New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-27

tives of Louisiana in Con gress to sec1re the
passage by the national legislature, of ar
act granting appropriate pensions to the
veterans of the war with Mexico, Their
widows and minor orphans.
The constitutional rules being suspended
by tour-ifths affirmative vote of the Sen-
ats. the joint resolution was placed upon it
second reading and referred to the Commit
tee on Judiciary.
| MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.
The Chief Clerk of the House was an
nounced with the following message:
| HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. I
New Orleans, January %, 1876.
To the Honorable President and Members Of tae
Senate:
| am directed by the House Of Repre-
| sentativee to ask the concurrence OF your
honorable body in the following House bills,
| viz:
House bill No. 10, an act relative to the
| public printing, advertisements, etc., Of the
! city of New Orleans.
House bill No. II, an act to regulate the
manner of making advertisement in Judi.
cial proceedings, etc, in the parishes other
than Orleans.
House bill No. So, An &C. to increase the
| number of jurors drawn In the parish of
Claiborne, etc.
House bill No. 43, an act to provide for
the time, manner and place of holding cleo
tons in this State, etc.
Respectfully; etc; rnr-,-
Chef Clerk.
RESOLUTION.
By Senator Ola:
Poo hot toa of ovoo ha
appointed by the President, whose duty il
shall be to investigate how, why and by
by what process the bonds Of the State
were issued to the Mississippi and Mexican
Gulf Ship Canal Company to the amount Of
several hundred Thousand dollars. and by
the acts or c0nnivance of what State officers
said fraud was perpetrated, and also to il
quire into the acts of the State engineer IN
reference to the above and other matters.
Said committee to be vested with full power
to send for persons and papers, and to re-
port within ten days the result Of their in
vestigation, with whatever suggestions they
may think proper.
Lies over.
ACTION ON REPORTS OF COMMITTEES LYING
OVER.
Senator Chadbourn called up the follow
ing report from the Judiciary COMMITTEES;
On Senate bill No. 81, entitled an act to
empower police juries to enact and enforce
ordinances for the protection Of game and
fish. Favorably.
Senator Chadbourn moved the adoption
Of the report.
Adopted
The bill passed it's second reading
Senator Mascot moved that the bill he
considered engrossed.
poue the bill.
Senator Mascot moved TO lay the motion
to postpone on the table.
Senator Allan called for the yeas and
nays, with the following result:
Yeas - Alexander, Anderson, Burch,
Grover, Herwig, Kelly, Masicot, Ogden,
Robertson, Steven, Sypher, Wharton,
Nays Allan, Blunt. Brewster, De-
tiege. Ola, Greene. Harper, Kelso, Ian
dry, Pollard, Twitchell, Weber, Young-l3
Absent - Blackburn, Breaux, Eustis,
Stamps.
And the motion to table was adopted.
Senator Allan offered the following
amendment:
Provided that no section of this bill shall
prohibit the fishing of shrimps sardines
and crawfish in any parish OF this State.
Senator Mascot accepted the amend
ment.
The President Senator Burch in the chair
ruled that amendments are out Of order on
the ground that the bill has passed its
second reading and that a motion to engross
is pending.
Senator Wharton made the point of order
that prior to vote ordering the engross-
ment of . Senate bill. and while the motion
to engross is pending, motion to amend is
in order.
The President ruled the point not we'll
taken.
Senator Wharton appealed from the deci.
sion of the chair.
Senator Allan called for the previous
question On the appeal.
The main question was ordered.
The roll being called on sustaining the
Chair, the vote resulted a. follows:
Yeas-Alexander, Cage, Chadbourn. Du-
mont. Harper, Masicot, Stamps, witch
els.
Nsys-Allain, Blunt, Brewster, Detieee.
George, Goode, Greene, Grover, Kelso, Ian.
dry, Ogden, Pollard, Robertson, Steven,
Sypher, Weber, Wharton, White, Whitney,
Young-2O.
Absent-Anderson, Blackburn, Breaux,
Eustis, Ola, Herwig, Kelly.
Aud the Chair was not sustained.
TIE amendment Of Senator Allan was
then declared to be in order.