New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-02-22
on Contested Elections, submitted the fol-

of Hon. Alien Greene, as Senator from the
nineteenth senatorial district, be allowed
per diem and mileage up to the day on
which the Senate took final action in the
case.
Respectfully submitted,
T. B. STAMPS, Chairman.
Mr.. Masibt, chairman of the Committee
on Metropolitan Police. submitted the fol
lowing:
COMMITTEE ON MErRoPoLIfAS PoIlcE,
New Orleans, February 20, 1874.
TO the Honorable President and Members OF the
Senate
Your Committee on Metropolitan Police
TO whom was referred Senate bill No. 3se
beg leave to report favOraDly on the same
Respectfully,
T. b. STAMPS,
JAMES H. INGRAHAM.
Mr.. Whitney, chairman of the Committee
on Elections and Registration, submitted
the following:
COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATION,
New Orleans, February 10, 1874.
To the Honorable President and Members OF the
Your Committee on Elections and Regis
tration beg leave to report that we have
had under consideration Senate bill No. lS7,
an act entitled an act to amend and re-
enact certain sections Of the registration
law, and that in Leu thereof we submit the
accompanying substitute, and recommend
its passage.
Respectfully,
E. L. WHITNEY,
Chairman.
Mr.. Twitchell, chairman Of the Commit
tee on Commerce, submitted the following:
New ORLEANS, February 20, 1874.
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
Your Finance Committee to whom was re.
ferred Senate bill No. 406, an act to regulate
the disbursement of moneys collected by the
tax collectors under the law, on judgments
against the several parishes throughout the
State, beg leave to report the same favor.
ably.
Nh. TWITCHELL,
Chairman.
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE,
New Orleans, February %, 1874.
To the Honorable President and Members Of the
Senate:
Your Committee on Finance, to whom
was referred the following Senate bills, beg
leave to report the same favorably, and
recommend their passage:
Senate bill No. 3S7, entitled an act to re.
duce the expenses of the city of New Or
leans; to regulate the duties and provide
for the compensation of the criminal sheriff
of the parish of Orleans, and to authorize
said city to abolish its WOIkhouse and
other places of incarceration.
Also, Senate bill No. 1855, An act to amend
an act entitled an act to authorize the
Council of the city of New Orleans to levy
, police tax, etc.
NJ. Il. TwITCHELE,
Chairman.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
By Mr.. Burch:
An act entitled a code OF reform and
prison discipline for the Louisiana State
Penitentiary; to provide places OF contine-
ment, and their different denominations,
their construction, different classes OF pris-
oners, and their accommodation; relative
to the school Of reform Of the persons to be
admitted, of TIE mode Of reception, Of the
employment, of the distribution of time. of
diet, lodging and clothing, of the police, of
rewards and punishments, of the discharge
from the school of reform; relative to the
officers and attendants of the different
places of confinement and their several
duties, of'the appointment of the officers,
of the duties and powers Of the board OF
control, Of the duties common to the war
dens of the Penitentiary and the school Of
reform, of the duty Of the underkeepers in
the Penitentiary and school Of reform,
of the qualifications of the teachers OF
the Penitentiary and school OF re-
form, of the matrons and their duties;
relative to the treatment Of the prison
ers in the Penitentiary, Of their recep-
ton, of the labor of the male convicts.
of the treatment of the prisoners confined
for life, of the clothing and diet Of the con-
victs; of til treatment of the female con-
victs relative to the punishment in either
place of confinement; abolishing fogging,
;nhuman and excessive punishment, and
the mode of the same, and ere
ating the office Of inspector.
The bill was read the first time.
The constitutional rule was suspended by
. four-fifths vote, the bill read the second
time and referred to the Committee on
Penitentiary and ordered to be printed.
By Mr.. Stamps:
An act to amend and re-enact section one
of an act entitled IAN act defining the du-
ties of notaries public and sheriffs for the
parish of Orleans in certain cases. ap-
proved October 81, 1868.
The bill was read the first time.
The constitutional rule was suspended by
a four-fifths vote, the bill read the second
time and referred to the Committee on
Judiciary.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES LYING OVER.
Senate bill No. 1855, an act to incorporate
The town of Rayville, parish Of Lafayette,
was taken up.
On motion of Mr.. Daigle, the bill was
read the second time, and considered
The constitutional rule was suspended
BY four-ffths' vote, the bill read the
third time. The bill finally passed, the title
to stand.
By unanimous consent the following was
taxed up:
House bill No. ls, an act for the relief OF
William B. Phillips.
Mr.. Butler moved TO adopt the bill on
the second reading, and demanded the pre-.
yious question.
The main question was ordered.
On call of the yeas and nays the Senate
roted to adopt the bill on second reading:
Yeas-Alexander, Black burn, Blunt,
Bovee. Butler, Cage, Crawford, Greene,
Harper, E. F. Herwig. Pollard. Rey, Sypher,
sw aizie. Twitchell, Weber-l5.