New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-29

| standard of legal safety in insurance com
panies, associations and agents, and pre-
| scribipg tho penalties for violations Of the
provisions Of this act, and fixing salaries
| and fees, and how they shall be paid.
Senator Whitney moved that the Senate
consider the bill section By section.
Section one was read.
Senator Whitney moved to adopt the sec
ton.
Senator Wharton moved to indefinitely
postpone the bill.
Senator Whitney moved to lay the mo-
ton to indefinitely postpone Oh the table.
Lost.
The question recurring on the motion to
Indefinitely postpone, the bill was indef-
nitely postponed.
NOTICES OF BILLS.
By Senator Landry:
OF an act for the bonding of the floating
Indebtedness of the parish of Ascension,
and to provide the manner that the said
bonds are to be issued.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Senator Allan moved to take up all
House bills not yet referred.
Senator Wharton moved as substitute
to take up all House bills on the calendar.
The substitute and motion were both lost.
INTRODUCTION OF JOINT RESOLUTIONS.
BY Senator Greene:
Senate Joint resolution No. II, entitled
joint resolution No. IL, relieving certain
parishes OF tho State from the payment Of
levee tax.
The Joint resolution was read the first
time and calendared.
By Senator Whitney:
Senate Joint resolution No. IL. reading as
follows:
Be it resolved by the Senate and House
of Representatives., That in accordance with
section 1910 OF the Revised Statutes, there
be appointed joint committee Of five mem
bers, two on the part of the Senate, to be
appointed by the President thereof, and
three on the part of the House, to be ap-
pointed by the Speaker thereof, who shall
at once proceed to make the examination
of the accounts of the Auditor and Treas
urer, as contemplated by said section, aud
report the result of said investigation at the
earliest possible moment.
The Joint resolution was read the first
time and calendared.
NOTICE OF MOTION TO RECONSIDER.
Senator Brewster gave notice that Mon
day he would move to reconsider the vote
by which Senate bill No. eS was indefinitely
postponed.
ACTION ON REPORTS OF COMMITTEES LYING
OVER.
Senator White called up the report of the
Committee On Printing on House bill No. IL,
entitled en- act to repeal an act entitled an
act relative to public printing, approved
July 81, 1861 and to repeal an act entitled
an act relative to the judicial and legal adj
yertisements, Nc. "a of the acts of 1870, and
to repeal sections $3.50, 1887, 29SS. 29S9, 1890,
299l, 1899, 1908. 1894, 1905, 1896, 1907. 1898,
29a9 and 5000 of the Revised Statutes of the
State Of Louisiana; and to regulate and de-
fine the rates and prices of the public
printing, and to prescribe the manner in
which the same shall be done, reported
favorably by said committee.
Senator Stamps moved to indefinitely
postpone the report and bill
Senator Robertson moved to lay the
motion on the table. and called for the
yeas and nays with the following result:
Yeas-BIackb burn, BluEt, Brewster, De-
tiege, Dumont. Eustis. George, Goode,
Greene, Kelly, Ogden, Robertson. Steven,
Sypher; Twitchel!, Wharton, White, Whit
Nays-ADderson, Birch. Cage, Chad
bourn, Ola, Harper, ktl-o, Pollard. Stamps,
Weber--I0.
Absent - Alexander, Allan, Breaux,
Grover. Her"ig, Landry, Mascot,
Ioung-S.
And the motion to indefinitely postpone
was laid on the table.
On motion of Senator Detiege the report
was adopted.
Senator Burch offered the following sub
stitute, and moved its adoption
Section thirteen. strike out all after the |
auacring clause and insert: That this lew |
shall 90 into effect and be in force from and |
after the first of January, 1877, and shall |
lot abregate nor interfere with any printing |
contracts now in force under the present |
aw.' |
Senator George called for the yeas and
,a7s, with the following result:
Yeas - Allan, Anderson, Blackburn, |
Blunt, Breaux. Burch. Cage, Chad bourp, |
1ustis. Goode, Grover, Harper, Kelso, Ian
Try. Pollard, Robertson, Stamps, Sypher,
Weber Whitney, Young-2l
Nays - Alexander, Dnmont George.
Greene, Kelly, Wharton. WHITE.
acknowledgements, Detinge, Ola, Herwig,
Iasicot, Ogden, Steven, Twitchell-S.
And the substitute was adopted.
Senator Burch moved to reconsider the
ote just taken, and moved to lay that
ootion on the table.
Adopted.
mended, was adopted as whole on its
econd reading.
On motion of Senator Burch the constitu-
onal rules were suspended by d four-tifths
fiirmative vote of the Senate, the bill was
laced on its third reading and final pas
age, its title was adopted. and notice of
occurrence was ordered to be sent to the
louise.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Senator Mascot, fiom tie Committee on
Enrolment, asked and obtained unanimous
ousent t. make the following report:
COMMITTEE or ENROLLING AND EHGRossISG,l !
New OIleans, February 20, 1876.
0 the Honorable President and Members Of the
Senate
Your Committee on Enrolling and En-
rossing bills beg leave TO report the follow
X bills as having boen duly engrossed,
IL:
Senate bill No. 1853, an act 70 exempt from
tate and parish taxes lands over flowed by
be Grand Levee and Bonnet Care and
Their crevasses now existing.
Senate hill No. no. an act to require the
ity Of Monroe to pay the parish OF Qua
hita one-third of certain expenses.
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