New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-08
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN TUESDAY FEBRUARY 8 1876


one O'Clock.
Mr.. Demas called up Senate bill No. 80,
entitled an act to further define and extend
the jurisdiction OF the parish courts of this
State
Mr.. Walker called up Senate bill No. 80,
entitled an act to provide the manner OF
proceeding to obtain judicial authority Of
change of name.
Both of which bills passed their second
reading and were referred to the Commit
tee on Judiciary.
BILLS ON THEIR THIRD READING.
On motion of Mr.. Demas Senate joint
resolution No. 3, joint resolution relative to
stocking the waters of the State of Lou
isiana with fish, was taken up, underwent
its third reading and concurred in.
Mr.. Jeffries moved to take up House Joint
resolution No. 243, favoring the passage of
the bill now before Congress to grant aid
for the construction of the Texas Pacific
railway, and asking for the substitution in
said bill of the New Orleans Pacific Rail
way Company for the New Orleans, Baton
Rouge and Vicksburq railroad as the agency
to build the New Orleans branch of said
Pacific railroad, and on that he moved the
previous question, which was carried in the
affirmative, the main question recurring on
the final adoption of the bill on its third
reading, which resulted as follows:
Yeas-Aldige, Booth, Byrne, Burkhardt,
Bayley, Bower, Beasley, Cousin, CarlOss,
Dupre, DeBlanc Dugas, Durr, Delhommer,
Dunn, Edwards of Richland, Elliott, Hall,
Hammond, Hunsaker, Jeffries, johnson of
Lsfourche, Jones of Pointe Coupee. Kun.
| see, Lafargue, Maginnie, Mitchell, Matthews
of Franklin, Mcclellan. McAlpine, Msgee,
Nunez, Pascal, Pipes, Roman, Richardson,
| Smith, Self, Sartain, Seeman, Sibllski, Stat
ford, Schenck, Scales, Schiller, VOORHEES,,
Walker, Wilt, Wilson, Woods of West
Baton Rouge, Walters, Wells, Webb,
Young-59.
Nsys-Baker, Carville, Devices, Demas,
Guichsrd. Gracien, Hill of Ouachita,
ing, Matthews of Tensss Piles, Randall,
Ray, Rsby. Stewart, Thomas, Woods OF
Ouachita-l9.
The bill finally passed.
Mr.. Jeffries moved to reconsider the vote
just taken, and to lay the motion to recon
slider on the table.
On the adoption of the title, Mr.. Stafford
offered the following amendment: After
the word railway" in the last line of the
title, the words, land fixing the terminal
points of said New Orleans and Pacific
Railway Company at New Orleans and
Shreveport"
Mr.. Guichard moved to lay Mr.. Staford's
amendment on the table, which motion was
lost.
The amendment to the title as offered
by Mr. Stafford was then adopted.
Mr.. Stafford moved to adopt the title as
amended, which was carried in the afir-
NATIVE.
Mr.. Demas gave notice that on tomorrow
he will move reconsideration of the adop-
ton of the above bill.
Mr.. Hall moved to reconsider the vote
just taken on the adoption OF the title, and
moved to lay the motion to reconsider on
the table, which motion was agreed to by
the House.
| BILLS ON THEIR SECOND READING, AND IN
DEFINITELY POSTPONED.
On motion of Mr.. Ray, House bill No. l.,
an act to incorporate the Rock of Honor
Society of the parish of O!lsans, was indei-
nitely postponed.
On motion of Mr.. Matthews, House bill
Ne. 4, an act for the relief Of Benjamin
Walker Belden, was indefinitely postponed.
On motion of MIR. johnson Of Caddo,
House bill No 50, an act to create the par
ish of Taylor, and to provide for the organ
ization thereof, was indefinitely postponed,
the vote to indefinitely postpone this bill,
| and to lay his motion to reconsider on the
| table.
On motion of Mr. Demas, House bill No.
| 1872 an act for the relief of Fl. c. Daigre,
was indefinitely postponed.
On motion of Mr.. Murrell, House bill No.
"a, an act to repeal sections torty'six and
fifty five, and all other portions of act No.
l2l of 1869, relating to the appointment and
duties of division superintendents of public
education in this State, and to abolish the
| Office of division superintendents of public
education, and designating other persons
whose duties it shall be to perform the ser
vice now rendered by the division superin-
tendents, was made the special order of the
| day for Saturday next at l P. NJ.
BILLS ON THEIR SECOND READING, AND FINAL
LY PASSED.
Mr.. Meredith, chairman of the Committee
on Corporations, called up House bill No
| 40, an act 20 amend and re-enact the New
Orleans Mechanics Society, approved July
II. 1921, and the acts supplemental thereto
approved March 6, 1888, with the following
amendment from the committee to whom
was referred this bill:
Strike out all of section nine.
On motion of the same member, the
| amendment was adopted.
And on motion of the same member, the
bill passed its second and third readings
and finally passed.
| Mr.. Wilt called up House bill No. 1873, an
act to repeal an act entitled an act author
| ing the muster of the Metropolitan Police
force az part of the militia of the State
authorizing the said force to be increased
when on militia duty to three full regi
ments, to be called the Metropolitan
Brigade; authorizing the assignment Of
other officers and troops to said brigade,
and providing for the enlistment, pay and
command of said Metropolitan Brigade.
Which underwent its second and third
readings, and finally passed.
Mr. Jeffries called up House bill No. 1856