New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-03-06

| Cuat no was NOT W1tnl0 the OAR when In
question IVES put, and the President so
tanned the point of order.
Mr.. Burch made the point of order tha
the question was the rejection or the sdoE
ton Of the minutes, with or without amend
ments, of the last evenings session of thi
Senate.
The President sustained the point o
order.
Mr.. Cage made the point of order that i
required the unanimous consent to allow
member to have his vote recorded after hi
absence.
The Chair sustained the point Of ordeE
Mr.. Sypher made the point of order tina
after the announcement Of the Chair of thu
vote taken there could be no change of tn.
vote.
The point of order was sustained.
Mr.. Burch moved that the minutes be
adopted az corrected and moved the pre-
vious question.
The yeas and nays were called on the
motion for the previous question:
Yeas - Alexander, Anderson, Blunt,
Dumont, Ola. Greene, Harper. Mascot
Pollard, Stamps, Sypher, Twitchel, Weber,
Wharton: Whitney. YOung-2l.
Nays-Detiege, George, Grover. Kelly,
ogden, Robertson, Steven, Whites.
| :. Absent-Allain, Blackburn, Chadbeurn,
Eustis, Herwig, Kelso, Landry.
| The yeas and nays were ordered On the
motion to adopt the evening journal:
Yeas-Anderson, Blunt, Breaux, Brew
eter, Burch, Cage, CrOzier, DumOnt, Ola,
Greene, Harper, Landry, MasicOt, Pollard.
Stamps. Sypher. Twitchell, Weber, Whar-
ton. Whitney. Young-2l.
Nays-Alexander, Detiege, George, Gro
W yes; Kelly Ogden, Robertson, Steven;
Absent-Allain. Blackburn, Chadbourn,
Eustis, Herwig, KelsO-6.
Mr.. Alexander made the point of order
that it required q two.thirds vote to fix a
bill; that the call did not give such q vote
on the appropriation bill
The President decided that where bill
was taken out of its order and made a
special order fer certain day, it would
require two thirds vote, but where bill
was under consideration q majority vote
could make the same special order.
Mr.. Wharton made the point of order
that the journal had been adopted as cor.
rected, and no further action could be
allowed upon that question.
Mr.. Wharton in the chair.l
The special order came up, after reading
the minutes, and was read the third time,
as follows:
House bill No. us. to be entitled an act
making appropriations for the general ex-
penses of the State for the year 1875; pro-
viding for Deficiencies existing in appro.
priations for the year 1874, and for the pay
ment of claims and obligations due by the
State OF Louisiana prior to the first day of |
January, 1874; providing for the payment
and auditing of said claims and obligations
out of the revenus of the years in which
said obligations were issued, or said claims
incurred; providing for and regulating the
manner of auditing, warranting and liqui.
1ating said claims and obligations, and
providing for the receipt of certain war.
ants in payment of certain taxes due the
state, and to provide for the absorption of
he floating indebtedness.
Mr.. Blunt moved that the bill do now
lnally pass, and moved the previous ques-
ion, which was duly seconded.
Mr.. Robertson called for executive ses.
ion, which was duly seconded.
Mr.. Wharton, in the chair. ordered the |
xecutive session.
Executive session having been raised the {
blowing Senators answered to their names, (
Present-Messrs. Alexander, Anderson.
lain, Blunt, Breaux, Burch. Brewster
age, Chadbourn, Crozier, Detiege, Du,
lont, George, Ola, Greene. Grover, Kelly,
.elso, Landry, Ogden. Pollard, Robertson.
IN, White, Whitney, Young-3O
Absent - Messrs. Blackburn, Eustis, Har-
Or, Herwig, Masic9t, Sypher-6. G
Mr.. Wharton, in the chair, declared the
ending question to be the ordering of the !;
ain question. II
The main question was ordered. a
Mr.. White called for the reading of the
II. -
Mr.. Weber raised the point of order that /,
9 bill could not be read after the main n
lestion was ordered.
Mr.. Wharton, in the chair, sustained the
int of order under rule sixty. four, which
clares what shall be the order of business
Ter the main question is ordered.
On call Of THE yeas and nays the bill was
ally passed by the following vote: 81
feas-Anderson. Blunt, Breaux, Burch.
ge, CrOzier, Dumont, Ola, Greene.
lrper. kelso, Landry, Pollard, Stamps. BY
pher, Twitcheil, Weber, Wharton, Whit. or
y-l9.
Says-Alexander, Allan, Brewster, Chad.
urn, Detiege, George, Grover, Kelly, o..
4. Robertson, Steven. White-l2.
Absent-Blackburn, Eustis, Herwig, Mast.
!, YOung-5.
The title was adopted. &c
lr. Allan claimed the right to call up g.
D bills. DC
ir. Whitney made the point of order that To-
resolution allowing Senators to call I'D vi;
y applied to evening sessions.
lr. Wharton, in the chair, sustained the re,
Mt of order. ar
lr. Allan called for the reading of the wi
rnal. lea
lr. Sypher objected to the reading of any or
ton of the minutes, and made the point an
order that at this evenings session Mr.. tn.
ain could call up his two bills first to be an
ed. an
he Chair sustained the point of order. co;
[r. Burch made the point of order that bel
resolution allowing each Senator to call err
two bills does not take precedence over 40,
rules of the Senate. "a
he Chair sustained the point of order. err
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.
r. Detiege called for the special order of srr
day, the reports of the Committee on Ar
tia. lS7
he majority and minority reports were ho,