New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-07

| United States ana IOEclku AUA'o', ~
| Presidents and ex Vice Presidents OF tn'
| limited Statee. ex.Senat0rs and Senators
| elect, Judges of the Supreme, district OF par
| ish courts and Governors Of States and lor
ritories, or their private secretaries or mes
| sengers.
| REGULATIONS OF THE SENATE WING OK The
CAPITOL.
Rule 52-The presiding officer OF the Sen
ate shall have tho regulation and control o.
| such parts Of the Capitol aud Its passag
as are or may be SGT apart for the use OF tne
Senate and its officers.
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING CONFIDENCE Or
SENATE.
Rule 53-Anv Senator or officer OF the
SeEate who shall disclose the secret or con
fidential business or proceedings OF the
Senate ehall be liable, it a Senator, to suHeI
expulsion from the body, and II AN Ofhcer,
to dismissal from the service OF the Senate
and to punishment for contempt.
oATHs OF OFFICE.
Rule 54-Tne oaths or atfirmations pre-
ecribed by the constitution shall be taken
and subscribed by every Senator in open
Senate before entering upon hls duties.
They shall also be taken and subscribed IN
the same way by the Secretary OF the San
ate; but the other officers o. the Senate may
take and subscribe them Ia the Office OF the
Secretary.
BUSINESS CONTINUED FROM SESSION TO sES-
SION.
Rule 55.-At the second, or any subse-
quent session Of the General Assembly, the
legislative business of the Senate which re-
mains undetermined at the close of the next
preceding session of the Legislature shall be
resumed and proceeded with in the same
manner as If no adjournment of the Senate
ha taken place; aud all subjects referred to
committee, and not reported upon at the
close OF a session OF the Senate, shall be re-
turned to the Office of the Secretary OF the
Senate, and be By him retained until the
next succeeding Session OF that Genera! AS
sembly, when they shall De returned to the
several committees to which they had been
previously referred.
SUSPENSION AND AMENDMENT OF RULES.
Rule 56-No standing rule or order of
the Senate shall be rescinded or changed
without one days notice b5ing given of the
motion therefor nor shall any rule be sus-
pended except by 9ose CT t"c-tnirds CT
the members present
DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY
Rule 57.-All questions of order shall be
noted by the Secretary with he decision,
and put together at the end of the journal
OF every session.
In case any clerk, Sergeant at. Arms, or
dOorkeeper of the Senate shall fail to per-
form his duty, the Secretary shall make
report thereof without delay.
The Secretary shall read the journal
daily. from the sheet on which he takes his
minutes, and after being so read and cor
rected, and not before, the said minutes
shall be examined by the President,
and, if necessary, corrected and
amended, under the sanction of the
Senate, and copies furnished to the printer,
authenticated by the signature of the Sec
rotary.
The Secretary shall consider himself re-
sponsibie TO the Senate for the accuracy Of
the journal.
DUTIES OF SERGEANT-AT-ARNS.
Rule SIT shall be the duty of the Ser
geaIt-atArms to attend the Senate during
Its sittings, to execute the commands of the
Senate ffcm time to time, toge Their with all
such process, issued by the authority there
of. as shall be directed to him BY the Presi-
dent.
1t shall be the duty of the doorkeeper to
keep the door of the lobby, to announce
messae es, and perform such other duties as
the members may require.
Rule 59.-That the Sergeant alarms be
directed to keep the DOORS of the Senate
Chamber closed on Sunday to all persons
except persons who are entitled under the
titty-tourth rule of the Senate, and that he
be directed to call on any officer of the
Senate 10 aid him in enforcing this order;
and that on all days when the Senate is not
IN session the officers are hereby required
to strictly prohibit any lOunging or lOati1g
within the Senate Chamber by any person
not connected with the Legislature, aud
that 10 officer be permitted to occupy the
seat OF Senator at any time. That it shall
be the duty of the President to see that this
rule is enforced and persistent disregard
of it by any officer shall he cause of dis
missal by the President: provided, that this
rule shall not be Construed as to prevent
any Senator from Inviting citizen to oc
cupy seat on the floor of the Senate at
any time.
Rule G0-When, upon call. which may
be demanded by not less than four Sen
ators, it is found that less than quorum
is present, it shall he the duty of the
Speaker TO order the doors of the Senate
closed, and to direct the clerk to call the
roll CT the Senator's and note the absentees;
after which the names of the absentees
shall be again called. and those tor whose
absence no excuse or an insufficient excuse
is made, may, by order of a lnaj crity OF the
Senator's present, be sent for and taken il
custody by the Sergeant-at-Arms, or his
brought before the bar of the Senate, where,
unless excused by a majority OF the Sen
ators present. they shall be reprcyed by the
President for neglect of duty.
Rule 6l.-When call for the previous
question has been made and sustained, the
question shall be upon pending amend
mente. and the main question, in their
regular order; and all incidental questions
OF order arising after motion for the pre-
vious question has been male, and pending
such motion, shall be decided, whether an
appeal or otherwise, without debate; pro
rided. that q majority of the members pres
ent shall be necessary to order the previous
question; and the question from the chair
shall be, shall the main question be now
putt"
BARCLAYS DIGEST.
Rule g. On any question of order aud
parliamentary practice, when these rules
are silent or inexplicit, Barclays Digest
shall be considered authority.
Rule G3.-Smoking is strictly prohibited
on the floor of the Senate or in the lobby
during the session OF the Senate.
j. A. MASCOT Chairman;
j. II. BURCH,
NJ. Ii. TWlTCHELL
The minority report was then read as
follows:
SENATE CHAMBBR,
New Orleans, January 8. 1876. 5
To The Honorable President and Members Of the
Senate:
The undersigned members of your Com
mittee en- Rules beg leave to submit this
minority report:
We respectfully recommend that the fol-
lowing additions and amendments to the
rules Of the last regular session be adopted,
viz:
First-That the following shall be added
to and made part of rule forty -four, viz:
..On the fourth dav after a bill or caaoln-