New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-15

| part of the House in relation to Senate bill
| No. 1903. entitled an act relative to the gen
aral election of the State of Louisiana
Messrs. Kidd, Jefries, Elliott, Hahn ant
Sartain.
PETER j. IRRELEVANT,
| Chief Clerk.
The question recurring on the substitute
of Senator Blunt Senator Wharton Offered
the following motion:
That the bill and pending amendments b'
referred to the Committee on Lands AM
Levees, with Instructions to prepare ant
port within five days q bill exemptint
from State and parish taxes all lands sub
ject to overflow by the Grand Levee ant
Bonnet Care crevasses.
The motion was adopted. and the bill
and amendments were referred to the Com
T mittee on Lands and Levees.
Senator Harper called up the report O.
the Committee on Corporations on Senate
bill No. ll2, as follows:
| COMMITTEE ON CORPORATIONS AND
| Parochial Affairs, F. bAuary 8, 1876. !
To the Honorable President and Members Of thu
Your Committee on Corporations and
Parochial Affairs report on Senate bill No
| ll2, an act to incorporate the st. James
Methodist Episcopal Church Association
| of Shreveport, Louisiana, with the following
| amendment:
In line twenty-one, section two, strike
| out the word "Otherwise"
| NJ. H. TWITCHELL, Chairman.
| On motion of Senator Harper the report
was adopted.
On motion of Senator Harper, the bill
was considered engrossed.
On motion of Senator Harper, the consti
tutional rules were suspended by q four.
tifths affirmative vote of the Senate, the bill
was placed on it's third reading and final
passage, it's title was adopted, and it was
ordered to be sent to the House for concur
renee.
Senator Brewster called up the report of
the Judiciary Committee on Senate joint
resolution No. 7, reported favorably by said
committee, Hon. E. L. Whitney dissenting,
as follows: Senate joint resolution No. =,
instructing the Senators and requesting the
Representatives of Louisiana in Congress
to secure the passage by the national leg
islature Of an act granting appropriate pen
sions to the veterans of the war with Mex
leo, their widows and minor orphans.
Senator Brewster moved that tho major
ity report be adopted. ...
The yeas and nays were called by Sena-
tor Whitney, with the following result:
Yeas Alexander. Allan, Anderson.
Blunt, Breaux, Brewster, Burch. Cage,
Chadbourn. Dumont, George, Goode, Ola,
n ~.
Pollard. Robertson, Steven, Sypher, Twtch-
ell. Weber, Wharton, White, Young-27.
Nay-Wbtney-l.
Absent - Blackburn. Detlege. Eustis.
Greene, Kelly, Landry, Masicot, Stamps-s.
And the majority report was adopted.
On motion of Senator Brewster the bill
was considered engrossed.
On motion of Senator Brewster the consti-
tutonal rules were suspended by four
ftths affirmative vote of the Senate, the
bill was placed on it's third reading and
final passage, its title was adopted. and it
was ordered to be sent to the House for
concurrence.
Senator Robertson moved to take up the
reports of the committees lying over as
hey stand upon the calendar.
Adopted.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES LYING OVER.
Senate bill No. ), entitled an act relative
o administrators and executors residing
he Committee on Judiciary, was read.
On motion Of SENATOR White the report of
he committee was adopted.
On motion of Senator White the bill was
Indefinitely postponed.
The report of the Committee on Corpora |
i ms and Parochial Affairs on Senate bill |
TO- 10, as follows, was taken up:
COMMITTEE ON CORPORATIONS Ayp}
Parochsl Affairs, Januar. %, 1876 |
% the Honorable President and Members of the |
Your Committee ON Corporations and |
oarochial Affairs have had under considera- |
ion Senate bill No. 10, an act to incorporate |
he town of Clinton, which they report |
with amendments as follows, |
liz:
In line ten, section three, after the word !
act" strike out lines ten, eleven, twelve |
md thirteen, ending with the word "Chn- |
on"
In line three, section four, strike out all |
|
'One per cent"
In line ten, section four, insert mot to ex-
eed the State license"
In line fifteen, section four, strike out the |
yOrd "tifty,' and insert twenty
Strike out sections eight, nine and ten.
In line two, section eleven, strike out all |
fter incorporation" and insert according
0 law"
Strike out section thirteen.
NJ II. TWITCHELL, Chairman.
On motion of Senator Weber the report
f the committee was adopted.
On motion of Senator Weber the bill was
onsidered engrossed.
On motion of Senator Weber the
institutional rules were suspended by
four-iifths affirmative vote of the Sen
te, the bill was placed on its third reading
nd final passage, it's title was adopted and
/ was ordered to be sent to the House for
Action on the report Of the Committee
n Judiciary on Senate bill No. 81, as fol-
ows, an act to empower police juries to en-
ct and enforce ordinances for the protec-
ion of game and fish, reported tavorably.
n motion of Senator Mascot, was post
oaed until futurer day.
The report of the Committee on Judi
iary on Senate bill No. q, entitled an act /
. change the name of Benjamin Cohen
arilon to Benjamin Cohen Da Silva Abe
ator, reported unfavOrably by said com
littee, was taken up.
On motion of Senator Whitney the report
the committee was adopted.
On motion Of Senator Herwig the bill
as :ecOmmitted.