New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-11
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
OF TEE
FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA
SENATE.
Twenty.Niuth Days Session.

| SENATE.
Twenty.Ninth Days Session.
| SENATE CHAMBER
! New Orleans. February 8, 1875.
| The Senate met pursuant to adjournmen!
and was called to order by the Hon. c. c
Antoine, Lieutenant Governor of the Stat
and President of the Senate.
| The Senators were as follows at rollcal]
Present-Messrs. Allan, Alexander, An
derson, Blackburn, Blunt, Brewster, Burch
Greene, Harper, Kelso. Mascot, Pollard
Stamps, Twitchell, Weber, Whitney
Young-22.
Absent-Messrs. Breaux, Dumont, Eustis
George, Grover, Herwig, Kelly, Landry
| Ogden, Robertson, Steven, Sypher, Whar
ton, White-l4.
The President announced that there wa.
quorum present. ....
Prayer by the chaplain.
The Secretary commenced to read tn,
journal Of Saturdays proceedings.
On the motion of Mr.. Cage, the furthe
reading Of the journal was dispensed with
The same was corrected and approved.
House OF REPRESENTATIVES,
New Orleans February s, 1875.
To the Honorable President and Members of thu
Senate:
l am directed to ask the concurrence o.
the Senate in House bill No. GIL, known al
the appropriation bill.
WILLIAM vIGERs,
Chief Clerk.
NOTICES OF BILLS.
By Mr.. Allan:
Ola bill to be entitled an act repeating
act No. 46, entitled an act incorporating the
New Orleans Sanitary Excavating Com
pany in the city of New Orleans, and grant
ing certain rights and privileges thereto.
By Mr.. Mascot:
OF bill repeating act No. 46 Of the SEES
sion of 1874, entitled an act Incorporating
the New Orleans Sanitary Excavating
Company in the city of New Orleans, and
granting rights and privileges thereto, ap-
proved March II, 1874.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
Mr.. Stampe, by unanimous consent, in.
troduced the following bill:
An act to prohibit the lessees of the State
Penitentiary from employing or permitting
the employment of convicts outside the
walls of the State Penitentiary, and declar-
ing penalties.
On motion Of Mr.. Stamps the constitu-
tional rule was suspended by four-ffths
vote, the bill was read second time and
referred to the Committee on Penitentaries.
Mr.. Anderson, by unanimous consent,
introduced the following entitled bill.
An act making constitutional warrants of
the State, and all warrants issued by the
State Auditor for the expenses of the year
1874, receivable in payment for all back
taxes up to the year 1873. excepting school,
levee and interest taxes.
The bill was read the fret time.
On motion of Mr.. Anderson the constitu-
tional rule was'suspended by four-ifths
vote.
The bill was read the second time and
referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr.. Masicot introduced the following bill,
to be entitled according to notice: An act
Charles T. Estlin to sue the
State.
The bill was read the first time.
The constitutional rule was suspended by
a four-ffths vote, the bill was read the
second time and referred to the Committee
on Judiciary.
The President directed the Secretary to
take up the special order of the day.
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING.
Senate bill No. "a, to be entitled an act
to amend the constitution of the State of
Louisiana.
The bill was first ordered to be engrossed
on mutton of Mr.. Brewster.
The vote to eDgrogs the bill was recon
sidered.
The bill was ordered to be considered
article by article, on motion of Mr.. Brewster.
The first article was read and adopted.
The second article was read and adopted.
The third article was read and adopted.
The fourth article was read.
Mr.. Young moved that the fourth article
,e stricken out.
[Mr. Allan in the chaiI].
Mr.. Greene moved the following:
Strike out fourth article, and insert shat |
fter the year 1876 the office of parish Judge |
> hereby abolished, and all matters now
to their jurisdiction shall be |
therwise provided for by the Legislature |
f the State Of Louisiana.
Mr.. Allan moved to table the motion.
Tabled.
The President, in the chair, announced |
be pending question to be the motion of |
lr. Young to strike out.
The Senate voted to strike out article
,ur in the bill.
Mr.. Blunt moved to reconsider the vote
dopting the first article.
On call of two Senators the yeas and nays
ere ordered.
The Senate voted to reconsider the vote
lopting the first article:
Yeas-Blunt, Burch, Cage, Crozier,
reene, Herwlg, Kelso, Mascot, Pollard,
witchell, Whitney, Young-12.
Nays-Alexander, Allan, Brewster,
hadbourn, Detiege, Ola, Landry, Stamps,
'eber, Wharton-l0.
Blackburn, Breaux,
umont. Eustis, George, Grover, Harper,
ely, Ogden, Robertson, Steven, Sypher,
'hite-l4.
On motion Of Fir. Burch the bill was
red as special order Of the day for Wednes-
" next, after the morning hour. i
Mr.. Wharton moved to take up the fol-
wing:
House bill No. Gl, to be entitled an act
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