New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-27
THE SENATE YESTERDAY.
EjRhteenth Days Session.


TIE Senate me. pursuant TO Adjournment
at twelve o'clock NJ. me Hon. c. c. An
tome. Lieutenan, Governor and Presiden
of the Senate. in the chair.
On call OF the roi. the following Senator
answered to their names:
Present-Messrs. Alexander, Anderson
Blunt, Breaux, Burch. Cage. ChaG oourn
Detiege, George. Goode. Ola, Greene, Ian
DIV, Mascot, Ogden. Pollard. Robertson
Svpher. Weber, White. Whitney, Young-.22
Absent-Messrs. Allan, Blackburn. Brew
ger, Dumont, Eusris. Grover, Harper
Herwig, Keiso, Kelly. Stamps, Steven
Twitchell, WhartOU-li.
Prayer was offered o. the Rev. Mr.
Dardis.
The journal was read. corrected and ap
proved.
Senator Burch rose 70 question of priv
lege, relative to an article IN the New Or
leans Democrat upon the state Of affairs in
Baton Rouge.
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.
Senator Chadbourn submitted the follow
ing petition, which was ordered to be
printed in the journal, and was referred to
the Committee OF Corporations and Par
och;al Affairs
To tie honorable the Senate aad House Of Repre-.
sentativeso of the State o. Lou:saSa IN General
Assembly convened:
The undersigned. com prising nearly the
entire number of property holders and tax.
PAYERS of the city OF kenner, respectfully
represent to your honorable body that said
city of kenner is entirely too small 80 to
the population and value OF property TO be
entitled to the dignity of city and to bear
the cost of city government; that though
all our taxes and licenses are PAID up IN
full, their amount is wholly inadequate TO
as at present administered; that in conse-
quence we are rapidly running into debt
foc no conceivable reason. and would great
" prefer to be retrocedeG to the parish Of
Jefferson and the police jury. We, there
fore. respectfully request tia: an act 10 ii.
corporate the city of kenneI, i the psris1
Of Jefferson, left bank Of tie Miss esippi
river, State of Louisiana, and provide tor
the government Of the same, be immeC-ate-
IL repealed, and your petitioners vii Is it
duty bound, ever pray, etc.
Senator Whitney gave ro.ieo that he
would move reconsideration If the yots
b. which Senate bill No. 50 was foaly
passed.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Senator Masicot, from the Committee on
Enrolment and Engrossnent, submit.
the following report:
COMMITTEE on ENROLLING AID EseEo..,Ys
New Orleans, JANUARY d, io.t.
TO the Honorable President and Members OF it's
Your Committee CT Enrolling and En-
crossing bills beg leave 10 report the follow
ing bills as having beer duly engrossed. viz:
Senate bill No. g., apportioning the State
into senatorial districts, and fixing The num-
Der Of Representatives, etc.
Senate bill No. Is, an act to provide fer
the revival of judgments where the defend
AIT has changed his donicile.
j. A. MASCOT. Chairman.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AccogD-so TO.
PREVIOUS NOTICE.
g3v Senator Landry:
Senate bill No. 70, entitled az act for the
relief of r. Prosper Landry, OF the parish
Of Ascension.
TIE constitutional rules beng suspended
by four-ffths Affirmative vote Of the Sen
etc, the bill was placed upon its second
reading and referred to the ComMittee On
Claims.
BY Senator Brewster:
Senate bill No. "a. an act to repeal sec
ton eleven of act No. 81, entitled an act to
amend and re-enact sections one, two. three
and seven, and the ninth paragraph Of Sec
ton nine, to add twenty-irst paragraph
to section nine, and to amend and re-enact
sections nineteen, twen.y-one and twenty
eight of an act entitled an act 70 incorpor-
ste the city of Monroe, to fix its bounda-
RES, to provide for the government, and
create recorders Office for tie same, ap-
proved May 4, 1871, and after the first day
Of January, 1873, to exempt ali property,
real and personal, and al persons, firms or
corporations within the corporate limits OF
the city of Monroe from tle payment OF
parish taxes and licenses, and to provide
for the payment of costs and fees in Criminal
cases originating within said corporate linz
it's, which said act No. 81 became law
without the signature OF the Governor OF
Louisiana on the eighth Of April, 1873, and
to cause all the movable and immovable
property within the corporate limits OF said
c;tv TO be assessed and taxed for the pur.
pose of paying the taxes due the parish of
Ouachita, and to cause each and every per-
eon or persons residing within the corporate
limits Of said city, and who pursues or pur-
cue any trade, profession OF occupation
therein, to be taxed for taxes due the par
isa Of Ouachita, and to authorize the COL
,ecter Of the State and parish taxes OF the
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