New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-15
OFFICIAL JOURNAL

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STATE OF LOUISIANA.
SENATE.
Thirty.second Days Session.
New Orleans, February IL. 1876
The Senate met pursuant to adjourn
ment at twelve o'clock NJ, the Hon. c. C.
Antoine, Lieutenant Governor and Presi
dent of the Senate, in the chair.
On call of the roll, the following Sena
tors answered to their names:
Present-Messrs. Alexander, Allan, An
dereon, Black burn. Blunt, Brewster, Burch
DumOnt, George, GOOde, Greene, Harper
Landry, Ogden, Pollard, Robertson, Stamps
Steven Sypher, Weber, WhartOn-2l.
Absent - Messrs. Breaux, Cage, Chad
bourn, Detiege. Eustis, Ola, Grover, Her
wig, KelsO, Kelly, Mascot, Twitchell
White, Whitney, Young-l5.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. MIR.
Dsrdis.
The journal was read, corrected and ap-
proved.
Senator Burch presented memorial from
the city council of Baton Rouge relative to
the location of the State Agricultural and
Mechanical College.
On motion of Senator Burcb, the memo
rial was ordered printed in the journal, and
referred to the Committee on Public Edu-
cation.
1t reads as follows:
City of Baton Rouge,
Monday, February !, 1876
At regular meeting of the city council
Of the city OF Baton Rouge, on the above
date, the following ordinance in relation to
the Mechanical and Agricultural College
was cOnfil med and continued, viz:
RESOLUTIONS
Be it ordained by the mayor and city
council of the city Of Baton Rouge, That in
case of the location of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College in Baton Rouge, the in
ducements offered by resolution OF the
mayor and board of selectmen, March ?,
1874, are hereby confirmed and continued
viz:
That sufficient amount be appropriated
out of the contingent fund to purchase |
about 100 acres of land near the State Uni |
versity for the use of said college.
That the public square known as Marcio |
square, fronting the State University, be
also rendered the Agricultural and Mechan-
ical College for the accommodation and use |
of its pupils when located in this city.
Unanimously adopted.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Senator Greene, from the Committee on
Retrenchment and Reform made the fol.
lowing report:
Committee ON INFRINGEMENT AsD Reform
New Orleans, February ii, 1876 : |
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Your committee have had under con,
sideratiOn House bill No. l36. an act to pro-
vide money compensation in lieu of sta
tionery to members of the General As ,
sembly, and to provide stationery tor the
Secretary of the Senate. to the Clerk of the
House of Representatives and the com. {
mittees of said houses, and beg leave to re-
port favorably thereon.
Respectfully.
ALLEN GREENE, Chairman. !
}. X. ALEXANDER,
w. A. ROBERTSON.
EDWARD d. WHITE.
The report lies over
Senator Sypher, from the Committee on
Finance, made the following report: |.
Committee ON FINANCE,
New Orleans, February 10, 1876. )
To the Honorable President and Members OF the :
Senate:
Your Committee on Finance having had
under consideration House bill No. Al, an a
act to regulate the rate of parish taxation Il
and assessment, report the same favOrably | =
with the following amendments:
In line eight, section one, strike out the ?
words lone percentum' and insert in lieu {
thereof the following words: "The amount ,
now limited by law
And for section four the following addi-
tiOnal section: THAT all laws authorizing
in any manner the levy of judgment tax
be and the same are hereby repealed, and .
vided for out of the taxable limitation as q
now provided by law" thereby making Sec
ton four section five.
The report lies over. I
Senator Twitchell, from the Committee
On Corporations, offered the following re-
port:
COMMITTEE ON CORPORATIONS ASpl | :.
Parochia Affairs, February ii, 1876. II
70 the Honorable President and Members of the 9
Senate:
Your Committee on Corporations and Pa i,
rochial Affairs report favorably on the fol
lowing bills. viz:
House bill No. 22s, an act to amend and r
re-enact section one of an act to incOrpo- 7
rate the town Of CreOla, in the parish OF
Winn.
Also, on House bill No. l67, an act to con-
fer the power to regulate the compensation v
for keeping prisoners in parish prisons !.
upon the respective parishes of the State, u
other than the parishes of Orleans and q
Jefferson. q
Also, House bill No $50, an act to amend =
and re-enact act No. Ill, approved March
l3, 1850, incorporating the town Of Homer, o
parish OF Claiborne, with the following a,
amendment:
In section five, line forty-three, strike out r
with the word ''tO' lines forty q
three, forty four, forty five, forty six, forty II
seven, forty eight, fOrty-nine and fifty, end
ing with the word gospel"
Also, on Senate bill No. %, an act to in
corporate the Merchants Exchange of New
Orleans, with the following amendments: q
Strike out in title in line four, beginning =
with the word provided" lines four, five, =
six, seven, eight, nine, ten. eleven, twelve, u
thirteen, fourteen and fifteen, ending with b
the word "trade;" strike out all after the
word witnesses" :,
Strike out &c cti0ns eight nine and ten. o
Change section eleven to section eight; q
section twelve to section nine; section thlr- r.
teen to section ten; section fourteen to sec =
ton eleven; section fifteen to section twelve;
section sixteen to section thirteen.
In section twelve in line sixteen, after n
the word Corporation" insert: Provided ::
that nothing in this act shall affect or be v
binding upon any person or persons not 2
members of this said Merchants Exchange" L
In section thirteen, line five, after the
word SHALL" insert take" in the same
line sfrika out tina aa Uan and insert pro |