New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-03-10

yelt cruelty to animals; to provide for and
n, lulate proceedings and punishment for
crimes and misdemesnors and offenses
touching the same, aud to aid in enforcing
police laws and regulations. =
On motion of Mr. Murrell this bill was
indefinitely postponed.
House bill No. 377, an act to regulate the
rate of conventional interest and the mode
of contracting the same.
On motion of Mr.. Sibilski this bill under
went its third reading and passed.
House bill No. ALI, an act to annex GER
tain territory Of Ascension parish to the
parish of Livingston: to dispose Of certain
records of Ascension parish and of certain
suits pending in the courts of Ascension
parish; to provide for the collection and
disposition of certain taxes and licenses; to
subdivide said territory into wards of the
| parish of Livingston; to provide further
officers of. said wards; to attach the said
territory to the congressional, Judicial and
senatorial districts. in which the parish of
Livingston is embraced, and to repeal all
laws in conflict with the provisions of this
act.
On motion of Mr.. Edwards, of Tangipahoa,
the bill was placed on its third reading, and
on it's final passage Mr.. Hall called for
the yeas and nays, which resulted Is fol-
lows:
Yeas-Aldige, Billiu, Collins, Csrmouche,
Dupre, DUR. DelhOmmer, Edwards OF
| Tangipahoa, Guichard, Gilmore, Hall,
Koontz, Kummel, Kidd, Nunez, Pascal,
Roman, Smith, Schenck, Scales, VOORHEES,,
Vidrine, Woods of West Baton ROuge23.
,Nays-Byrne, Burkhsrdt, Blaffer, Butler,
Davidson, Devices. DickensoD, Edwards OF
Rchland, Hill of Ascension. Hahn, Hubeau,
Hill of Ouachita, Honore, Hammond, Hun
eaker, Jeffries, johnson of Csddo, johnson
of Lafourche, Jones of P0inte COupee,
Keyes, Luckett, Mag,nnis. Meredith, Milon,
Matthews of Tensas, Mcclellan, McAlpine,
Parker, Richardson, Ray, Raby, Sutton,
Self, Seeman, Sibilski, Stafford, Stewart,
Schiller, Thomas, Walker, Wilson, Webb,
Woods Of Ouachita, Yorke, Young-50.
So the bill was rejected.
On motion of Mr.. Booth the House took
q recess until P. NJ.
The following request was received by
the Clsrk of the House and complied with:
SENATE CHAnBKR,l
New Orleans March 2, 1876 )
Hon. p J. Trezevant. Chief Clerk. of the House Of
SIR-You will please send me q certified
copy of House bill No. 1893. having been in
formed that the original was mislaid or lost,
ana 00''s' '00 Z. C. s'1 ANTOINE,
Lieutenant Governor.
Per Charles Fl. Merritt, Private Secretary.
Evening Session.
1t being P. NJ, the House was called to
order by the Hon. E. D. Estilette, Speaker,
in the chair, and on cali of tho roll the
following members answered to their
names:
Speaker Estilette, and Messrs. Aldige,
Booth, Bayley, Bower. Billiu, COllins. Car
mouche, Carloss, Dupre, Dunn, Dugas,
Edwards of Tangipahoa. Elliott. Guichard,
Gilmore, Hall, Hubeau, Hill of Ouachita,
Honore, Hammond, Hunsaker, Jetffies,
Jourdain, Koontz, Lane, Lowell, Levisee,
Maginnis, Meredith, Mitchell. Matthews OF
Franklin, Murrell. Milsn, Matthews of Ten
sas, McAlpine, Nunez, Parker, Smith.
Self Snaer, Sartain, Seeman, Sibilski,
Schenck, Stafford, Schiller, VOORHEES,, vi
drine, Walker, Witt, Woods of West Baton
Rouge, Wells, Webb, Woods of Ouschita.
Young-6O.
On motion of Mr.. Dupre, the Speaker was
requested to dispatch q messenger to the
State Printer, in order to obtain from him
the printed report, in pamphlet form, of the
committee appointed to investigate the
affairs OF the Board of Police.
The following message was received from
the Senate:
SENATE CHAMBER
New Orleans, March 2, 1876. )
To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
House of Representatives:
I am directed to inform your honorable
body that the Senate concurs in the passage
of the following House bills:
House bill No. 246, entitled an act to
prohibit the funding of and the issue of CON
sOlidated State bonds in exchange for any
portion of the unlawfully guaranteed bonds
Of the New Orleans, Mobile and Chatta-
nooga Railroad Company, and of the two
and half millions Of bonds issued unoOn.
stitutionally for stock in said company.
House bill No. 27Sls, entitled an act to
incorporate the town Of Arcadia, in the
parish OF Bienville; to provide for the cleo
ton of mayor and aldermen; to define their
powers and dutia and to provide for the
government Of Vhe same. with amend
ments.
House .j)int resolution No. SOB. entitled
Joint resolution from the General Assembly
of the State of Louisiana, regarding the
United States Mint in the city of New Or
leans.
P. E. BECHTEL,
Secretary Of the Senate.
SENATE CHAxBERl
New Orleans. March 2. 1876. :
To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
House of Representatives:
am directed to inform the House of Rep
resentatives that the Senate has cOncurred
in House bill No. $40, an act to authorize,
with the consent OF a popular vote. special
tax on properly in New Orleans. to pay
stock in the New Orleans Pacific Railway
Company, etc.
Also. in House bill No. IL, an act to
establish the fees, costs and charges of the
civil sheriff in and for the city OF New Or
leans.
Also, in House bill No. All. an act to fix
the compensation of the criminal sheriff OF
the parish of Orleans, etc.
respectfully.
p. E. BECHTEL,
Secretary of the Senate.
SENATE CHAMBER
New Orleans. March 2, 1876
To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
House of representatives:
am directed to ask concurrence of the
House in the following Senate bill, viz:
Senate bill No. 63, creating board of
equalization for the purpose of making a
uniform assessment throughout the State.
Also, to inform the House that the SEN
ate has concurred in the following House