New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-03-09
NEW oRI.IANs REPUB1L0AN THURSDAY, MARCH g. 1876.

REPUBLICAN, THURSl
ans for the year expiring ON March l, 1877.
PETER J. IRRELEVANT,
| Chief Clerk.
Senator Twitchell moved to suspend the
Senate rules in order to take up House bill
No. 81, entitled an cot to repeal IN act on.
titled an act to increase the revenues of the
State and to authorize the incorporation
and establishment Of the Louisiana State
Lottery Company, and to repeal certain
| acts new in force.
| Senator Robertson called for the yea
and nays, with the following result:
Yeas = Alexander, Allan, Blackburn
Brewster, Burch, Cage, Chadbourn, Du
mont, Eustis, George, Goode, Ola, Harper
Kelso, Kelly, Landry. Ogden, Pollard
Stamps, Steven, Sypher. Twitchell, Weber,
| Wharton, White, Whitney-26.
| Nays - Detiege, Greene, Robertson
| Young-.
Administrators, Blunt, Breaux, Gro
YER, Herwig, Masioot-6.
And the Senate rules were suspended.
On motion of Senator Burch the bill wa
referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Senator Twitchell asked and obtained
unanimous consent to take up Senate bill
No. l67, entitled an act remitting the liability
of the several parishes of the State of Louiei
ana to their respective SHERIFF. for costs in
criminal cases, parish of Orleans excepted
/ Tho hill Novoo ~, 10 kh;vd vnoI;u~
On motion of Senator Twitchell the bill
was finally passed, its title was adopted, and
| it was ordered to be sent to the House fol
concurrence.
ACTION ON REPORTS OF COMMITTEES LYING
OVER.
The report of the Committee on Rail.
roads on House bill No. 339, entitled an act
to authorize and require police juries in
certain parishes to submit ordinances to the
popular vote of said parishes, with reference
to subscriptions to the stock of the New
Orleans Pacific Railway Company, re-.
ported favorably.
Senator Wharton moved that the report
Of the committee be adopted.
Senator White called for the yeas and
nays with the following result:
Yeas-Anderson, Breaux, Burch, Chad
bourn, Dnmont, Greene, Landry, Pollard,
Stamps %s;s syghe1' gwitohell' Weber, whar-
Nays Allan, Detiege, George, Goode,
Kelly, Masicot, Ogden, Robertson, Steven,
White, YOunR-l1.
Absent = Alexander, Blackburn, Blunt,
Brewster, Cage, Eustis, Ola, Grover, Harper,
Herwig, KGlso-ll.
And the report was adopted.
PRIVILEGED REPORT.
Senator Mascot, from the Committee on
Enrolment and Engrossment, made the
following report:
CoNxIrrKK ON RNRoLLISNs AND ENGRossIyG.}
NEw Orleans. February 20, 1876. !
To the Honorable President and Members Of the
Senate
Your Committee on Enrolling and En-.
crossing bills beg leave to report the fol-
lowing bills as having been duly engrossed,
viz:
Senate bill No. 1877, to amend section one
of an act entitled an act to amend and re-
enact sections 0ne,. seven, forty nine, fifty
six, sixty one, sixty six. seventy five and
seventy seven of an act to provide .
revenue ETC., etc.
Senate bill No. 1874, an act to enable the
parish of St. Charles to fund its debt, to
issue bonds, etc.
Senate bill No. lag, to amend article
GA of the Code of Practice.
Senate bill No. 100, granting to the
Charity Hospital Medical College of New
Orleans the right to confer degrees and
grant diplomas, etc.
Very respectfully,
Senator Twitchen called for executive
session.
Executive session having been raised, on
call of the roll the following Senators
answered to their names:
Present-Messrs. Allan, Anderson, Black
burn, Blunt, Brewster. Burch, Cage, Chad
bourn, Detiege, Dumont, Eustis, George,
wig, Kelso, Kelly, Landry, Mascor, Ogden,
Pollard. Robertson. Stamps, Steven. Sypher,
Twitchell, Weber, Wharton, White, Whitney,
Young-34.
Absent-Messrs. Alexander, Breaux-2.
COMMITTEE FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRE-
SENTATIvES.
A committee from the House of Repre-
sentstives appeared before the bar of the
Senate and read the following document:
Mr.. President-In obedience to the order
of the House OF Representatives,, we appear
of Representatives, and of all the people
Of the State of Louisiana, we do impeach
William Pitt Kellogg, Governor of the State
of Louisiana. of high crimes and INSIDE
meanOrs in Office since the fourteenth day
of April, 1875, and we further inform the
Senate that the r. rise Of Representatives
will in due time exhibit particular articles
of impeachment against him and make
good the same; and in their names We de-
mand that the Senate take order for the
appearance of the said William P. Kellogg
to answer said impeachment.
JOHN YOUNG, Chairman;
G. D. WELLS.
LOUIS A. WILT,
JAMES JEFFRIES,
A. D. LAFARGCE.
The committee retired.
Senator Twitchell offered the following
resolution:
WHEREAS. The House of Representatives
has impeached at the bar of the Senate
William P. Kellogg, Governor OF the State
Of Louisiana, Of high crimes and INSIDE
meanors in Office;
Resolrcd, That the Senate do now organ
ze itself into High Court of Impeachment,
and that the Chief Justice be notified to at
END for that purpose.
Senator Twitchell moved to adopt the
resolution.
Adopted.
Senator Burch offered the following mo-
ion:
That q committee on rules to govern the
High Court Of Impeachment be appointed.
Senator Robertson made the point Of