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

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| to stay oil executions to enforce payment
| thereof until that date.
On motion Of Mr.. Witt, the rules were
suspended, this bill underwent its second
and third readings, and it passed.
House bill No. las, IN act entitled m act
to amend and re-enact section 1921 OF the
Revised Statutes of Louisiana.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
| and House Of Representatives OF the state
of Louisiana in General Assembly con,
vened, That section 1921 of the REVISED
Statutes Of Louisiana, which reads q I9i.
lows, to wit: Upon the application OF the
ATTORNEY General OF any district attorney
pro tenn Of the State, the judge shall in any
! criminal prosecution change the venue IN
| behalf of the State, and the Judge of any
court exercising criminal jurisdiction in
| this State shall of his own accord have full
power to change the venue in any criminal
prosecution, when in his Judgment COM
petent jury Of the parish can not be had,
and IN either case the venue shall be
changed to any parish in that or in any sd.
joining district where, in the opinion OF
tho Judge, q competent jury is likely to
be obtained" be and the same is hereby
amended and re-enacted 80 as to read
a. follows, to wit: ''That whenever
it shall be established in any GRIM.
inal prosecution, by legal or sufficient
evidence, that fair, impartial trial can NOT
be had in the parish where the case is pend
ing, the Judge of any court having the
jurisdiction of the case may, upon aPpllca-
ton of the Attorney General, district At
t0rney or district attorney pro tenn, for
change of venue, grant such application; pro-
vided that the said case be transferred to
any parish adjoining the ono in which the
case is pending
On motion of Mr.. Lowell the first section
was amended BY inserting in the twenty
first line after the word parish" or 'Judi-
cial district"
Mr.. Ray moved to amend the first sec
ton, by inserting after the word 'parish,"
tho words, Gin any parish in the district
On motion of Mr.. Young, Mr.. Rays
amendment was ordered to lie on the table.
The twentieth section was read and
adopted.
Mr.. DUR moved to reconsider the vote
on the adopted OF Mr.. Lowells amendment;
and. on motion of Mr.. Lowell, Mr.. Ducr's
motion was ordered to lie on the table.
Ga motion OF Mr.. Pipes, the bill was
adopted as . whole.
MI. Ray moved to suspend the rules to
place this bill on it's third reading. and
upon that motion he called for the yeas
and nays, which resulted Is follows:
Yeas-Aldige, Booth. Byrne, Burkhsrdt,
Bsyley. Bower, Bsasley; bnuu' bnee'
Dunn, Edwards of Richland, Elliott.
Gulohard, Gilmore, Hall, Hahn, Hubeau,
Hunsaker. Jeffries, JOurdain, Jones OF
| POinte Coupee, Koon.z, Kummel, Reyes,
Kidd, Lucxett, Lowell, Lafargue, Maginnis,
| Meredith, Mitchell. Matthews of Franklin,
Martin. Matthews of Tensss, Mcclellan,
McAlpne, Nunez, Pascal, Parker. Pipes,
SibilskI, Schenck. Stafford, Schuler, Walk
or, Witt. Webb Young-53.
Nays-Butler, DUR, Davidson, Hill OF
| Ascension, Hill Of Ouachita. Johnson OF
| CaddO, Milon, Ray, Sartain, Thomas,
| Woods Of Ousc]Iira-ll.
So four-ifths of the members present vot
! ing in the affirmative, the rules were sus
pended.
On motion Of Mr.. Lowell. this bill under
went it's third reading, and it passed.
REPORT OF A STANDING COMMITTEE.
| MI. Young. from the Committee on the
judiciary, to whom was referred House bill
No. SO, entitled an act for the relief Of thu
Calcasieu Sulphur and Mining Company O.
Louisiana.
Aad House bill No IS, an act to amend
and re-enact section. $3.50 of the Revised
Statutes of the State of Louisiana, and ap
proved March IA, 1920.
Submitted q favorable report on each o
said bills.
And on House bill No. SO, entitled al &C
to define the objeo. of drainage assessments
and to regulate the collection of the same
and to prevent judgments for assessment
being rendered as personal judgments; an
to repeal go much of act No. 81, approves
March l. 1861, as make such judgments pei
sonal and to confne the execution unde
assessment judgments to the property o
which the assessment ls levied, submitted
favorable report with amendment.
And on House bill No. II, entitled an az
to amend an act entitled an act to amen
an act entitled an act to amend Article g.
; of the Code of Practice, approved April 2
1872, approved February 20, 1874, and
repeal all laws contrary to. or in confi'
with, this act, and all laws on the san
subject matter-the amendment OF artic
64l of the Code of Practice.
Submitted favorable report, by subst
tute, to wit;
An act to amend and re-enact article 8
Of the Code of Practice, and to repeal &
laws and parts Of laws in conflict with Il
provisions of this act.
And the same member from the sar
committee to whom was referred
!. House bill No. Is, entitled an act to
peal sections 1916 and 1916, title "Revenut
and sections 1868 and 1854, title 'Succ'
- | s;ons," Of the Revised Statutes of the Sta
;. of Louisiana, ard to repeal all laws ince
s;stent with the provisions Of this act.
House bill No. 81, entitled an act to
peal act No. 50, entitled an act to aboI
\ fees of Jurors in the city of New Orleans
criminal cases, and to pay jurors in the G
:. Of New Orleans g per diem in crimi'
- casee, to be paid by the city of New Orlea
- House bill No. 81, entitled an act to rep
article GAS of the Code Of Practice, and
- laws on the same subject matter, exec
. such as are contained in article 644, Code
%. Practice.
House bill No. SO, an act to expedite
=. trial Of Jury cases in the district courts
the parish of Orleans, and to regulate
y jurisdiction in such cases.
of House bill No. IS, an act prohibiting
-. police juries from levying parish tax