New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-30

the legal obligations of the State, city
or parish, and, under certain circumstances,
renting all costs and penalties. )
The constitutional rules being suspended
by four-ffths affirmative vote of the Sen
ate, the bill was placed upon its second
reading, and referred to the Committee on
Finance. .... An
Also, Senate bill No. 81, entitled an act
for the relief of those persons whose prop.
erty has been sold for taxes.
Senator Anderson moved that the con
stitutional rules be- suspended in order to
place the bill upon it's second reading, with
q view to reference.
The yeas and nays were called, with the
following result:
Yeas-Anderson. Brewster, Burch, Chad.
bourn, Detiege, Dumont, Goode, Grover,
Harper, Ogden, Robertson, Stampe, Steven,
Sypher, Wharton, Whitney-l6.
Nays-Allain, Blunt, George, Greene, Kel-
IL, Pollard, Twitchell, Weber-8.
acknowledgements, Blackburn, Breaux,
Cage, Eustis, Ola. Herwi9, Kelso, Landry,
Masicot, White, YOung-l2.
The Senate refused to suspend the rules
and the bill lies over.
BY Senator Whitney:
Senate bill No. SO, an act to protect the
levees of the State of Louisiana from injury
by cutting bitches across them or placing
in them fumes for the purpose of irriga-
ton.
The constitutional rules being suspended
by a four fifths affirmative vote of the Sem
ate, the bill was placed upon its second
reading, and referred to the Commute on
Lands and Levees.
Also, Senate bill No. SO, an act entitled
an act to amend and re enact section one of
an act entitled an act to incorporate the
Vidalia, Red River and Texas Railroad
Company.
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.
By Senator White:
Senate bill No. 100, An act to adjust, regu-
late and provide for the bonded debt of the
city of New Orleans; to authorize the ex-
change of bonds of the city of New Orleans
for other bonds, to be issued on the plan
known as the premium bond PLAN" to
adopt and give legislative sanction to the
said plan, az set out in ordinances Nos. $3.50
and 1888, Administration series of the city
of New Orleans, approved the twenty fifth
of May and the thirty first of August, 1875;
to provide fund to meet the semi-annual
paymets of the said bonds, known as pre-.
MUM bonds; to create . commission in the
interest of creditors, and to give said com
mission the direction, control and manage
ment of the semi annual allotments under
said premium bond plan; to limit by con-
tract the contracting of debt by the city OF
New Orleans; to limit taxation for all pur.
poses therein; and to give relief to arrear
Taxpayers; to provide for the exchange Of
said premium bonds for other bonds in a
certain contingency.
The bill was read the first time, and or.
dered printed and calendared.
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.
Senator Burch called for the special order
of the day, and moved its pestponement fol
a half.hour.
Adopted.
Senator Breaux moved q reconsideration
of the vote by which the bill was ordered
printed and calendared.
Senator White moved to lay the motor
to reconsider on the table.
Lost.
Senator Wharton moved. as . substitute
that the constitutional rules be Suspended
and the bill placed ON its second reading.
Adopted.
The constitutional rules being suspended
BY q tour fifths affirmative vote of the Sen
ate, the bill was placed on its second read
ing. and referred to the Committee on Fl
nance, and ordered printed.
Senator Mascot asked and obtained {
leave of absence for Sen tor Whitney fol
seven days.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
ConnIrrEE on ENROLLING AND ENGRosslSG, !
New Orleans, January %, 1876.
To the Honorable President and Members of tn
Senate:
Your Committee on Enrolling and En-
crossing B lis beg leave to report the follow
ing bills as having been duly engrossed, viz
Senate bill No. 80, an act 20 authorize thu
employment of shorthand reporters as OK
perts, to report testimony, etc.
Senate bill No. 9, an act to confirm anG
approve the act of incorporation. and amend
ments thereto. of the Hebrew Zion Congre
CATION of the city of Shreveport, Louisiana
Senate bill No Sc, an act to amend and re
enact section 34l0 Of the Revised Statutes
Very respectfully, your obedient servant
j. A. MASCOT, Chairman.
Lies over.
Senator Twitchell, chairman of the Com
mittee on Corporations and ParOchia
Affairs, submitted the following report:
COMMITTEE ON CORPORATIONS
and Parochial Affairs
New Orleans, January 20. 1876.
TO the Honorable President and Members Of tn
Senate:
Your Committee on Corporations ani
Parochial Affairs report favorably on Sen
ate bill No. "a, an act to repeal section
eleven of act No. 81; to amend and re-enac
sections one, two, three, seven, and thu
ninth paragraph of section nine; to add
tW0nty.HEsu paragraph " SOULFUL A!uc. oAS
to amend and re-enact sections nineteen
twenty-one and twenty-eight Of an act en-
titled an act to incorporate the city o
Monroe.
Also, House bill No. IA, an act t.
incorporate the St. Patrick's Savings Bank
and prescribing its powers and privileges
with the following amendments, viz:
Sec. g Be it further enacted, ETC., Tha
the expense of promulgating this act shall
be paid by the incorporators; and that THU
act shall take effect and be in force from
and after its PRONUNCIATION.
Also, Senate bill No @, an act to moor
porate the Catholic Mutual Benevolent an(
Aid Association, of Baton Rouge, on which
they report unfavorably, as the object Of
the incorprrators can be effected by nota
rial act Withnnf exnensA To the State