The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-22
The House

The House
was brought to order at IL o'clock; a quorum
present
As the special order, the act extending thu
Jurisdiction of the Justices of the Peace o.
the parish, except the parish of Orleans
came up. Unfavorebly reported upon.
The bill passed after some discussion.
Mr.. Arm!stead offered the following resolu
ton:
Mr.. Wilt offered q substitute. It was tn.
joint resolution Of the Senate to appoint
committee of four from the Senate and foul
from the House to examine city affairs, which
was reported upon favorsbly by his commit
tee. He offered an amendment that the com.
mittee report before adjournment.
point of order was made by Mr.. S,uel
that the two resolutions were entirely differ
emit in character, and the one could not be &C.
cepted as substitute for the other. Ruled
not we'll taken.
An amendment was offered by Mr.. Gui
chard, empowering the committee to employ
an expert counsel and shorthand reporter;
the counsel and expert to get nothing fo1
their labors.
Mr.. Hahn thought there was too many in.
vestigating committees, but since the time
was now short, he thought committee or
general affairs could not report in time, and
favored one for some special purpose, If any
at all.
A motion of Mr.. Honsacker to table The
whole subject matter prevailed, and the sub.
stitute of MI. Wiltz was then adopted.
On further call of the roll, Butler offered
the same resolution as Armistead.
On O point of Mr. Witt, it was ruled out
of order.
4 concurrent resolution was offered by Mr..
Elliott, to appoint board of examination Of
outstanding obligations and assets Of the
State. Adopted
Mr.. Souer offered like resolution as But
ler's and Armistead's, there being only word
changed. Ruled out
The Committee on. Ways and Means,
through Mr.. Jeffries, reported favorably on q
bill to appropriate $3.50, 600 for the mileage
and per diem, etc., of the General Assem-
bly,.
Mr.. Lowell moved TO- engross the bill.
Carried.
He then moved the passage Of it.
Mr.. Aldige was opposed till such time as
the expenses were exactly ascertained.
Mr.. Walker moved to postpone action till
Thursday. Tabled
On motion of Lowell the bill them passed.
and q motion to reconsider was tabled.
The act fixing the compensation of the two
sheriffs was reported favorably.
A recess was taken till o'clock.
At $50 the House again came to order, Is
members present
The following were announced o commit
tee to take charge of the three bills in rela-
ton to the gas meter subject: Walker, Gil.
more and Gracien.
Mr.. Dupre made statement that the bill
in reference to insurance licenses, which was
referred to the Judiciary Committee, could
not be found.
Mr.. Young, the chairman, said that the
bill most likely got mixed up in . number of
other bills and was thus lost.
Permission was asked by Mr.. Dupre to
present duplicate.
Mr.. Lowell moved that the Speaker be d.
recsed to inquire what had become Of the bill.
Carried.
Bills were then introduced and referred.
Senate bills on their second reading were
taken up and referred.
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING.
An act extending the corporate limits of the
town OF Homer. Passed.
An act to repeal an act giving to the Fifth
Justice Of the Peace of Orleans criminal juris-
diction. Made the special order for Wednes-
day. #
The act to regulate the practice of phar-
macy, which imposes fine Of $500 upon per-
sons selling medicine (not patent medicine)
without certificate of competency, the GER
tificate to be issued by board of examiners
in New Orleans.
Mr.. Kidd offered an amendment that 8" par
ish physician be inserted in the place of
aboard Of examiners"
A motion to table this was lost.