New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-28

New Orleans, January 70, 1876.
To the Honorable Pres,dent and Members Of tn
| Senate:
! l am directed by. the House of Repre-
honorable body in the following House bills
| viz:
House bill No. 10, an act relative to tn
public printing, advertisements, etc., of tn
city of New Orleans.
House bill No. IL, an act to regulate th.
manner of making advertisement in Judi
cial proceedings, etc, in the parishes othel
House bill No. SO, an act to increase tn,
| Claiborne, etc.
House bill No. 4S, an act to provide fol
the time, manner and place of holding cleo
tons in this State, etc.
PETER J. IRRELEVANT,
| Chief Clerk.
BY Senator Ola:
Resolved, That . committee of three be
appointed by the President, whose duty II
shall be to investigate how, Why and by
! by what process the bonds of the State
were issued to the Mississippi and Mexican
Gulf Ship Canal Company to the amount OF
several hundred Thousand dollars, and by
the acts or copnivance of what State officers
said fraud was perpetrated, and also to in
quire into the acts of the State engineer in
reference to the above and other matters.
Said committee to DO vested with full power
to send for persons and papers, and to re-
port within ten days the result of their in.
vestigation, with whatever suggestions they
may think proper.
Lies over.
ACTION ON REPORTS OF COMMITTEES LYING
Senator Chadbourn called up the follow
ing report from the Judiciary Committee;
On Senate bill No. q, entitled an act to
empower police juries to enact and enforce
ordinances for the protection of game and
fish. Fsvorably.
Senator Chadbouru moved the adoption
of the report.
Adopted.
The bill passed its second reading.
Senator Mascot moved that the bill be
considered engrossed.
seastor Young moved to indefinitely poet
pone the bill, ......
Senator Issicot moved to lay the motion
81 postpone on the table.
Senator Allan called for the yeas and
nays, with the following result:
Yeas - Alexander, Anderson, Burch,
Cage, ChadbOurn, Dumont, George, 0o0de,
Grover, Herwig, Kelly, Mas:cot. Ogden,
Robertson, Steven, Sypher, Wharton,
White, Whitney-l9.
Nays = Allan, Blunt. Brewster, De-
tiege. Ola, Greene, Harper, Kelso, Lam
dry, Pollard, Twitchell, Weber, Young-l3.
Absent = Blackburn, Breaux, Eustie,
Stamps.
And the motion to table was adopted.
Senator Allan offered the following
amendment:
Provided that no section of this bill shall
prohibit the fishing of shrimps, sardines
and crswfsh in any parish of this State.
Senator Mascot accepted the amend
ment.
The President Senator Burch in the chair
ruled that amendments are ont Of order on
the ground that the bill has passed ito
second reading and that . motion to engross
is pending.
Senator Wharton made the point of order
that prior to vote ordering the engross-
ment of . Senate bill, and while the motion
to engross is pending, . motion to amend is
in order.
The President ruled the point not we'll
taken.
Senator Wharton appealed from the deci-
sion Of the chair.
Senator Allan called for the previous
question on the appeal.
The main question was ordered.
The roll being called on sustaining the
Chair, the vote resulted rs follows:
Yeas-Alexander, Cage, Chadbourn, Dh-
mont, Harper, Mascot, Stamps, Twitch-
els.
Nays-Allain, Blunt, Brewster, Detiege,
George, Goode, Greene, Grover, Kelso, Lam
dry, Ogden. Pollard, Robertson, Steven,
Sypher, Weber, Wharton, White, Whitney,
Young-2O.
Absent-Auderson, Blackburn, Breaux,
Eustis, Ola, Herwig, Kelly.
And the Chair was not sustained.
The amendment Of Senator Allan was
then declared to be in order.
Senator Harper moved to lay the whole
subject matter on the table.
Senator Young called for the yeas and
nays, with the following result:
Yeas-Allain, Blunt, Breaux, Cage,
Detieee, Harper, Herwig, Kelso, Landry,
Pollard, Twitchell, Weber, Wharton
Nays-Alexander, Burch. Chadbourn,
Dnmont, George, Goode, Greene, Grover,
Masicot, Ogden, Robertson, Stamps, Steven,
White Whitnev-15
Absent-Anderson Blackburn, Brewster,
Eustis. Ola, Kelly, Sypher-7.
And the Senate refused to table the whole
subject matter.
Senator Mascot called for executive ses-
sion.
Executive session having been raised, ON
the call of the roll the following Senators
answered to their names:
Present-Messrs. Allan, Blunt, Breaux,
Brewster, Burch, Detiege, Dumont, George,
Goode. Ola, Greene, Grover, Harper, Lam
Twitchell, Weber, Wharton, White-22.
Absent Messrs. Alexander, Anderson,
Blackburn, Cage, Chadbourn, Eustis, Her
wig, Kelso, Kelly, Masicot, Pollard, Sypher,
YOung-l4.
When executive session was called, Senar
tor Allain'e amendment was pending.
Senator Allan moved its adoption.
Adopted. sr.--. ..,.....
Senator Roberton moved that the bill be
recOmmitted with the amendment.
Adopted. .....
Senator Twitcheu, from the Committee