New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-02-19

time and referred to the judiciary Com

| time and referred to the Judiciary Com.
| mittee
Mr. Harper called mp House bill No. d
ali act to Incorporate the Shreveport and
| Southwestern railroad. The bill was read
a seconL time and seierrei TO the Com
mittee on Railroads.
Mr.. Bovee called for the special order OF
! the day. Senate bill No. $40 an act relative
| to funding the floating indebtedness of the
parishes of this State. and authorizing the
| issuance of bonds for the same, etc. He
| moved that the bill be read section by sec.
ton. The motion was sustained. and pend.
ing the adoption of the first section the
Senate adjourned until to-day at II A. NJ.
House.
Speake. Lowell being unweli and unable
to attend the session. Chief Clerk Vigers
Mr. Mathews. OF Tensas. to take the chair.
Rev. Mr.. Newman. Of Virginia. offered
the morning prayer.
Messrs. Ben ham. King and Eodrigues
were appointed by the Chair to wait upon
K. W. Petton, Esq. who was to address tho
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and learn when he desired to deliver his
address. 1t was subsequently agreed to ad-
journ at 3 7. NJ. for that purpose.
Mr.. Young. having filed his motion on
Monday. moved TO reconsider the resolu-
tion offered by Mr.. Devices, adopted on
Saturday. directing the Committee on Con
tingent Expenses to issue vouchers to cover
the thirty per cent loss the officers of the
House had suffered on their pay during
the previous session.
Mr.. Young said the resolution did not
cover The ground. No simple resolution
could have such . sweeping effect. If it
was proper that such action should be
taken there was a Legitimate way to do it,
A resolution of this kind had been set aside
by the Superior District Court. If the
matter took the proper course there was no
objection to it. II this resolution remained
as it was he. as chairman of the committee,
would have to violate the law. 1t was back
pay. and before that was settled let the
House pay those who were working for
them. Only a few days remained, and the
littls pages had not received cent.
He called for the previous question. which
was ordered and carried.
Mr.. Dewee. moved 20 amend the resolu.
ton by inserting land members
Mr.. Benham said that was no way TO ge:
pay. and the amendment was rejected.
Mr.. Benham said the resolution was
against the provisions of the funding bill.
It would pay old debts with future appro-
priations. He believed there was a trap
in il.
Mr.. Murrel!. Of Madison, said tho resolu.
ton should be postponed. If it were passed
it would be in the face of the decision Of
the Superior District Court.
The resolution was referred to the Com.
mittee ON Ways and Means. with instruc.
tions to repor: a proper bill.
On motion of Mr.. Montaldo the Senate
bill relative to the fiscal agent Of the Metro.
politan Police was taken up.
Mr.. Murrell. Of Madison, expressed him.
from the Senate. L: was precisely what
was needed to secure to the police tho pay
they were entitled to. and save them from
the clutches OF the brokers. into whose
hands they would fail without it.
The bill was read and passed. section by
section. with few amendments.
In considering the ninth section much
discussion arose concerning the admission
of warrants issued for expenses.
Mr.. Gair desired to restrict the condition
to those issued for the pay of patrolmen.
Mr.. Montaldo showed that this was I'M
practicable.
Mr.. Elliot, Of Orleans. said he believed !
tina. if the New Testament was brought
before the House IN the form Of q bill some
member would endeavor to improve i. by |
an amendment. These gentlemen have |
allowed a few sections to be passed without |
objections that they might be thought |
friends Of the bill. All at once they seem |
to have discovered a case Of nightmare in |
the provision 90 include warrants for other !
expenses. These warrants will have to be
included or the object of the bill will not
be accomplished. Their object is to have
'he bill postponed, and by and by they will
urn up as its friends. 1t must not be post
poned. for if it does not pass to-day it will
AXE $20,O0O out Of the hands of the police
md give it to the brokers. In order to see
who had the most friends the brokers or the
police ne moved to table the amendment
The motion was carried and the bill
passed by a vote Of eighty to three.
The House subsequently adjourned as
he hour agreed on arrived