New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-25

OF the day to be taken up.
| Mr.. Burch moved to postpone the specia
order Of the day.
Mr.. Breaux moved to table the motion.
| The Senate refused to table.
| The special order of the day was thel
postponed for five minutes.
| The President declared that the question
then REQUIRED on the motion to indefniteI,
postpone Mr.. Webers resolution.
The previous question was moved.
Main question was ordered.
The resolution was then postponed in6ef1
! nitely.
Mr.. Burch moved to reconsider the vot,
just taken, and moved to lay that motion
on the table.
Adopted.
Mr.. Brewster called for the special ordel
OF the day, it being the following entitled
bill, which was taken up for final passage
Senate bill No. "a, to be entitled an act t.
amend the constitution of the State O.
Louisiana.
On call Of the yeas and nays the following
Senators were present and voted as follows
Yeas = Anderson, Allan. Blackburn
Blunt, Breaux, Brewster, Burch, Cage
Chadbourn, Crozier, Deteige, Ola, Harper,
Herwig, Pollard. TwitchelI, Weber, Whar:
ton, Whitney-l9.
Nays-Kelso, Landry, Mascot, Young-4.
Absent Alexander, Dumont, Eustis,
George, Greene, Grover, Kelly, Ogden,
Ho6ertson, Stamps, Steven, Sypher, White
Two-thirds of all the Senators not voting
to adopt, Mr.. Burch moved the constitu-
tional amendment be laid upon the table
subject to call.
So ordered.
Senate bill No. 7, an act to suspend the
collection Of taxes on 0verfowed lands for
the years 1873 and 1874, also special order,
was taken up.
Mr.. Blunt moved the bill be indefinitely
postponed.
Mr.. Young moved to table the motion to
postpone indefinitely.
Messrs. Breaux and Brewster called for
the yeas and nays.
The Senate voted to table the motion to
postpone indefinitely by the following vote:
Yeas-Anderson. Allan, Breaux, Brew
ster, Deteige. Dulnont, Gla, Harper, Herwig,
Keiso, Landry, Pollard, Sypher, Wharton,
Weber, Young-l6.
Nays -Aiexander, Blackburn, Blunt,
Burch, Cage. Chadbourn, Crozier, Greene,
Stamps, Whitney-lQ.
.Absent-Eustis. George, Grover, Kelly,
Mascot, Ogden, Robertson, Steven, Twitch-
ell, White-l0.
Mr. Young moved to recommit to the
Committee on Finance, with instructions
for the committee to report by bill under
operation of the previous question.
The Senate voted to recommit.
Mr.. Harper called up the following Senate
bill No. SO, to be entitled an act granting
to A. ). Jones, of the parish of Caddo, his
heirs and assigns, the privilege of keeping
ferry or toll bridge across Bayou Pierre
vt or near its mouth.
The bill was on second reading.
On motion of Mr.. Harper the bill was
ordered to be engrossed.
The constitutional rule was suspended by
four fifths vote, the bill was read the third |
line and passed, and the title adopted.
Mr.. Herwig called up the report of the |
Committee on Auditing and Supervising |
he Expenses of the Senate, submitted YES.
erday, and asked that the same be read.
While the report was being read, Mr..
Whitney obtained consent of the Senate to
ispense with further reading of the lengthy
eport.
Mr. Herwig moved to adopt the report Of
ne committee.
Mr. Burch sent to the Secretary's desk a
from the Auditor of Public Ac-
cunts.
While the same was being read, Mr..
Wharton made the point of order that the
'rtificate of the Auditor of Public Accounts
'as not german to the question of the
doption of the report of the committee.
Mr.. Anderson, in the chair, decided the
ONT well taken-that the certificate could
My properly be read by Mr.. Burch as ar
ument, 60 long as objection was made to
q same being read by the Secretary.
Mr.. Burch withdrew the certificate.
Mr.. Young moved to adjourn till to.nor- I
" at ten o'clock.
Two Senators called for the yeas and
Us. t
The Senate refused to adjourn by the 7
lowing vote: v
feas-Dumont, YOung-2. B
Allan, Blunt. Breaux, I.
ewster, Burch, Cage, Chadbourn, Gro. q
r, Gla, Greene, Harper, Herwig, Kelso,
ndry, Masicot, Pollard, Stamps. Sypher.
itchell, Weber, Wharton. Whitney-23.
Blackburn, Detiege,
sits, George, Grover, Kelly, Ogden, Rob. =,
son, Steven, White-ll.
he previous question was moved on the
ton to adopt the report of the COM
tee.
,nder operation of the same, the report e
he committee was adopted. !
1r. Whitney called up House bill No. 60, 81 .!
tiled an act prescribing the manner of al
the amount due the Louisiana ia ia
zee Company from the State on the first IS
Of October, 1873, and to provide for the st
ding of said debt. N
n m otion of Mr.. Whitney the Senate DC
'pted the bill on second reading. tn
tv
be constitutional rule was then sus. Vi
ded by four-ffths affirmative vote and me Ut,
bill read the third time. VII
[r. Whitney moved the bill do now til
lily pass. ph
be bill finally passed. MI MI
be title was adopted. tn
r. Whitney moved to reconsider the e
} Just taken, and moved to lay that mo- tn.
on the table, Ca
wo Senators called for the yeas and nays s str