New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-04-21

THE SENATE YESTERDAY.
Sixth Days Session.

sfxth Days Session.
| SENATE CHAnEER, I
New Orleans, April %. 1875.
| The Senate met in Accordance with ad
journment, and was called to order bv Hon
C. c. Antoine, Lieutenant Governor of thu
State and President Of the Senate.
On call of the roIl the Senators were a
follows:
Present - Messrs. Alexander, Allan
Burch, Cage, Chadbeurn, Detiege, Eustis
George, Ola, Greene. Grover, Goode, Har
| per, Herwig, KelsO, Kelly, Mascot, Ogden
Pollard, Robertson. Stamps, Steven, Sypher
Weber, Wharton, White, Whitney, Young
| SO.
Abeent-Messrs Anderson, Dumont, Ian
| dry, Twitchell-4.
Prayer by the Chaplain.
The Secretary commenced to read the
ournal, and, on motion of Mr.. Allan, the
further reading was dispensed with. The
| journal was corrected and adopted.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Mr. Wharton submitted report from
the special joint committee of the two
houses, authorized to investigate the books
| papers, ETC., of the Auditor of Public Ac
| counts and the Treasurer Of the State.
The report was read at length.
On motion of Mr.. Sypher the further
reading of the report was dispensed with
The report was made the special order OF
the day for next Wednesday, after the
reading of the minute
Mr.. Sypher, as a question of privilege
moved to reconsider the vote by which the
Senate on Saturday, April II, adopted the
report of the Committee on Elections and
Quallt cations in the case of +. S. Goode
of the eighth senator's l district.
Mr.. Robertson made the point of order
! that the motion to reconsider the vote by
which F. S. Goode was awarded a seat in
this Senate from the eighth senatorial
| district was made too late.
The President decided the p ONT of order
not well taken. Rule twenty-seven clearly
gives the right to any member voting upon
the prevailing side of the question to move
| for q reconsideration Of the vote whenever
he changes his view of the question, if such
motion be made within two days of actua.
session after the day on which the vote was
| taken, which has been done in this case
The tabling of motion to reconsider any
time after the vote would place the ques
ton out of the reach Of the Senate.
Mr.. Brewster moved to postpone the fur
Their consideration of the motion till to
morrow at p. NJ.
Mr.. Blackburn moved to table the Whole
subject matter.
On call of the yeas and nays the Senate
refused to table the whole subject matter
by the following vote:
Yeas-Alexander, Allan, Blackburn,
Eustis. George, Goode, Greene. Grover,
Kelly, Ogden, Robertson. Steven, White-l3
Nays-Anderson. Blunt, Breaux, Burch.
Brewster, Cage, Chadbourn, Detiege, Ola,
Harper, Herwig, Kelso, Landry, Mascot,
Pollard, Stamps, Sypher, Twitchell, Weber,
Wharton, Whitney, Young--22.
Absent and not voting-Dumont-l.
The question required on the motion of
Mr.. Brewster to postpone the motion TIL
tomorrow at one O'Clock.
Postponed.
On call of two Senators the Sen ate went
into executive session.
Executive session having been raised
the following Senators answered to their
names:
Present-Messrs. Anderson, Alexander,
Allan, Blunt, Breaux, Brewster, Burch,
Cage, Chadbourn, Dstiege, George, Greene,
Grover, Goode, Herwig, Kelso, Kelly,
Masicot, Ogden, Pollard, Robertson. Steven,
Stamps, Weber, Wharton, White, Whitney,
Young-23.
Absent = Messrs. blackburn. Dumont,
Eustis, Ola, Harper, Landry, Sypher,
Twitchell-S.
Mr.. Grover, in the chair, declared quo
rum present.
NOTICES OF BILLS.
BY Mr.. Allain:
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal sec
tons three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine
and ten of act No. II, creating Board of
Audit, and prescribing the duties OF said
board.
BY Mr.. Kelly:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend an
act entitled an act to establish quarantine
for the protection Of the State.
BY Mr.. Weber:
A bill to be entitled an act to am end sec
ton 1910 of the Revised Statutes of Lou
isiana.
Also, bill to be entitled an act author
izing the board of administrators of the
Insane Asylum of the State Of Lou isiana to
sell land, ETC., and for the relief of the In
sane Asylum at Jackson.
BY MI. George;
A bill to be entitled an act to AL tn orize
a change of venue in civil causes pendin &
in the parish and district courts of this
State to the parish courts of an adjoin ing
parish, or to the district court of an adjoin.
ing district having similar Jurisdiction.
Also by Mr.. George:
A bill to be entitled an act to extend and
further define the jurisdiction of parish
courts. Is
By Mr.. Young:
A bill entitled an act to repeal an act
entitled an act Incorporating the New Or
leans Sanitary Excavating Company, in the
city Of New Orleans, and granting rights
and privileges thereto, numbered forty
six, approved March Is, 1874.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
By Mr.. Burch, according to previous no.
tice:
Senate bill No. %, to be entitled an act to
require better qualifications. of persons pre-
senting themselves for examination before
the Supreme Court, to be admitted to the
bar Of this State.
The bill was read the first time.
The constitutional rule was suspended by
q fotr-ffths vote, the bill was read the