New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-19

, Senate:
Your Committee on Corporations an
Parochial Affairs report favorably on tn
, following bills, viz:
Congregation Emanuel, of the city Q
Shreveport, Louisiana.
Also Senate bill No. 139, an act to Pre-
vide for the appointment at future election
of one additional justice of the peace an
one additional constable for ward four, PAL
ish of Csddo.
Also House bill No 2O6, an act to inoo,
porate the town of Benton, in the parisl
Of BOssier, eto.
Also House bill No. 800, an act to amen,
and reenact section ten of an act entitled
an act supplementary to the acts inc0rpor
ating the town of Thibodaux, etc.
N. H. TWITCHELL, Chairman.
The report lies over.
Senator Masicot from the Committee OF
Enrolment. made the following report:
COMMITTEE ON ENROLLING AND ENGROssNG J
| New Orleans, February II, 1876.
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senator
Your Committee on Enrolling and En-
crossing bills beg leave to report the follow
ing bills, as having been duly enRrossed
| VIZ:
Senate Joint resolution No. 3, appropri
ating SO 900 for the purpose of aiding and
| assisting the citizens Of the parish of Terre
bonnie to clean and make navigable Bayoue
Terrebonne and Little Gallon, in said
parish of Terrebonne, and to provide for
the manner of disbursing the same.
Senate bill No 80, an act to amend and re-
| enact section one of an act to incorporate
the Vidalis, Red River and Texas Railroad
Company.
| Senate Joint resolution No. III, memorial
l zin ho notin IN in,ir 70
in the tariff against all imports being the
products Of slave labor.
Respectfully,
j. A. MASCOT, Chairman.
Senator Harper, by unanimous consent
introduced Senate bill No. l62, entitled an
act to amend act No. IS. approved August
Is, 1872.
The constitutional rules being suspended
by four tiiths affirmative vote Of the Sen
ate, the bill was placed on its second
reading, and referred to the Committe on
Corporations.
By Senator Harper:
Senate bill No. l63, entitled an act to
establish board Of audit for the parish of
Caddo.
The constitutional rules being suspended
by four.6fths affirmative vote of the SEN
ate, the bill was placed on it's second
reading and referred to the Committee on
Finance.
ACTION ON REPORTS OF COMMITTEES LYING
OVER.
Senator Grover asked and obtained unan-
imous consent to take up the report of the
Committee on Judiciary on Senate
bill No. 123, entitled an act to govern
the manner in which cotton press receipts,
Warehouse receipts, or the other custodians
OF any property Whatsoever, shall be issued
in all cases where such receipts shall or
may be issued as collateral security for
money advanced or borrowed on faith of
the property therein specified, and govern
ing the delivery and disposal of the prop
erty for which such receipts may be issued.
Reported favorably by said committee.
On motion of Senator Grover the report
of the committee was adopted.
Senator Chadbourn moved that the bill
be taken up section by section.
Adopted.
The first section was read and adopted.
The second section was read.
Senator Grover moved that it be adopted.
Senator Whitney moved to amend by
striking out the words "or secretary"
Adopted.
The second section as amended was then
adopted.
The third section was read and adopted.
The fourth section was read and adopted.
The fifth section was read.
On motion of Senator Ogden the section
was passed over.
The sixth section was read.
Senator Ogden offered the following
Amend section six by striking out the
words ''private sale or" in line twenty
eight, and to strike out in line twenty nine
OF the same section the words las they may
deem most advantageous" and insert after
the words "public auction" in line twenty
eight latter five days notice in public
Journal"
Senator Grover accepted the amend
ment.
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.
The special order of the day, House bill |
No. IA, was called up, and ON motion of |
Senator Brewster was postponed for fifteen
Senator Robertson moved to amend Sec
ton six by inserting the following words: |
"Published in the parish in which the |
Pledge resides"
Senator Grover accepted the amendment.
The sixth section was then adopted as |
amended.
The seventh section was read and
adopted.
The eighth section was read and adopted.
The ninth section was read and adopted.
Senator White offered the following
amendment to section five:
At the end of section five insert the fol-
owing proviso: provided, that where the
actor, agent or pledgor may have wrong
ully pledged, in violation of this act, anv
the Lien of the owner shall be
aid even against the third holder of the
warehouse receipt"
Senator Grover accepted the amendment.
The section was adopted 40 amended.