New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-31
porate the town Of Waterproof, in the par
lsh OF Tensas, approved April %, 1872
Very respectfully,
JOHN w. ROXBOROUGH,
Assistant CIorE

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS
MP. thomas presented a petition fro,
the Red River Pilots Benevolent Associ;
ton, asking for State aid.
Read and referred to the Committee o
Claims.
| REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
MI. Anderson, chairman of the Commit
tee on Judiciary. reported fayorably upo
the following bills:
Senate bill No. 26S, an act Co authoriz
and empower Thomas II. Franklin. a.
emancipated minor, to practice law befor
any of the courts of this State,
Senate bill No. POI, an act 20 iesitimat,
Maurice George Hughes and Mary Louis
Clark Hughes.
By Mr.. Butler. chairman COMMITTEES O,
| Claims:
I COMnscrsa ON CAIN. ,
! View Orleans, January p. 1874,
To The Honorable President and Members OF ,b,
Senate: N Wv
| Your Committee on Claims, to whom was
referred the petition of l. N. Weymouth
Tor payment of bill for services rendered
the State, has had the same under consider
alton, and find that the services were
properly authorized and faithfully per
formed, and that the sum claimed il reason.
able and ought to be paid.
| 10 provide for the payment of said claims.
] your committee has prepared an act, which
| accompanies this report, the passage of
! which is recommended.
/ All OF which is respectfully s,,bmitte3
E. BUTLER. Chairman.
Also, favorably on House bill No. 49, for
relief of William B. Phillips, recommend.
ing its passage.
Also, by substitute for House bilr No. .s3
an act for the relief of Mrs Catharine Epps
by MIR. Ingraham, chairman Committee
on ENROLMENT and Engrossment;
COMMITTEE ON ENROLMENT
New Orleans. January 80, 1874 :
70 the Honorable Presiden, and Members of the
Your Committee on Enrolment beo ,eave
10 report as being duly enrolled the follow
ing Senate bills, viz:
Senate bill No. 216, entitled an act fixing
the time OF holding the District Court in
the Fourth Judicial District of the State of
louisiana, comprising the parishes of St.
Charles, St John the Baptist, st. James and
Ascension
Also, Senate bill No. 247 entitled an act to
NIX the terms Of the District Court in the
Fifteenth Judicial District of the State of
louisiana -
Also, Senate bill No. III, entitled an act
cedlng Jurisdiction and conveying title to
all State lands required for the cOnstruc
ton OF the proposed Fort St. Philip canal
to the government of the United States.
Also, Senate bill No. 1873, an act to incor-
porate the First Baptist Association of
Shreveport.
Also, Senate bill No. l75, an act relative
TO the trial nf fol c,,;ta -
sional seizures have issued.
Also, Senate bill No 1877. an act to amend
an act entitled an act to amend article GA
1872. ~
Respectfully.
JAMES H. lNGRAHAM,
Chairman.
2EAyE or ABSENCE.
Mr.. Harris asked and obtained leave of
absence for one week for Mr. Reber. the as |
sistant minute clerk of the Senate. h!
NOTICES OF BILLS,
By NJ. Belden:
An ACT to amend and re-enac, article
nine of section twelve of an act entitled an |
act to extend the limits of The parish of Or |
eans. and to change the boundaries of the |
parishes of Orleans and jefferson, and to |
consolidate the cities of New Orleans and |
Jefferson, and to provide for the govern
nent of the city of New Orleans and the
of the affairs thereof, and
o repeal an act entitled an act to incor
'orate the city of New Orleans approved !
February %, 1852, and to repeal all acts
mandatory thereto, and to repeal an act
Untitled an act to incorporate the city of
jefferson, approved March g. 1850, and to
epeal all acts amendatory thereto, and to
'rovide for the funding of the floating in
ebtedness Of the corporations as CONSOLE
lated by said act, approved March l6, 1870.
By Mr.. Chadbourn:
An act to prevent forced sales of prom
rty at less than four-tifths of it's value, and
0 amend and re-enact article $50 of the |
ode of Practice.
By Mr.. Kelso:
Al act to repeal an act defining certain
ghts and duties of State officers, approved !
Iarch 6, 1872
By Mr.. Bovee:
An act to incorporate the city of Donald
IN, in the parish of Ascension, defining its |
providing for the government
hereof, and funding all legal Indebtedness
the corporation of nonaldsonville; re-
ealing act No. SO of 1870, revising and
nending the charter of Donaldsonvile,
Id all laws in conflict with this act.
By Mr.. Barber:
A bill to provide for the REMEMBERING of ,
nd lnto in +bo |
o city of New Orleans, and to define the
tiles of the Mayor and City Council in re- !
ton thereto. q
By Mr.. Brewster: n
bill to be entitled an act to fix the term l
the Fourteenth Judicial District Court I,
the State of Louisiana.
Also, bill 10 be entitled an act TO faciH- !
te the testimony. and for other purposes. ! h
BY Mr.. Gage: h
A bill to be entitled an act 60 define the O
ties of the several clerks of courts of the
Veral districts of this State in relation to
9 security of bonds, etc. Lis
By Mr. Thomas "a
4 bill to be entitled an act for the relief a,
the Red River Pilots Benevolent Asso- q;
ton.
By Mr.. Anderson:
bill to be entitled an ACT 60 authorize |
1 direct the State Auditor to draw his ii
rrant upon the State treasury, etc. C
also. a bill explanatory of the sixteenth
'agraph of the first section of act No. IA,
proved March >. 1872.
bill entitled an act yeiatise to the trial h.
causes IN the Supreme Court of Louisiana. hs
y Mr.. Whitney: re
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