The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-01-16
THE LEGISLATURE.
The House

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!. was called to order at about 1910 by Speakt
! Estilette. The roll cal. showed SO member
= a quorum, present.
After the opening preliminaries Mr.. Lowe
took the floor, and after calling attention {
] the House to an article in the Republca,
headed ''Defects in the Administration of th
Police, he said that he thought that com
mlttee should be appointed to investigate tn
affairs Of the board.
resolution offered by Mr. Dupre, provid
ing for committee Of five to investigate tn
Police Board, was adopted
Inc Chair announced Massrs. Aldjge
VOORHEES, and Snaer as a committee to inves
tlgate the books of the Auditor and Treasurer
Cam oartaln rose to privileged question
but was ruled out of order.
Mr.. Wilt moved the adoption Of the reso
intlon appointing committee TO investigate
Hunsacker.
Carried.
Hunsacker offered a resolution that com
mIttee OF five be appointed to investigate the
Contingent Expense Committee Of the House
appointed in 1874. Laid over under the rules.
| The Committee on Levees reported favora.
| bly, on the joint resolution asking Congress to
make an appropriation for the construction of
| levees in Louisiana.
The resolution was put through its several
A0euinSo anu uudily passed.
Mr. Wilt introduced an act to define the
OBJECT OF the drainage assessments and to
regulate the collection of the same, and to
prevent Judgments for assessments being rem
dered as personal judgments, and to repeal
SO much OF Act No. 81, approved March l,
1861, as makes such judgments personal, and
70 conflne the execution under assessment
Judgments to the property on which assess
ment is levied.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
MI Kidd introduced the following:
JOINT RESOLUTION
Ordering new census in the parishes of St.
James. Tangipahos, Claiborne, Jackson, Nat
chitoches, Assumption, Madison and the parish
or Orleans, and adopting an apportionment of
the State.
Whereas, the reported enumeration of the
inhabitants OF the State by the Supervisors of
heglstratlon, IN the year 1875, is alleged to
be illegal, informal and erroneous in the par |
ishes of st. James, Tangipahoa, Claiborne
jackson, Natchltoches, Assumption, Madison, |
and parish of Orleans; and
whereas, the constitution provides that |
where there are errors, omissions or informal |
tues IN the census returns in any parish, the
General Assembly may order new census in
such parishes; and
Whereas, until the census is corrected or
AIKEN anew in those parishes where there are
omissions and errors, the apportionment of
ne State shall be made on the basis of the
United States census for 1870;
Therefore be 1t resolved by the Senatednd House
y Representatives IN General ASSEMBLY con-
'ened, That the Supervisors Of Registration be
md they are hereby ordered to take a new
census IN the parishes above named, and re-
,ort the same to the next General Assembly.
Resotced, further, That the apportionment
i the State as already made, on the basis of
he United States census for 1870, be and the
anne is hereby recognized as the present ap.
and the same be continued in
orce until the meeting OF the next General /,
assembly,.
This is crude copy Of a resolution offered ,
y Mr.. Kidd. L is not intended as final, and
ill be referred to the Committee on Census !!
On motion the resolution was referred to !
ne Committee on Census
MIR. Booth introduced an act to reduce the !
'es OF the Auditor, aid to turn the surplus {
} the Charity Hospital Referred to the Com !
littee on Judiciary
BY Mr.. Booth-An act to provide revenue
nd to provide the manner of levying and COL "
C ing the taxes was introduced and referred. =
An act to relieve the city of New Orleans !! !
ON the expense Of recording births, deaths
10 marriages was introduced by Mr.. Bower, q
id referred.
Under resolution of Mr.. Young, the Ser Is Is
ant-at-Arms was instructed to furnish the 9,
OF the House copies of the Legisla- 3
re from 1868 to 1875. inclusive I.
An act to create the parish Of TAYLOR was u
troduced by Mr.. Ed wards, of Richland ~
Referred to the Committee on Parochial ~ u
fairs Qt