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appropriation shall have been made.
Senator Weber asked unanimous consen
to take up the resolution at this time.
Senator Whitney objected.
The resolution lies ever.
Senator Stamps moved to suspend tn
Senate rules in order to take up the follow
ing concurrent resolution:
Resolved by the Senate of the State o
Louisiana, the House of Representative
cOncurring. That the joint committee ap
pointed to investigate charges against Sen
ator West be authorized to employ short
hand reporter
The roll was called, with the following re
suit:
Yeas Allan, Anderson. Blackburn
Blunt. Breaux, Brewster, Burch, Cage
Chadbourn, George, Ola, Greene, Harper
kelso, Kelly, Landry, Ogden, Pollard, Rob
ertson, Stamps, Steven, Weber, Wharton
White, Whitney, Young-25.
| Nays-Alexander-l.
Absent-Csge, Detiege, Dumont, Eustis
| Goode, Grover, Herwig, Masicot, Sypher
Twitcheli-l0.
And the rules were suspended.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.
The Chief Clerk of the House was an
nounced with the following message:
House, OF REPRESENTATIVE I
New Orleans, February Is, 1876. !
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
am directed by the House to inform
the folio wing entitled Senate bills, to wit:
Senate bill No. l9, an act regulating the
time of holding the regular terms Of the
district court of the Eighth Judicial District,
parish of Cslcasieu.
Senate bill No. 80, an act to further define
and extend the jurisdiction of the parish
courts Of this State.
Senate bill No S. an act to amend and
re enact section 34l0 Of the Revised Stat.
utes.
And also ask the concurrence of your
honorable body in the folio wing House bills:
House bill No. 76, entitled an act to pro-
vide for the inspection and designation of
coal oils and illuminating oils or fluids, etc.
House bill No. 81, entitled an act to remit
penalties to delinquent taxpayers.
House bill No. SO, entitled an act author.
izing persons whose property has been sold
for taxes and purchased by the State to re.
deem the same on paying the taxes and
costs, with remission of all penalties.
House bill No. 229, entitled an act to in
corporate the city of Natchitoches, and to
provide for the government of the same.
PETER j. IRRELEVANT,
Chief Clerk.
The question recurring upon the concur
rent resolution relative to the investiga-
ton of Senator West.
Senator Whitney offered the following
amendment
Provided, the time of employment shall
not exceed i've days at cost not to exceed
IS per day.
Senator Robertson moved to lay the
on the table.
Senator Whitney called for the yeas and
nays, with the following result:
Yeas-Burch, Chadbourn, George. Greene,
Kelly, Ogden, Robertson, Stamps. Steven,
Wharton, White-li.
Blackburn, Breaux, Brewster Detiege. Ola,
Harper, kelsO, Landry, Pollard, Weber,
Whitney, Young-l5.
Absent-Bunt, Cage, Dumont, Eustis,
Goode. Grover, Herwig, Mascot, Sypher,
Twitchell-l0.
And the motion to table was lost.
House bill! No. IA, entitled an act to in
corporate the St. Patrick's Savings Bank,
md prescribing its powers and privileges
,eing the special order of the day, was
allied up.
On motion Of Senator Robertson the
pecial order was postponed fer twenty
minutes.
The question recurring upon the adoption |
# Senator Whitney's amendment, Senator
surch called for the yeas and nays result
ng as follows:
Yeas-Blackburn. Blunt, Breaux, Brew
ter, Burch, Chadbourn, Greene, Harper
lelso, Pollard, Stamps, Weber, Young-l3.
Nays - - Alexander, Dumont. George,
'oode, Ola, Herwig, Kelly, Ogden, Robert
on, Steven, wharton, Whitesl2.
Absent-Allsin, Anderson, Cage, Detiege,
,ustis, Grover, Landry, Mascot, Sypher,
witchell, Whitney-ll.
And the amendment was adopted
The roll was then called upon the adop-
on of the resolution as amended, resulting
5 follows:
Yeas-Allain, Blackburn, Blunt, Breaux,
rewster. Burch, Chadbourn, George,
code, Greene, Herwig, Kelso, Kelly. Og-
an. Pollard, Robertson. Stamps, Steven,
vdnaM1s Weber, Wharton White
Nays-Alexsnder, Dumont, Ola, Harper.
Absent-Anderson, Cage, Detiege, Eus-
$, Grover, Landry, Mascot, Sypher-S.
And the resolution, IS amended, was
lopted.
On motion of Senator Chadbourn the
ecial order of the day, House bill No. Ia,
as postponed until tom orrow immediate
after the reading of the journal.
Senator Brewster, by unanimous consent,
troduced Senate bill No. 154, entitled an
It to amend and re enact article 500 of the
ode of Practice of the State of Louisiana.
The constitutional rules being suspended
= four-ffths affirmative vote of the Sen
te, the bill was placed on its second read
g and referred to the Committee on Judi
AIRY.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
By unanimous consent Senator Twitchell
ON the Committee on Corporations made
Re following report:
COMMITTEE ON CORPORATIONS AND) |
farochlai Affairs, February Is. 1876. :
0 the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate
Your Committee on Corporations and
arochial Affairs report favorably on the
blowing bills, viz:
House bill No. Sc, an act to amend and
,-enact section one of act No. SO OF 1872; to
lthorize the police jury of the parish Of
aldo to issue bonds; also, Senate bill No.
"a, an act to incorporate the town of
rankin, parish of St. Mary.
NJ. II. TWITCHELL, Chairman.
Senator Harper asked and obtained unani-