New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-14

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Mr.. Anderson, by unanimous consent, in
troduced bill to be entitled an act to au
thorize the police jury Of the parish OF La
fayette to issue bonds, and levy and collec
an annual tax for their redemption.
The bill was read the first time.
a four.ffths vote, the bill was read the
second time and referred to the Committee
on Corporations and Parochial Affairs.
RESOLUTION.
Mr.. Young introduced the following:
Resolred, That the Secretary of the Sen
ate De required to exhibit calendar daily
OF the business OF the Senate.
BY unanimous consent, the resolution was
taken up and adopted.
REPORTS LYING OVER.
| The following report was taken up:
COMMITTEE on RAILROADS AND INTERNAL }
Improvements,
New Orleans, Feoruary2, 1875
To the Honorable President and Members Of the
| Senate:
| Your committee to whom was referred
| Senate bill No. s, an act to incorporate the
| Louisiana Telegraph Company, to grant
right Of way thereto and to confer certain
| paw AACSCc aux tIduCuleco, respectfully
| port favOrably, with the following amend
| ment: Strike section fourteen.
Respectfully submitted,
A. j. SYPHER, Chairman.
On motion of Mr.. Chadbourn the report
was adopted and section fourteen Of the
bill was ordered to be stricken out.
Mr.. Cage moved that the bill be ordered
printed and that the Senate bill No. be
fixed as special order of the day for Mon
day at one o'clock.
Adopted.
The following report was taken up:
COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS,
New Orleans, February IL, 1875. :
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Your Committee on Claims, to whom was
referred Senate bill No. 50, and act for the
relief of DR.. Philip Yeiser, after careful
consideration your committee reepec fully
report unfavOrably on the same and
recommend its indefinite posuponement.
Very respectfully.
Mr.. Anderson asked leave to withdraw
the bill No. IS, as above reported.
Mr.. Wharton made the following point of
order:
That rule ffty-fve forbids the claimant
from withdrawing the bill after the commit
tee had reported adversely, inasmuch as
there is no pretence before the Senate that
new Evidence . has been since the
The President sustained the point Of
order.
On motion of Mr. Stamps, the report Of
the committee on Senate bill No. IS was
adopted, which indefinitely postponed the
fur.ner consideration of the bill.
Mr.. Whitney, chairman of the Committee
on Elections and Registration, submitted
the following report, by unanimous con-
sent:
To the Honorable President and Members Of the
Your Committee on Elections and Regis.
tratiOn beg leave to report. that they have
considered the report OF the State Board of
Returning Officers, and respectfully recon-
mend its adoption, and that 1000 copies be
printed for general distribution.
E. L. WHITNEY,
Chairman.
Mr.. Whitney, under suspension of the
rules, called up the foregoing report, and
moved to adopt the report.
Mr.. Young moved to strike out ''two
thousand and insert live thousand
Mr.. Chadbourn moved to table the mo-
ton of Mr.. Young. to amend the report, by
striking out "two thousand" and inserting
''fve thousand"
The Senate refused to table the motion to
amend BY the following vote.
Yeas-Burch, Chadbourn. Detiege, Mast.
Nays-Alexander. Anderson. Allan,
Blunt Breaux, Brewster, Cage, Crozier, Du-
mont, Gia. Greene. Harper, KelsO, Landry,
Pollard, Twitchell, Weber, Whitney, Young
10
Absent-Dlackb burn, Eustis, George, Gro
yer, Herwig, Kelly, Ogden, Robertson,
Steven, Sypher, White-ll. 1
The President stated the pending Gres-
ton to be 20 adopt the amendment of Mr.. |
Young.
Mr.. Whitney moved the previous eues-
ton.
The main question was ordered.
On call of the yeas and nays by two Sena-
tors, the Senate voted to adopt the amend
ment by the following vote:
Yeas--Alexander Allan, Blunt, Brewster,
Cage, Crozier, Dumont, Ola, Greene, Har- |
per, Keiso, Landry, Pollard, Twitchell, |
Weber, Wharton, Whitney, Young-lS.
cot, Stamps.
Absent-Blackburn Breaux, Chad bourn, |
Eustis, George. Grover, Herwig, Kelly, Og-
den, Robertson, Steven, Sypher, White-l3.
On motion of Mr.. Whitney the report was
adopted as amended.
On motion of Mr.. Wharton the report of |
the Committee on Retrenchment and Re-
Form as follows was taken up by unanimous
consent
COMMITTEE ON RETRHSCHxRNT AND Reform,
New orleans, February 6, 1875.
70 the Honorable President and Members Of the
Senate
Your Committee on Retrenchment ard
Reform having had under consideration
Dill entitled an act relative to fees and
monuments of the Auditor Of Public Ac-
counts, beg leave to report that they have
lad the same under consideration and
its immediate passage.
DAVID YOUNG,
Chairman;
ALLEN GREENE,
O. H. BREWSTER.
Mr.. Whitney moved to postpone the fur
her consideration OF the report and bill till
lexr Monday.
Mr.. Young moved to table the motion to
postpone.
Mr. Blunt seconded the motion.
Mr.. Young. before any vote had been
aiken, withdrew the motion to table.
Mr. Blunt refused to withdraw the second. |
Mr.. Burch made the point of order that
nder rule fifteen the mover has right TO