New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-19


Public Education, asked and obe,,,.s ).
ther time to present his minority 49,.
Senator White, from the Comm;...
Finance, gave notice that ON to..
morning he would submit his min....
port on House bill No. 3N. "~
Senator Twitchell, from tho Co,....
Corporations, made the following ran.
ConnI11ss ON CoRPosA,,...
Parochial Affairs, February IL is,SsD
TO the Honorable President and Aembsn : :,
Senate: Z u
Your committee has the honor IN
fsv0rably on Senate bill No. Isl. An 49, st
ing the salaries of the Mayor and ~
the Administrators of the city of M.
leans, and repeating all laws in cs.t@:..
Herewith. sA
On House bill No. 30, an act N
porste the town OF Vienna, Lincolr ,a -
favOrably, with the following smandr
Section one, line thirty -four, striks ~. E
after the word 'town" to the end ~ s9
section. "
Section five, line thirty -one, strik. :.
Zone hundred" and insert "twentv.s,s
Strike out line thirty-seven, and ths ~
''Of support" in line thirty-eight.
Section fourteen, line five, strike ont a..
the word necessary" to the word "and u;
line seven.
On Senate bill No. 1876, an act In ;,..
porate the town of Providence, in ths ~
ish of Carroll, and to repeal all laws IN -
flict with this act, and all laws unon =
same subject matter, without action.
On House bill No. Isl, an act to ;,.,.
porate the Lewisburg Wharf COMPANY :
NJ. Il. TwITCHELL, Ch.irm,,
The report lies over.
Senator Harper, from the Committee =.
Canals and Drainage, made the follovn
report:
COMMITTEE ON CANALS, DRAINAGE AM,
Inland Esyia.tior
New Orleans, February ls. iSs
To the Honorable President and Membera n, ~.
Senate: W
Your committee. having had under nm
sideration the petition OF H. c. Monnsv
William Cassie and others, asking An a.
preparation of $1,000 for the purnosa x
making nsvigsble the Ponchatouls river :.
and being unable to elicit sufficient evidencs,
to warrant them to recommend the sams
report the same back for further conaids,s7
ton of the Senate.
Your committee report favorably Housa
bill No. 277, entitled an act to authorize til
city of New Orleans to assume excluaivs
control of all drainage works in the dra;n.
age districts; to authorize the purchase of
certain rights and property of the Missis
sippi and Mexican Gulf Ship Canal Com.
pany and its trsnsferee, and to provide ID,
the manner Of making said purchase and
for paying therefor in drain age warrants.
WILLIAM HARPER, Chairman.
The report lies over.
Senator Anderson, from the Committsa
on judiciary, made the following report:
COMMITTEES on JUDICIARY
New Orleans February lS, 1876
To the Honorable President and Members of tn
Senate:
Your Committee on Judiciary respectfully
report Senate bill No. q, favorably, IN act
to change the name of Benjamin Cohen
Corrillon to Benjamin Cohen Da Silva
Abenator.
On House bill No. 2Os favorably, an vt
to change the name of Caroline vale to
Caroline Mott.
On Senate bill No. 81, favorably, with the
following amendment: On page two, third
fourth and fifth lines, strike out the wordsin
parenthesis, 'texcept in the parish of Jeffer-
son, where parish court shall be held daily,
legal holidays excepted)." an act to amend
and re-enact article 1925 of the Code of
Practice, and fix the terms of the parish
courts.
On Senate bill No. 1O3, favorably, an
encourage the cultivation of the coil,
and to provide for the remissions of all pen
alties that may have accrued upon taxes
due on property sold for taxes and adjudi.
Gated to the State when the property 90 ad.
Indicated shall have been the property Of
the State for more than one year, with
the following amendments: In section one,
line seven. after the word person." add
the following words: Whose property
may have been sold for taxes" In same
section, line eight, strike out the words
tract of land and insert the words ANY
of said property" In same section, line
ten, strike out the words ''and which has y
In same section, lines eleven and twelve,
strike out the words "been in possession Of
the State for twelve months or upward" In
same section. line fifteen, after the word
Situate" and before the word "the." add
the folio owing words: ''Or Auditor Of Pub
lie Accounts
",
following amendment: In section one, lines
twenty three and twenty-four, strike Out
the words fifty cents" and substitute ths
words zone dollar" in same section, line
ewenty-seven and twenty-sight, strike out
the words fifty cents" and substitute tn
words lone dollar:" an act to amend an(
re-enact section 252S of the Revised Statute
Of this State.
THOMAS C. ANDERSON,
Chairman;
E. d. WHITE,
E. L. WHITNEY.
NOTICES OF BILLS.
By Senator Ola:
An act for the relief of j. E. Burton
Of registration of Carroll parish
md his clerks, j. w. Cooke and N. E
Larche.
By Senator Pollard
A bill entitled an act to repeal an act rel
'tive to the exemption from taxation of the
North Louisiana railroad.
By Senator Blunt:
A bill making an appropriation for the
navigation of Cane river.
OF BILLS BY UNANIMOUS CON
SENT.
By Senator Burch:
Senate bill No. 16i. entitled an act for the
elief Of F. C. Mahan, late State tax col
ector for the First collection District, city
# New Orleans.
The constitutional rules being suspended
y a four-ffshs affirmative vote of the Sen
tie, the bill was placed on its second
eading, and referred to the Committee on
finance.
BY Senator George:
Senate bill No. l65, entitled an act to
mend and re enact the first clause of article
50 of the Code of Practice.
The constitutional rules being suspended
y fOur.tifths affirmative vote of the Sen
tie, the bill was placed on it's second read.
lg, and referred to the Commit.aa on In