, by permission of the Sen
ate, as chairman of the Committee on
Finance, made personal explanation.
Mr.. Harris, as a member of the Commit
tee on Finance, made also a personal ex-
PLANTATION.
Mr. Stamps moved that the amendment
of Mr.. Brewster be laid on the table.
On call of the yeas and nays the Senate
refused to lay the amendment on the table
by the following vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Barber. Belden, Burch,
Cage, ChadbOurn, Harris, Thomas, Harper,
Ingraham, MasicOt, Rey, Stamps, Weber,
WhartOn-l5.
Bovee, Butler, Brew ster, Chadbourn,
Crawford, Daigie, Greene. E. +. Herwig,
Kelso, Pollard, Sypher, Twitchell-l4.
On call of the yeas and nays the motion
of Mr. Ingraham was adopted by the fol-
lowing vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Barber, Belden, Butler,
Blackburn, Burch, Cage, Chadbourn, Dalgle,
Harris. Harper, Ingraham, Mascot, Rey,
Sypher, Stamps, ThoDas, Weber, Whar-
tOn-l9.
Nays-Alexander, Blunt, Bovee, Brew
eter, era wford, Greene, E. +. Herwig, kelso,
Pollard, Twitchell-lO.
Finance was called upon by the President
for the bill.
The chairman of the Committee on
Finance obtained leave to go after the bill
at the room Of the committee.
BILL FIXED.
On motion of Mr. Barber, Senate bill No
275, a bill to be entitled an &C. for the pay
ment of the militia, a police force called out
to suppress riots or public disturbances, or
to enforce the laws, by the parishes in
which services are rendered, and the mode
and manner of levying and collecting the
taxes therefor, and for suit against the
parish, be fixed for Tuesday next, as special
order of the day, and the bill ordered to be
prin ed.
On motion of Mr.. Stamps, the report Of
the Commute on Contested Elections was
read for information concerning the seat
ing of George Swaizie, from the twelfth
senatorial district.
Mr.. Butler made the point of order that
it would require suspension OF the rules
to consider the report after the morning
hour.
Mr.. Harris, in the chair, decided the
point well taken.
Mr.. Barber moved that the rules be sus-
pended to take mp the report OF the Com
tive
George Swaizie.
The rules were suspended. and on call
of the yeas and nays the Senate voted to
take up the report by the following vote:
Yeas-Alexander, Barber, Blackburn,
Belden, Blunt, Bovee, Butler, Burch,
Brewster. Cage. Crawford, Greene. Harris,
Harper, Ingraham, Kelso, MasicOt, Pollard,
Rev. Stamps, Weber-2l.
Nays-Anderson, Chadbourn, Daigle,
Sypher, Thomas-5.
The Chair requested the Secretary to
take up the report.
On motion of Mr.. Butler, the Senate went
into executive session.
Executive session having beer rsisoG, on
call of the roll the following Senators an
swered to their names:
Messrs Anderson. Alexander, Barber,
Belden. Blackburn, Bovee, Burch. Brewster,
Cage, Chadbourn. Crawford, Daigle, Greene.
Harris, Z. +. Herwig, Kelso, Mascot, Pol
lard, Sypher, Stamps, Twitchell, Weber,
Wharton-23.
The President in the chair, announced a
quorum present.
The pending question was the report of
the Committee on Contested Elections, fav-