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

motion on the table.
Adopted.
Senator Allan moved to suspend the
rules to place the bill upon it's third read
ing and final passage.
The constitutional rules being suspended
by four-fifths affirmative vote OF the sen
ate, the bill was placed on it's third read
ing and final passage.
The bill finally passed.
Senator Wharton offered the following
amendment to the title of the bill:
Strike out the words "and lbervilie."
Senator Weber offered the following sub
stitute to the amendment:
Strike out the words, parish OF Pointe
Coupee."
The substitute was adopted.
The special order of the day were called.
and on motion of Senator Allan, was post
pended for ten minutes.
Senator Wharton offered the following
amendment to the title:
Strike out the words. "parish Of Iberville."
and insert, within certain limits prescribed
in this acr.''
Senator Wharton asked and OBTAINED
unanimous consent to introduce the follow
ing amendment:
Strike out the words "Polnte Coupee"
wherever they occur in the title or bill.
The amendment was adopted.
The amendment of Senator Wharton to
the title was then adOpted, and the title
az amended was adopted, and the bill
<h., for
concurrence.
Senator Allan moved to reconsider the
vote by which the bill was passed and
moved to lay that molten on the table.
Adopted.
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.
The epecial order of the day, Senate bill
No. 80, entitled an act to regulate the actual
tare on sugar. and to provide uniform
system of packages, and imposing penalty
on persons violating the same, was then
taken up.
Senator Breaux moved to take up the
bill section by section.
Adopted.
The first section was read
Sen.tor Breaux offered the following
amendment:
Strike out "one-half" in line eight.
Adopted.
Senator Cage moved that the section as
amended be adopted.
Senator Sypher moved to indefinitely
postpone the bill.
Senator Breaux moved to lay the motion
| on the table.
The Senate refused to table the motion to
inde fnitely postpone the bill.
The question recurring on the motion to
indefinitely postpone, Senator Cage called
for the yeas and nays with the following
result:
| Yeas-Alexander,A Allan, Brewster, Burch.
Dumont, George, Goode, Ola. Greene, Gro
| yer, Harper, Herwig, kelso, Kelly, Mascot.
| Ogden. Robertson, Steven, Sypher, witch
! ell, Whitney-2l.
Nays-AndersOn, Blunt, Breaux, cage,
Chad bourn, Landry, Weber, Young-s.
Absent-Backburn Detiege, Eustis, Pol
lard, Stamps, Wharton, White.
And the bill was indefinitely postponed.
Senator Sypher called up the report of
the Committee on Corporations on Senate
bill No. 1874, entitled an act to incorporate
the town OF Franklin, parish of St. Mary;
fix it's diaries, provide for the govern
ment OF the same, and repeal all laws here
tofore passed conflicting Herewith, re-
ported favorably by said committee.
On motion OF Senator Sypher the report
of the committee was adopted.
&c Ehoh
bill was considered engrossed.
On motion of Senator Sypher the consti
tutional rules were suspended by four
tifths affirmative vote of the Senate, the
bill was placed on its third reading and
final passage, it's title was adopted, and il
was ordered to be sent to the House fol
concurrence.
Senator Chadbourn called up the report
of the Committee on Corporations on Sen
ate bill No Isl, entitled an act fixing The
salary of the Mayor and each of the Ad
ministrators of the city of New Orleans
and repeating all laws in conflict Herewith
reported favorably by said committee.
On motion of Senator Chadbourn the re
port of the committee was adopted.
On motion of Senator Chadbourn the bill
was considered engrossed.
On motion of Senator Chadbourn tn
col itutional rules were suspended by
four-ffths affirmative vote of the Senate
the bill was placed on its third readin!
and final passage, it's title was adopted ant
it was ordered to be sent to the House TO
concurrence.
Senator Cage called up the report of tn
Committee on Corporations on House bill
No. l53, entitled an act to incorporat
Home and Hook and Ladder Company NJ
|, of the town OF Thibodaux, parish OF La
fourche, and to provide for the organizatio
and government Of the same, and exempt
ing from jury and militia duty the men
bers thereof, reported favorably with amene
mente by said committee.
On notion of Senator Cage the report
the committee was adopted.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.
The Chief Clerk of the House was al
nounced with the following message:
HousE OF REPRESENTATIVE
New Orleans February H. 1876
| To the Honorable President and Members OF tn
| Senate
am directed by the House of Represel
tatiy.s to inform your honorable body ths
the Speaker OF the House has signed th
following acts originating in the House:
Act relative TO the charter Of the Ne
Orleans Pacific Railway, etc.
Alse, act relative to the day Of demand
payment and protest on notes. bills OF O.
change, ETC., maturing on holidays.
Ana ask that the Lieutenant GOVorD(