New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-02
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The SENATE YESTERDAY.
Twenty third Days Session.

SENATE CHAMBER, I
New Orleans. February !, 1876.
The Senate met pursuant to adjourn.
ment at twelve o'clock NJ, the Hon. C. C.
Antoine, Lieutenant Governor and Presi-
dent of the Senate, in the chair.
On call of the roll, the following Sena-
tors answered to their names:
Present-Messrs. Alex ander, Allan, An
dersOn, Blackburn, Blunt, Breaux, Brew
.ster, Burch, Detiege, George, GoOde, Greene,
!sypher, Weber, Wharton White Young
Absent - Messrs. Cage, Chadbourn, Du-
mont, Eustis Ola, Grover. Herwig, Kels0,
Landry, Ogden, Pollard, Stamps, Twitchell,
Whitney-l4.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. Mr..
Bryant.
The journal was read, corrected and sp-
proved.
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.
Senator Burch submitted petition from
two thousand vidangeurs Of New Orleans,
asking for the repeal of act No. 46 of 1874,
creating the New Orleans Sanitary and Fer
tilizing Company.
On motion of Senator Young the petition
was referred to the Committee on Corpora
tons and Parochial Affairs.
Senator White submitted petition from
the Sisters of Charity in charge of the Fee
male Orphan Asylum on Camp street, which
was referred to the Committee on Charita-
BILE Institutions.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Senator Twitchell, from the Committee
on Corporations and Parochial Affairs, sub
mitted the following report:
COMMITTEES on CORPORATIONS AND I
Parochlal Affairs, February l, 1876. :
To the Hon orable President and Members of the
Your Committee on Corporations and Pa
roctia tfairs report favorably on the fol
l Hj'l
lie oil No. lis an act to change he
NJ he town o. Brasheat % Mo, /. N
aAa au.eDa and rr-enact ar act e. j.
I'. ~ l0t tt incorporate tbs town OF
r.r " the parish If st, 'Iary- ap-
2 Z p?il r. 1871.
II r. TWlrCHkLL Chairman.
S5TIVEs o. BILLs
The folio wing S majors gave nuJ:cr that
at some future day they would il 'od zee
the following bills:
By Senator Anderson:
An act granting to the Charity Hospital
Medical College of New Orleans ne right
to confer degrees and grant diplomas; to
have the same effect, and to confer on said
Charity Hospital and Medical College the
same powers and privileges that are pos
.sessed by the medical department of the
University of Louisiana.
By Senator Grover:
An act governing the manner in which
warehouse receipts shall be issued in
all cases where such receipts shall or may
be used or pledged as collateral security
for money advanced or borrowed on faith |
of the property therein specified, and gov
erning the delivery and disposal OF the prop
erty for which such receipts may be issued. |
BY Senator Dumont:
An act to give the city of New Orleans q |
Jntw charter.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS ACCORDING TO PRE-
vIoUs NOTICE.
BY Senator Brewster:
Senate bill Nc. lO2, entitled an act for the |
relief Of Mrs. NJ. j. Lewis, of Monroe, in
the parish of Ouachita.
The constitutional rules being suspended |
by four. fifths affirmative vote of the Sen |
ate, the bill was placed upon its second |
reading, and referred to the Committee on |
Claims.
Also by Senator Brewster:
Senate bill No. l03, entitled an act to in.
crease the revenues Of the State, encourage |
the cultivation of the soil, and to provide |
for the remission of all penalties that may
have accrued upon taxes due on property |
sold for taxes and adjudicated to the State,
when the property so adjudicated shall have |
been the property Of the State for more |
than one year.
The constitutional rules being suspended |
oy a four.ffths affirmative vote Of the Sem |
ate, the bill was placed upon its second |
reading, and referred to the Committee on |
j judiciary.
CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS.
BY Senator Blackburn:
A concurrent resolution investigating the /
election Of p. b. S. Pinchback United States
Senator, and the action of certain Senator'S
On motion of Senator Young, the Senate
rules were suspended in order to take up
the resolution at the present time.
Senator Young moved to refer the resolu-
dou to the appropriate committee.
Senator Blunt called the previous ques-
ION.
The main question was ordered.
The motion to refer was adopted, and the