New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-04-20

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Il Internal Improvements.
y By MIR. Weber: g
It Senate bill No. Is, entitled an act [
incorporate the Mercantile Insurance War
D house and Loan Company Of New Orlean
The bill was read the first time.
The constitutional rule was suspended b
four.ffths vote, the bill was read tn
second time and referred to the Commute
!, on Commerce.
l By Mr.. White:
Senate bill No. 10, to be entitled an act t
regulate the park tax provided by act NJ
"a of the extra session of 1870, and act No. 8
of 1871, and to provide for the disposition t
be made of the proceeds of said tax, am
for reduction Of the general fund tax Q
the city of New Orleans
The bill was read the first time.
The constitutional rule was suspended b,
a four-ffths vote, the bill was read the sec
ond time, and referred to the Committee OF
Parks and Public Buildings
By Mr. White:
Senate bill No. 90, to be entitled an ac
to amend and re-enact article l65 of tht
Code of Practice of Louisiana
The bill was read the first time.
The constitutional rule was suspended by
foar-ffths vote, the bill was read the
second time and referred to the Committee
on Judiciary.
On call of two Senators the Senate went
into executive session.
Executive session having been raised the
following Senators answered to their names:
Present-Messrs. Allan, Anderson. Blunt.
Breaux, Brewster. Burch, Cage, Dumont,
George: Greene. Grover. Harper, Herwig,
kelso, Kelly, MasicOt, Robertson, Stamps,
Steven, Sypher, Twitchell, Weber, White,
Wharton, Whitney, Young-26.
Absent-Messrs. Alexander, Blackburn,
| Chadbourn, CrOzier, Detiege, Eustis, Gla,
Landry, Ogden, Pollard-lO.
| The President announced quorum pres.
| ent.
| CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS
BY Mr.. Whitney:
| Resolred, That a Joint committee of five
membe of the Senate and seven members
| OF the House of Representatives, to be
named BY the presiding officers thereof, be
| appointed, to whom shall be referred all
bills that may be introduced having for
their object the legislation named in the
Governors proclamation converting this ex
ira session, affecting the city Of New Or
leans.
Lies over.
Mr.. Stamps moved to suspend the Senate
rules to introduce the following Joint reso
luton:
Resolved, That joint committee of five
members of the Senate and seven members
OF the House of Representatives, to be
named by the presiding officers thereof be
appointed, to whom shall be referred all
bills that may be introduced having for
their object the legislation named in the
Governors proclamation converting this ex-
ira session.
Mr.. Burch moved the point of order, that
the resolution contemplated the creation of
Joint special committee, which would in
tertere with the duties of some standing
committee, therefore the resolution was out
of order.
The President sustained the point of
order.
Mr.. Stamps appealed from the ruling of the
Chair.
The question was put. 'Shall the de.
cision Of the Chair be sustained"
The previous question was moved and
seconded.
The main question was ordered.
Under operation Of the previous question, |
and on call of the yeas and NAYS, the
Senate voted to sustain the decision of the
Chair by the following vote:
Yeas-Allain, Blackburn. Blunt. Breaux,
Burch, Cage. Crozier, Dumont, Eustis,
George, Ola, Grover, Harper, Herwig,
Kelly, Mascot Ogden, Steven, Sypher,
fwitchell, Weber, Wharton, White, Whit.
ney-A.
Nays - Chadbourn, Greene, Landry,
Robertson, Stamps, Yonng-6.
Absent and not vOting-Alexander An
1erson, Brewster. Detiege, Kelso, Pollard
e.
SPECIAL REPORT.
Mr.. Allan, chairman of the Committee
IN Elections, submitted the following as
privileged report:
COMMITTEE ON ELKCTIoss AND QuALIFIcArIoSs1
New Orleans, April Il. 1875. s |
% the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
In the matter of the contest of F, S.
&Oode to seat in the Senate from the
ighth senatorial district Of the State of
louisiana, referred to your Committee on
llectlOns, your committee are of opinion |
hat said +. s. GOOde is entitled to said seat. |
nd recommend that said +. s. Goode be
worn in as Senator from said district.
Very respectfully,
THEOPHlLE T. ALLAN,
Chairman;
A. j. SYPHER.
+. L. WEBER,
WILLIAM HARPER
Mr.. Burch offered the following amend,
lent:
Also, that said q. Crozler shall receive
is mileage and per diem for the extra SEES
on. {
Accepted by the committee. Y
Mr.. Blunt asked leave to make written
inority report on Monday next.
The Senate refused.
He then made his report verbally. | $
at he could not. under section I43l Of | ,
le Revised Statutes, find any right to :,
AXE such report as the majority has :,
omitted; that no evidence was before the
to warranth is subscribing to q
ch report as made by the majority.
After MIR. Crozier had made a very mag r
lnimous proposition in relation to the seat
the eighth senatorial district, Mr. Allan ! r
owed to adopt the majority report s
On call of the yeas and nays the Senate a.
ted to adopt the majority report by the C
lowing vote:
ieas--Allain, Breaux, Brewster, Burch. r
lge, Chadbourn, Dumant, Eustis, George. =,
a, Greene, Grover, Herwig, Harper. OF
lily, kelso, Landry, Masicot, Ogden. Pol A
d, Robertson, Stamps. Steven. Sypher, 0
eber, White, Whitney, Young-2s.
Says-Blackburn, Blunt, WHARTON.
ABSENT and not voting-Alexande>, An r