New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-03
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBL
STATE OF LOUISIANA
SENATE.
Tweuey.third Days Session.
SENATE CHAMBER
New Orleans. February l. 1876.
The Senate met pursuant to adjourn
ment at twelve o'clock NJ, the Hon. c.
Antoine, Lieutenant Governor and Pres
dent of the Senate, in the chair.
On call of the roll, the following SEM
tors answered to their names:
Present-Messrs. Alexander, Allan, Al
dersOn, Blackburn, Blunt, Breaux, Brew
eter. Burch, Detiege, George, GOOde, Green
Harper. Kelly, Masicot, Robertson, Stevel
Sypher, Weber, Wharton, White, Young.
Absent = Messrs. Cage, Chadbourn, D,
mont, Eustis, Ola, Grover, Herwig, Kels.
Landry, Ogden, Pollard, Stamps, Twitchel
Whitney-l4.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. MI
Bryant.
The journal was read, corrected and ap
proved.
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.
Senator Burch submitted petition from
two thousand vidangeurs of New Orleans
asking for the repeal of act No. 46 of 1874
creating the New Orleans Sanitary and Elk
.cavsting Company.
On motion of Senator Young the petition
was referred to the Committee on Corpora
TONS and Par0chial Affairs.
Senator White submitted q petition from
the Sisters Of Charity in charge of the Fee
male Orphan Asylum on Camp street, which
was referred to the Committee on Charita-
BILE Institutions.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Senator Twitchell, from the Committee
on Corporations and Parcchial Affairs, sub
mitted the following report:
Committee ON CORPORATIONS AND )
Parochlal Affairs, February l. 1896 !
To the Hon orable President and Members Of the
Your Committee on Corporations and Pa
rochial Affairs report favOrably on the fol
owing bill:
House bill No. lis, an act to chan 90 the
name of the town of Brashear to Morgan
City, and amend and re-enact an act emit
tied an act to incorporate the town of
Braslear, in the parish Of St. Mary, sp-
proved April q. 1871.
NJ. H. TWITCHELL, Chairman.
NOTICES OF BILLS.
he following Senators gave notice that |
at some future day they would introduce |
the following bills:
By Senator AnderaOn.
An act granting to the Charity Hospital |
edical College of New Orleans the right
to confer degrees and grant diplomas to
have the came effect, and to confer on said
Charity Hospital and Medical College the
same powers and privileges that are pos
sessed by the medical department of the
University of Louisiana
By Senator Grover:
An act governing the manner in which
warehouse receipts shall be issued in
all cases where such receipts shall or NAV
be used or pledged as collateral security
for money advanced or borrowed on faith
of the property therein specified, and gov. 1
'he delivery and disposal Of the pr
erty for which such feceipts may be issued.
By Senator Dumoht: |.
An act to give the city Of Ne~ Orleans {
new charter.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS ACCORDING TO PRE-
vIous NOTICE.
By Senator Brewster:
Senate bill Nc. l02 entitled an act for the
relief of Mrs. NJ. j. Lewis, Of Monroe, in
the parish of Ouschits.
The constitutional rules being suspended
by fourth affirmative vote of the Sem
ate, the bill was placed upon its second
reading, and referred to the Committee on
Claims.
Also by Senator Brewster:
Senate bill No. lO3, entitled an act to in
crease the revenues of the State, encourage
the cultivation of the soil, and to provide +
have accrued upon taxes due on property
sold for taxes and adjudicated to the State,
when the property so adjudicated shall have
been the property Of the State for more e
than one year. g
The constitutional rules being suspended +
by q four.ffths affirmative vote of the Sem tt
ate, the bill was placed upon its second ii
reading, and referred to the Committee on b
Judiciary. II
CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS.
By Senator Blackburn:
concurrent resolution investigating the
election Of p. b. s. Pinchback United States =
Senator, and the action of certain Senators. 8,
On motion of Senator Young, the Senate
rules were suspended in order to take uu .,
the resolution at the present time. q,
Senator Young moved to refer the resolu- B
ton to the appropriate co mmittee. P
Senator Blunt called the previous ques-
ton. {
The main question was ordered.
The motion to refer was adopted, and the q
resolution was referred to the Committee
on Federal Relations.
RESOLUTIONS.
By Senator Burch:
Resolred, That the President of the Senate 6
appoint special committee of three, whose
duties shall be to inquire into the lease of q
the wharves of the city. OF New Orleans,
and into the legality of the wharf improve n
ment bonds for whose liquidation said
wharves were leased; and that said special
committee shall have power to send for '
persons and papers, and to administer
Oaths. Il
Lies over. IL
Senator Blackburn offered the following
motion: