New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-21


j. Souer, Of Avoyelles.
And to fill vacancies in the Committee o,
Lands and Levees: Messrs. j. s. Mathews
of Tensas, and o. F. Hunsaker, of St. James
The reading of the journal of tho eight
eeth instant was dispensed with, and it wal
adopted.
The journal of the nineteenth instant wa!
adopted.
| [Mr. Mathew, of Tensas, in the chair.1
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
The following message was received:
SENATE CHAMBER, I
New Orleans February 20, 1875. !
To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
House Of representatives:
am directed by the Senate to ask the
concurrence of your honorable body in the
passage of the following bills:
Senate bill No. IS, relative to taking the
census in 1873.
Senate bill No. 81, to punish persons fo1
discharglng firearms in cities and towns.
Senate bill No. Sc, relative to State lands,
etc.
Very respectfully,
j. A. GREENE.
| Assistant Secretary.
PETITIONS, MEMORIALS AND RESOLUTIONS
| MT VI GudulSOuS OAOAoO 1Ul.
lowing resolution, which lies over under the
rules:
WHEREAS, The people Of this State are
looking to us, as their Representatives, to
enact reform measures and correct many
abuses to which they are now subjected
because OF the existence of oppressive laws
and the absence of protective enactments;
| and
Whereas, Our session is drawing to q
close, and our time limited; therefore be it
Res0lUed, That from and after this date
the House of Representatives hold evening
| sessions.
By consent, the Committee on Lands and
Levees reported favorably on House bill
No. GO, an act prescribing the manner Of
ascertaining the amount due the Louisiana
Levee Company from the State on the first
day of October, 1873, and to provide for the
funding Of said debt.
! The report of the committee was received
and adopted.
| House bill No. GO, reported by the com
mittee, was considered as engrossed.
Mr.. Devices, of Red River, moved for a
| suspension of the constitutional rules to
place the bill on it's third reading, on which
the yeas and nays were ordered, resulting
as follows:
Yeas-Speaker Hahn. Armstead, Butler,
Baker, Carville, Crawford, Connaughton,
Cousin, Drury, Davidson, Devices, De-
Lacey, Dickinson, Demas, Floyd, Grant,
Gracien, Hill of Ascension, Hill of
Ouachits, Hubeau, Honore. Hunsaker,
Jourdain, johnson Of Caddo, johnson of De
Soto, Jones of Pointe Coupee, Heating.
Motho,ua Of
Murrell, Mlon, Marie, Parker, Pierson,
Poindexter. Randall. Ridgely, Ray, Raby,
Richards, Stewart, Sutton, Southland. Snaer,
Sartain, Souer, Tyler, Triplet, Thomas,
Wilson, Woods. Wright, Yorke-55.
Nays-Martinet, Rochon-2.
Carried.
The bill was read a third time and
finally passed, its title adopted, and it was
ordered to be sent to the Senate for con-
currence.
Mr.. Devices, of Red River, moved to re-
consider the vote whereby the bill was
finally passed, and also moved to lay the
motion to reconsider on the table.
Carried.
NOTICES OF BILLS.
Notices were given that at some future
time the following entitled bills would be
introduced:
By Mr. Jones, of Pointe Coupee:
An act to fund the debt of the parish of
Pointe Coupee, and to provide for the man.
ner of SO doing.
Alss, an act incorporating the town of
New Roads. in the parish Of Pointe Coupee.
The Committee on Enrolment submitted
the following report which was received
aud accepted:
COMMITTEE ON ENROLMENT
New Orleans, February 10, 1875.
To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
House Of Representatives:
Your committee beg leave to report as
having duly engrossed the following bills:
House bill No. "a, joint resolution instruct
ing our Senators and requesting our Repre-
sentatives in Congress to secure an apprO.
priation of $50, 900 tor the cleaninglof Bayous
TerrebOnne, Little Gallon and their tribu-
taries.
House bill No. As, an act to amend and
re enact section one of an act entitled IAN
act to authorize the police jury of the par
ish Of CaddO to issue bonds"
House bill No. los, an act to amend and
reenact article GIG of the Civil Code.
Houset bill No. 81, an act to provide a
salary for the criminal sheriff of the parish
Of Orleans, and for the clerk of the First
District Court and the clerk of the Superior
Criminal Court of said parish, and to au-
thorize said sheriff and clerks to employ
deputies at public expense, and providing
for the payment thereof, and fixing rate
of compensation for feeding prisoners.
House bill No. II, an act to change the
boundary of the parish of St. Bernard.
Also, beg leave to report the following
House bill as duly enrolled:
House bill No. 81, an act to repeal an act
entitled IAN act to increase the salary of
the district attorney of the Tenth Judicial
District of the State of Louisiana"
Respectfully submitted.
HENRY DEMAS, Chairman.
The following communication from the
Governor was read. and the report referred
to was ordered to be printed for the use of
the House:
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Executive Department. ,
New Orleans, February 10, 1875
To tine Honorable Speaker and Members of the
House of Representatives:
l transmit, for the information of the
General Assembly, the report of the presi
dent of the board of control Of the Louisi
$500 WILLIAM P. KELLOGG,
Governor.
1Ho special OrOer OF tne Gay was post
poned for one hour.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
Under previous notices the follow ing en-
titled bills were introduced:
By Mr.. Stewart, of Tensas:
House bill No. 1913, an act to provide for
the assessment and collection of taxes in
this State and to repeal any and all laws
now in force having any reference to the