New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-04-24
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
OF TEE
FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
&TATE OF ANA
EXTRA SESSION.
SENATE.
Eighth Days Session.

Eighth Days Session.
SENATE CgAsBRR I
New Orleans. April e. 1873.
The Senate met in accordance Nth sd
journment, and was called to order by Hon
c. C. Antoine, Lieutenant Governor of the
State and President Of the Senate.
On call of the roll the Senators were as
follows:
Present-Messrs. Alexander, Allan. An.
derson, Blackburn, Blunt. Breaux, Brew.
ster, Burch. Cage. Chadbourn, Detiege,
Eustis, George, ella. Greene. Grover. Goode,
Harper, Herwig, Kelso. Kelly, Landry,
Mascot, Ogden. Pollard, Robertson. Steven,
Twitchell. Wharton, White, Whitney,
YOung-32.
Absent-Messrs. Dumont, Stamps, Sypher,
Weber,.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Dardis.
The Secretary commenced to read the
journal, and, on motion of Mr.. Young, the
further reading was dispensed with.
On motion OF Mr.. White, the adoption of
the journal was postponed for ten minutes.
EXECUTIVE CONTRIBUTIONS.
The President laid before the Senate a
communication from the Auditor OF Public
Accounts.
The same was read ia part.
On motion Of Mr.. Detiege, duly seconded,
the further reading was dispensed with.
The minutes were then corrected and
adopted.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.
House OF REpREs KNTATIvEs,i
New Orleans. April y, 1875. 5
senate:
l have been directed by the House of
Representatives TO request the concurrence
of the Senate in the following entitled
House bills:
House bill No s, an act to tx the time for
the payment and collection Of taxes due the
city OF New Orleans.
House bill No. II, an act to reduce the
expenses of public printing by restricting
the publication of the statutes Of the State,
the official journals of the General Assembly
to the official journal of the State published
at the seat of government.
House bill No. %, an act to provide for the
preservation OF game and useful birds, and
authorizing the several police juries to pass
ordinances regulating the same.
House bill No. 90, an act relative to the
emancipation OF John Crittenden Hughes.
House bill No. Is. an act to emancipate
the minor Oscar Paul ROusselOt. OF the
parish of Orleans, aud to relieve him from
any and all OF the disabilities attending his
actual non-attainance of the legal age of
majority.
House bill No. q, an act relative to drain
age in the parishes of Orleans and Jefferson;
providing tor contracts for such work; for
the management Of the drainage tax and
for the payment of the bonds issued and
the debts incurred for drainage
House bill No. -, an act to repeal an act
entitled en- act to incorporate the town of
Waterproof, in the parish OF Tensas, ap-
proved April 23, 1872.
House bill No. 50, an act TO define the
object OF drainage assessments and 10 reg,,-
late the collection of the same. and to pre-
vent judgments for assessments being
rendered as personal judgments, and to
repeal 20 much Of act No. 81, approved
March J, 1861, as makes such judgments
personal, and 20 contine the execution
under assessment Judgments to property or
which the assessment is levied
House bill No. So, an act to amend and
re enact paragraph second of section one of
the revenue act No. ] I, approved March ),
1872, substitute for House bill No. ).
PETER j. IRRELEVANT,
Chief Clerk.