New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-22

by four. fifths affirmative vote of the Sen
ate, the bill was placed on its second read
ing, and referred to the Committee o.
Railroads.
By Senator Blunt:
Senate bill No. 40, entitled an act t
amend paragraph ten of license law Of &C
No. IA of 1872. ''
The constitutional rules being suspended
by q four-ffths affirmative vote Of tn
Senate, the bill was placed on its secont
reading, and referred to the Committee OF
Finance.
| By Senator Chadbourn:
Senate bill No. Al, an act to pay for 25
copies each Of the Civil Code, the Code o
Practice and the Revised Statutes of the
State of Louisiana, received by the Secre
tary of State.
The constitutional rules being suspended
by fOur-ffths affirmative vote of the Sen
ate, the bill was placed upon it's second
reading, and referred to the Committee on
Finance.
| By Senator Whitney:
Senate bill No. A., entitled an act for the
relief of John B. Besttie, of the parish of
Orleans.
| The constitutional rules being suspended
| by q fOur-fifths affirmative vote of the Sen
ate, the bill was placed on its second read
ing, and referred to the Committee on
Claims.
RESOLUTIONS LYING OVER.
Senator Sypher called up the following
resolution, and moved its adoption:
Resolred, That any Senator absenting
himself, without first obtaining leave from
the Senate, for q longer period than ten
days, shall be considered as having re-
signed his rights as a Senator, and the
President of the Senate shall notify the
Governor of said vacancy.
Senator White moved to amend by re-
ferring the resolution to the Committee on
Judiciary.
Adopted.
On Q call of Senator Robertson the Sen
ate went into executive session.
The executive session having been raised,
on Q call of the roll the following Senators
answered to their names:
Present-Messrs. Alexander, Anderson,
Blunt, Brewster, Burch. Dumont, George,
GoOde, Ola, Grover. Harper, Kelso, Kelly,
Landry. Mascot, Ogden. Pollard, Robert.
son, Steven, Twitchell, Weber, Wharton,
White, Whitney, Young-25.
Absent = Messrs. Allan. Blackburn,
Breaux, Cage, Chadbourn, Detiege. Eustis,
Greene, Herwig, Stamps, Sypher-ll.
Senator Goode asked and obtained unani-
nous consent to call up House joint resolu-
ton No.. Z, asking for an appropriation by the
Congress of the United States for the pur-
pose of constructing levees on the Missis-
sippi river in Louisiana, and for the general
government to assume control of all the
levees in Louisiana.
The bill was read the first time.
The constitutional rule was suspended by |
q four-ffths affirmative vote, the bill was
read the second time and adopted. The |
rule was suspended by four.
ifths affirmative vote, the bill was read the i
third time, the bill then finally passed, it's
title to stand.
Senator Robertson, from the special COM
.retary of State. asked and obtained unani-
nous consent to submit the following re-
,Ort:
% the Honorable President and Members Of the
Senate:
Your committee, appointed to investigate
he records Of the Secretary of State as to
he correctness of the certificate of the Hon.
,. G. Deslonde, submitted by Senator
3urch on January ID, 1876, would respect
ully represent that they have carefully
xamined the records of the Secretary Of
tate, and found from said records, which
ppear to have been carefully kept, that
;harles j. Greene was commissioned and
onfrmed as tax collector of Lincoln parish |
lpril "a, 1875; that J. A. Greene was con-
rmed as supervisor of registration of same
arish March 3, 1875, and commissioned |
larch S, 1875; that John S. Jones was ap-
ointed to the same Office and confirmed
lpril "a, 1875; that w. H. Greene was ,
lected to the Office of justice of the peace
l November. 1874. and commissioned De-
'as elected police juror of same parish in
November. 1874, and commissioned Decem-
or 26, 1874. IL
Your committee would also report that [
,e records of the Office do not show that
ohm s. Jones was appointed to fill any {
acancy, and do not show that j. A. Greene
Be resigned or been removed from office I
,cOrding to law.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
w. A. ROBERTSON, Chairman.
Senator Wharton asked and obtained
consent to call up the following
emorial:
the Honorable Senate and Members of the
House of Representatives Of the State Of 4
Louisiana: =
Your memOrialists, residents or land ,
,lders upon the BayOus Crosse Tete, Mar
forums and FOrdOche, in the parishes of | e
,inte Coupee and Iberville, respectfully
quest that that section of said parishes
ing west of the Bayous Fordoche and .
rosse Tete, and extending from the upper
re Of the Robert Dunbar plantation to I
Q lower line of the Gay e. Daigre plan '
ton, be created q special levee district
r the following reasons:
First-Said district lies just below the
organza crevasse, and in the direct path t
its waters, and is liable to lnundatlOn
Dm any break in the levee from Morgan
to Hickey.
contains about 600 acres
ltivable lands, nearly 10000 of which val
d, without mOvables, at over %, 900 900,
ere in high state of cultivation until the
evasses of 1862 and the subsequent raw
zee of war devastated large portion Of it.
Third-It was before that date partially q
detected by levees built by private in :
viduale, and can. by comparatively
nall outlay properly applied. be perfectly
detected. n
And now your memorialists ask aid in
mpleting these levees-such aid as is only | Z
silly their due, Which they have q right to :
K, and which it is your duty to render. Its Z
llue makes it worthy Of projection, and it's !,
cation makes it practicable.
Before the war Our rapid increase of pop :
alton and wealth rivaled the most pros. I
'rOus Western State.