New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-09
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
FIFTH CENTRAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
STATE OF MA.
SENATE.

STATE OF LOUISIANA.
SENATE.
Fifth Days Session.
SENATE CHAxBRR,l
New Orleans, January I, 1876. !
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment
ct twelve O'Clock NJ, the Hon. C. C..
Antoine, Lieutenant Governor and Presi-
dent of the Senate, in the chair.
On . call of the roll the following Sena-
tors answered to their names:
Present - Messrs. Alexander, Allan,
Blackburn, Blunt, Breaux, Burch. Chad
bourn, Detiege. Dumont. Enstis, George,
Goode, Greene, Harper, KelsO, Kelly,
Ogden, Sypher, White, Whitney, Young-Sl.
Absent = Messrs. Anderson, Brewster,
Cage, Ola. Grover, Herwig, Landry, Mast
cot, Pollard, Robertson, Stamps, Steven.
Twitchell, Weber, Wharton-l5.
Prayer was then offered by the Rev. Mr..
Dardis.
The journal was read, corrected and ap.
proved.
Senator Chadbourn offered the following
motion: move that tho office Of assistant
secretary of the Senate be and is hereby de-
clared vacant, and that the Senate do now
proceed to elect an assistant secretary.
Senator Blunt moved to lay the motion
on the table.
Senator Detiege called for the yeas and
nays.
Senator Greene made the point of order
that the resolution was out OF order on the
ground that the Senate can not 60 into .
new election for assistant secretary.
The President ruled the point not we'll
taken on the ground that the Senate has
power to declare the Office vacant.
The roll was then called on the motion to
table, which resulted IS follows:
Yeas Alex ander, Blackburn, Breaux,
Blunt, Eustis, George. Goode, Greene,
Grover, Kelly, Ogden, Robertson, Steven,
Weber, White, YOung-l6.
Nays-Allain, Burch, Chadbourn, De-
tiege, Dumont, Gla. Harper, Kelso, MAST
cot, Stamps, Sypher, Twitchell, Whitney
Is.
Absent-Anderson, Brewster, Cage, Her
wig Landry, Pollard, Wharton-7.
The motion to table WAS adopted.
On motion Of Senator Masicot the Senate
went into executive session.
Executive session having been raised, on
answered to their names.
Present-Messrs. Alex ander, Anderson,
Blackburn, Blunt, Bresux, Burch, Chad
bourn, Detiege: Dumont, George, Goode,
Ola, Greene, Harper. Kelso, Kelly, MASH
cot, Ogden, Robertson, Stamps, Sypher,
Weber, Wharton. White, Whitney, Young
g.
Absent-Messrs. Allan, Brewster Cage,
Eustis, Grover. Herwig, Landry, Pollard,
Steven, Twitchell-l0.
Senator Detiege gave notice that at some
future day he will introduce motion to
take from the table the motion of Senator
Chadbourn, declaring the Office of assistant
secretary vacant.
Senator Detiege then withdrew this
notice, which was renewed by Senator
Young.
NOTICES OF BILLS.
By Senator Mascot:
Of bill to be entitled an act to amend
act No. 3 of the session of 1874, known as
the funding bill, and to provide for the
funding of all outstanding floating indebt-
edness of the State of Louisiana.
BY Senator Whitney:
OF a bill to be entitled an act to establish
bureau of insurance; to provide tor the
appointment of q commissioner of insur-
ance; defining his duties, fixing his com
pensation, and for other purposes.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
Senator Chadbourn, according to previous
notice, introduced Senate bill No. ., emit
tied an act to repeal an act entitled an act
to exempt from seizure and sale home
stead and other property, approved Deem
Der %, 1865, and sections 1851 and 1872 OF
the Revised Statutes of Louisiana.
Senator Chadbourn asked for saspen-
sion of the rules in order to put the bill
upon its second reading.
Senator Blunt objected.
Senator Chadbourn called for the yeas
and nays, resulting as follows:
Yeas-Alexander, Anderson. Blackburn,
Breaux, Burch, Chad bourD, Detiege Eustls,
George, Goode, Ola, Harper, Kelly, Maslcot,
Ogden, Robertson, Stamps, Sypher, Twitch-
ell, Weber, White, Whitney. Youngoo&.
Nays-Allain, Blunt, Cage Greene,
kelsO-5.
Absent-Brewster, Dumont Grover. Her
wig, Landry, Pollard, Steven, Wharton-o'
And the constitutional rules were sus-
pended by tour-fifths affirmative vote.
On motion of Senator Chadbourn. the bill
was referred to the Committee on judiciary.
Senator Whitney called up the following
resolution, and moved its adoption:
Resolred, That the Pesident of the Senate
be and is hereby authorized to appoint
stenographer as official reporter OF the Sen
ate and an assistant.
Objection being raised, he withdrew bis
motion.
On motion of Senator Whitney, the Sen
ate voted to adjourn until Monday, January
10, at twelve NJ.
P. E. BECHTEL,
Secretary OF the Senate.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Fourth Days PROCEEDINGS.
house. OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
New Orleans, January !, 1870 }