New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-28
THE SENATE YESTERDAY.
Eighteenth Day's Session.


THE SENATE YESTERDAY.
Eighteenth Day's Session.
| SENATE CHAMBER :
! New Orleans, January u. 1874.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment
and was called to order by Hon. C. C. An
tome, Lieutenant Governor of the State and
President of the Senate.
On call of the roll the following Senators
answered TO their names:
Messrs. Anderson, Alexander, Barber.
Belden, Blackburn, Blunt, Bovee, Butler,
Burch. Brewster, Cage, Chadbourn, Craw.
ford, Daigie. Greene, E. +. Herwig, Harper,
lngraham, Pollard, Rey, Swaizie, Sypher.
Stamps. Twitchell. Weber. Wharton. Whit.
ney-2.
The President announced a quorum pres.
emit.
Prayer by the chaplain.
The reading of the journal of yesterday's
proceedings was dispensed with, and the
journal corrected and adopted.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
New Orleans, La, January q. 1874.
To the Honorable President and Members of the
! Senate:
I am directed by the House to inform
your honorable body that the House has
concurred in the following Senate bills, VIZ:
Senate bill No. 81. entitled an act to
amend and re-enact sections two and three
I of an act TO incorporate the Louisiana
/ Workingmen's Association, approved April
%. 1872.
Also, Senate bill No. 5, entitled an act for
! the relief Of Francis Noel, of the parish of
| Orleans.
| Very respectfully, etc.
JOHN w. ROXBOROUGH.
! Assistant Clerk.
| Mr.. Burch moved to reconsider the vote
by which the following motion was adopted
yesterday:
That the action of the Senate on Friday
last in taking up House bill No. IS, known
as the funding BILL from the Committee on
Finance, was not intended to reflect dis
credit upon the chairman of the committee,
| or in any manner accuse him of neglect of
duty or opposition to the reform measures
| contained in said bill.
Mr. Wharton moved that the motion to
reconsider be laid on the table.
| On call of the yeas and nays the motion
to reconsider was laid on the table by the
the following vote:
Yeas-Alexander, Black burn, Blunt, But
| Ter, Bovee. Brewster, Crawford, Daigle,
Greene, E. F. Herwig, Harper, Kelso, Pol
lard. Sypher. Swaizle. Thomas. Wharton.
Weber, Whitney-l9.
Nays--Barber. Belden, Burch ,Chadbourn.
Harris. 1ngraham, Mascot, Rey. Stamps-9.
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.
Mr.. Wharton presented memorial of
Amelia Richard. wife Of Victor Laurent, of
the parish of 1berville, asking for REIN.
bursement for property purchased at tax
sale. the title of which was set aside by
decree Of the Fifth Judicial District Court.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Anderson, chairman of the Commit
tee on Judiciary, submitted the following
report:
Senate bill No. 27S. entitled an act appro.
priatlng to Mrs. Alice A. Crawford, widow Of
the late Judge T. S. Crawford. and to Mrs.
S. +. Harris. widow Of the late District At.
torney A. H. Harris. the balance Of the sal.
airy that would have been due each of them
had they lived to the end OF their term of
service.
Favorably.
Senate bill No. ?6i. entitled an act ,eia.
tive to Attorney General. distric. attorneys
and district attorneys pro tempore. swearing
witnesses and compelling their attendance.
By substitute.
Mr.. Bovee. chairman Of the Committee
on Charitable Institutions, reported tayora.
bly, upon the following:
ResOlced That the Committee On Char.
table Institutions be instructed to proceed
nj IrRv s-,A -.
at Jackson, to examine the books and rec.
ords thereof relating thereto in the Office of
the State Treasurer or elsewhere, and gen.
eral management Of said ASYLUM, with
power to send for papers and persons. and
report to this body the result of their in.
vestigation by bill! or otherwise.
Mr.. Butler, chairman of the Committee on
Claims, submitted the following:
COMMITTEE .S CiAns)
New orleans, January "a, 1874. !
To the hono:abie President and Members OF the
Senate:
Your Committee on Claims. to which was
referred Senate bill No. 255. respectfully
report untavorably on the same.
E. BUTLER. Oh airman.
Mr.. Brewster. chairman OF the Committee
on Education. submitted the following:
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION.
New Orleans. January u. 1874.
TO the Honorable President and Members Of the
Senate:
Your Committee on Education have the
honor to report that they have had under
consideration Senate bill! No. 2j9, and beg
leave to report in favor of its passage, with
the following amendments: Strike out all
OF section one, after the word five. in line
twenty-five. and insert mot to exceed
twenty-five dollars" Also. to strike ont all
of section two, and insert:
BE II further enacted. etc. Tha: all acts
and parts of acts in conflict with this act
be and the same are hereby repealed and
that this act shall take effect from and afte,
January /, 1879.
Respectfully.
o. H. BREWSTER, Chairman.
NOTICES OF BILLS.
By Mr.. Weber:
OF an act for the relief of John Hancock.
By Mr.. Wharton:
Of an act to amend an act entitled an act |
to establish an insane asylum and to regu-
late the same, approved March Is, 1855.
Ut joint resolution proposing to strike |
out article 1872 of the constitution Of the
State Of Louisiana.