New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-04-20
THE skNATE YESTERDAY. g.
Filth Days Session.
SENATE CHAMBER,
New Orleans, april 10, 1875.

| Filth Days Session.
SENATE CHAMBER,
New Orleans: april l9 1875.
The Senate met in accordance Nth ad
journment, and was called to order by Hon
G. C. Antoine, Lieutenant Governor of til,
State and President of tho Senate.
On call of the roll the Senators were a
follows:
Present - Messrs. Allan, Blackburn
| ChadbOurn, Detiege, Eustis, George, Greene
Grover, Harper, Kelly, Landry, Mascot
| Pollard, Robertson. Stamps, Steven, Weber
Wharton, White, Whitney-25.
.Absent-Messrs. Alexander, Anderson
DumOnt, Goode, ella, Herwig, Kelso, Og
den, Sypher, Twitchell, Young-ll.
Prayer by the Rev. Charles Dardis.
The Secretary commenced to read the
journal, and, on motion Of Mr.. Allan, the
further reading was dispensed with. Ths
journal was corrected and adopted.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Mr. Anderson, chairman of the Committee
on Judiciary, submitted the following re
port:
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, !
New Orleans, April 10. 1875.
| To the Honorable President and Members Of thu
Senate:
Your Committee on Judiciary beg leave
to report favorably on Senate bill No. 20, to
be entitled an act to amend and re enac,
article l6j OF the Code of Practice of Louis
lana. and with the following amendment:
Strike out all words from lines l0i to Ill
both inclusive. and thus amended would
recommend its passage.
THOMAS e. ANDERSON.
NOTICES OF BILLS.
By MIR. Burch:
Of bill to be entitled an act for the re-
lief of the city Of Baton Rouge for the ex
penses incurred in furnishing materials and
employing laborers to stop crevasses and
repair the leyees during high waters OF
1874.
Also, Of bill to be entitled an act re-
curing better qualifications of persons pre-
senting themselves for examination before
the Supreme Court to be admitted to the
bar Of this State.
BY Mr.. Grover:
OF bill relative to evidence in criminal
prosecutions, giving the prisoner the priv
lege of testitying. IN his own behalf.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
Mr.. Blackburn by unanimous consent
introduced Senate bill No. Fl, to be- entitled
an act to amend and re enact sections six,
seven and eleven of an act entitled an act
to provide for the taking OF the census for
the year 1875, etc, approved April 8, 1875.
The bill was read the first time.
Mr.. Blackburn moved to suspend the
constitutional rule.
On call of the yeas and nays the Senate
Suspended the rules by four ffths vote, as
follows:
Yeas Alexander, Anderson, Allan,
Blackburn, Blunt, Breaux, Brewster,
Burch, Cage, Chadbourn, Detiege, Dumont,
Eustis, George, Greene, Grover, Harper,
Kelly, Kelso, Mascot, Ogden, Pollard.
Robertson. Stamps, Steven, Wharton,
Weber, White, Whitney-29.
Nays-Sypher, Young-3.
Absent and not voting-Gla, Goode,
Herwig, Landry, Twitchell-5.
The bill was read the second tine and
referred to the Comm, ttee on Apportou-
.ment and the usual copies ordered to be
printed
Mr.. Weber, by unanimous consent. intro
duced Senate bill No. -, an act to inccr-
porate the Board of Trade Of New Orleans;
comforting certain privileges and authorities
upon said corporations; providing for the
appointment of inspectors, weighers and
gaugers of flour, grain, hay, provisions
groceries, liquors and other articles of trade
Commonly dealt in by tho members of said
corporation), and prescribing their duties
and powers: to repeal sections 1913 to 1858,
inclusive, of the Revised Statutes of 1870;
providing for and regulating the inspec ton,
weighing and gauging of flour, grain, hay,
provisions, groceries, liquors and other
articles of trade; authorizing said corpora
ton to fix the grades and standards of the
articles to be inspected, weighed origauged
authorizing said corporation to establish
committees of reference and arbitration,
defining their powers and the effects of
arbitration; providing for the recording Of
their awards, and giving to such award,
hereof, the force of a judicial mortgage; and
for other purposes, and repeating all laws
or part OF laws in conflict with the provi.
sions of this act.
The bill was read the first time.
The constitutional rule was suspended by
q fOur-ffths vote, the bill WAS read the
second time, and referred to the Committee
on Agriculture, Commerce and Manufac-
lures.
Mr.. Eustis, by unanimous consent, intro
duced the folio wing:
Senate bill No. 49, to be entitled an act to
expedite the trial of cases in the Supreme
Court against sureties on appeal and forth
coming bonds.
The bill was read the first time.
The constitutional rule was suspended by
= four-ftths vote, the bill was read second
lime. and referred to the Committee on
Judiciary.
Mr.. Deteige, according to pre- vious notice,
Introduced Senate bill No. "a, entitled an
vet to amend and re-enact artic lie GA of the
Code of Practice.
The bill was read the first time.
The constitutional rule was suspended by
! four-ffths vote, the bill was read the
econd time and referred to the Committee
n Judiciary.
Mr.. Dumont, according to previous notice,
Introduced Senate bill No. % bill to be |
ntitled an act to encourage the manufac-