New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-04-23

Lies over.
Mr.. Anderson, chairman of the judiciary
Committee, submitted a majority report
unfavorably on Senate bill No. l. an &C.
entitled al act to amplify, regulate and
determine the Jurisdiction of the Fourth
Fifth and Sixth District Courts for the par
ish of Orleans, and to invest said courts
with concurrent jurisdiction in certain cases
as now exercised by the Superior District
Court of New Orleans.
minority report was also submitted by
Mr.. Ogden. favorable 70 the passage OF the
bill.
Senator Anderson also reported tayorably
on Senate bill No. &c, entitled az act to
amend act No. - of 1872.
Lie over.
| ORDER OF THE DAY.
The President announced that unfinished
business was first in order.
Senate bill No. q, to be entitled az act
to relieve the delinquent taxpayers from
the payment Of penalties in certain cases,
came up as unfinished business, as reported
by the Committee on Finance, recommend
ing it's passage.
Mr.. Blunt made the point of order that
the adoption of the report was pending.
Mr.. Young, in the chair, sustained the
point OF order.
Mr.. Stamps moved to recommit the repor.
and bill.
On melton of Mr. Brewster the motion to
| recommitt was tabled.
| Mr.. Blunt moved that the bill be taken up.
| Mr.. Blunt moved to strike out the words
December ], 1871
Mr. Brewster moved to strike out first
| of December" and insert "thirty-frst OF
| December" 1873, as a substitute for the
| amendment of Mr.. Blunt.
Mr. Weber submitted the following
| amendment, after the word penalties, first
section, ''and al parish and State taxes and
penalties for the years 1878 and 1874 are
hereby RENTED, collectible IN the years
1871 and 1877"
Mr.. Whitney moved 20 table the amend
ment.
Two Senators called for the yeas and
nays.
1H0 ocudlC Ic-uSc(t W tthuAC VIC o"SuN-
ment, by the following vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Blunt, Brewster, Burch,
Chad bourr, Dumont. Ola, Greene, Harper,
kelso, Landry, Pollard, Whitney, Young
IA.
Nays-Allain, Breaux. Cage, Eustis,
George, code. Grover, Herwig, Mascot,
Ogden, Robertson Stamps, Steven, Sypher,
Twitchell, Weber, Wharton. White-lS.
Absent and not voting-Alexander, Black
burn, Kelly, Detiege-9.
Mr.. Young, il the chair, announced that
the adoption OF the amendmen. was N
order.
Mr.. Eastis offered the following as
substitute for the amendment pending
offered by Mr.. Weber, to be inserted in the
same part OF section one:
That all penalties due the State for non
payment Of taxes when due are hereby
RENTED, provided that said delinquent and
past due taxes are paid on Or before the
first day of December, 1875.
Mr.. White OF red tho following amend
nent to the substitute OF Mr.. Eustis, &c
be added to the end Of said substitute:
And in the overt,owed districts the pay
ment of all taxes, State and parish, be
extended to first of December, 1876
Mr.. Whitney moved to table all amend
ments and substitutes now proposed to the
bill.
Nr. Young. in the chair, ruled that the
amendment of Mr.. Weber was MOI included,
as the Senate had refuse to table that
amendment already
Two Senator's called fer the yeas and
nays:
The Senate refused to table all the
amendments ard substitutes by the follow.
ing vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Blunt, Burch, Cage,
Dumont, Ola, Harper, kelso, Landry, Pol
lard, Weber, Whitney-I2.
Eays-Allain. Breaux, Brewster, Chad
bourn, Eustis, George, Goode, Greene, Gro
yer, Herwig, Kelly. Masicot, Ogden, Rob-
ertson. Steven, Sypher, Twitchell, Whar
ton. White, Young-2o.
Absent and not voting-Alexander, Black
burn, Detiege, Stamps.
Mr.. Young, in the chair, announced that
the amendment of Mr.. White to the substi-
tute of Mr.. Eustis was then in order.
Mr.. Eustis accepted the amendment as
part of his substitute
Mr.. Blunt, by unanimous consent, offered
substitute.
Mr.. Young, in the chair, ruled the substi-
tute out of order.
Mr.. Robertson offered a substitute for the
bill. and substitutes to amendments offered
to the bill.
Mr.. Eus;is made tine point of order that
substitute to his substitute would not be
IN order till the Senate had rejected his
substitute.
The President, IN the chair, sustained the
point Of order.
The question required upon the suubsti-
tute of Mr.. Eustis as amended by Mr..
White.
Mr.. Young moved the previous question.
Seconded
Main question was ordered.
Mr.. Burch made the point of order that
the main question was pending and that the
questions on The amendments should be first
decided without debate.
On call OF tie yeas and nays the Senate
voted to adopt the substitute as amended
by Mr.. White on section one of the bill.
Yeas-Allaiu. Blunt, Breaux. Brewster,
Cage, Dumont, Eustis, George, Gla. Goode,
Greene, Grover, Herwig, Kelly, Landry,
Ogden, Robertson, Stamps, Steven. Twitch-
ell. Weber, White, Whitney, Young-2i.
Nays = Alexander, Anderson, Burch,
Chadbourn, Harper, Kelso, Mascot: Pol
lard, Wharton-9.
Absent and not voting-Blackburn, De-
tiege, Sypher-3.
Mr.. Birch made the point of order that