New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-08
THE STATE HOUSE.
Senate.


Immediately after the opening Of the
session, Mr.. Chadbourn made. q motion de-
claring the Office Of Assistant Secretary
vacant.
Mr.. Blunt opposed it, and moved to table
the proposition, and he carried his point.
Mr.. Burch explained his reason for not
voting to table the motion. He had ex-
amined the record and discovered that an
error had been made in counting the votes.
Messrs. Breaux, Blunt and Greene ex-
planned their positions on the question.
Mr.. Masicot called for an executive ses-
sion.
On opening the doors Mr.. Robertson in
the chair, Mr.. Whitney gave notice That at
future day he would offer bill to estab-
lish an insurance bureau.
Mr.. Deteige gave notice that he would
soon call up the assistant secretary subject.
At present Mr.. Greene holds the position
under the announcement made last Thurs
day.
Mr.. Chadbourn introduced bill to repeal
the homestead exemption law. The bill
was read twice and goes over.
MIR. Whitney called up his resolution for
the appointment of shorthand reporter
and an assistant
Messrs. White and Eustis made some IN
quiries concerning the benefit of shorthand
writer's, and how much expense would at
tend such appointments.
Mr.. Blackburn thought the expense would
amount to about SIG per day. and did not
understand the necessity of shorthand
writer's for the Senate. Before Mr.. Black.
burn had completed his remarks, Mr.. Whit
ney asked to withdraw his proposition, and
the subject was dropped.
The Senate adjourned until next Monday
noon.
Under the present condition of affairs il
was impossible to transact any business OF
Importance yesterday, or to enter into any
lengthy discussion on matters of public
interest. A great portion of the time be
tween Ii A. NJ. and 1890 p. NJ, was taken
up in the discussion of points of order
| These were not OF trivolus nature as may
| be Judged from one ruling of Speaker Es
| tlette.
On the offering of certain bill the OBJ
| lection was made that no apportionmen
bill had been passed, and therefore no othel
| bill could be introduced. Following thu
precedent of his ruling on Mr.. Hahni
point Of Tuesday relative to the giving
| notice of bill, but somewhat enlarging it
| Mr.. Estilette ruled that all preliminar.
steps tow ard the passage of bill might b.
| taken by the House down to the third read
ing of it, despite the non-passage Of an ap
portionment bill. But until that bill wa
passed the House could pass Io bill unde
| the constitutions! provision, and conse
| quently, for example, could take NO actor
| on bill that might come from the Senate
| The attention of the House was called t.
| the destitute condition of the Insan
| Asylum at Jackson By memorial, and al
| appropriation was solicited to relieve it o
| it's financial embarras ssments.
| Mr.. Kidd's resolution calling for an il
vestigation of the census of 1875, compiled
! by the State registrar OF voters was passed
| Several members availed themselves o
the Speakers ruling to present bills for th
first reading, but besides the passage of
resolution favoring the Texas Pacific raj
road, no other business was done, and tn
| House adiournd to twelve o'clock Monday