The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-02-26
.KELLOGG'S CROWD.
Antolue's Wing

Antoine's Wing
assembled at 10 o'clock, Antoine IN the chail
Several bills were returned engrossed b
the Committee on Enrolment.
A bill authorizing Clinton to remit tt
penalties against delinquent taxpayers in tn
parish of Rapides for 1873, was introduces
by Kelso and placed on the calendar On it
second reading.
Brewster's bill providing for the recording
of the process verbal Of co,oners juries, wa
called up and passed.
The "House bill " for the relief of ). II
, Twitchell, Tax Collector Of the parish of Rec
River, was called up and passed.
Twitcheil was killed at Coushatta and &
deficit was found in his accounts, and the bill
is for the relief of his bondsmen.
The act of incorporation of the town OF
Franklin was called up and finally passed.
A joint resolution was adopted, providing
for the appointment of joint committee to
inquire into the pay of Safe officers with a
view of reducing their salaries, the commit
tee to report next session.
The bill which emanated from Hahns Wing
relative to amendments to sections 925, 926
and 927 OF the Revised Statutes was passed.
The act creating board Of inspectors and
measurers Of lumber was called up as the
special order Of the day. After much discus
sion it was indefinitely postponed.
The bill providing for a reorganization Of
the State Board of Engineers was called up
aud after some debate the whole subject mat
ter was tabled
Executive session was called and on its be-
ing raised motion to adjourn prevailed
Hahn, Wing
met at 10 o'clock, and there being no quorum,
took recess.
At about II 80 the body re-assembled, and
in the course of five minutes quorum was
announced present
After opening preliminaries the following
resolution, introduced GA the previous day
by Murrell, was called up and passed:
Resolred, That from and after this day,
Monday, Saturday shall be the days for the
introduction of resolutions, except by unani-
nous consent Of the House. be it also
Resolued, That the House now proceed to
clear le calendar, in regular order, Of all
Senate and House bills.
In accordance with the last resolution,
Senate bills" on their first reading were
taken up.
An act appropriating $500 for gas for the
use of the body was called up, put through
its several readings, and finally passed.
An act relative to persons committing
crimes in one parish and arrested in another,
was referred to the Committee on Judiciary
An act authorizing Robert G. Hudson,
minor, to practice law before State courts. |
was referred to the Commi tee on Judiciary. |
The joint resolution indorsing the action of
the House Of Representatives of the United
States in passing the Civil Rights bill, was |
referred to the Committee on Federal Re- |
lations.
An act to retrocede to the United States |
two acres Of swamp lands for every dollar ex-
pended by the United States Government in
the repair OF levees was referred to the Com
mittee on Lands and Levees
A bill donating certain lands to the United
States, for the use of the United States in es-
a customs station, was referred to
the Committee on Lands and Levees
The act repeating the act making the 4th of
March dies non was referred TO the Commit
zee on Judiciary.
An act to provide ''for supplying the
ost +" Of the public records destroyed in the
Colfax Courthouse. Referred to the Com
nittee on judiciary.
The act repeating the act making Mardi-
iras a legal holiday went through its several
eadings, and ives finally passed.
The act repeating sections 156 and 1861 Of
he Revised Statutes # 1870 was next called
lp:
This is the bill which passed antoine's
y iuP VI " tuEtSody, anu WHICH, gives Lne
'enate of the State power to fill vacancies in
he Office of Governor and Lieutenant Gov
rnor, under all circumstances. 1t was re-
erred to the Committee on judiciary.
The Joint resolution instructing the Attor-
ey-General to ascertain whether or not the {
ct of incorporation of the Mechanical and
g1icultural Society had been complied 1
18th, was referred to the Committee on Judi :,
larry. I
blouse bills" were then taken up
The act incorporating the town OF Bastrop, \
arish of Grant, was finally passed.
The joint resolution instructing the Sena- \
,rs and Representatives Of the State in the S
nited States Congress to secure an appro- '
ration Of $50, 900 for the cleaning of Bayou =
errebonne and tributaries, was passed.
An act to amend and re-enact section 1851 +
the Revised Statutes of Louisiana was \
used. The act provides that Sin addition +
the property now exempt from seizure and E
lie under execution, 100 acres of ground J
I'd improvements thereon occupied rs resi- a
.nce and bona fde owned by the debtor M
wing family, mother or father or person
persons dependent upon him for support, 4
real estate within the corporate limits of =
" city, town or village, and the building q
ia improvements thereon, occupied as
sidence and bona tide owned by the debtor, Pr
wing family, Or mother or father, or some y
rson or persons dependent on him for
pport. ;,
Also one work horse, one wagon, one cart, ]
e yoke of oxen, two COWS aHd calves TWEEN
four head of hogs, or one thousand pounds q
bacon or equivalent in pork, and if a farm
the necessary quantity Of corn and fodder
the current year; provided, that the prop
y herein declared to be exempt does not ex- tn
ID in value $1,000, and in case of excess any on
9 thereof under execution shall be taken Fl
N the lot of ground and buildings herein ~;
nlloned as being exempted from seizure Ea
sale; and provided further that no
)tor shall be entitled to the exemption 10
'vided for in this section whose wife shall
II IN her own right and be in the actual en-
ment OF property worth more than $1,000 Tia
The act appropriating $4,000 to pay the
'enses of the Returning Board, came up :
order. =
'artain opposed its passage, because he
nted an itemized account Of the expenses ,
the board III