New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-01-19
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Twelfth DAVIS PROCEEDINGS.

| HOUSE, OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
New Orleans, January IS, 1875.
The House met pursuant to adjournment
Speaker Hahn in the chair.
The roll was called, and the followin
members answered to their names:
Speaker Hahn, and Messrs. Armstead
Butler, Baker, Carville, Crawford, Con
naughton, Cousin, Drury, Davidson, De
Lacey, Devices, Dickinson, Demas, Gui
chard, Grant, Graoien, Hill of Ascension
Hill of Ouachita, Hubeau, Honore, Hun
saker, Jourdain, johnson of Caddo, John
son of De Soto, Jones of Pointe Coupee
Heating, Lane, Lowell, Levisse, Mathew
of Tensas, Murrell, Milon, Marie, Parker
Pierson, POindexter, Piles, Randall, Ridgely
Ray, Raby, Stewart, Sutton, Southland
Snaer, Sartain, SOuer, TYLER, Triplet
Thomas, Wilson, Woods, Ward, Wright
| Yorke-56.
Fifty-six members present and quorum
Prayer by the Chaplain.
The reading of the journal was dispensed
with and it was approved.
| APPOINTMENT OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
The Speaker announced the following
standing committees.
Committee on Elections and Qualifica
tlons-W. G.. Lane, of East Baton Rouge
chairman; Hill, of Ascension; Baker, Of
| Bossier; Raby. of Natchitoches; Parker. Of
Jefferson; Yorke, of Carroll. One vacancy
Committee on Claims-J. Ross Stewart
of Tensas, chairman; Lane, of East Baton
Rouge; POindexter, of Assumptions; Trip
plet, of East Baton Rouge. Three vacancies
Committee on Judiciary-C. w. Lowell
of Jefferson, chairman; Pierson, of Natehi
toches; Baker, of BOssier; Levisse, OF
Caddoi Devices, of Red river Two vacan.
cies.
Committee on Ways and Means-C. w
Lowell, of Jefferson, chairman; Mathews
of Tersas; Carville, of Iberville; Thomas, OF
BOssier; Butler, of Ascension; Piles, OF St
Mary. Three vacancies.
Committee on Militia-JOhn De Lacey, oil
Rapides, chairman; Murrell, of Madison;
Souer, of Avoyelles; Demas, of st. John the
Baptist; Hunsaker of St. James; Ray, OF
East Feliciana Three vacancies.
Committee on Internal Improvements
f. M. Grant, of MoEehouse, chairman;
Wright, of Terrebonne; Randall, of Con.
cordia; Dickinson, of st. James. Three
vacancies.
Committee on CorpOrations--J. s. Mat
thews, of Tensas, chairman; Marie, of
TerrebOnne; COnnaughton, of Rapides;
Matthews, of Tensas; Demas, of St. John
the Baptist. Two vacancies.
Committee on Banks and Banking-S. r.
Pile, of st. Mary, chairman; Guichard, of
st. Bernard; Crawford, of Rapides; SOuer,
of Ayoyelles. Three vacancies.
\ Committee on Public Educational. w.
Baker, of Bossier, chairman; Jourdain, of
Orleans; Graeien, OF Orleans; Woods. of
West Baton Rouge; Wright, of TerrebOnne;
Heating, of Caddo. Three vacancies.
Committee on Enrollment-H. Demas, of
st. John the Baptist, chairman; Tripplet,
of East Baton Rouge; Ray, of East Feliciana;
Hubeau, of jefferson; HOnore, of Point
Coupee; Guichard, of st. Bernard; Con
naughton, of Rapides; Hunsaker, of St.
James; Murrell, of Madison. Two vacan-
cies.
Committee on Public Printing!. Marie,
of TIE rrebonne, chairman; Souer, of Avoyel
les; Wilson, of East Baton Rouge; Drury,
of Assumption; Ridgely, of COncOrdia.
Two vacancies.
Committee on ParOchial Ahairs-L. A.
Snaer, of iberia, chairman; Raby, of
Nstchitoches; Davidson, of Iberville; Hill, of
o uac hita; Parker, of Jefferson; Grant. of
MOrehouse; Hill of Ascension. Two vaean-
cies.
Committee on Penitentiary-T.A A. Woods,
of West Baton Rouge, chairman; Wilson,
of East Baton Rouge; HonOre, of Pointe
COupee; Dixon, of st. james; Marie, of
TerrebOnHe. Two vacancies.
Committee on Federal Relations-Cain
Sartain, of Carroll, chairman; johnson, of
De Soto; Sutton, of st. Mary; Ward, of
Grant; Yorke, of Carroll. Two vacancies.
Committee on Public Land and Levees-
E. w. Devices, of Red River, chairman;
Murrell, Of Madison; Cousin, of st. Tam
many; Milon, of Plaquemines. Three va
caneies.
Committee on Charitable and Public
Institute ons-R. R. Ray, of East Feliciana,
chairma n; Jones, of Point Coupee; JOurdain,
Of Orle ans; York, Of CAROLS Arnstead, of
West Feliciana; Stewart, OF Tensas. Three
vacancies.
Committee on State Library-GeOrge
Drury, of Assumption, chairman; Tyler, of
De Soto; Davidson, of Iberyille; Pile, Of
St Mary; Crawford, of Rapides; Ward, Of
Grant; De Lacey, Of Rapides. -Four vacan-
cies.
Com mittee on Contingent Expsnses-0.
F. Hunsaker, Of st. James, chairman;
Drury, Of Assumption; Parker, Of Jeffer-
son; Pile, Of st. Mary; Randall, Of Con-
cOrdia. Two vacancies.
Co mmittee on egistration-W William
Of Madison, chairman; POindex'
ter, Of Assumption; Heating, Of CaddO;
Tho mas, Of Bossier; Hill, Of Ascension.
Two vacancies.
Committee on Pensions--J. L. Davidson
Of IberViIle, chairman; Ievisse. Of Caddo;
SOut hard, Of Ouachita; Raby, Of Natohito-
ches; Ward. of Grant. Two vacancies.
Committee on Railroads-E. L. PieEs0n,
Of NatchitOchss, chairman; snaer, of Iberia;
Marie, Of Terrebonne; Heating, Of CaddO;
Stew art, Of Tensas. Two vacancies.
Committee on Constitution-W r South
ard, Of Ouaehita, chairman; souer, Of
Avoyeliea; Armstsad, Of West Faliciaaa: De
Lacey, Of Rapidss; Ward, Of Grant. Two
vacancies.
! Co mmittee on immigration Henry Rabys
Of N atehitoches, chairman; Connauehton,
Of RI pides; Butler, o. Ascension; Gracien,