The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-18


a3le out OF the Contingent Expense Fund OF the
| House, to The Speaker of the House, and to the
chairman Of the Committee on Enrolment, and
gent Expenses for the SUM Of elk hundred and
forty dollars each. as extra pay for the regular
session o o. ls aad that he De lner dfee nsr
| diem to any member whose name IL borne on
| the rolls of this House. who has willfully alb.
sented himself from attendance as member OF
| this House.
| The resolution lies over,
The concurrent resolution instructing the
Governor to employ civil engineer. introduced
by Mr.. Delavigne, chairman of Committee on
Canals and Drainage was taken up and ordered
to lie over subject to call.
The resolution of Mr. Kennedy. referring to
levees, and fnstructing Committee on Lands
and Levees OF the House. with Senate Commit
tee. to report on the subject, was laid upon the
table.
The resolution of Mr.. Wilde, relative to the
| appointment Of @ cemmitte to Investigate the
affairs of the late Metropolitan Police. was laid
| on the table: also resolution to raise commit
toe to examine into the affairs of the New Or
| leans Gas Light Company. was laid upon the
| table. 2, .-
| Mr.. Washburne asked and obtained leave to
withdraw his resolution respecting the carpet
| ing Of the ais 90 Of the House Of Representa-
| lives.
Mr.. VOORHEES, moved reconsideration of the
vote on the passage Of House bill No. 2l7. An
act for the relief Of O. NJ. Tennison." on which
motion the yeas and nays were called with the
following result:
Barron, brady. Bnsk. Berry Bell, Brigsss.'
| Barbn, Cockerham. Carloss, Cressy. Delavigne
Dupree, Ferguson. Ftzpatrick, Forester, Gas
| Jonas Kennedy Kelly of VIM. kernochan,
Kelly of Orleans. KIDD, Lamare. lombard of
2ean1S ne Nowsm HnnsT p9ra
yyoqrhies: ,washburpe, Williams. Young Of
Nays stessrs. ,Aycock, gridger, Breard, Bow
den. Lyons. Leeds. Lea. Martin, Means. Porter
Pitts. Iidgley. eelf. smart. Taylor. Wood,
The motion to reconsider prevailing, the yeas
and nays were called for on the flnal passage of
the bill. as follows:
Yeas-Aldige, Barron. Barbin, Brady Buck,
Jonas. .Konnedy Kelly Of VIM. Kelly of Or
leans McGeRee. Newsom. Nunez. Peralta Ky
/ land, Role. sartain Shakspeare. Singleton,
/ Stage, Sellers, Tremoulet. Toler. Yoorhies. Will
Nsys-Haon: + Bush spesslk;e1.r . and AyePock,
Lea. Martin, Means. Porter, Pitts, Richardson.
Self. Steele. Smart. Taylor Robertson. kidgley,
| Washburne and Wood-2g.
And the bill was passed. The title was adopted.
| r. JOINT SESSION. IS
A Joint session of the General Assembly was
held for the purpose of further balloting for a
| Senator to represent the State of Louisiana In
| the Senate Of the United States for the term be-
ginning March 4, 1877. Hon. Louis A. Wilt,
Lieutenant Governor. and President of the Sem
ate presiding.
| The roll Of the Senate was called, when the
following enators answered to their names:
Messrs. Boatner. Breaux, Dueros Ellis, Gar
Richardson, Robertson, sandiford. Stubs, Tex
ada. Wheeler and Iacharie-17.
The roll Of the House being called. the follow
| ing members answered to their names:
Hon. L. Bush. Speaker, and ,Messrs, Aldige.
Aycocs, Bridger. Breard. B2wden Barbin; Bill
Go oc carioas, Cressy. Deavgne Persu l
son. Fitzpatrick, Forester, Gas kins Gillespie.
Hu,ntingt2n, Hi 81 Of Orleans; JONES Kennedy,
| chan, Lyons, LEEDS, Lamare, Lea. Leonhard OF
Orleans, Martin, McGehee, Nunez Porter, Per-
alta. Pitts Richardson. Ryland, Role, .Ridgley,
| Steele. Sellers. Smart, Taylor, Tremoulet.
| Toler. VOORHEES,. Washburn. Wood, Wide,
Williams. Young of Claiborne, Young Of East
1>'"'''A 1sD"r>'
| Sixty-four members and quorum.
| The presiding officer announced that the
General Assembly of the State of Louisiana had
met in his Joint session. as required by law.
| for the purpose of balloting for Senator to
represent the State of Louisiana in the Senate
| of the United States for the term beginning
| March 4, 1877.
Nominations were read as follows: Messrs.
| Jonas, Gibson, Heron and WHY.
| Mr. VOORHEES, withdrew the name of tho Hon.
| A. s. Heron.
Mr.. Boatner. of the Senate. nominated the
Hon. F. @. Zacharie.
| There being no further nomin ations, the roll
| Of the Senate was called, with the following
result
Senator Zacharie voted for Hon. D. T. Jonas
senator Ducros voted for the Hon. R. L.
Senators Boatner, Breaux Ellis. Garland
| George Goode, Kelly, Stubs, Mitchell, Per-
| kins, Richardson. Robertson. Sandiford. Texa-
da and Wheeler voted for the Hon. f. g. Zach
arie-15 votes.
The roll of the House was called when the
| following members voted for the Hon. B. F.
| Jonas:
Messrs. Aycock, Breard Bowden, Brady
| Berry, Bell. Cockerham, Robertson, Ferguson
Gillespie, Huntington. McGehee. Newsom, NJ
kehardson Ryand BaEb Wid
| Young of Claiborne, and Young Of East Baton
| ROuge-25.
| The following members voted for the Hon. e
! L. Gibson:
Messrs. Aldidge, Fitzpatrick Kelly Of Or
| leans, Lamare, " cans, kernochan, Self, Billeu
Smart Tremoulet and Williams-11.
The following members voted for the Hon. W
T. WHY:
Messrs. Bridger, Sartain, Barron. Kennedy
| Sellers and 1aylor-6.
| The following members voted for the Hon. F.
| G. Zacharie:
| Speekar Bush, aud Massrs. Buck.
Briggs, Carloss Cressy, Delavigne, Forester
Gaskins. Jonas. Kelly OF VIM, Lyons. Leeds,
Lea, Leonhard. Martin, Peralta, Pitts. Role,
Steele Ridgley, Toler and Wood-22.
Total vote 81; necessary to a choice Al.
No one candidate having received a majority
of all the votes cast, the presiding officer de-