New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-01-19

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The President announced that there was
a quorum present.
Prayer by the chaplain.
The President Of the Senate announced
the appointment of the following Senators
to compose the standing committees Of the
Senate
Committee on Judiciary - Anderson,
Brewster, DumOnt, Twitchel.
Committee on Finance-WhartOn, Her
wig. Twitchell, Mascot.
Committee on Militia-Detiege, Alexan-
der, Crozier.
Committee on Enrolment and Engross-
ment-Masicot Burch, Herwig, Allan, An
derson, Stamps, Harper.
Committee on Claims-Stamps, Whitney,
Cage, Alexander, Harper.
Committee on Agriculture, Commerce
and anufactures-Breaux, Landry, Pol
lard.
Committee on Public Education-Brew-
ster, Burch, Greene, Harper, Kelso, Weber,
Committee on Printing-Blackburn, Ola.
Weber, Burch, Kelso.
Committee on Banks and Earthquakes
ander, Allan, Greene, Ola.
Committee. on Auditing and Supervising
the Expenses of the Senate-Herwig, Pol
lard Breaux, Harper, Cage.
Committee on Federal Relations-Landry
Whitney Blunt.
Committee on Penitentiary-Burch, KEEL
| so, Weber, Chadbourn, Harper.
Committee on Corporations and Parochial
Affairs-Twitchell, Kelso, Harper, Herwig,
Wharton.
Committee on Charitable Institutions
KelsO, Breaux, Crozler, Allan.
Committee on Public Lands and Levees-
Chadbourn, Crozier, Twitchel, Blunt
Committee on Parks and Public Build
ings-Cage, Twitchell, Harper, Anderson,
Allan.
Committee on Railroads and Internal
Imprevements-Syphe Harper, Herwig,
Chadbourn, Anderson.
Committee on Health and Quarantine
Weber, Detiege, Alexander, Ola.
Commute on Libraries-Bl Greene,
Landry.
Committee on Pensions-Crozier, Whit
ney, Blunt, Weber, Pollard,
Committee on Rettenchment and Re-
form-Young, Brewster, Greene.
Committee on Elections-Allain, Weber,
Blunt, Harper, Sypher.
Committee on Metropolitan Police-Du-
mont, Alexander, Detiege, Stamps.
Committee on Elections and Registra'
tlon-W Whitney, Crozier, Chadbourn, Ola,
Landry.
Committee on Appointments-Pollard,
Greene, Ola, Brewster, Whitney.
Special committee to investigate banks
and banking, according to statutes, section
1543-A. Greene, chairman; j. A. Ola.
Mr.. Dumont asked that the minutes be so
amended that bill to be entitled an act to
pay to the fifth justice of the peace a salary
in lieu of costs in criminal cases; and to au-
thOrize for one clerk at a salary, and pro-
viding for the payment of the same, be re-
ferred to the Committee on Judiciary, in
stead of Finance.
So ordered.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS IN PURSUANCE TO
PREVIOUS NOTICE.
By Mr.. Detiege:
OF bill to be entitled an act to provide
for the taking of the census of the State of
Louisiana, in accordance with article TWEEN
ty of thej constitution of the State; the
appointment of officers, and the mode of
taking the census, and making an appro
priation to defray the expenses that may be
incurred, and the manner of the disburse-
ment of the same. and for other purposes.
The bill was read the first time.
The constitutional rule was suspended by
a four-ffths vote, the bill was read the
second time and referred to the Committee
on AppOrtionment.
By Mr.. Cage:
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal act
No. SO of 1873, entitled an act relative to
fees and emoluments of the Auditor of
Public Accounts, and to repeal section three
of act No. 81 of 1872, and for other purposes.
The bill was read the first time.
The constitutional rule was suspended by
a four-fifths vote, the bill read the second
time and referred to the Committee on
Retrenchment and Reform.
RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED.
By Mr.. Whitney:
ReS0tped, That a special committee of
three be appointed by the President of the
Senate, who, when appointed, shall pro.
coed at once to an investigation of the
Board of Levee Commissioners and Louisi-
ana Levee Company.
ResOlTed, That the committee shall have
power to send for persons and papers, and
report by bill or otherwise. The inyestiga-
ton shall be made without expense to the
State.
By unanimous consent the resolution was
taken up and adopted.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
The President requested the Secretary to
read the veto of a bill entitled an act au
thorizing the police jury of the parish of
Iberville to. purchase the dyke across the
Bayou Plaquemine and to make the same
public highway, and to issue its bonds in
payment thereof.
Mr.. Whitney moved that the bill be
passed, the veto of the Governor to the con-
trary notwithstanding.
The President ordered the roll to be called
and put the question, shall this bill pass
the Senate, the veto of the Governor to the
contrary notwithstanding.
The Senate refused to pass the bill, two
thirds not voting in the Affirmative on call
of the yeas and nays;
Yeas--Breanx, Pollard-2.
Nays - Alexander, Anderson, Allan,
Blunt, Brewster, Bureh, Cage, Chadbourn,
Crozier, Detiege, Dumont, Ola, Greene,
H arper, Herwig, Kelso, Landry, Masicot,
Stamps, Weber, Wharton, Whitaey-22.