New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-04

one newspaper in every parish in the Stats
in which newspaper shall be published;
and the said proposed amendment shall b
submitted to the people at said election IN
manner and form as follows, to wit: Pro
posed amendment "for approval or
:.against approval" and If a majority Of
votes at said election shall approve and
r.,ifv said amendment, the same shall be.
come q part of the constit ution, and be pro-
claimed as such by the Governor and Sec.
rotary OF State:
Proposed amendment to the constitution:
The Last sentence in article eixty-sIx OF the
constitution, which reads as follows. to Wit:
III any bill shall not be returned by the
Governor within five days after 1t shall
have been presented to him. II snail oea
law in like manner az if he had signed it.
nnlees the General Assembly, by adjourn
ment. prevents its return; in which case the
said bill shall be returned on the first day
of the meeting of the General Assembly
after the expiration of the said five days,
or become q law" shall be amended go a.
to read as follows, to wit: IF any bill
shall not be returned by the Governor
within five days after 1t email nave been
presented to him. it shall De law III like
manner as if he had signed II, unless the
General Assembly, BY adjournment. pre-
vents its return; in which case the Governor
shalI make proclamation in the official
journal of his refusal to sign the same, with
his objections thereto, within ten days after
the adjournment of the Legislature; which
proclamation and objection shail be taken
up on the first day OF the meeting OF the
Legislature, and considered as other obJec-
tlons, or in default OF said proclamation,
shall become Q law"
On motion of Mr.. Matthews the amend
ment proposed by the committee, being to
insert in the forty eighth line. after the
word "days," the words mot including Sun.
days." was adopted.
And on motion of Mr.. Elliott the amend
ment proposed by the committee, to Wit:
Being to strike all out after the word
lease" in the fifty-fourth line, and insert
the words ''it shall not be lac
On motion of Mr.. Matthews the section
was adopted as amended.
And on motion of the same member tho
bill was adopted and considered engrossed.
On motion of Mr.. Elliott the rules were
suspended and the bill was read third
time.
The vote was taken on the final passage,
with the following result:
Yeas-Aldige, Booth. Byrne, Bayley.
Blaffer, Bower, Butler, Beasley, Biliiu,
Brice, Carville, Collins, Carloss, Dupre. De-
Blanc, Dugas, Durr. Dickinson, Demae.
Delhommer, Dunn, Edwards of Richland,
Edwards of Tangipahoa, Elliott. Guichard,
Gracien, Gilmore. Hall. Hill OF Ascension,
Hill Of Ouachita, Honore, Hunsaker, JEFF
fries, johnson of Caddo, johnson OF La
tourche, Jones Of Lincoln, Jones of Pointe
Coupee, Koontz, Kummel, Keeting, Kelly,
Kidd, Luckett, Lafargue, Maginnis, Mere
ditb. Mitchell, Matthews of Franklin, Muir
rell. Matthews Of Tensas, Mcclellan, Ma
gee, Nunez, Pascal, Parker, Piles. Pipes.
Roman, Richardson, Randall. Ridgeiy Ray,
Raby. Smith, Self, Snaer, Sartain, Souer,
Seemau, Sibilsk. Schenck. Schiller, Stat
ford, Thomas, VOORHEES,, Walker, Wilt,
Wilson, Woods of West Baton Rouge, Wal
tiers, Young-Sl.
Nay-Woods of Ouac]lita-1.
Two-thirds of the members elected to the
House voting in the affirmative, the bill
was adopted.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
The House took up the unfinished bust
ness of yesterday, being joint resolution
No. 243, substitute for Nos. u and ?, er
dorsing the act granting aid for the con-
struction of the Texas Pacific railroad, and
the Louisiana branches thereof
Mr.. VOORHEES, moved that the minority re-
motion Mr. Keeting called for the yeas aud
nays. which gave the following result, :cs
wit:
Yeas - Aldige, Booth, Byrne, Bsylev,
Blaffer, Bower, Beasley, Billiu, Bricer
Collins, Carloss, Dupre, DeBlanc, Dugasp
DUR, Delhommer, Dunn, Edwards of Tan
Edwards of R,chland, Elliott. Gui
chard, Gilmore, Hall, Honore, Hammond.
Hunsaker, Jeffries, Jourdain. johnson OF
Koontz, Kummel, Kidd. Luck
thews of Franklin, Magee, Nunez, Pascal,
Piles, Pipes, Roman, Richardson. Smith /,
Self, Sartain, Seeman, Sibiski, Schenck,
Stafford. Schiller, VOORHEES,. Walker, Wilt,
Woods of Ouachita, Walters, Webb,
Young-59.
Nays-Butler. Baker, Carville, Cousin,
Davidson, Dickinson, Demas, Ora
Glen, Hill Of Ascension, Hill of Ouachita,
johnson of Caddo, Keeting, Keye, Murrell.
Ridgely, Ray, Raby, Thomas, Woods Of
West Baton Rouge-22.
So the minority report was laid on the
table.
Mr. Guichard moved reconsideration OF
the vote just taken.
Mr.. Jeffries moved to lay Mr.. Guichard'e
motion on the table.
Upon which Mr.. Guichard called for the
yeas and nays, which gave the following
result, to wit:
Yese-Aldige, Booth, Byrne, Bark
hardt, Bayley, Blaffer, Bower, Beasley,
Biliu, Brice. Collins, Carloss, Dupre,
DeBlanc, Dugas. DUR, Delhommer,
Dunn, Edwards of Tangipahoa. Edwards
OF Richland, Elliott, Gilmore, Hall, Ham
mond, Jeffries. johnson of Lafourche, Jones
of Pointe Coupee, KOontz, kummel,
Kelly, Luckett, Lowell. Lafargue, Magin-
mis-, Meredith, Mitchell Matthews of Frank
lin, Mcclellan, Magee. Nunez, Pascal. Pipes,
Roman, Richardson, Smith, Self. Sartain,
Seeman, Sibilski, Schenck. Stafford, Schu-
Ter, VOORHEES,, Walker, Wlltz, Woods of
Ouachita, Walters, Webb, YOung-59.
Nays-Butler. Baker, Carville, Davidson,
Devices, Dickinson, Demas, Guichard,
Gracien, Hill of Ascension, Hill of Ouachita,
Honore. Jourdain, johnson Of Caddo,
Keeting, Reyes. Murrell, Parker, Randall,
Ridgely, Ray, Raby, Souer, Thomas, Woods
OF West Baton Rouge-25.
Mr.. VOORHEES, called for the reading of
the substitute majority report.
On motion of Mr.. Stafford it was ordered
to be read section by section.
The first section was read, and Mr.. Stat
ford moved to amend by inserting in the
twelfth line, after the word company, the
words "in construction between New Or
leans and Shreveport"
And the section was adopted as amended,
The second section was read.
Mr.. Guichard offered the following amend
ment: