New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-07

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House OF Representatives.
New Orleans, February 6, 1875
To the Honorable President and Members of th
Senate:
, am directed by the House to ask tn
: concurrence of your honorable body i
House bill No. as. an act to pay the cor
stable of the fifth justice of the peace i
criminal cases, as per fee bill in Revise,
; Statutes of 1870.
Very respectfully. ETC.,
JOHN w. ROXBOROUGH,
Assistant Clerk.
REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE.
The report of the Senate special commit
tee Of conference upon the appropriation
bill and amendments was submitted by MI
Wharton. the chairman, as follows:
NEW ORLEANS. February G, 1875.
To the Honorable President and Members of thu
Your committee of conference respect
fully report on House bill No. 20, an 40,
entitled an act making an appropriation fol
the payment of the mileage and per diem o.
the members and salary OF the officers and
employees, and contingent expenses of the
General Assembly of the Stateiof Louisiana
for the regular session Of the year 1875, and
cases, and prescribing the manner in which
the same shall be paid, that the joint
committee have unanimously agreed upon a
substitute bill, which will this day be
reported to the House Of Representatives,
and ask to be discharged.
| Respectfully.
R. H. CHADBOURN,
T. A. CAGE.
E. +. HEKWIG.
Report was received and committee dis.
charged.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Mascot, chairman of the Committee
on Enrolment and Engrossment, submitted
the following report:
COnN11rEE ON ENROLMENT AND ENDORSEMENT,
New Orleans, FebI uary 5, 1875. !
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
Your Committee on Engrossment and
Enrolment beg leave to report the follow
ing bill as duly engrossed, to wit:
Senate bill No. 43, an act to abolish the
Office OF district attorney pro tempore, re-
serving to the police juries the right to en-
ploy counsel. j. A. MASCOT,
Chairman.
Received.
Mr.. Young. chairman OF the Committee
on Retrauchment and Reform submitted
the following report:
COMMITTEE ON INFRINGEMENT AND RRPORM,
New Orleans February 6, 1879. !
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
Your Committee on Retrenchment and
Reform having had under consideration
bill entitled an act relative to fees aud
nvN n1vyv,oo 70 ar %hn A,,I: e n..l.
counts, beg leave to report that they have
had the same under consideration and re-
commend its immediate passage.
DAVID YOUNG,
Chairman;
ALLEN GREENE,
0. H. BREWSTER.
NOTICES OF BILLS.
By Mr.. Mascot:
Of bill to be entitled an act for the reor.
ganization of the Metropolitan Police and |
Tor the prompt payment of the members |
thereof
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING.
Mr.. Brewster called up the following:
Senate bill to be entitled an act to amend
he constitution of the State of Louisiana.
On motion of MI. Brewster, the bill was
ordered printed and made the special order
II the day for Monday next, after the
morning hour.
The bill is as follows:
IN act to amend the constitution of the
State of Louisiana.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
of the State of Louisiana
General Assembly convened, two thirds Of
ne members Of each house agreeing thereto,
mat the following amendments be pro-
'osed and entered upon the respective
ournals OF the Senate and House Of Repre-
entatlves, with the yeas and nays taken |
hereon, and the Secretary of State shall
ause the same to be published three
months before the next general election for
Of the General Assembly.
q at least one newspaper in every parish of |
ne state IN which newspaper shall be |
, uonshed; and said proposed amendments
nail De submitted to the people at said
lection in such manner and form that the
eople may vote tor or against each amend
nent separately. @. first proposed amend
lent, "for approval" or .'against an.
roval," and in like manner as to the Others.
no II a majority of the voters at said cleo ,
ION snail approve and ratlfy such amend
rent OF amendments, the same shall be | 1
appropriately numbered, and become mart ,
+ the constitution, and be proclaimed rs
och Dy the Governor and Secretary of
tate. VI
NO: l. The General Assembly shall not {
rant, establish or confirm any mononolv
r1glve special privileges to any person or
Dmpany.
No; 2. The expenses of the General As. ,
,mply snail! not exceed two hundred
,ousand dollars for each session, ,
No. 3: No bill shall become law unle.s
= ils maj passage the vote be taken by
cas- and nays, the names of those vo.ina
II and against same to be entered nm the
urnal, and a majority Of the mem bers =
resent IN each house be recorded thereon ,
J voting in its favor. .
no =. NO person shall be eligible to the
nce .! parish Judge. who is not a citizen of q
10 ohlted states over the age of twenty t
We years, and who shall have resided in q
70 state and practiced law therein for at |
asst Two years next preceding his election. t
IN Call OF two Senators the Senate went |
to executive session.
Executive session having been raised. the =
flowing Senators answered to their names: :
Alexander, Anderson. /
lain, Blunt, Breaux, Brewster, Burch' Q
age' Chadbourn, Crozie1. Detiege, Du. l
ont, Greene, Harper, Masicot, Pollard 9
amps, Twitchell, Weber-I9. il
A bsent-Messrs Blackburn. Eustis. C1o
Gorge, Grover. Herwig, Kelly, Kelso |;
,ndry, Ogden, Robertson, Steven. Svuher t.
harton, White. Whitney, Young-i7' c
In PRESIDENT announced a quorum nres. q
BY unanimous consent Mr.. Allain intro. K
ced the following entitled joint resolu.
n: