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

amend and re-enact article SIS Of the Cod,
of Practice.
The constitutional rules being suspended
by four-ifths affirmative vote of the Sen
, ate, the bill was placed upon its second
. reading. and referred to the Committee OF
Judiciary.
By Senator White:
Senate bill No. G., entitled an act tc
amend and reenact article 3042 OF the Re
vised Civil Code.
The constitutional rules being suspended
by four ffths affirmative vote of the Senate,
the bill was placed on it's second reading,
and referred to the Committee on judiciary
By Senator Twitchel:
Senate Joint resolution No. 4, entitled
joint resolution declaring the lease of the
State Penitentiary forfeited; instructing the
Attorney General to enforce the provisions
of act No. 22, approved March 81, 1875,
granting certain powers to the Governor,
and tor other purposes.
The constitutional rules being suspended
by four-ffths affirmative vote OF the Sen :
ate, the joint resolution was placed on its
second reading and referred to the Commit
tee on Judiciary.
By Senator Twitchell:
Senate bill No. g. an act creating a
board of equalization, for the purpose Of
making uniform assessment of the real
and personal property throughout the
State; how members of the board are to be
appointed, and their term of office; who
shall constitute said board.
| The constitutional rules being suspended
by q four ffths affirmative vote of the SEN
ate, the was bill placed on its second reading,
and referred to the Committee on Finance.
On motion of Senator Twictchell, the bill
was ordered to be printed.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS ACCORDING TO PRE-
v1oUs NOTICE.
By Senator Goode:
Senate bill No. "a, entitled an act to in
corporate the town of Versailles, in the
parish of Terrebonne.
The constitutional rules being suspended
by q four-fifths affirmative vote of the
Senate, the bill was placed upon it's second
reading. and referred to the Committee on
Corporations and Parochial Affairs.
By Senator Steven:
Senate bill No. 65, entitled an act to |
amend and re-enact section 1928 of the Re- |
vised Statutes of the State.
The constitutional rules being suspended |
by four-fifths affirmative vote of the SEN
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reading and referred to the Committee on
Judiciary.
By unanimous consent, Senator Whitney
introduced Senate bill No. &C, entitled an
act to authorize the school board of the
parish of Tensas to sell at public auction to
the highest bidder certain school lands in
said parish.
The constitutional rules being suspended
by fOur-f fths affirmative vote of the Sen.
ate, the bill was placed upon it's second
reading, and referred to the Committee on
Public Education.
Senator Chadbourn called for executive
session.
The executive session having been raised,
N call of the roll the following Senators
answered to their names:
Present-Messrs, Alexander, Allan, An
Iersons Rlnnt. Breaux, Bre wster, Burch,
:hadbourn' Detieee. nomont, George,
ioode, Greene, Harper. HerSig. Kelso,
landry, Mascot, Ogden, Pollard, Robert
on, Steven, Weber, Wharton, White, !!
Whitney, Young-27.
Absent-Messrs. Blackburn, Cage Eustis, I
ila. Grover, Kelly, Stamps, Sypher. 7
'witchell-9.
By unanimous consent Senator Whitney,
n behalf of the Committee on Apportion-
lent, introduced Senate bill No. e.:
An act apportioning the State into SEN
torial districts, and fixing the number of
to be elected from each :
arish and representative district in the
tate, and designating in what senatorial
istricts Senator'S are to be elected at the !,
eneral election, where there has been a :
lange in the senatorial districts, and desig-
ating the representative number of popu- il
tion, and repeating all laws or parts Of e
ws contrary to or in conflict with the pro- =
isions of this act. b
The constitutional rules being suspended
= four Gfths affirmative vote of the Sen. |,
e, the bill was placed upon it's second Il
aiding.
On motion of Senator Brewster the bill Il
as read in detail.
On n otion Of Senator Whitney the bill F
az considered engrossed. il
On motion of Senator Whitney the con- u
itutional rules were suspended by four
this affirmative vote of the Senate, the bill IL
as placed upon it's third reading and final
ssage. Il
On the final passage of the bill the yeas H
ID nays were demanded, resulting as fol O
ws: tt
Yeas - Alexander, Allan, Anderson,
unit, Breaux, Brewster, Burch, Chad q
urn, George, Goode, ella, Greene, Grover,
arper, Herwig, Kelly, Landry. Masicot, !,
,den. Pollard, Robertson, Stamps, Steven, ~
Eitchell, Weber, Wharton, White, Whit n
Y, Young-29.
Cage, Dumont, Eus- ii
i, Kelso. Sypher-6.
The bill was finally passed. 90
Senator Burch offered the following ~
to the title, viz: Il
Strike out the words, "Where there has N
en- a change in the senatorial districts" =
The amendment was adopted.
Senator Young moved to adjourn. !,
Upon which the yeas and nays were de- r,
anded, resulting as follows:
Yeas-Blunt, Detiege, Dumont, Pollard, -
vitchell, Wharton, Young. "a
Nays - Alexander, Allan, Anderson.
ewster, Burch, Chadbourn, George, Ola, Il
'ode, Greene, Grover, Harper, Herwig, \
lily, Landry, Mascot. Ogden, Robertson, VI
Whit L al