New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-16
SENATE.

Tbirty.second Days Session.
SENATE CHAMBER,
New Orleans February 10, 1873.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournmen
and was called to order by the Hon. c.
Antoine, Lieutenant Governor of the Stat.
and President Of the Senate.
Present-Messrs. Alexander Anderson
Allan, Blackburn, Blunt, Breaux. Brewster
Burch. Cage, Chadbourn, Crozier, Detiege
DumOnt, Ola, Greene, Harper, MasicOt
Pollard, Sypher. Stamps, Weber, Whitney
WhartOn-23.
Absent-Messrs. Eustis, George, Grover
Herwig, Kelly, Kelso. Landry, Ogden
Robertson. Steven, Twitchell, White
YOung-l3.
The President announced that there was
quorum present.
Prayer by the chaplain.
The Secretary commenced TO read the
Journal of Thursday proceedings.
On the motion of Mr. Blunt, the further
reading of the journal was dispensed with,
the same corrected and approved.
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Executive Department,
New Orleans, February 10, 1875.
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
transmit herewith for the information
of the General Assembly all reports received
up to date from constitutional officers, heads
of departments, and directors, etc., Of State
institutions, required by sections 1867 and
26ll, Revised Statutes, to make their reports
to the Legislature through the executive,
viz: Reports Df the Auditor of Public Ac-
counts, State Treasurer, levee commission
of engineers. wardens and lessees of the
State Penitentiary. Louisiana State Univer-
sity, State registrar of voters, Adjutant
General of tho State militia. board Of ad.
ministratOrs of the Charity Hospital, Board
of Metropolitan Police, board Of control Of
the Louisiana Agricultural and Mechanical
College.
Also, reports of the cOrOners of Orleans,
jefferson, East and West Feliciana. and q
special report Of the Board of Health.
WILLIAM p. KELLOGG,
Governor.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
New Orleans February 10, 1875. )
To the Honorable President and Members Of the
l am directed by the House to ask the
concurrence of your honorable body in
House bill No. 81, an act to amend and re-
enact sections 925. 926 and 927 of the Re-
vised Statutes of the State of Louisiana.
Very respectfully, etc.
JOIN w. hOA
Assistant Clerk.
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.
Petition signed by j. c. Legare and
others, taxpayers of the parish of Ascen-
sion, asking that an appropriation of $4,000
be granted for the purpose of cleaning out,
reopening and deepening Bayou Mccall.
Referred to Committee on Corporations
and Parochial Affairs.
Petition of James Parker: A petition
from James Parker, of the city of New
Orleans, representing that in January, 1874,
he presented to the Senate petition and
voucher signed by b. 2. blanchard, State
registrar of voters during the year 1872,
showing the State to be indebted to him |
into the sum Of $50 for services rendered |
as assistant clerk Of registration in and for |
the seventh ward Of the parish of Orleans;
that the petition and voucher have been |
either lost or mislaid as he was informed |
by the present Secretary of the Senate; that |
on or about the twentieth of February, 1874, |
the late Senate passed the first reading of |
an act for the relief of James Parker (Sen-
ate bill No 4l6l.
Referred to Committee on Claims
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES LYING OVER.
Mr.. Chadbourn called up the following
COMMITTEES O. PUBLIC LANDS AND LIVES
New Orleans, February s. 1873. ) |
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
Your committee, to whom was referred
Senate bill No 81, report favorably, with
the following amendment:
In line six, after the word Limits, insert
and belonging thereto
Respectfully submitted.
R.H. CHADBOURN, Chairman;
NJ II. TWITCHELL,
RAFORD BLUNT,
o. CRUZIER.
Mr.. Chadbourn moved the amendment
,ttered by the committee be adopted.
Adopted.
The bill was then adopted as amended,
nd ordered to be engrossed.
Mr.. Chadbourn moved TO suspend the
institutional rule to put the bill on its
bird reading.
On call of the yeas and nays the rule was
by the following vote:
Yeas-Alexander, Anderson, Allan, G
limit. Breaux, Brewster, Bnrch, Chad
,nrn' Crozier, Dumont, Ola, Greene, :.
eiso' Landry, Pollard. Stamps: Sypher,
go 81 Waher Wharton whitney, | +