New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-01-24

more than the requisite number have been
| appointed. l would like your honorable
J body to state the number and how they are
to be paid. Yesterday discharged all the
/ special assistant sergeants. alarms, and
would thank your honorable body to act In
the matter
Very respectfully, etc,
JOHN GAIR,
| Sergeant-at, Arms.
The following communication, accom-
panied by memorial, was received, read
and referred to the Committee on Com
merce and Manufactures:
NATIONAL BOARD or TRADR, }
| Secretary and Tressurer's Office. :
| Chicago, January 81, 1879
| To the Honorable Speaker and Members Of the
/ House Of Representatives
| l am instructed by vote of the National
| Board of Trade to forward to you the
within three memorials, and to request that
| you will do the board the favor to cause
their proper presentation to the honorable
body over which you preside, and that they
may have appropriate reference to suitable
committees for their consideration.
In the hope that the matters suggested
and petitiOned for may so commend them
| selves to the Legislature of Louisiana ms tC
secure its favorable action.
have the honor to be very respectfully
| your Obedient servant,
| ChAhLES hANDOLEhf
Secretary.
Mr.. Souer, of Avoyelles, in the chair.
The following resolutions were intro.
duced, and lie over under the rules:
By Mr.. Murrell, of Madison:
WHEREAS, 1t is the sense of this General
Assembly to reduce the expenses of the
| State to reasonable limit, and to abolish
all mOnopolies that may at present exist I'M
der its laws; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Committee on Public
Buildings be and are hereby ordered to re-
port to this House without delay, upon
what contract, and by what expense, and
as to the legality of the occupation of this
| building 1.-THE st. Louis HOTEL as a State
House.
By Mr.. Guichard, of st. Bernard;
Resolued, That the Committee on Re-
trenchment and Reform be and is hereby
instructed to report bill reducing the fees
of State assessors and tax collectors
throughout the State and such other reform
measures that they deem necessary.
By Mr.. Ward, of Grant;
ReSolped, That the Speaker of the House
of Representatives shall appoint a special
committee of three to examine into the
charter of the Live Stock Company, with
the authority and instructions to examine
the. books ald accounts of said company,
with the view OF seeing if they have com
piled with their charter.
Resolved That the said committee shall
have the authority to send for such persons
and papers as shall be deemed necessary.
By Mr.. Sutton, of st. Mary:
ResoIued, That the Speaker of the House
appoint a special committee of five to inves-
tigate and report the condition of the Cres-
cent City GasGght Company; their manner
of conducting business and If they have
complied with their charter; and that said
committee have power to send for persons
and papers.
By Mr. Pierson, of Natohitoches:
WHEREAS, The Loan and Pledge Asso-
citation of New Orleans is q chartered insti-
tuition by the State of Louisiana; and
Whereas, Under the charter of said Loan
and Pledge Association they are required
to pay over to the Charity Hospital certain
money in certain cases; therefore be it
Resolved, That a special committee of
three be appointed to investigate the affairs
of said association and see if they have
complied with their charter in all respects,
and said committee to have power to send
for persons and papers, etc.
By Mr.. Cousin, of St. Tammany;
Resolved, That special committee of
three be appointed by the Speaker to inves-
tigate the affairs of the CarOndelet Canal
Company and to see whether they have
complied with their charter.
BY Mr.. Ray, of Fest Feliciana:
RESOLVED, That a special committee of five
be appointed by the Speaker to examine
whether the loan offices and pawnbrOkers
charge more than the legal rate Of interest
allowed by law,
By Mr.. Jourdain, of Orleans;
Resoiped, That the Committee on Re-
trenchment and Reform be and are hereby
instructed to examine the books of the
Committee on Contingent Expenses for the
session of 1874, and that they shall have
power to 8oad Cor persons and papers, and
employ clerk, who shall be paid by the
Committee on Contingent Expenses; pro-
vided, that the said clerk shall be paid only
for such time as he shall be actually en-
ployed.
Mr.. Lowell, of Jefferson, moved that the
Sergsantat-arms be ordered to provide a
room for the use of the Committee on Judi
ciary.
Mr. Ray, of East Felioiana, moved to lay
the motion on the table.
Carried.
NOTICES OF BILLS.
Notices we're given that at some future
time the following entitled bills would be
introduced:
BY Mr.. Snaer, of Iberia:
An act to amend the charter of the town
of New Iberia
By Mr.. Armstead, of West Feliciana:
An act to incorporate the Farmers Assoc
citation" of She parish of West Feliciana.
By MIR. Hunsaker, Of st. James:
An act entitled an act to incorporate the
Southern Savings Bank of New Orleans
etc.
BY Mr.. LeVissee, of Caddo:
An act to fix the fees of tax collectors and
assessors throughout the State of Louis
lana.
BY Mr.. Triplet, Of East Baton Rouge;
An act to remove the seat of government
of the State of Louisiana from the city Of
New Orleans, and to re-establish the same
at the city of Baton Rouge.
By Mr.. Ray, of East Fsliciana:
A. ant IN tuaornnraHa fha t.T,aau and