New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-04-16

b. sta - THE ExTxA ssssrOs. aa agoa l4oa
-ssosrs, bss sat a. issaase. a. 5aes .s5s'lsf
;. The seaats npst at tvelys o'clock 4, yes
terday, And waS csaled = order ~ hesss1
ant! ;Governor Antoine Twsnty
Senators answered. roll ,c,ll, leaving it
understood thss tAsre wsroo nine ahaaaA ~
b. A petition wss preesntsA by Senatcf
Whsr.on from tho citizens IT 0rssse Tete
end Maringouin set4leneats, aahng for
State sid to rebuild and keep in rcpssr
Grand Levee, which pseesc1s . ooantxy ten
miles In lsngth and ten in breadth. The
petition was read and ordered to be referred
to the Finance Committee.
/ The same Senator pteAehteA . petition
from citizens and taxpayers residing
In The overAowsd districts Of the pst-
ish of lberville. i It represents that in
cousequencs of overaows !. and bad
crops they have been rendered uuablo
to pay their tsxee, snd asks that the penal
ties prescribed by law for their non-psy-
ment for the year 1874, be reni.ted. - we'll
- the collection of tsxes for that yaar.
Ths petition was read and referred ~ the
Finance Committee. 49,.
A petition from members of the police
Jury of the parish of West Baton Rouge,
Of the same purport, was presented by
Senator Allain. The petition was read and
referred to the Finance Committee. d. s
The Governors message was received,
through his private secretary, and read.
On motion Of Senator Blunt 900 copies
were ordered to be printed. The message
will be found in the official proceedings
of the House published in the REPUBLICAN
today. 4!
Senator Eustis asked unanimous consent
to introduce a couple Of bills.
Senator Wharton rose to a point OF
order. He said that as the Governor had
named. certain work that was to take pre-
cedence IN the extra session, until that was
done he thought It ont Of order 70 entertain
other business. --s -.ers. .,-..FA
After considerable discussion upon the
subject, participated in by Senators Whar-
ton, Eustis, White, Bureh, Allain, and
Blackburn, the President decided that if no
objection was made it was competent for q
Senator to introduce bill, although its OBJ
jeet might not be embraced in the call of the
Governor for an extra session.
Senator Eustis then introduced bill en-
titled an act to amplify, regulate and de-
termine the Jurisdiction of the Fourth, Fifth
and Sixth District Courts for the parish of
Orleans, and to invest said courts with con.
current jurisdiction in certain cases, as now
exercised by the Superior District Court of
New Orleans. NJ
The bill was read once and ordered to lie
over under the rules.
The bill gives the Fifth and Sixth District
Courts for the parish of Orleans full power
and authority, concurrent with the Superior
District Court of the parish of Orleans, to
hear and determine and exercise full juris-
diction in and for the parish Of Orleans in
the following cases: To issue writs Of in
junction, mandamus, quo warrsnto, and
to try all cases involving the right to any
office, State, parish or municipal, or in
which the right thereto may be involved; to
have original jurisdiction in and for the
parish Of Orleans over ali cases or proceed
ings in which the State of Louisiana, the
municipal corporation of the city of New
Orleans, the Board of Metropolitan Police.
the Board of School Directors for the
city Of New Orleans, or any corpora
ton established by act Of the General As.
sembly and domiciled in the parish of
Orleans, shall be party or be interested,
where the amount in dispute exceeds the
sum of 500. The second section of the
bill repeals the third section Of the act
establishing the Superior District Court in
DO far a. it conflicts with the object and
purpose of the bill.
The Committee on Auditing and Super
vising the Expenses of the Senate for the
regular session of 1875 made report to the
Senate, which will be published in the Off
cial proceedings. q
The Senate adjourned to meet this morn
ing at twelve o'clock.
The House. i
Speaker Hahn, after calling the House to
order yesterday. directed that the eergeant'
alarms see that members we're not deprived
of their seats, as they had been the previous
day.
The reading of the journal was dispensed
With, and, after slight correction, it was
adopted.
Mr. CAN'T asked leave to have a motion
read by the clerk. It proved to be his
accompanied by the reasons