New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-02-15

and recommended that the bill and petitio
be referred to the Committee on Financ
for the purpose Of including the same !;
the general appropriation.
Mr.. Blunt, chairman Of the Committee o,
Agriculture, Commerce and Manufactures
submitted the following report:
| COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE AND
| Manufactures, New Orleans. February Is. 1874.
| To the Honorable President and Members of til
| Senate:
| Your Committee on Agriculture, Com
MERGE and Manufactures beg leave to repor
| ate bills Nos. 189 and 27S, and that ",
| respectfully report them back for your con
| sideration, without action.
RAFoRD BLUNT,
Chairman.
Mr.. Brewster, chairman of the Commit
tee on Education, submitted the following
report:
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION,
New Orleans. February 10. 1874.
To the Honorable President and Members Of the
Senate:
Your Committee on Education, to whom
was referred House bill No. ITO, relative tc
the McDOnogh land scrip, beg leave to re-
q
ton, and recommend its passage.
o. H. BREWSTER, Chairman;
j. HENRI BURCH,
G. j. GREENE.
GEORGE Y. KELSO,
E. L. WEBER,
WILLIAM HARPER,
NJ. H. TWITCHELL.
Mr.. Kelso, chairman Of the Committee on
Corporations and Parochial Affairs, sub.
mitted the following report:
COMMITTEE ON CORPORATIONS AND,
Pan ochial Affairs,
New Orleans February 49, 1874.
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
Your committee respectfully reports as
follows:
Favorably upon Senate bill No. 222, en-.
titled an act authorizing the supervisors OF
registration of the parishes of st. John the
Baptist and St. James TO hold an election at
the Vacherle Settlement, submitting to the
residents thereof the question as to which
OF the ABOVE parishes they may wish to be
attached as an entirety. and the manner OF
holding the same, and directing the police
jury, etc.
Favorably upon Senate bill No. 339. en-.
titled an act to incorporate the st. Louis
and st. Angelo Benevolent Association.
Favorably upon House bill No. 80. en-.
titled an act to incorporate Good Shepherd g
COnclave No. 2 of Louisiana.
Favorably, with amendments, on Senate
bill No. 22l entitled an act in relation to
the corporation of the town of OpelOusas.
in the parish of st. Landry.
Strike out in section three, line eight,
after the word corporation" and to the
word ''shall;' in line nine, the words "who
have paid the poll tax imposed upon them
by virtue of this act" Same section, strike
out after the word "qualifed' in line eight
cen down to the werd "the' in line twenty.
three.
Strike out in section fourteen, in line sew.
enteen, all after the word purpose"
In section fifteen, after the word ''im.
pose" in line two, strike out remainder OF
section and insert, land collect annually
such license tax as they may deem proper
on travelling exhibitions or shows, on ped
dlers and hawkers, and upon the vendors
Of spirituous liquors in any form. They
may also require a special permit for any
person or persons giving public ball
within the corporation limits, for which q
license of So so shall be paid"
Strike out, in section sixteen, after the
word large" in line nineteen, all down to
to the word ''and' in line twenty-one.
In section seventeen, line sixteen, strike
out l0U' and insert 1926"
Strike out all of section nineteen.
Unfavorably upon House bill No. 16, en-
titled an act making the fourth day of
March day of public rest and dies non.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
GEORGE Y. KELSO, Chairman;
NJ. H. TWITCHELL.
WILLIAM HARPER,
GEORGE E. BOVEE,
THOMAS C. ANDERSON.
Mr.. Bovee, chairman Of the Committee
on Charitable Institutions, submitted the
following report:
COMMITTEE ON CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.
New Orleans, February ID. 1874.
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
Your Committee on Charitable 1nstitu-
tons. to whom was referred Senate bill
No. 239, entitled an act to establish the
Charity Hospital of the city of Baton
Rouge, beg leave to report the same favor.
ably, and recommend its passage.
Respectfully,
j. HENRI BURCH,
Z. L. WEBER,
j. A. MASCOT,
Al. SYPHER.
NOTICES OF BILLS.
By Mr.. Mascot:
A bill regulating the fees of the district
attorney, clerk and criminal sheriff of the
parish of Orleans, defining their duties, and
repeating act No. l0l of the regular session
and act No. 49 of the extra session OF 1870.
BY Mr.. Thomas:
An act to attach the parish of Rapides to
the Seventh Judicial District.
BY Mr.. Burch:
A bill recommending code of prison re-
'orm and discipline for the Louisiana State
Penitentiary.
Also, an act to modify, temporarily, the
organization of the Lo uisiana State Uni
7ersity.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
By Mr.. Bovee, by unanimous consent:
To confer certain powers upon the Roman
Catholic Church Of Ascension.
The bill was read the first time.
The constitutional rule was suspended by
four fifths vote, the bill read the second
lime and referred to the Committee on
Corporations and Parochial Affairs.
lCTIoN ON REPORTS OF COMMITTEES LYING
OVER.
House bill No. l29, an act for the relief OF
ohm Lewis, of the city of New Orleans,
vas taken up.
On motion of Mr.. Butler, the bill was
cad the second time.
Mr.. Butler moved the bill be adopted on |
econd reading.
On call Of the yeas and nays the 8enate
oted 10 aDqrt ths bill pm second Seoding
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