The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-12
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
or THE
FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
or THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
EXTRA SESSION or 1877.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
HOUSE OFF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Thirty-third Days Proceedings.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,,

HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,, |
New Orleans. Tuesday. April 10. 1877.
The House was called to order ut II 40. q. IN.
Present:
Hon. l.. Hush SPEAKER, and Messrs, Atdlge,
Ayeock. Bridger. Breard. Bilieu. Bowden. Bar
sy. Dayries, Deiayigne. Davy. Duke, Dapree,
Estopinal, Ferguson. Forester, aaskins. Giles
pie Hammond. Kennedy. Kelly Of Orleans,
hard Of Orleans. Martin, Mogehee,. Newsom.
Eldglsy. Bland aoaten Eele s, Fob s!,ap.
T Tsss n st Toer, Voorhies. Wood Wilde,
Williams, Young of Claiborne. Young OF East
Baton Rouge.
Sixty.flye members and quorum.
Prayer was offered by the Hev. Dr. Pereival.
j he journal of April was approved.
COMMITTEE SERVICE.
Mr. Billeu chairman, on behalf of the Com
mittee on the Judiciary. presented the following
Rooms COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY,
New Orleans. April TO- 1877.
TO the Honorable Speaker and Members Of the
House OF Representatives oil the State OF
qeptienen-Yoar Committee on judiciary beg
leave TO report as follows:
Unfavorably. on resolution to compensate
Unfavoraby on House bill No "A, An act. to
provide for the appo ntment OF commission
TO prepare and report q draft STATUTES y q the
State OF Louisiana. and to prescribe their duties
and compensation and for the printing Of their
report. ...x =
amend An net to protect the health Of the G ty
of New Orleans, to Locate the stock landing and
slaughter houses, aud to incorporate the Ores
cent City Live stock Landing and Slaughter
nnfayorably on Senate bill No. 1877, IAN act TO
amend and ,re.enact agt NO; II 2f the pets 2f
usurp o public office .and providing for the
punishment Of such offense: providing that ii
any public officer shall adhere to or recognize
any usurper his Off o shall be fort tied and
considered abandoned and directing and regu-
lating Legal proceedings to have such abandon
ment and forfeiture declared authorizing the
Governor to declare such forfeiture and abin-
Comment in certain cases and to remove such
officers" etc.
Tayorably BY majority Of committee ON a on House.
bar-rooms drinking saloons. groceries and
coffee houses from selling or giving intoxicating
liquors to minors and to prescribe penalties foI
a. Violation ioi Of the provision Of this act,
Favorably with amendment, by majority Of
Committee on Joint resolution referring e
extra compensation Of chairman OF COMMITTEE
on Enrolment and Contingent Expenses Of the
House, and of Finance and Enrolment OF the
Senate" ...
the payment OF the clerks and employees OF the
House Of Representatives"
BY special report. hereto annexed. on Heso.
luton offered by Mr.. Bush. relative to the con
structiou of article 80 Of the constitution Of Lout
siana and section 1891 Of the Revised statutes.
J. s. BILLfEU.
Acting Chairman.
Also, the following special report:
To the Honorable Speaker and members Of the
House OF Representatives:
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom w3s
referred the resolution Of Mr.. Bush nstruct-
| whether section 1892 of the Revised Statutes
allowing the Speaker additional compensation
IL not voative Of article 30 OF the state constl
tuition" have the honor to report tina in theil
opinion section 1882 Is not vioative OF article 81
of the constitution.
Thatthe improvisation OF eight dollars per Gay
to the speaker IL u salary OF office. and not hddl
tional compensation allowed to him as
| member. ,
b. Il. JONAS, Chairman.
On the resolution relative to the payment o
clerks and employees of the House OF Represent
atves, the Committee on the Judiciary reported
| favorably by substitute.
| Under d suspension Of the rules the substi
| tute was taken up and read as follows
| Be resolved by the House Of Representatives
| That the appointment Of clerks by the following
standing nm tor the . extra %
| Ways and Means, on Clai ms, on Railroads, OF
| Contingent Expenses, and on Engrossment ant
| Enrolment be and the same are hereby author
| lied and ratified.
Resolved That the chairman of the COMMITTEES
on Contingent Expenses shall issue certifcat'
| of section OF act No. II, approved February %
| 1872 and that certificate shall be issued to thu
| clerk OF the Committee on Engrossment ane
| Enrolment for such number OF days, not ex
| eeeding ten" as may be directed by the Com
mittee on Engrossment and Enrolment.
BE It further resolred.. That the chief clerk O
the House. and the assistant clerk; the minute
clerk and assistant to the clerk OF the House
shall be paid at the same rate per diem Tor tn'
extra session as wa. received BY them at tn
| adj IA
| chief clerk, assistant clerk. minute clerk ant
assistant to the clerk shall be entitled to said PEI
| diem shall extend ten days beyond the close 9
the extra session, and the same rule shall appl!
| to the payment OF the sergeant-at. arms, excep
| that the time for. which his, per diem shall b.
| paid. shall extend five days beyond the close
| the present session.
| Mr.. McGehee moved to amend the first resolu
ton by inserting after the figures 1872 in lin
| Is the words for the number OF days they have
actually served. except the clerks on contingen
Expenses, Judiciary and Engrossment and En-
rolIment. who shall be paid the full time"
| Mr.. Sartain moved that the amendment b.
| laid upon the table.
| On which motion the yeas and nays were
| called as follows:
| Yeas-Messrs. Billieu, Bowden, Brady, Car
| loss, Cressy, DAvy. Duke. Dupree Fitzpatrick
K KID Iamare. Martin, Nunez. Porter. Peralta
Ridgiey, Routon. Rolle Shakespeare, Stewart
Steele VOORHEES,, Wood, Williams. Young Q
| NaYs-Hon, l.. Bush. Sneaker. and Messrs
Aldige. Aycock. Bridger. Breard. Barbin. Buck
Ball, Briggs, Dayrisg Estopii na E Ed5a,
Of Orleans. Kernochan. Lyons, Leeds. Lea
Leonhard OF Orleans, Means. McGehee. New
| som, Pitts. Richardson. Ryiand, Randolph. Sar
| tain. Self, Spiller. Stage, Smart. Taylor, Ire
| moulet and Toler-36.
i The motion To lay upon the table was lost
Mr. Sartain moved to reconsider the vote jus