New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-16
Providing for the election of members of

Providing for the election of members o
boards of supervisors.
Selecting, drawing, summoning or i'm
paneling grand or petty juries.
Regulating the rate of interest on money
The opening and conducting of election
or designating places of voting.
The Gale or mortgage OF real estate Do
longing to minors or others under disability
The protection of game or fish,.
Remitting fines, penalties or forfeitures
Creating, increasing or decreasing fees
percentage or allowances of public officers
during the term for which said officers art
elected or appointed.
Changing the law of descent.
Granting to any corporation, association
or individual the right to lay down railroad
tracks.
Granting to any private corporation, as
sOcation or individual any exclusive pri
vilege, immunity or franchise whatever.
The Legislature shall pass general laws
providing for the cases enumerat ed in this
section, and for all other cases, which in iti
judgment, may be provided for by general
laws.
Mr.. Burch moved that the whole con.
stitution of the State of New York be
adopted as an amendment to the motion OF
Mr.. Wharton.
Mr.. Allan made the point of order that
the amendment offered by Mr.. Burch was
not german to the matter of the article
The Chairman (Mr. Stamps) sustained
the point Of order.
Mr.. Detiege moved to table all amend
nents pending to the bill.
Adopted.
The question then required upon the
of NJ TO cd wat
ticle.
Mr.. Blunt moved the previous question.
On call of two Senators the yeas and
nays were ordered.
The Senate voted to order the main
question by the following vote:
Yeas-Alexander, Allan, Blunt. Brewster,
Burch, Chadbourn. Crozier. Detiege, Du
mont. Landry, Pollard, Stamps, Sypher,
Weber, Wharton, Whitney-l6.
Eays-Harper, Kelso, Twitchell, Young
a.
Absent-Anderson, Blackburn, Breaux,
Cage, Eustis, George, ella, Greene, Grover,
Herwig, Kelly, Masicot, Ogden, Robertson,
Steven, White-l6.
The first article was adopted.
Mr.. Detiege moved the bill be ordered to
bs engrossed.
Mr.. Stamps moved the previous question.
The main question was ordered.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed.
Mr.. Brewster moved to suspend the con-
stitutional rule.
nays were ordered.
The Senate refused to suspend the con-
stitutional rule, four-ffths not voting in the
affirmative:
Yeas-Alexander, Allan, Blunt, Brew
ster, Chadbourn, Crozier, Detiege, Dumont,
Landry, Pollard, Stamps, Twitchell, Weber,
Wharton, Whitney-l5.
Nays-Burch, Harper, Herwig, Mascot,
Young.
Absent-Anderson, Blackburn, Breaux,
Cage, Eustis, George, ella, Greene, Grover,
Kelly, Kelso, Ogden, Robertson, Steven,
Sypher. White-l6
On motion of Mr. Chadbourn, the follow
ing entitled bill was taken up to be consid.
cred section by section:
An act to incorporate the Louisiana
Telegraph Company, to grant right of way
thereto. and to confer certain privileges
ana franchises
The first section was then read.
Mr.. Whitney submitted the following
amendment:
Strike out the words "and may continue
from line eighteen and insert the words |
"ifty years" after the word succession" in |
line nineteen.
On motion of Mr. Allan the motion to |
amend was tabled:
Yeaa-Alexander, Allan, Blunt, Brew
ar
Ola, Harper, Herwig, MasicOt, Pollard
Twitcheil, Young-l5.
Nays hadbourn, Stamps, Weber, Whit
ney-i
Abseut-Anderson. Blackburn, Breaux,
Cage. Eustis, George, Greene, Grover, Her
wig. kelso, Landry, Ogden. Robertson, Ste
veIs, Sypher, Wharton, White-T.
Mr.. Burch moved to strike out the words
in section one land may have continued
succession, and shall"
Stricken out
The bill was finally postponed on motion
Of Mr.. Whitney, till next Monday at one
o'clock.
Mr.. Allan obtained unanimous consent
10 take up the following entitled act:
A bill to be entitled an act to repeal Sec
ion thirty three of act No. no. of the ses.
'ion of 1874, in regard to the ferry between
he city of Baton Rouge and the parish of
Vest Baton Rouge.
The bill was read the first time.
The constitutional rule was suspended
1y a fourfitths vote, the bill was read the
econd time and referred to the Committee
N Corporations and Parochial Affairs
On call of two Senators the Senate went
nto executive session.
Executive session having been raised, the
blowing Senators answered to their names: : ;
Present-Messrs. Allan, Breaux, Burch,
Brewster, Chadbourn, Crozier, Detiege, Du- )
lont, Gla, Greene. Harper, Kelso, Masicot, /
'ollard, Stamps, Sypher. Twitchell, Weber, a
Wharton, Whitney, Young-2l.
Absent-Messrs. Alexander, Anderson, :
Blackburn. Blunt. Cage, Eustis, George, i
IrOver, Herwig, Kelly, Landry, Ogden, 1
Steven, Whte-l5.
The President announced that there was
quorum present.
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
BY unanimous consent, Mr.. Whitney
ltroduced the following, which was read: Il
Be it resolved by the Senate of the State =
Louisiana, the House cOncurring, That the I,
General be and is hereby directed A
nd required to at once take such action or c