New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-15

Joint resolution relative United States
Senator j. r. West.
The bill was read the first time.
The constitutional rule was suspended by
fOur-ffths vote, the bill read the Sec
ond time.
The bill was considered engrossed.
The constitutional rule was suspended by
four dfths vote, the bill read the third
time. The bill finally passed, on call Of
yeas and nays, by the following vote:
Yeas-Alexander Anderson, Barber, Bel
den, Black burn, Blunt, Bovee. Brewster,
Burch, Butler, Cage, Chadbourn, Crawford,
f. +. Herwig, IngrahAm, Kelso, Masicot,
Pollard, Rey, Stamps, Sypher, Twitchell,
Weber, Whitney-29.
Nay-Thomss-l.
Mr.. Harris, chairman of the omnibus
committee, reported the following:
House bill No. 400, an act making appro-
priations for the general expenses Of the
State for the year ending the thirty-frst
day of December. A. D. 1874, and recon-
mended that the bill be taken up at once.
The bill was ordered to be taken up.
The bill was read the first time.
The constitutional rule was suspended by
four-fifths vote and the bill read the second
time.
On motion of Mr.. Harris the bill was
taken up to be considered item by item.
Section first: The first item was read and
adopted.
All the items following the first item were
read and adopted, item by item, down to
the item salary Of keeper Of the State
House."
On motion to adopt this item, Mr.. Harris
offered the following amendment:
Strike out JEFF Stokes" and the words
''for 1873"
Adopted.
Mr.. Chadbourn moved to strike out
1850, 00O' and insert ISIS, $780,"
Mr.. Harris moved to table the motion.
On call of the yeas and nays the Senate
refused to table by the following vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Barber, Belden, Black
burn, Bovee, Cage, Harris, Sypher-8.
Nays-Alexander, Brewster, Blunt, But
Ter. Burch, Chadbourn, Crawford, Detiege,
Greene, Glaudln. Harper, e. F. Herwig,
Ingraham, KelsO, Pollard. Rey, Swaizie,
Twitchell, Weber, Wharton, Whitney-2l.
Mr.. Harris moved to strike out "$5O, OOV'
and insert $4,000"
Mr.. Brewster raised the point of order
that the amendment offered by Mr.. Chad
bourn was the pending motion.
The President held the point well taken,
and stated that Mr.. Harris had moved as q
substitute that "$4O, 900" be inserted in lieu
Of "$lS,sOO," and moved the previous ques-
ton.
The main question was ordered on the
substitute Of Mr.. Harris.
The Senate then refused to adopt the
substitute by the following vote on call of
the yeas and nays:
Yeas-AndersOn, ckburn, Cage, Har-
ris, Stamps, Sypher, Thomas-7.
Nays-Alexander, Barber, Belden, Blunt,
Bovee, Brewster, Butler, Chadbourn, Craw-
ford, Detiege, Greene, Glaudin, Harper,
E. z. Herwig, Ingraham, Kelso, Pollard,
Rey, Swaizie, Twitchell, Weber, Wharton,
Whitney-23.
The question then required on the amend
ment offered by Mr.. Chadbourn, to strike |
put ''$5O,0OO" and insert ISIS, $780," which
was adopted.
The items following were adopted down
to the item Of Salaries of judges of the |
supreme Court, act No. &c. 1871"
Mr.. Harris moved to strike out 1886, 900"
and insert ''$4s,OOO."
Mr.. Bovee moved to table the amend |
nent.
On call of the yeas and nays the Senate
7oted to table by the following vote:
Yeas-Alexander, Blunt, Bovee, Burch,
Brewster, Chadbourn, Detiege, Greene,
E. F. Herwig, Masicot, Stamps,
'waizie, Weber, Wharton, Whitney-l6.
Nays-Anderson, Barber, Belden, Butler,
age, Crawford, Harris, Harper. Ingraham,
Ielso, Pollard, Rey. Sypher, Thomas,
Mr.. Chadbourn moved to adopt the item
$4,000 for salaries of Supreme Court
ldges.'
Adopted.
The items following we're adopted down
, the item for contingent expenses State
superintendent of Public Education"
Mr.. Twitchell then moved to reconsider
,e vote adopting the item "$lS,SOO for rent
public buildings"
The vote was reconsidered.
Mr.. Twitchell moved to insert "$3S, 0OO"
Mr.. Brewster moved to table.
The Senate refused to table.
The question recurring on Mr.. Twitchell's
nendment to insert '.$3s. OOO," the amend
ent was adopted by the following vote,
1 call Of the yeas and nays:
Yeas Anderson, Barber, Belden, Black.
i'm, BOvee, Butler, Cage, Greene, Harris,
arper, E. F. Herwig, Ingraham. Kelso,
asic OF, Stamps, Thomas, Twitchell, Whit
,y-lS.
Nay s-Alexander, Blunt, Crawford, De-
eye, Glaudin, Pollard, Swaizie, Weber,
'hartOn-9.
The item relative to contingent expenses
State Superintendent of Education, was
ken up and adopted.
The following items we're all adopted
'wn to the item ''for rent of office of State
lperintendent, payable monthly, at 500
oh, from current school fund, $780,"
hich was stricken out.
On motion of Mr.. Chadbourn, the item
apprOpriating certain moneys to BOssier
irish from the school fund" was stric ken
IT.
The items following were read and
iopted. down to the items granting par
hes certain amounts for interests on
hool funds"
Mr.. Thomas moved to strike out the
hole of the items.
On motion of Mr.. Burch, the motion Of
r. Thomas was tabled.
The item concerning the interest on sew
al sums of the school fund due the par
les was read.
Mr. Greene Offerad tho fo1low;rc.