New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-03

|. elected by the Returning Board and emf
: tied to seats in the Senate, have failed
attend the sessions of our body; and
Whereas, The action of said Senators is !
violation to article seventeen of the const
tuition of the State, and in contempt OF rul
twelve of the Senate; therefore. be it
Resolced, That if said eight Senators ar
not in their seats five days from and alte
the passage OF this resolution, that thel
seats be and are hereby declared vacant
and the Governor Of the State is hereby IN
structed to issue lis proclamation calling
special election, according to law, to I'll
said vacancies; and the Secretary OF tn
Senate is hereby instructed to furnish tn
Governor with copy of this resolution.
Lies over under the rules.
Also the following resolution:
Resolred. That none but clerks on stand
ing and special committees actually per
forming services shall be entitled to pay al
is allowed them by law; that before
voucher shall issue TO clerks for any amour
due them, they shall certify on oath tina
they actually performed the services to
which they claim nay and the correctness o
their accounts shall be certified to by thu
chairman of the committee Of which they
are employed.
Lies over under the rules.
Mr.. Twitchell called up the following
resolution:
Resolved by the Senate in regular session
| convened, That each and every member
who was returned by the Returning Board
and whose election was officially promul
gste0, and who have been duly swOrn in az
q member OF this Senate, be and is hereby
confirmed in their seats.
| Mr.. Chadbourn moved to lay the reso-
luton on the table.
| On which the yeas and nays were de-
manded, resulting as follows:
Yeas-Allain, Burch. Chadbourn-3.
Nays-Afexander, Anderson, Blunt, Cage,
| Detege, Dum0nt, Greene, Harper, Herwig.
Kelso, Landry, Mascot, Pollard. Stamps,
Sypher, TwitcheIl, Weber, Wharton,
Whitney, Young-2O.
Crozier, Eustis, George, Ola. Grover. Kelly,
Ogden, Robertson, Steven, White-l3.
The Senate refused to lay the resolution
on the table.
Mr.. Allan called for executive session.
Duly seconded.
Executive session having been raised, the
following Senators answered to their names:
Present-Messrs. Alexander Anderson,
Allan. Blackburn, Blunt, Breaux, Brewster,
Burch. Cage, Chadbourn, Detieee, Dumont,
Ola, Greene. Harper, Herwig, kelsO, Ian
dry, Mascot, Pollard, Stamps, Sypher,
Twitchell. Weber, Wharton, Whitney,
YOung-7.
Absent-Messrs. Crozier, Eustis, George,
Grover. Kelly, Ogden, Robertson. Steven,
White-9.
The motion to adopt the resolution re-
Cured.
Mr.. Whitney offered the following reso
luton:
WHEREAS, Those persons claiming TO-
have been elected as Senators have tailed
to file note Of contest within the time al
lowed by law; therefore, be it
Kesolrcd, That the Senators now occupy
ing seats as Senators, evidenced by their
having been returned as elected by the Re-
turning Board, and having qualified as such
by taking the oath of Office as required by
the constitution and laws of the State, be
and they are hereby confirmed in their
seats.
Which was accepted.
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.
Mr.. Twitchell moved to postpone the
special order for ten minutes.
On which the yeas and nays were de-
manded, resulting as follows:
Yeas-Anderson, Blackburn, Brewster,
Blunt, Breaux, Burch, Cage, Dumont,
Greene, Harper, kelso, Landry, Pollard,
Stamps, sypher, Twitchell, Weber, Whit
Nays-Alexander, Allan, Chadbourn, De.
tiege, Ola, Herwig, Mascot, Wharton,
Young-9.
Absent--Crozier, Eustis. George, Grover,
Kelly, Ogden, Robertson Steven, White-9.
SPECIAL ORDER POSTPONED.
Mr.. TwitcbeM moved to postpone the
special order, for a sufficient time to pass
on the resolution before the Senate.
Mr.. Allan moved to lay that motion on
the table, on which the yeas and nays were
resulting as follows:
Yeas-Allain. Breaux, Brewster, Dumont, |
Try. Mascot. Pollard, Sypher, Wharton,
Whitney-l5.
Nays Alexander, Blunt, Bureh, Chad |
,ourn, Detiege, Stamps, Twitchell, Weber,
foung-9.
Absent-Anderson, Blackburn, Cage,
Crozier, Eustis, George, Grover, Kelly, |
Ogden, Robertson, Steven, White-l2.
The Senate refused to postpone the spe.
;ial order.
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.
On motion of Mr.. Twitchell, House uill |
No. 20, an act making an appropriation for
he payment OF the mileage and per diem
u the members and salary Of the officers
md employees, and contingent expenses of
he General Assembly of the State of
louisiana, for the regular session of the
ear 1875, and prescribing the manner il
which the same shall be paid, was takn up
md read.
Mr.. Burch rose to a point of order that
he House bill could not be considered at
hat time, as Senate bill No i3 had been
nade the special order.
The Chair decided the poin. not well
AIKEN, as the House bill was german to the
enate bill which had been made the special
rider.
Mr.. Stamps made point of order that as
be Committee on Finance had reported a
lbstitute for Hause bill No. 20, it was
therefore, not before the Senate.
The Chair decided the point NO. well
,ken.
On motion Of Mr.. Stamps. the whole
ubject matter was recommitted to the
ommittee on Finance
MIR. Chadbourn moved to adjourn until
D. morrow at twelve o'clock.
The Senate refused to adjourn.
Mr.. Greene offered the following concur
emit resolution:
WHEREAS, A number of Senators and
representatives. are absenting themselves
'om the halls of legislation, thereby retard-
* the passage Of many important meas
res of reform; therefore ii
Resolved by the Senate OF the State IF {
"u'sana, the House concurring. That VI {
hd,.iiy invite the absent Senators and +,
lenbers of the House ot Ranresanta.ives