New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-28
THE SENATE YESTERDAY.
Foriy.Third Days session.

Foriy.Third Days session.
| SENArH CHAMBER.
| New Orleans, February o. 1875.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment
and was called to order by the Hon. c.
Antoine, Lieutenant Governor Of the Stat
and President of the Senate.
Present-Messrs. Anderson, Allan, Blacl
burn, Blunt, Breaux. Brewster, Burct
Cage, Crozier, Ola, Greene. Harper, Hell
wig, KelsO, Masicot Pollard, Stamps
Twitche!l, Weber. Whitney-D.
Absent-Messrs. Alexander, Chadbourn
Detiege, DumOnt, Eustis, George, Grover
Kelly, Landry, Ogden, Robertson, Steven
Sypher, Wharton, White, foung-l6.
The President announced that there wa
quorum present.
| Prayer by the chaplain.
| The Secretary commenced to read thu
journal of Fridays proceedings.
| On the motion of Mr.. Allan, the fur
Their reading of the journal was dispensed
| with and the Same corrected and approved
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.
HOUSE, OF REPRESENTATIVE,
New Orleans, February ~. 1875.
To the Honorable President and Members of tn,
Senate:
am directed by the House to ask the
| concurrence of your honorable body in the
following House BILL viz:
House bill No. Al, an act making an ap
preparation OF $4,000 to pay the mileage
and per diem of the members of the Board
of Returning Officers and the employees
and contingent expenses thereof.
Also. to inform you that they have con
CURED in the passag of Senate bill No. 8
an act to incorporate the Louisiana Tele
graph Company, TO grant right of way
thereto, and to confer certain privileges and
franchises.
Very respectfully, etc.
JOHN w. ROXBOROUGH.
Assistant Clerk.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
COMMITTEE on kSRoLIMENT AND ENDORSEMENT,
New Orleans, February %. 1873.
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate
Your Committee on Enrolment and En-
grOssment beg leave to report the following
bills as duly engrOssed, to wit:
Senate bill No. III |, an act directing the
clerks of the parish courts throughout the
State, the parish of Orleans excepted, to
record the process verbal of the proceedings
OF coroner inquests, of post mortem exam
nations, etc.
Senate Joint resolution No. ll2, to create
ate and four members OF the House of Rep
resentatives, to be appointed respectively
by the President OF the Senate and the
Speaker of the House, to inquire into the
pay, ernOluments, fees, etc, OF the various
public offices of the State.
j. A. MASCOT. Chairman.
Received
Mr.. Anderson, chairman of the Committee
on Judiciary, submitted the following re-
port:
On Senate bill No. %, entitled an act to
fix the fees and costs OF the civil sheriff of
the parish of Orleans. Favorably.
On Senate bill No. 81 to be entitled an
act TO reduce the expenses of New Orleans
and limit the compensation of the civil
sheriff of the parish of Orleans. Favorably.
On Senate bill No. 81, to be entitled an
act to abolish the fees Of Office of the clerk
of the First District Court for the parish of
Orleans SO far as payable by the city of
New Orleans, and to provide for his com
pensat;on by salary. Favoraby.
On Senate bill No. 30, entitled an act to
reduce the expenses of the city of New
Orleans and to regulate the duties and pro-
vide for the compensation of the criminal
sheriff of the parish Of Orleans. Favorably.
On Senate bill No. 100, to be entitled an act
to repeal and re-enact sections 2lSO, 2lS6,
.lS7, 2l9l and 2l92 of the Revised Statutes
Of the State of Louisiana, and sections 2l30,
.lS1 and 2lSS, as revised by act No. 81, ap-
proved March IS, 1873 Favorably.
On Senate bill No. II, to be entitled an
lct authorizing the private sale of property
If interdicted persons to effect partition.
Reported favorably and recommend its
passage.
JOINT RESOLUTION INTRODUCED.
Joint resolution suspending J. +. Trimble,
Judge of the Eleventh Judicial District,
lntil final trial on the charge of high crimes
nd misdemeanors preferred against him
" the House of Representatives.
Lies over.
NOTICE OF BILL.
Mr.. Greene. Of Lincoln, gives notice that
Q will introd uce on next Monday an act
Or the relief Of the Charity Hospital, and
Dr. other purposes.
Mr.. Cage moved to take up the following |
ntitled bill:
An act authorizing the private sale Of |
roperty Of interdicted persons to effect |
artition.
BY unanimous consent the bill WAS taken
p.
On motion Of Mr.. Cage the bill was laid
n the table subject to call.
BILL CALLED Up
Senate bill No. o. to be entitled an act to
utholize Charles 7. Estlin to cue the State
as taken up.
The President declared that the bill
lme up on its third reading and final pas.
sge.
The bill was read the third time.
Mr.. Cage moved that the bill finally pass
The previous question was moved.
Main question was ordered
Mr. Burch made the point of order, that
though the motion to indefinitely postpone
q bill yesterday was rejected, yet at this
age of the bill on the third reading to-day
Q motion to indefinitely postpone could
uld be entertained.
The President did not sustain the point of
der.
Two Senators called for the yeas and
US:
The Senate voted to pass the bill finally
the following vote;
leas--Alexander. Breaux, Cage, Chad
urn, Crozier, Dumont, Ola, Greene,
,rper, Pollard, Stamps, Twitchell, Weber
b.
Nays = Alexander, Allan, Brewster,
lrch, kelsO. Sypher, Whitney, Young-S.
Absent - Blackburn. Blunt, Detiege,
stis, George, Grover, Herwig. Kelly,
ndry, MasicOt, Ogden RO bertson, Ste