New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-17
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN, THURSDAY FEBRUARY IT, 1876

one year to be applied to the liquidation of
the indebtedness Of prior years, ana recon-
~ ~ THOMAS E. MEREDITH,
Chairman.
Mr.. Kidd, from the Committee on Enroll
ment. reported as correctly enr oiled House
bill No. ISL, entitled an act to amend and
| re-enact section thirteen of act No. 9, I'D
proved February 81, 1871, styled an act to
provide for the supplying the loss of public
records and other papers consumed by the
burning of the courthouse in the parish of
Morehouse on the sixteenth of March, 1870.
Which received the signature of the
Speaker, and the Clerk of the House was
directed to request the signature of tho
President of the Sepate thereto.
REPORT OF SELECT COMMITTEE.
Mr.. Walker, from the select committee
appointed to investigate the affairs of the
Louisiana Levee Company, submitted the
following report, which was ordered printed
in the journal
[NoTE.-The above report will be printed
IN the journal OF lO-mOTTOW.
BILLS INTRODUCED AND REFERRED.
The hereinafter named members, without
previous notice given, and with suspen-
sion of the rules first granted, respectively
asked and obtained leave to introduce the
following entitled bills, which underwent
their first and second readings by their re-
spective titles, and they were ordered to
be referred as indicated below, to wit:
Mr.. Elliott:
An act to create justice court and the
Office of constable for the Seventh District,
city of New Orleans, and parish Of Orleans,
and comforting the same powers, duties and
emoluments as are now conferred or may
be conferred by law on justices OF the peace
and constables of the parish of Orleans.
Mr.. Kelly:
An act authorizing the Auditor of Public
Accounts to make settlement with Austin
C. Banks late tax collector for the parish
of VIM, and with his securities ON his
official bond. To receive any valid war
rants of this State issued since November,
1874, in settlement of same, aud for other
purposes.
Mr.. McCollam:
An act relative to the disbarring of
attorneys at law. and providing for the
mode tor the same.
Mr.. Walker:
An act relative to clerks and sheriffs' fees
to transcript OF appeal, and to repeal all
laws inconsistent herewith.
All OF which bills we're ordered to be re-
ferred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Mr.. Kidd
An act to charter the North Louisiana
Railroad Company.
Mr.. Murrell:
Joint resolution exempting the North
Louisiana and Texas Railroad Company
from taxation for twenty years, etc.
Both of which bills we're ordered to be
referred to the Committee on Railroads.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
The following message was received from
the Senate through its Secretary:
SENATE CHANBER
New Orleans February l6, 1876.
| To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
am directed by the Senate to ask the
concurrence of your honorable body in the
| following Senate bills, to wit:
Senate joint resolution No. 6, instructing
| the Senators and requesting the Repre-
septatives in Congress from Louisiana to
| secure, if possible, the passage of an act by
| the national legislature appropriatlDg the
| proceeds of the cotton tax collected in the
| States of Missouri, Louisiana, Arkansas,
! Mississippi and Tennessee to the CONS true
| tion and repair of u sy stem OF levees upon
| the Mississippi river, etc.
Senate Joint resolution No. 7, instructing
! the Senators and requesting the Represent
| atives of Louisiana in Congress to secure
| the passage by the national legislature of
| an act granting appropriate pensions to the
veterans Of the war with Mexico, their
widows and minor orphans.
Senate bill No. 95, an act for the relief OF
| w. X. White.
senate bill No ll2, an act to incorporate
the St. James Methodist Episcopal Church
Association of Shreveport, Louisiana.
ks'pf F. E. Tb;EcHrEL,
Secretary Of the Senate.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
On motion of Mr.. Demas the rules were
suspended, and the House took up House
bill No $50, entitled an act for the relief OF
the taxpayers in the parishes of St. John
! the Baptist, St. Charles and Jefferson
whose property has been injured and is
now being injured by the waters of Bonnet
Care crevasse, and to dispense and ex
empt from taxation for the years 1874, 1877
and 1876, the lands in said parishes actually
oyarAowed in said years.
| On motion of Mr.. Walker the first sector
was amended by inserting in the seventh
line of the first section, after the wore
Jefferson the words "St. Charles and
and the first section was adopted as amend
ed: the second and third sections were reat
and adopted, and the bill underwent it
second reading.
Mr. Walker moved to suspend the rules
with view of placing this bill on it's thir'
reading, and upon that motion he called 70
the yeas and nays, which resulted as fol
lows:
Yeas-Aldige, Armetead. Booth, Byrne
Blaffer, Bower, Butler, Carville, Cousin
Csrloss, Dupre, DeBlanc, Dugas, DUR, Da
wilson, Devices, Dickinson, Demas, Del
BONNER. Edwards of Richland, Elliot, Gui
chard, Grant, Gracien, Gilmore, Hill OF AZ
cension, Hahn, Hubeau, Hill of Ouachita
Hammond, Hunsaker, Jeffries, JOurdain
johnson of Caddo, johnson of Lafourche
Jones of Pointe Coupee, Koontz, Kummel
Keeting, Kelly. Keyes, Kidd, Lowell. Ma
ginnis, Martin, Murrell, Milon, Matthews Q
Tensas, Mcclellan. McAlpine, Pascal, Pal
ker. Piles, Pipes, Ray, Sutton, Snaer, SOuel