New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-01-07

State.
By Mr.. Anderson:
OF bill to be entitled an act to incor
porate the town of Royviile, parish Of La
fayette.
RESOLUTIONS.
BY Mr.. Breaux:
Resolred, That joint committee be an
pointed, two on the part Of the Senate ant
three on the part of the House of Repre-
sentatives, to be appointed by the Speake
of the House and President of the Senate
whose duty it shall be to ascertain tn,
amount of money or warrants received b,
the Louisiana Levee Company, and VIVA
disposition has been made Of the same.
Lies over.
RESOLUTIONS CALLED UP LYING OVER.
On motion of Mr.. Herwig the following
resolution was taken up:
Resolced, That a joint committee of five
be appointed, to consist of two members O.
the Senate, to be appointed by the Presi
dent, and three members of the House, t.
be appointed by the Speaker, to examine
the books and accounts of the Auditor Of
Public Accounts and the State Treasurer
in compliance with sections I540 and l55:
of the Revised Statutes.
Mr.. Wharton offered the following amend
ment:
Insert three members instead of swo
members from the Senate, and five members
instead of three members from the House.
Mr.. Weber offered the following. also az
An amendment:
Resolved, That said committee be AMI is
hereby specially instructed and required to
ascertain the amount of cash paid into the
State Treasurer by the different tax collec.
tors in the State, or from other sources,
during the years 1873 and 1874. and ascer.
tain what disposition has been made by the
Auditor and Treasurer of the same.
Resolped further, That said committee
in writing to this body ten days from and
after the passage of these resolutions.
Mr.. Stamps moved that the resolution
and whole subject matter be laid ON the
table.
Messrs. Wharton and Weber called for
the yeas and nays:
The Senate voted to table the resolution
on call of the yeas and nays:
Yeas-Anderson, Allan, Brewster, Burch,
Chadbourn, Crosier, DumOnt, Ola. Greene,
Harper, Keiso. Pollard. Stamps-l3.
N6yS-AIcAduOoE, bfuut, DCCduA, SdS0,
Herwig, Mascot, Sypher, Twitchell, Weber,
Wharton, Young-ll.
Mr.. Stamps moved to fonsider the vote
just taken, and also led to lay that
motion ON the table.
Mr.. BluRt made the point of order that a
Senator could not make two motions at the
same time.
The PresidNpt decided the point not we'll
taken, as t precedent was well establish
ed that d Der making the motion to re.
consider cd in the same motion move to
lay on the the uln1i0p to reconsider.
On call % yeas hays the Senate
refused to he motion to reconsider on
the table bj following vote:
Yeas-Ane on, Chadbourn. Crosier.
Green, StanpN5.
Nays-Alexander. Allan, Blunt, Breaux,
wig, Kelso. Mascot, Sypher, Twitchell.
Weber, Wharton, Young-F.
Mr.. Burch pised the point Of order. that
as the Senate had refused to lay Oh the table
the motion to reconsider. the question was
then pending to reconsider the vote to lay
on the table the resolution.
The President sustained the point of order.
M. Allaia made the point OF order that
the action was out Of order. as the resolu-
ton had been ordered to lay on the table.
The Chair did not sustain the point of
order. as motion to reconsider the order
to lay on the table was then pending.
Mr.. Burch made the point Of order that
the question of reconsideration should be
decided before the merits Of the resolution
can be further discussed.
The Chair sustained the point of order.
On call of the yeas and nays the Senate
refused to reconsider the vote to lay the
resolution On the table by the following
vote:
Yeas-Alexander, Blunt. Breaux, Crssier,
Dumont, Herwig. Masicot. Sypher., Whar.
ton, YOung-iO.
Nays-Anderson. Allain, Brewster, Burcii.
Cage, Chadbourn, ella, Green, Harper, Kelso,
Pollard, Stamps. Twitchell, Weber-l4.
Mr.. Weber moved the following instruc' ,
ions to the committee when appointed:
That when the President appoints COM
nittee under section 1910, that said commit
ZEE be, and the same is hereby specially
instructed and required to ascertain, the
mount in cash paid into the State treasury
" the different tax collectors in the State
y from other sources during the years 1873
md 1874. and ascertain what disposition
las been made by the Auditor and Treas. |
rer Of the same. and that said committee
hall report the result of their investigation
. writing to this body within fifteen days
rom and after the passage Of this motion. J
Mr.. Stamps made the point OF order that !
he motion to Instruct the committee could !
OF be- entertained
The President decided that the Senate
I'D already entertained the motion; that /
here was no violation of order made by \
laking a motion upon a question pending !
nd under debate, and could not sustain
ae point Of order.
On motion Of MI Herw:s the Ssna:e
,ent into executive session.
Executive session having been raised, tho
,nowing Senators answered to their names:
Messrs. Alexander. Allan, Blunt, Breaux.
rewster, Bugch, Cage, Chad Crozier,
Greene. Ola. Harper. Herwle,
-elsA Landry. Mascot, Pollard. Sypher,
lamps. T~itchelk Weber, Wharton.
oung-24.
Mr.. Brewster. in As chair, announced
uorum present.
Pending question. Mr.. Weber's notion
On motion Of Mr.. Herwig the Senate
oted to adjourn.
The chairman then announced that the
enate stood adjourned to meet at 1: M.
thursday. the seventh day Of January. A.
!. 1875.
COURT RECORD.