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

Senate and House Of Representatives the
names of the members elected to serve
I therein; and to provide the mode of organ
izatiOn of the Senate and House of
Representatives., to provide the punish
| ment for fraudulent voting and other crime
| relating to elections, and the disturbance
of the public peace during any registration,
| revision OF registration or election; for
criminal or fraudulent acts, or criminal
neglect Of officers charged in any manner
with the conduct of elections, or the count
and return of the result thereof or with the
| preservation Of public order and peace dur
| ing registration, revision of registration, or
| on the day of election, and the return OF the
votes cast at elections; to define, declare
| and provide for the punishment of crimes
| relating to or affecting elections, and the
registration or revision of the registration OF
voters; to repeal all acts and laws of the
State in conflict with the provisions of this
act, and to enforce article 1903 of the consti
| tuition of this State.
| p. LANDRY, Charman:
| WV. WHARTON,
j. A. MASCOT.
beg leave to dissent from the report of
| the majority of the committee, and report
in favor Of House bill No. 48. with an
amendment striking from the fifth section
the words shat each parish in the State
| except the parishes Of Orleans and Jetfer-
son, is hereby fixed as an election precinct"
| +. S. GOODE.
Senator Masicot asked and obtained unan-
imous consent to take up the report at this
time.
Senator Stamps moved that the report of
the majority OF the committee be adopted
and that the bill be ordered printed.
Senator White asked for a division Of the
question.
The President divided the question. and
submitted first to the Senate the adoption
OF the majority report Of the committee.
Senator Tw;tcheil called for the yeas and
nays with the following result:
Yeas-Allain, Anderson, Blunt, Breaux,
Brewster, Burch. Cage, Chadbourn, De-
| tiege Dumont, Harper, kelsO, Landry,
Mascot, Stamps, Sypher. Twitchell, Weber,
Wharton, YOung-2O.
Nays-Aiexander, Blackburn, George,
Goode, Greene, Kelly, Ogden, Robertson,
| Steven, White-l0.
Absent-Eustis, Ola, Grover, Herwiz,
Pollard, Whitney-6.
And the report of the committee was
| adopted.
On motion of Senator Mascot the second
proposition was adopted, and the bill was
ordered printed.
Senator Goode moved that the bill be
made the special order Of the day for to-day
at ?. P. NJ.
Adopted.
Senator Stamps, from the Committee on
Claims, made the following report:
COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS,
New Orleans February 3, 1876.
To the Honorable President and Members Of the
Senate:
Your committee respectfully report with
ont action the following bills, viz:
Senate bill No. 95, an act Tor the relief OF
w. X. White.
Senate bill No. 1922 for the relief of Mrs;
NJ. j. Lewis, of Monroe, in the parish OF
Senate bill No. ~, for the relief Of Theo
dore Valade.
Report unfavorably on the following bills,
viz:
Senate bill No. 40, for the relief of John
B Beattie, of the parish OF Orleans.
Senate bill No. -, for the relief OF r.
Prosper Landry, of the parish of Ascension.
and also on Senate bill No. lO4. an act en- |
titled an act for the relief of Thomas |
O'Meally, Of the parish of Ascension, to |
pay him for constructing levees in the |
marian Of Ascension, and providing means |
of paving anu funding the same.
Ranort without sctlon Senate bill No. 9.
and ask that it 10 referred to the Com
mittee on Lands and Levees.
Respectfully, !
Tie report lies over.
NOTICES OF BILLS.
The following Senators give notice that
at some future day they would introduce
the following bills.
By Sena. or Twitcbell:
Of an act to authorize and permit the
slau entering of live stock within half
mile of the city limits.
By Senator Goode:
OF joint resolution memorialzing the
Congress of the United States to levy dis
cri minating duties upon all articles the pro-
duct of slave labor.
BY Senator George:
An act to amend and re-enact article 1914
of the Revised Civil Code Of the State OF
Louisiana.
PREVIOUS NOTICE.
By Senator Detiege:
Senate bill No. 1909, an act relative to
privileges for taxes, and to restrict such
privileges and mortgages to the property
taxed, and to repeal all acts in conflict with
this act.
The constitutional rules being suspended
by a four -ffths affirmative vote Of the
Senate, the bill was placed upon its second
reading, and referred to the Committee on
Judiciary. and ordered printed.
By Senator GOode:
Senate bill No. ITO, entitled an act re-
During the Auditor of Public Accounts of
the State of Louisiana to issue warrants on
the State Treasurer in favor of the consti-
tutional officers of the State for the pay.
ment of their salaries requiring the several
State tax collectors to receive said war
rants from the taxpayers of the State in
pay ment of the general fund tax in the cur
rent year; requiring the Auditor of Public
said warrants frem thu tax collectors in
their settlements, and repeating all laws in
conflict with this act.
The constitutional rules being suspended
by four-titths affirmative vote Of the
Senate, the bill was placed upon it's second
reading, and referred to the Committee on
Finance.
By Senator Twitchell;
Senate bill No. Ill. an act to incorporate
the Home Savings Bank of New Orleans.
The constitutional rules being ansDended |
by four fifths affirmative vote of the Sen.