New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-18

OFFICIAL JOURNAL
OF THE
FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA
SENATE.
SENATE.
Thirty.FOurth Days Session.
SENATE CHAMBER, I
New Orleans, February Is, 1875. 5


The Senate met pursuant to adjournmen
and was called to order by the Hon. G. {
Antoine, Lieutenant Governor of the Stat
and President of the Senate.
'Present-Messrs Alexander, Anderson
Allan, Blackburn, Blunt, Breaux, Bnrct
Cage, Cbadbourn, Crozer, DumOnt, Gls
Greene, Harper, Landry, Pollard, Stampi
Sypher, Twitchell, Wharton, Whitney-2l
Absent-Messrs. Brewster, Detiege. Eut
tbs, George, Grover, Herwig, Kelly, Kelst
Mascot, Ogden, Robertson, Steven, Weber
White, Young-l5.
a quorum present
Prayer by the Rev. DR.. Fulton, of Brook
lyn.
The Secretary commenced to read tn
journal of Mondays proceedings.
On the motion of Mr. Stamps, tine furthel
reading of the journal was dispensed with
and the same corrected and approved.
MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE.
House OF REPRESENTATIVES,
New Orleans, February Is, 1875.
To the Honorable President and Members Of thu
Senate
am directed by the House to ask the
concurrence of your honorable body in
House bill No. 49, entitled an act regulating
the fees of recorders.
Very respectfully, etc.
JOHN w. ROXBOROUGH,
Assistant Clerk.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, I
New Orleans, February It, 1875
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
am directed by the House to ask the
49, hNv Ia hcl 80, ho
following House bill, viz:
House bill No. 67, an act to provide for
the purchase of a State House, to make
appropriation therefor, to SET apart the
necessary funds, and to grant jurisdiction
for the enforcement of the acts OF sale and
mortgage.
Very respectfully, etc,
JOHN w, ROXBOROUGH, ..
Assistant Clerk.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Burch, chairman of the Committee
On Penitentiary, submitted the following
report:
COMMITTEE ON PEsITENrLARI,(
New Orleans February l6, 1873. !
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Your Committee on Penitentiary, to
whom was referred bill No. 63, relative to
convicts working ON the outside of the
walls of the Penitentiary, having had the
same under consideration, respectfully beg
leave to report as follows:
The same subject was under considera-
ton by this committee during the session
of IS73-lS74, and tho law bearing on it thor
oughly examined, in addition to which the
lessees Of the Penitentiary were summoned
before this committee and their authority
to work the prisoners on the outside OF the
walls of the Penitentiary inquired into.
Your committee would invite the attention
OF the Senate to the proceedings of this
committee relative to this subject, contained
in the official proceedings of the Senate for
1873, page A8.
Your committee having examined into
the merits of this BILL and the results of
its labors not proving entirely satisfactory,
would, therefore, report back to the Senate
bill No. 63, aud ask that it be referred TO
the Committee on Judiciary, instructing |
them to report to the Senate their opinion |
as to what bearing the provisions of said
bill mo. 63) will have on sections 1855,
1862, and that portion of section 1856, Re,
vised Statutes, included in proviso, and |
the lease now in the possession of the pres |
cnt lessees of the Penitentiary.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
J. HENRI BURCH. Chairman;
GEORGE Y. kELSO,
WILLIAM HARPER,
L. l.. WEBER.
II. Ii. CHADBOURN.
Mr.. Burch asked and obtained unanimous |
onsent to take the report up and act on it |
at this time. No objections. The bill NO. |
G3) was then recommitted to the Committee |
on Judiciary.
Mr.. Anderson, chairman of the Commit
tee on Judiciary. submitted the following
report:
COMMITTEE ON JupICIARr,l
New Orleans, February l6 1875.
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
Your Committee on Judiciary beg to |
report tavOratly on Senate bill No. u,
entitled an act to punish persons who shall
be guilty of cisoharging firearms IN any |
,itv or town in this State.
Very respectfully submitted.
THOMAS G. ANDERSON, Chairman.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
Mr.. Kelso introduced the following:
A bill to be entitled an act to appropriate
the sum of $3.50 for the payment of the
salary of Henry L. Daigre as parish judge
# Rapides parish.
The. bill was read the first time.
The constitutional rule was suspended by
} four.ffths vote, the bill WAS read the sec
md time and referred to the Committee on