New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-15

Grover, Kelly, Ogden. Robertson, Steven,
| White-lO.
Absent-Anderson, Eustis, Weber,
Senatos Beams called for excessive sss-
sion. .
The executive session having been raised.
on q call of the roll the fol wing Senators
answered to their names:
Present-Messrs. Alexander, Allan. An.
dersoD, Blackburn, Blunt, Breaux. Brew.
ster, Burch. Gage. Chsdbourp, Detiege,
per, Kelso, Kelly, Landry, Mssicot, ogden,
| Robertsdh. Stamps. Steven, Tw,tchell,
| Weber. Wharton, White, Whitney-3O.
Absent-Messre. Eustia. Greene, Hsrwiz.
Pollard. Sypher. Young-6.
Senator Whitney, chairman of the Appor.
tionment Committee, called up the report
| of the committee on Senate bill No. 16, sub
| stitute for Senate bill No. l, and moved its
adoption.
Senator White made the following points
of order:
l. That no act was passed in 1875 order.
2. That no report has been made 6y the
registrar.
3 That oven if euch report has been
made, the same il not properly before the
Senate until the report be affirmstively
paesed on.
The President ruled the first point not
well taken, on the ground that an act had
passed in 1875 ordering census.
The President ruled the second point not
we'll taken, on the ground that the registrar
of voters had made report, of which there
we're not sufficient copies for all the Sen
ators.
The President raled the third point not
well taken, on the ground that neither the
constitution nor the law of the State, nor
the rules OF the Senate require the report
of the registrar to be passed upon afirma-
lively previous to the entertainment of the
appoltionment bill.
Senator Whitney called the previous
question.
The main question was ordered and the
report was then adopted.
Senate bill No. Is, substitute for Senate
bill No. l, entitled an act aprortioning the
State into senatorial! districts, and FIX
ing the number Of Representatives to be
elected from each parish and representative
district in the State, and designating in
what senatorial districts Senators are to be
elected at the next general election, where
there has been change in the senatorial
districts, and designating the representa-.
tive. number of population, and repeating
all laws contrary to or in conflict with this
act, was then placed on its second reading.
Senator Whitney moved that the bill be
considered engrossed.
Adopted.
Senator Whitney moved that the consti-
tutional rules be suspended to put the bill
on its third reading and final passage.
Tho constitutional rules being suspended
by four.ffths affirmative vote of the
Senate, the bill was placed on its third read
ing and fual passage.
On the final passage of the bill Senator
White called for the yeas and nays, result-
ing as follows:
Yeas - Alexander, Allan, Anderson.
Blunt, Burch. Cage, Chad bourD, Dstiege,
Dumont, Ola, Harper. Herwig, Kelso.
Youne-23.
Nays-George. Goode. Greene, Grover,
Steven, Sypher, Weber, White
y.
Absent-Blackburn, Breaux, Brewster,
Eustis-4.
The bill was finally passed, title adopted.
and ordered to be sent to the House for
occurrence.
Senator Grover asked unanimous consent
% introduce a resolution.
Senator Sypher objected.
Senator Wharton moved to suspend the
senate rules to allow the resolution to be
Introduced.
Pending the motion to suspend, on mo-
ion of Senator Twitchell, the Senate was
declared adjourned until twelve o'clock NJ.
Monday, January II, 1876.