New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-04
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dfFjclkl JOURNAL OF THE UNITED SIAteS
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF NEW ORLEANS
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
OF THE
SECOND SESSION
OF TIE
rEtRb GENERAL ASSEMBLY
or yR
STATE OF LOUISIANA
5le,v Orleans Republican.
Senate
ferfysthird Days Session.

SENAIkO
ferry.third Days Session.
SENATE CHAMBER
Sev Orleans March 2. 10. }
The Senate me: pursuant 30 Adjournment.
and was called TO order by Hon. c. &. AM
soine. Lieutenant Governor Of tn. State
and President of the Senate.
ON call of the roll the so.iow.r: Senatcss
answered to their names:
Messrs. Barber, Belden. Blunt. Brewster.
Surch Butler, Gage, Crawford. Chad0ourn'
Daigle, Detiege, Greene, Harris Harper.
Ingraham, Kelso, Pollard. Ihomas. NasS'
son, Whitney--O.
The President; snHo.nce.s . quorum
present.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Burcl.'
The reading of the journal OF yesterdays
proceedings was dispensed with. and the
adoption OF the journa. was :aid en- the ia.
BILE subiecs to call.
HorsE OF REpREsEsrArvE..l
New Orleans March 2. 1874. )
20 the Honorable President and Members OF the
Senate:
am directed by the House TO inform
sour honorable body that they have con-
Cured in the following Senate bills:
Senate bill No. $50, entitled an act to
amend and re-enact an act entitled an act
granting corporate privileges to the lnhablt-
ants of the city Of Baton Rouge, IN the
parish of East Baton Rouge, and to pro-
vide for the government OF the affairs there
of: and to repeal an act entitled an act to
amend the several acts relative to the ponce
and government of the city OF Baton Rouge,
approved April =, 1853; and to repeal an act
to provide for the government OF the city OF
Baton Rouge, approved March 8, 1896, and
TO repeal all acts smendatOry thereto.
Senate bill No. 447, entitled an act author
ing the police Jury of the parish of IDerville
to purchase the dyke across the Bayou
Plaauemine, and to make the same public
highway. and to issue its bonds in payment
therefor.
Senate bill No. 35S, entitled an act
TO amend an act entitled an act to author
ize the Coun Gil of the city OF New Orleans
to lew police tax; to regulate leVles OF
taxes the proceedings of tax suits and the
jurisdiction of the district courts tor the
parish of Orleans in reference thereto; to
define and punish forgery in certain cases;
to authorize the funding of the floating
debt; to consolidate, limit and provide for
the debt of the city of New Orleans, prin-
cipal and interest; to authorize tax for the
support of the city government, ana TO es-
tablish fiscal agency, defining its duties,
and for the better enforcement OF the col
lection Of all taxes, approved April ~, 1877.
Senate bill No. 339, an act to incorporate
the st. Louis Roi and st. Angela Mutual
Benevolent Association.
Senate bill No. 452, entitled an act TO Ie.
ultimate Hannah and Georgiana Antoine.
Senate bill No. 2S7 entitled an actlto lay
cut and open a road to connect the Grand
Point Settlement, in the parish OF st.
james, with the Mississippi givey. and to
levy a special tax for same.
Senate bill No 219, entitled an acc ap.
oropriating to Mrs. Alice Crawford widow
OF the late Judge L. S. Crawford, and to Mrs.
F.iS. Harris widow. of the late A. He Harris.
the balance OF the salary that would have
been due each of them had they lived to
che end of their term of service.
Senate bill No. $50, entitled an act SO fns
corporate the town of Rayville, in the par.
ish of Lafayette.
Senate bill No. 4l2, entitled an ace au.
thorizng the Governor to appoint an AS
sistant Attorney General, regulating his
office, defining his duties, aud liking his
compensation, and authorizing certain Off.
GERS to appear by attorneys selected by
them.
Senate bill No :oS, entitled an act 10. the
selief of benjamin Campbell and his minor
Child, Estelle L. Campbell.
Senate bill No 239 entitled an act TO es.
tablish the charity hospital of the city OF
Baton Rouge.
Senate Dill NO. JoO, tHiilltu atC W
abolish the fees OF Jurors in the city OF New
Orleans in criminal and coroner's cases.
Also, to ask the concurrence OF your
honorable body in the following House
bills, viz:
House bill No. 500, entitled an act to in
corporate the Louisiana State Association
for the prevention and suppression OF cru
city to animals.
Substitute for Senate bill No. $40, entitled
House bill No. 42S, entitled an act creating
q superior criminal court for the parish of
of Orleans; defining the jurisdiction thereof;
providing for a judge and clerk OF the
same, and defining their duties and powers:
restricting and regulating the jurisdiction
of the First District Court for the parish
of Orleans; providing for jury commission
ers, and the manner of drawing and select
ing grand and petty jurors for the civil and
criminal courts, and tor the OBTAINING OF
witnesses in criminal cases in said parish;
defining the crime of grand and petty
larceny in the State, and providing tor the
place of holding the sessions of the court,
and for the recusation, absence or inability
TO act of the judge.
House bill No. $685. entitled an act to ex
empt from taxation all products of per
sons own manufacture or result OF his
labor when produced i'll the State. and to
exempt persons from arrest Tor non-pay-
ment of licenses.
House Dill NO. otJ, enlllieu an dcJ Ftidtife
to funding the floating Indebtedness of the |
parish of Ascension, and authorizing the
issuance of bonds for the same. and liking
the duties of parish officers; providing pen |
alties for the violation OF the same.
House bill No. 272, entitled an act amend |
ing an act to incorporate the town of Able |
vile, in the parish of Nermilion, changing |
the limits of said town and providing for |
the government OF the same and ior other |
purposes.
House bill No 1853, entitled an act to
amend and re enact section one Of an act to
incorporate the town of Eermilionyille. in !
the parish of Lafayette. !
House bill No. PSI, entitled an act to in |
corporate the town of townsville. define |
the boundaries thereof, and for other pur- |
poses.
House Bill No. 424, an act to repeal an act
entitled an act to amend section six OF an |
act entitled an act relative to bills of ex-
change and promissory notes, approved
March 9, 1855, the same having been ap-
proved April 5, 1870
House bill No. 235, an act entitled an act |
to incorporate the Amite, Greensburg and |
Clinton Railroad Company, and to expedite
the construction of its railroad
House bill No. 1896, entitled an act to au-
thorize and empower the police jury of Con- |
Cordia parish to compromise certain debts
to issue bonds OF the parish therefor and to |
provide for the payment of said bonds, and |
TO punish violations of this act.
House bill No. 2S2, entitled an act
to authorize the consolidation of business
or manufacturing corporations or COM
panies. /
House bill No. 800, entitled an act to in
corporate the Fruit Growers Association of
tie Gulf States.
House bill No. $40, entitled an act to in
corporate the Nazarine Benevolent Asso-
citation.