New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-21

of the city Of New Orleans for period o
five years, and to repeal section eighteen q
act No. "a, approved March is, 1870, wa
considered.
Mr.. Drury, of Assumption, moved that il
be considered as engrossed.
On melton of Mr.. Pierson, of Natchitoches
its further consideration was postponed
until Wednesday next, twenty-fourth in
slant.
| MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
The following message was received:
SENATE CHAMBER. Z
New Orleans, February 20. 1878
To the Honorable Speaker and Members of ths
House OF Representatives:
l have the honor to inform you that the
Senate concurs in the passage of House
bill No. lO4 with amendment.
House bill No. 104, entitled an act making
an appropriation of $l58,00O out of the
general funds in the State treasury, for the
payment of per diem Of members, officers
and employees of the General Assembly, etc.
Respectfully,
| P. +. BECHTEL,
Secretary Of the Senate.
Under suspension of the rules, House
bill No. 1o4, the appropriation bill, was
considered.
The following Senate amendments were
read and concurred in, and notice to that
effect was ordered to be sent to the Senate
Strike out section two and insert the fol-
lowing as a substitute:
SEC g BE it further enacted, etc., That
| it shall be the duty Of the Committee ON
| Auditing and Supervising the Expenses OF
the Senate and the Committee on Contin-
| gent Expenses of the House of Representa-
! tives to issue, when demanded, and upon
presentation OF the proper evidence, Ger
| tifcate certifying the amount due to each
member of their respective houses for his
mileage and per diem, and to each of the
houses his salary, which certificate
thus issued shall be approved ON
the part OF the Senate by it's pro-
siding officer. and on the part of the
House of Representatives by the Speaker
thereof; and the Auditor of Public 40
counts shall and is hereby directed and re-
quired to issue his warrants for the amount
of said certificates on the Treasurer, and
the Treasurer is hereby directed to pay the
said warrants, and the Committee on Con-
tingent Expenses OF the House and tho
Committee on Auditing and Supervising
Accounts of the Senate shall issue No
certificate in excess of the amount apprO-
pCldIcu NY tulS dcls 6uu t1hI uO WdTx6uC0p
legislative vouchers or other evidences of
Indebtedness issued prior to January 4,
1875, shall be paid out Of the appropriatioa
made in this act.
Strike out section three and insert the
following as substitute:
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc., That
the chairman of the Committee on Con-
the chairman of the Committee
on Auditing and Supervising Accounts
of the Senate shall draw q certificate
in their own favor, approved by the presid-
ing officers of each house, on the Auditor OF
Public Accounts, for the amount of the
appropriation made in section one of this
act for contingent expenses, and the Audi
tor shall issue his warrants in such sums as
the respective chairmen shall indicate, and
the chairmen of said committees shall issue
certificate to each contingent creditor,
which shall be approved by the presiding
officers of Senate and House, and the said
chairmen will then pay such certificate out
of the contingent funds in their hands; and
be it further enacted, that the warrants
issued in accordance with section two of
this act are hereby made receivable for all
licenses due the State during the year 1875,
and the several tax collectors throughout
the State are hereby directed to receive the
same in settlement for licenses, and the
State Treasurer shall receive the said wSr-
rants as cash in making settlement WI tax
collectors.
Insert the following as section fiv,:
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, etc. Thas
at the next session of the General A. 4smbly
the Auditor of Public Accounts sl'.Il pre-
sent to the said General Assent de-
tailed, itemized account Of every garrant
issued by him for the mileage, per 'rn and
salary of the officers of the present General
Assembly, and the Committee on Auditing
and Supervising the Accounts Of the Senate
and the Committee on Contingent Expenses
of the House shall, at the next session OF
the General Assembly, present to their re
spective houses detailed, itemized account
OF each and every voucher issued by them
respectively--the number, amount, in
whose favor drawn, and the person drawing
said voucher-and that said itemized &C
counts, after said presentation, shall be
compared with the books of the Auditor of
Public Accounts, and of said committees,
and reported back to both branches of the
General Assembly.
Also, original section. five" to become
''sectiOn six"
On motion of Mr.. Devices, of Red River,
the House was adjourned until Tuesday
next at twelve o'clock NJ.
WILLIAM VIGERS,
Chief Clerk.