New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-08
OFFICIAL OURNA AL
OF THE
FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
STATE OF "A.
SENATE.
Fourth Days Session.

mept at twelve O'clock NJ, the Hon. e.
Antoine. Lieutenant Governor and Presi
dent of the Senate in the chair,
On a call of the roll, the following Sena
tors answered to their nance:
Messrs. Alexander, Allan, Anderson
Blackburn, Blunt, Breaux, Burch. Cage
Chad bourn, Detiege. Dumout. Ola, Gree ne
Goode, Harper, Keiso, Kelly, Mascot
Ogden Robert %h.r stamP Wh,s SWIFT Whl
ney, Young-2S.
Absent-aIessrs. Brewster. Eustis, George
Grover, Herwig Landry, Pollard, S'eve1
Prayer was offered br The Rev. Mr.
Bryant.
The journal was read, corrected and ap
proved.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Senator Mascot, from the Committee OF
Rules, submitted majority repor: CT thu
committed.
Senator Steven submitted minority re
port.
The majority report was then read, al
follows:
COMMITTEE on RULES, I
New Orleans, January b, 1870.
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
Your Committee on Rules wonld respect
fully recommend the adoption of the rules
of order Of the Senate for the session OF
1875, with the following changes and amend
ments, to wit:
COMMENCEMENT OF DAILY SESSION.
Rule 1.-The presiding officer shall take
the chair every day at the -Four to which
the Senate shall have Adjourned on the pre-.
cedirg day, and Immediately call the mem
bers to order. If q quorum shall be in at.
tendance, he shall cause the journal OF the
preceding day to be read, unless otherwise
ordered by the Senate, to the end that any
mistake may be corrected that shal! be
made in the entries.
A quorum shall consist of majority OF
the members of the Senate. Article thirty
three of the constitutional
FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF THE PRESIDENT.
Rule at shall be the duty of the Presi-
dent to preserve order. decide questions of
order, prevent personal reflections, cOntine
mem Oers in debate to the question, and
whea two or more members rise at the came
tim decide who shall be first heard; but
an Dpeal in all such cases shall lie 10 the
Sci. g, and member called to order may
ex'. nuate or justify.
if any Senator rises to doubt a vote, the
Pres dent shall order call of the names of
the Senators voting in the affirmative and
in the negative, without any further debate
Rule Ale shall rise to put a question,
but may state it while sitting.
Rule Before putting any debatable
question the President shall ask: "Are you
ready for the question: When. If it is evil
dent that no Senator wishes to speak, the
question shall be distinctly put in this form,
to wit: "As many Of you as are Of the
opinion thai las the question may be- say
aye" and, after the affirmative voice is ex-
pressed: AS many as are OF contrary
opinion, say % If the president doubt, or
If division, be called for, the Senate shall
divide. Those in the affirmative Of the
question shall Iise from their seats and their
number be counted by the Secretary. and
afterward those in the negative. The Presl-
dent shall The rise and state the decision
of the Senate.
Rule 6.-All acts, addresses and joint
resolutions shall be signed by the Presi.
dent; and al writs, warrants and subpenas,
issued by rider of the Senate, shall be
under h., hand and seal, attested by the
Secretary.
Rule The President shall have the
right to examine and correct the journal
before il is read. He shall have general
direction of the Chamber. and shall have
the right to name any Senator to perform
any duties Of the Chair.
BUSINESS NOT TO BE INTERRUPTED.
Rule 8.-No Senator shall speak to an
other, or otherwise interrupt the business OF
the Senate, Or read any newspaper while
the journals or public papers are being read,
or when any Senator is speaking in any de-
bate.
RULES IN SPEAKING OR DEBATE.
Rule 9-Senators speaking shall address
the President. and when presenting a pa
per shall first state its import Senator's
shall not speak more than twice on any
question without permission of the Senate,
nor be interrupted when speaking, except
by a call to order by the President, or by
Senator through the President; provided,
that the mover of motion and the intro.
ducer of q resolution or bill shall have the
privilege of opening the debate thereon,
and shall likewise have the privilege Of
closing the debate, even after the previous
question has been demanded and ordered.
CALLS TO ORDER AND APPEALS.
Rule l0-H any Senator. in speaking or
transgress the rules of the Senate,
the presiding officer shall, or any Senator
may call him to order; and when a Senator
shall be called to order by the presiding
officer or a Senator, he shall sit down, and
shall not proceed without leave of the
Senate. And every question of order shall
be decided by the presiding officer without
debate, subject to an appeal TO the Senate;
and the presiding officer ma, call for the
sense Of the Senate on any question OF
order. But when an appeal shhn he taken
from the decision of the presiding officer,
any subsequent question Of order, which
may arise before the decision OF such an
appeal by the Senate, shall be decided by
the presiding officer without debate, and
every appeal therefrOm shall also be decid-
ed at once. and without debate.
ExcEPTIoNABLE WORDS.
Rule ll.-If q Senator be called to order
by another tor words spoken, the exception
able words shall Immediately be taken
down in writing, that the presiding officer
may be better able to judge OF the matter.
ABSENT SENATORS MAY BE SENT FOR.
Rule l2,-No Senator shall absent him
self from the service Of the Senate without
leave of the Senate first obtained. And IN
caee less number than quorum OF the
Senate shall convene, they are hereby
authorized to send the Sergeant-at-Arms, or
any person or persons, by them authorized,
for any or all absent Senators. as the major
itv OF such Senators present shall agree, at
the expense of such absent Senators, re-
spectively, unless such excuse for non
attendance shall be made as the Senate,
when quorum Is convened snail jugs
sufficient, and in that case the expense shall
he paid out of the contingent fund. And
this rule shall apply as we'll to the first con.
yention of the Senate, at the legal time of
meeting, as to each day of the session. after
the hour has arrived to which the Senate
stood adjourned. :,
Rule IA motion to adjourn shall al
ways be in order, excepting when. on the
cali for the previous question, the main
nnestIon shall have been ordered to be now
nut. OF when Senator has the floor, and
shail ha decided without debate.