New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-15
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walters, Young-63.
Naye-Butler. Baker Carville, Davidson,
DckeDson, Guichard, Grant, HonOre, Hill
If Ouachita, Hunsaker, johnson of Caddo
Kestiug, Reyes, Murrell. MlOn, Matthews
Of Teneas, Parker. Piles, Ray, Raby, SUIT
ton. Sartain. Stewart, Thomas, Woods OF
Ouachita-25.
So the rules were not suspended, and the
bill was ordered to third reading.
On motion of the same member this bill
was made the special order of the day i'm
mediately after the reading of the minutes
I'm. sl RASs. INTRODUCED AND REFERRED.
'snste, s,d THE L named members IN &C.
.ra,ss , ~sh Mandevpievious notice given, re-
'spet. led and obtained leave to in
troduce the hereinafter entitled bills, which
underwent their first and second readings
by their titles, and they were referred as
indicated below, to wit:
Mr. Blaffer:
An act to revive the charter of the First
Baptist Church, incorporated by an act of
the Legislature, approved March S, 1915.
Mr.. Keeting:
An act to incorporate the city of Shreve-
port. de fine its limits and provide tor it's
police and municipal government.
Mr.. Reyes:
An act to incorporate the town of Houma,
in the parish of Terrebonne; to define the
boundaries thereof: to provide for the gov
eminent of said town; gi wing to the town
council certain powers and privileges;
authorizing the council to raise q revenue;
to establish recorders courts; limiting the
rate of taxation; exempting the property
situated within the limits of the town from
parish taxation, and repeating act No. 224
of the acts Of the Legislature of the year
1913, approved March l6, ls4s, and repeal
ing act No. 35 of the acts of the Legislature
of the year 1858, approved -.
Mr.. Self:
An act to incorporate the town of Nanny.
in the parish of Sabine, State of Louisiana;
defining the boundaries thereof, and pro-
viding for the government of the same.
All of which bills were ordered to be re-
ferred to the Committee on Corporations.
Mr.. Bayley:
An act to amend an act entitled an act to
provide . revenue, and grant an dcollect
licenses: to prescribe certain penalties and
certain duties of judges of courts, justices of
the peace, State and parish officers, and to
repeal all acts inconsistent Herewith, ap-
proved March 5, 1879.
Mr. Blaffer:
An act to fix upon and determine the
limitation of real est ste tax exemption in
Louisiana, and to repeal ali conflicting
laws.
Mr.. Milon:
An act tor the relief from taxation of GER
tain persons who lost their crops by. fire at
uary 9, 1876
All of which bills were ordered to be re-
terred to the Committee on Ways and
Means.
MIR. Bayley:
An act making an app. opriation to reim-
burse the Louisiana Levee Company for
money advanced to the State to defray the
expenses of the Levee Commission of En-
sineers in making the annual surveys OF
the levees of the State in 1875, for the pur-
pose Of ordering the levees to be built in
lS,5 and 1876 as prescribed by law.
Also, JOINT resolution ratifying and ap-
proving the action of the Levee Engineers
Commission of the State in relation to the
fusion or aggregation of the levee construc-
ton and repair fund taxes, and the use OF
both said funds for the construction of
levees.
Both of which bills we're ordered to be re-
ferred to the Committee on Lands and
Levees
Mr.. Bower:
An act to fix the number of employees in
the State Treasurer's office, and determln
ing the salaries thereof
Also, an act to fix the salaries of the sixth
division superintendent of education, the
assistant division superintendent and mes
senger thereof, said sixth division being
ENLARGED in the parish Of Orleans.
Both of which bills were ordered to be re-
ferred to the Committee on Retrenchment
and Reform.
Mr.. SOuer:
An act to reimburse Henderson Taylor, OF
the parish of Avoyelles, appropriating the
sum of $95 amount paid by him for lands
enormously sold by the State.
Mr.. Levisee:
An act entitled an act for the relief OF
George M. Graham.
Both of which bills were ordered to be
referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr.. Bayley:
An act making aPprop' iations to pay the
salaries of the State commissioner OF en-
gineers, and of the secretary of said CON-
mission for 1875.
Which bill was ordered to be referred to
the Committee on Appropriations.
Mr.. Billiu:
An act to create the parish of Marion; to
define its boundaries, and to provide 1or
the complete organization OF the same.
Also, an act relative to the examination
by the grand juries of the several parishes
| of the bonds of administrators, executors,
tutors. curators and syndics, requiring them
to report thereon: providing for the destltu-
ton of the principals of said bonds from
their trust in cases of insufficient sureties by
the court of proper jurisdiction, and requir-
ing district judges to charge specially the
grand juries in regard to this act.
Also, an act to amend and re-enact article
22Sl of the Civil Code.
Mr.. Dickenson
An act to amend and re enact section
1851 of the Revised Statutes of the State OF