New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-02-17
JOURNAL
SENATE.
Thirty-third Days Sessions

SENATE CHAMBER, I
New Orleans February a. 1874. )
The Senate net pursuant to adjournment.
and was called to order by Hon. G. &. 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 Alexander, Barber, Belden. But
Ter, Blackburn, Bovee, Burch. Brewster,
Cage, Chadbourn, Detiege, Daigle, Glaudln,
Z. +. Herwig, Harper, kelso. Mascot,
Sypher Swaizie, Stamps, Twitchell. Weber,
Wharton. Whitney-24.
The president announced = quorum
Rresenfo
Prayer BY Rev. Mr.. Roof.
erhe reading of the journal OF yesterdays
proceedings was dispensed with. and the
journal corrected and adopted.
esEssAGE FROM THE HorsR
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE. I
New Orleans February IA. 1874. ,
60 Che Soaofsble president and Members OF the
Senate
Pam directed by the House TO ask the
Concurrence of your honorable body in the
following Hopse bills, viz
House bill No. 4, an act to Incorporate the
Shreveport and Southwestern Railroad
House bill No. f60. entitled an act 70
amend and re-enace article S33 Of the
Code of Practice.
House bill No. 206, entitled an acc max.
eng it sufficient to publish all advertise.
anents, judicial or Otherwise, notices and
publications, in the parish OF ST. Landry. IN
che English language only:
House bill No 263, entitled an act TO give
60 the fifth justice of the peace for the
parish of Orleans exclusive criminal luris-
ELECTION as committing magistrate IN that
portion of the city of New Orleans on the
right bank of the Mississippi glyey. and
Regulating the fees thereof.
House bill No. 49, an act 20 exempt prop
arty within the limits of the city of Baton
Rouge from the payment OF parish taxes,
except for certain purposes, and to provide
Cor the payment of the expenses OF criminal
prosecution in certain cases.
House bill No. 22i, entitled an act author.
izng John Frederick Braun and Anna
Maria Richter, his wife, to change the name
COT Lsetta Margaretta Niemanu.
And House bill No. sc, entitled an act Pee
organizing the police jury of the parish OF
East Baton Rouge, prescribing the number,
duties and powers thereof, the mode OF
their appointment, fixing their compensa'
ton. and for other purposes.
Also, the following concurrent resolution:
tiOnment be increased on the part of the
Senate two members, of which the Lieuo
tenant Governor shall designate himself as
one, and three on the part of the House OF
Representatives, of which the Speaker shall
designate himself.
Resolced, That the said joint committee
shall make an appOrtionment OF senatorial
and representative districts, and report by
hill or otherwise without delay.
tln@ tln hos. yY,
the following Senate bill. with amend.
ments viz:
Senate bill No. 476, entitled an act
fixing the limits of the Seventeenth District
Court, and the time of holding court in the
parishes composing said district, and the
time for which the judge and district attore
ney shall hold their office.
Very respectfully, etc,
JOHN w. ROXBOROUGR.
Assistant Clerk.
Mr.. Wharton moved to suspend the Sen.
ate rules to take up Senate bill No. $50.
an act supplemental to act No. 3. ap.
proved January "a, 1874, to provide for
testing, at the instance of any taxpayer in
the courts of this State the legality and
validity of any items of the State in.
debtedness, the legality and validity of
which may have been or may be hereafter
questioned; to prohibit the board of liqui-
dation under said act No. of 1874 from
funding the questionable and doubtful obi
cations of the State named or designated
in this act until the same shall have been
finally declared legal and valid by the Su
preme Court of the State of Louisiana,
and to provide the necessary means for car.
rying the provisions of this act into effect.
On call of the yeas and nays the Senate
refused to suspend the rules, two-thirds
not voting in favor, by the following vote:
Yeas-Blunt, Bovee, Brewster. Butler,
ChsdbOurn, Crawford, Detiege, Z. +. Her
wig, Stamps, Sypher Twitchell. Wharton.
Weber, Whitney-l4.
Nays s. Alexander, Anderson Barber,
Belden, Blackburn, Burch, Cage. Daigle, |
Glaudin, Harper. Kelso, Mascot Thomas |
s-l3. !
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Anderson, chairman of the Committee |
on Judiciary, submitted the the following |
report.
Senate bill No. 200, authorizing the attor |
new for the town of Donaldsonvile to insti-
tute suit to declare forfeited the charter |
granted under act No. 10. extra session of |
1870.
Favorably,
Lies over.
Also, favorably on the following entitled
bill, originating in the Committee on Ju-
dicary:
An act relative to crimes and offensess
Lies over.
Mr.. Butler, chairman of the Committee
on Claims, submitted the following:
COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS,
New Orleans, February Is, 1874. !
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
Your Committee on Claims also submit
the following reports. viz:
Senate bill No. li6, tavorably, with the fol-
lowing amendments, to wit In section one.
line four. strike out all after the word lot,
under the figure 49," in same section, in
line seven, insert Fifteen hundred dollars
strike out IN section two. IN line seventeen,
all after the word Gallup"
On Senate bill No. 297. favorably. with
substitute allowing John Hancock to sue
the State.
Z. BUTLER. Chairman.
Lies over.
Mr.. Butler, chairman of the Committee
ON Claims, submitted the following:
Senate bill No. 800, an act for the relief
of Mrs Adelcia Cheatam and her heirs,
and minor children of j. A. s. Acklen, and |
authorizing the maintenance of certain ac-
tons.
FavOrably.
Lies over
Mr. Blunt. chairman of the Committee on |
Agriculture, Commerce and Manufactures
submitted the following:
Coxvrrrpr oS AGRrCuITuRE COMMERCE. ASDl