New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-04

THE sKGlsLArURE YESTERDAY.

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THR f.KClsLATURE YESTERDAY.
senate.
The Sesate received message from th,
House asking it's concurrence in Hous,
bill No. 81, substitute for House bill No. 7
and act transferring the parishes of Rec
River and Natchitoches from the Seven
eeenth Judicial District of the State O,
Louisiana; also, to House bill No. IS, an &C,
to repeal an act entitled an act to increase
tho salary of the district attorney of the
Tenth Judicial District of the State ol
Louisiana.
The Senate Committee on Corporation
and Parochial Affairs, through it's chair.
man, Senator Twitchell. made q favorable
report on House bill No. I6, an act to incor.
porate the Friendly Brothers' Benevolent
Association of Delta, Madison parish, Lou.
isiana.
senator Young gave notice that Re would
as future time introduce . bill to be en-.
titled an act to abolish the Office of division
superintendents OF public education, and to
prescribe the manner Of performing the
duties now performed by the division super.
lntendents Of public education; also of a bill
70 DO entitled an act relative to official
printing. and providing for the selection of
the official papers, and the manner of pay
ing for the official printing of the State and
parishes.
Senator Stamps. by unanimous consent,
introduced bill to be entitled an act to 90
fablish an insurance inspection department;
to define the powers and duties Of the in.
surance commissioner; to declare stand
ard of legal safety in insurance and the OBJ
legations and requirements of insurance
companies. associations and agents, and
prescribing the penalties for violations of
tho provisions Of this act, and fixing salary
and fees, and how the Same shall be paid.
The bill, under q suspension of the rules,
was read twice and referred to the Com
mittee on Commerce and Manufactures.
This bill, it is understood, will take the
place of the one previously introduced by
the same Senator.
Senator Chadbourn obtained the unani.
NOUS consent of the Senate to introduce a
bill to be entitled an act for the relief of
John Page.
Under q suspension Of the rule the bill!
was read twice and referred to the Commit.
tee on Claims.
Senator Weber was granted unanimous
consent to call up Senate bill No. 43, to be
entitled an act to abolish the Office of dis.
trict attorney pro tem., and reservlng to
police juries the right to employ counsel,
substitute for Senate bill No. 4.
Senator Weber moved the final passage
of the bill.
Senator Barch questioned the propriety
of passing the bill without further informa-
tion in regard to it.
Other Senators also opposed the final
passage of the bill.
This opposition brought Senator Ander-
son to his feet. He stated the reasons why
the Judiciary Committee (of which he is
ohairman) had reported by way of substi'
tute Senate bill No. 43 for Senate bill No. 4,
which had been referred to the judiciary
Committee. He said the substitute gives to
the police iuries the right Of selecting coun.
sci, whereas the original bill and the law as
it now stands interfere with their right
to do so. Police juries are selected for
two years. They select. as the law now is'
district attorneys pro ten, for four years. |
Thus situated, the parish juries selected in |
1872 elect district attorneys pro tenn. who |
are to serve until 1876, thus taking from
the parish juries elected in 1874 the right Of |
making choice Of counsel. Senator Ander- |
son expressed the opinion that this was not |
right; he thonght that each parish jury
should have the right by law of employing
,ounsel to defend the interest of the parish /
while subject to its control. He said he |
believed the bill was . good one, and that
f it became law it would prove beneficial
% the parishes in q peouniary point of view.
For these reasons, he said, the Judiciary
Committee had reported it. He hoped the
dill would pass.
A vote was then taken on the final passage
# the bill, and it was declared finally
passed by II yeas to 10 nays.
The secretary announced that the Presi.
lent had appointed the following gentle
nen q special committee on political perse-
ution and outrage: Messrs. Twitchell,
Harper and Kelso.
Senator Whitney introduced resolution,
which was adopted, authorising and direct
ng the sergesnt-at-arms to drape the
OF the Senate Chamber with
lamask curtains, and providing that the
xpense Of the same shall not exceed $40 for
ach window.
Senator Twitchell, by unanimous consent
Introduced resolution authorizing the ap-
of committee Of five by the
resident to investigate the affairs Of the
:rescent City Live Stock Company, the
to have authority to send for
ersons and papers and examine witnesses.
he resolution was adopted by vote OF
ineteen yeas to three nays.
The President appointed the following
ON said COMMITTEES: Twitchell,
lamps, Weber, Masic0t, Whitney.
Senator Wharton introduced, by, unsni'
lous consent, . resolution requesting the
lnding board Of this State to immediately
,rnish, for the use of the Senate, the re-
ort required to be made by them under
'ction eight of act No. 3 Of 1874. The l
solution was unanimously adopted, and ,
,py Of it ordered to be sen. to the president
I'd secretary of the board.
Senator Blunt introduced q resolution, !
hich passed the Senate, requesting the a
pmmittee on Retrenchment and Reform to Z
port such measures Of reform as they b
az deem necessary. Ii
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