New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-18

FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
SENATE.
Twenty-Fifth Days Session.
SENATE CHAMBER l
New leans, February l6, 1876. 5
The Senate met pursuant to adjourn
ment at twelve o'clock NJ, the Hon. c. c.
Antoine, Lieutenant Governor and Presl-
dent of the Senate, in the chair.
On call of the roll the following Senators
answered to their names:
Presept-Messrs. Allan, Blunt, Breaux,
Brewster, Burch, Cage, Chadbourp, De
tiege, Dumont, Ola, Greene, Harper, kelso,
Kelly, Landry, Masicot, Pollard, Stamps,
Steven, Sypher, Twltchell, wharton, Whit
new, YOung-2i.
Absent-Messrs. Alexander, Anderson,
Blackburn, Eustis, George, GOode, Grover.
Herwig, Ogden, Robertson, Weber,
White-l2.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. Mr..
Bryant.
Tie journal was read, corrected and ap-
proved.
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.
House bill No. II, entitled an act to in
corporate the ST. PAtrlck's Savings Bank,
and prescribing its powers and privileges,
being the special order of the day fmme-
diately after the reading OF the minutes,
was taken up.
On motion of Senator Burch, the further
consideration Of the bill was postponed un
til tomorrow at P. NJ.
EXECUTIVE MESSAGE.
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Executive Department. ,
New Orleans, February is, 1876. }
To the Honorable President and Memberso Of the
Senate:
am instructed to inform the Senate that
the Governor has this day approved and
signed Joint resolution originating in
your honorable body relative to stocking
the waters of the State of Louisiana with
fish.
H. CONQUEST CLARKE,
Private Secretary.
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.
Senator Kelly presented petition from
the directors of St. Vincent's Home for
Destitute Boys, relative to the necessities
Of that institution.
Referred to the Committee en- Charitable
Institutions.
Senator Anderson presented the follow
ing petition from the oil merchants of New
Orleans, and aaked that it be printed in the
journal:
To the Honorable Senate and House Of Representa-
tives of the State OF Louisiana:
We. the undersigned oil dealers in the
city, would beg to state our objections to
House bill No. Is, an act to provide for the
inspection and designation Of coal oils and
illuminating oils, fluids, etc.
l. That the passage Of the act will force
that peculiar trade away from our city
(which is now sufficiently hampered in too
many ways), by forcing the buyer to 60
elsewhere to procure his cheap, brilliant
and now necessary fluid tor illuminating
his household.
ant industry of our city, being conducted
BY those who have paid their license both
to the city and the State and who have not
been consulted in the preparation or pass
age Of said bill.
3. That said act provides for a fire test of
1862, which is l50 in excess of the United
States standard, and test that is CONNER
cially unknown.
4. That the fees are excessive, being
largely in excess Of those allowed by any
State laws and sufficient to cancel any
profit in the sale of the oil, being about
three and half per cent on the valuation |
of the oil in this market.
5. That the oil is already inspected under !
State and United States laws before reach |
ing this market.
6. That the denial of the sale of gasoline. |
be mine, ETC., would operate against manu-
tacturers, etc., in this State, as many OF our |
sugar houses are lighted by gas made from
these fluids.
7. That while we do not object to a fair
and just law on the subject, We respectfully |
protest against the passage of this law,
fees to the inspector, and which seems to |
be in the interest OF other Illuminating COM |
panies or firms.
Before any action on the part Of the Sen
ate in the passage of the bill, we would |
ask that the same be referred
to special or general committee, and that |
they should confer with all Of the oil deal
ers on this subject before making their re-
port back to the Senate.
We have the honor to subscribe ourselves, |
etc,
JAMES G. CLARK,
w. 2. CONVERSE. JR.. & CO.,
WILLIAM E. JERVEY,
CHESS, OAKLEY q CO.,
j. H. SCOTT.
We. the undersigned, wholesale grocers
Of this city, do join in the accompanying
protest against the passage OF House bill
No. &c, believing that its passage and en-
fOrcement would not only operate against
the oil trade, but that of all other merchan-
disc as we'll.
Coal oil being leading article of trade,
it's virtual expulsion from this market, by
The operati on OF this law, would give such
advantages to other markets over our own
a. to operate vastly to our disadvantage.
J. G. SPOR,
SCHERCk g. BERKSON,
JOINT. MOORE 4 Co,
NJ BOWLING,
SCHNEIDER & ZUBERBIER,
JOHN MYERS g. son,
l. BLOOM & CO,
JULES ROSE & CO.,
JAMES NJ. DOWNING,
j. l. ADAMS & CO.,
FLASH, LEWIS g. CO.,
BRIGGS, PAYNE & CO..
HIRSCH, ADLER & CO.,
L. REDER & CO.,
HARrWELL & CHAMBERS,
SCHMIDT & ZIEGLER,
ISAACSON. SEIXAS Il Co,
SMITH, BROTHERS Il co.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Senator Mascot, from the Committee on
Enrolment and Engrossment, made the
report:
COMMITTEE ON ENROLLING AND ENGKosslSG,
n-l,. L. .t,rI,ar 1