New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-26

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, PETER j. IRRELEVANT,
Chief Clerk.
THE SENATE YESTERDAY.
Seventeenth Days Session.
SENATE CHAMBER,
New Orleans, January Is, 1876.
: The Senate met pursuant to adjourn
ment at twelve o'clock NJ, the Hon. c. c
, Antoine, Lieutenant Governor and Pres
ident of the Senate, in the chair.
On call of the roll the following Senator
ans wered to their names:
Present-Messrs. Alexander, Anderson
Blackburn, Blunt, Breaux, Brewster, Burch
Cage, Detiege, George, Goode, Ola, Greene
Grover, Harper, Kelso, Kelly, Landry
Ogden, Robertson. Steven. Sypher, Weber
Wharton, White, Whitney, Young-27.
Absent - Allan, Chadbourn, Dumont
Twitchell-9.
Prayer was offered by Rev. Mr.. Bryant
The journal was read, corrected and ap
proved.
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS
Senator Burch presented q memorial
from certain taxpayers of the parish of Or
leans recommending legislation on the pro-
lection OF life and property. Also, relative
to the pardOning of criminals, etc.
On motion of Senator Wharton the read.
ing of the petition was dispensed with, or
dered printed in pamphlet form, and re-
ferred to the Committee on Finance.
NOTICES OF BILLS
| Tho fnllOuipo Sopo%or, co1,o ro&:oa A. b, =
at some future day they would introduce
the following bills:
By Senator ella:
OF bill to be entitled an act to amend
and re-enact an act authorizing the sale of
| property by tax collectors for delinquent
taxes. and providing for the redemption of
the same; and requiring the Auditor of
| Public Accounts to make title in the name
Of the State and regulating the proceedings
under the same; prohibiting the issuing of
| injunctions in certain cases, and fixing the
time of prescription of action of nullity of
titles of tax scales and for other purposes
By Senator Landry:
OF bill to be entitled an act for the re-
lief of Judge r. Prosper Landry, OF the
parish of Ascension.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS ACCORDING TO PRE-.
vIOUs NOTICE.
By Senator Whitney:
Senate bill No g. aDact entitled an act
to esta blsh an insurance department in
the State; to define the powers and duties
of the insurance commissioners; to declare
a standard of legal safety in insurance com.
panies, associations and agents, and pre-
scri bling the penalties for violations of the
pr divisions of this act. and fixing salaries
and tees, and how they shall be paid
The constitutional rules being suspended
by four-ifths affirmative vote of the
Senate, the bill was placed on its second
reading, and referred TO the Committee on !
Judiciary.
By Senator Anderson:
Senate bill No 60, entitled an act to re-
provide for carrying into effect article 1872 |
of the constitution of the State, and to re-
peal the same provisions as embodied in the !,
Revised Statutes.
AA-N SVAslltulAOudl IGlce UciIlS suspcuucO |
By four fifths affirmative vote of the Sen
ate, the bill was placed upon it's second |
reading, and referred TO the Committee on |
Judiciary.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS BY UNANIMOUS |
CONSENT.
By Senator Anderson:
Senate bill No. 20, entitled an act to re- /
peal act No. 81, acts of 1878; repeating and |
re-enacting sections 2lS0, 2lS7 and 2lSS of
the Revised Statutes of the State of Louisi.
ana; and also to repeal and re-enact said
sections 2ls0, 2l87 and 2lSS, and also sec-
lions 2ls6, 2l92 and 2l9S of the Revised
Statutes of Louisiana.
The constitutional rules being suspended
by four-fiths affirmative vote of the Sem
ate, the bill was placed upon it's second
reading and referred to the Committee on
Judiciary.
By Senator Wharton:
Senate bill No II, an act to incorporate
the Humane Society of the State of Louis
lana, defining its duties and granting GER
tain powers and privileges to the same.
uc AuICS oClAes ouoOCAuOu
by four.t affirmative vote OF the SEN
ate, the bill was placed on its second read
ing, and referred to the Committee on Ju-
dietary.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Being Senator Twitchell's to motion recon
slider the vote whereby Senate bill No. g.
was finally passed and adopted, Senator
Twitchell withdrew the motion.
On motion of Senator White the report
of the Committee IN Judiciary on Senate
bill No. %, entitled an act to authorize and
require the employment of shorthand re-
porters to report testimony in appealable
civil causes before the district courts of the
parish of Orleans; to authorize the ap-
pointment of such experts in other district
courts of the State in certain cases; fixing
the fees of said experts, and repeating all
laws giving to clerks of courts compensa-
ton for testimony taken by such experts,
reported favorably, was adopted.
Senator Twitchell offered the following
to the bill:
In the last line of section two insert the
word "all' before the word parties"
Adopted.
The bill then passed its second reading.
On motion of Senator White, the bill was
considered engrossed.
On motion of Senator White, the consti-
tutional rules we're suspended by four.
ifths affirmative vote of the Senate, the
bill was read the third time and finally
passed and title adopted.