New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-15
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY l5 1876

Greene, Harper, Kelso, Masicot, POLLARD
Twitchell, Weber, Whitney, YOung-l3.
Absent - Anderson, Blackburn, Detieg,
Eustis. Kelly, Landry, Sypher-7.
And the Senate refused to suspend th
rules.
The resolution accordingly lies over.
Senator Harper moved to suspend til
rules in order to take up Senate bill No. 10.
with q view to fixing the bill for certai
day.
Adopted.
Senate bill No. l07 was then taken up.
Senator Harper moved to recommit til
ball.
Senator Alexander offered two amend
ments, which he desired to have read an
referred to the committee along with tn
bill.
Senator Wharton made the point Of OF
der that, pending q motion to recommit
amendments are ou. of order.
The President ruled the point well taken
| The motion to recommit the bill to tn
Committee on Railroads was then adopted
| INTRODUCTION OF JOINT RESOLUTIONS
| BY Senator Anderson:
| Joint resolution No 10, favoring the pas
sage by Congress of the act granting al,
! for the construction Of the Texas Pacifi,
railroad and the Louisiana branches there
of, and indorsing the recommendations il
relation thereto of the National Railroad
| Convention, held in the cities of ST. Louie
and Memphis.
The constitutional rules being suspended
| by four ffths affirmative vote of the Sen
| ate, the bill was placed on it's second read
ing, and referred to the Committee on
Railroads.
Senator Breaux, by unanimous consent
called up Senate bill No. Is, reported by the
Committee on Land and Levees, as follows:
COMMITTEE ON CANALS. DRAINAGE AND INLAND /
Navigation. February 8, 1876 !
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
Your Committee on Canals, Drainage and
Inland Navigation beg to report without
action on Senate bill No. IS, entitled an act
to remit the collection Of State and parish
taxes on lands situated in the parish of
POinte Coupee, and subject to yearly mum
dation from the Grand Levee erevasse.
Respectfully submitted.
WILLIAM HARPER, Chairman,
E L. WHITNEY,,
T. b. STAMPS.
Senator Breaux moved that the bill be
considered eDgroseed.
Senator Young offered the following
"And the parish of Concordia."
Senator Weber made the point OF order
that tie amendment is not german to the
subject matter of the bill.
The President ruled the point not we'll
taken.
Senator Cage moved to lay the amend.
nent on the table.
Senator Breaux called for the yeas and
nays, with the following result:
Yeas - Breaux, Cage, Goode, Grover,
Kelso, Landry, Sypher. Weber, Wharton,
Nhite-l0.
Nays-Anderson, Blunt, Burch. Chad
'ourn, DumOnt, George, Greene, Harper.
ogden, Robertson, Steven, Twltchell,
Acknowledgements, Allan, Blackburn,
Brewster, Detiege, Eustis, Ola, Herwiz, |
Kelly, Mascot, Pollard. Stamps, Whit |
ey-l3.
And the motion to table was rejected.
On the call Of Senator Breaux, the Sen |
.e went into executive session.
The executive session having been raised.
n call of the roll the following Senators !
answered to their names:
Present = Mesers. Alexander, Allan.
Blunt. Breaux, Brewster, Burch,
age, Chadbourn, Dumont George, Goode,
la, Harper, Herwig, Kelso, NJ .scot,
|gden, Robertson, Steven, Svpher, Weber,
Wharton, White, Whtney-25.
Absent = Messrs. Blackburn, Detiege,
ustis. Greene, Grover, Kelly, Landry,
olard, Stamps, Twitchel], Young-ll.
Senator Wharton offered the following
'inority report upon the bill under consid-
ration, and asked that it he received at this
me:
CoMMIrTtH IN CANALS AND DRAINAGE |
New Orleans, FEBRUARY ii, 1876 ! |
0 the Honorable President and Members of the
respectfully submit the following minor
y report on Senate bill No IS:
Add the words land parish OF Iherville"
tter the words "Pointe COupee" in the
tie and in the first section OF rhe bill.
Respectfully, w. w. WHARTON.
The question recurring upon the adoption
the amendment. Senator GOOde offered
,e following substitute for the amendment:
Insert the parishes of St. Landry, St.
[artin, st. Mary, Assumption and Terre-
Onne.
Senator Blunt offered the following, which
as accepted by Senat9r Goode, in lieu Of
,e substitute offered by him, viz:
In the first section strike out the words
Grand Levet;' in the second sec ton strike |
1t the words Grand Levee," and insert
all lands in the State of Louisiana subject
ever flow shall be relieved from taxation"
Senator Young moved the Indefinite post
Dnement of the whole subject matter, and
allied for the previous question.
On ordering the main question Senator
lexander called for the yeas and nays,
18th the following result:
Yeae-A!exander. CbadbCurn, Dumont,
arper, Masicot, Pollard, Stamps, witch
|. Whitney, Young-IO.
Nays-AIlain, Anderson, Blunt, Bteaux,
rewster, Burch. George, Goode, Her~ig,
else, Landry, Ogden, Kohertson, Seven,
'eber, Wharton, White-H
ADstnt-biackourD,C Gage, Deflege, Eustis, |
la, Greene, Grover, Kelly, Sypher-9.
And the Senate refused to order the main
lestion.
The question recurring upon the motion
indefinitely postpone, Senator Alexander
lied for the yeas and nays, with the fol-
wing result:
Yeas-Alexander, Dumont, Harper, Kelso,
ascot. Pollard, Stamps, Twitchell, Whit
y, YOung-lO.
Blunt, Bresnx, Burch, Cage,
gorge. Goode, Grover, Herwig, Landry,
gden, Robertson, Steven, Syphar, Weber,
,hnrtOn White-l7