New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-18

Strike out the words providing for holdin
an election to determine the parish site ia
mediately after the passage Of the bill
and insert chat the question submitted /
the people by the provisions of this q
shall be 80 submitted upon the gener,
ticket at the ensuing general election
this State"
Which amendment was agreed to, and o
motion Of Mr.. Thomas this bill was recon
mitted to the Committee.
House bill No. 257, an act to incorporat
the New Orleans Board of Underwriters.
Reported upon favorably by the commi
tee with the following amendment:
In section one strike out the words ''pe1
petual succession" and insert ct the end {
the section the words provided, that tn
corporation hereby created shall termin at
after the expiration Of twenty-five yeal
from the date of the approval of this act,
which amendment was agreed to and th
section was adopted as amended.
In section six, after the word "fire," i
line fifteen, insert "nor shall this corpors
ton exercise any control or supervisio
over the city fire department, nor shall it b
CO mpeteRt for this corporation to contrac
with the city for the extinguishment @
fires, or to organize, create, manage or rul
any fire apparatus except those known a
fire extinguishers or chemical engines
Which amendment was agreed to.
Mr.. Walker moved that the last nine line
nf h. It'll.
was lost.
On motion of Mr.. Wilt the bill wa
adopted as amended.
On motion of Mr.. Wilt the bill was con
sidered engrossed, and the bill was placed
on its third reading and on it's final passage
Mr.. Walker called for the yeas and nayt
which resulted as follows:
Yeas-Aldige. Booth, Byrne, Burkhardt
Bayley, Blatfer, Bower, Bessley, .Billiu
Carville, COllins, Carmouche, Cousin
Carloss, DeBlanc, Durr, Davidson
Devices, Dickinson, Dunn. Edwards OF
Glen, Gilmore. Hill of Ascension, Hube au,
Hill Of Ouachita, Jeffries, Jourdain'
johnson of Caddo. johnson Of La.
fourche. Jones of Pointe Coupee, Koontz.
Kummel, Keeting, Keyes, Kidd, Luckett,
L4fargue, Msginnis. Meredith, Mitchell.
Martin, Murrell, Milon, Matthews of
Tensas, McCollam. McAlpine, Pascal,
Parker, Piles, Pipes, Richardson, Raby,
Smith, Sutton, Self, Sartain, Souer, Seeman.
Sfbilski, Schenck, Stafford, Scales, Schiller,
Thomas. Witt, Wilson, Woods of West
Baton Rouge, Young SO.
Nays-Walker. Woods of Ouachita-2.
House bill No. 265. an act to change the
name of Emelis w. j. Brausch to that of
Emelia W. J. Neis, reported favorably by
the Judiciary Committee.
On motion of Mr.. Burkhardt the report
was adopted.
This bill was read q second time and
considered epgrossed.
On motion of Mr.. Burkhardt, under q sus-
pension of the rulee, the bill vas read
third time, and finally passed and the title
Idopted.
House bill No. 267, an act to provide for
syment of parish taxes due by DELINQUENT
taxpayers. and to prevent titles to lands
lpon which parish taxes are due from being
complete until said parish taxes are paid,
eported favorably upon by the commit
ee.
On motion Of Mr.. Kidd the report was
dopted, the bill was read second time
nd considered engrcsseeaa, and under sus-
ension Of the rulss it was read third
me and passed and the title adopted.
House bill No 296, an act to amend and
e-enact section 17l0 of Rays Revised
tesutes, approved 1870, and to limit the
ight of usufruct of survivors in commu.
ity, reported upon untavorably by the Ju-
lciary c. mmittee.
On motion of Mr.. Kidd this bill was laid
a the able eubject to call.
House bill No. 297, an act to repeal act
10. "a Of the acts of 1870, reported upon
On motion of Mr.. Blatfer the report of
,e committee was adopted, the bill was
BAD . second time and considered en-
rossed.
The rules were suspended and the bill
as placed upon its third reading.
Pending which, on motion of Mr.. Jeffries,
le House adjourned to meet at twelve
clock tomorrow.
PETER j. IRRELEVANT,
Chief Clerk.
THE following report from the select COM
ittee appointed to investigate the affairs
the Louisiana Levee Company, submit
d yesterday, was omitted from the jour
III:
New ORLEANS, January 3, 1876.
the Honorable speaker and Members of the
House of b press natives:
Y"nr committee appointed on the TWEEN
fourth of April, 1874, to investigate AMI
port to the House upon the affairs of the
Ouisiana Levee Company, have the honor
report as follows:
In July last -FOUR committee addressed to
,e Levee Company the following letter:
NEW ORLEANS, July 8, 1875.
hn Henderson, E-g, President Louisiana Levee
Company, No % Calondelet street: |
On the twenty-tourth of April last a
,mmit,ee uf five members of the House of |
, representatives., consisting of Messrs |
'alker, Lowell, Dupre, Stewart and Car |
ouche, was appointed, with authority to |
)mpel the attendance of witnesses and the !
Of pap; re-, to investigate and |
port to the House upon the affairs of the |
"uisiana Levee Company. The commit |
q have not until the present moment |
'nnd it practicable to begin the required
but now propose to do so
i,bout further delay. As the greater part |
the facts and data are chiefly within the |
nowledge and keeping of the company
self. the proceeGings can be greatly facili- |
ted by the company making answer in
riting to series IF written interrogato-
es to be propounded by the committee
n early reply as to whether we can ex-
,ct y compliance with this suggestion will
'eatly obl,ge,
Yours respectfully,
GLEN l.. WALKER,
Chairman of the Committee.
In answer to which was received the fol-