The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-09
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
or THE
FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
or THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,.
EXTRA SESSION or 1877.
Fifth Days Proceedings.

HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,,
New Orleans. Wednesday. March l. 1s77.
The House was called to order at 1l:ls u. m
Present.
Aycoek, Bridger Breard, Bowden, Barbin, bar.
ron. Brady, Berry, Dell Briggs Billieu, Cocker.
opna TaSs
aaskins. Gillespie, Huntington, Hammond
Hill of Orleans. Jonas Kennedy. Kelly of ,Winn,
Leeds. i.amarc. Lea AZ Ieonhard OF orieans
Martin, NJ ans. McGehee, Nunez, Porter, Pera-
70, Pits. Richardson. ksland, Role. Robertson,
spiller, stagg. Steele, Sellers, Smart. Taylor
Tremonlet. Toler Voorhees, wpshburne, vii.
lams, Young of Claiborne and Young of East
sixty-seven members and quorum.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. Father Hubert
of the Catholic Church.
The journal of March was approved.
Mossrs. James NJ. Sherry and james y. Mars
ton were sworn rs enrolling clerks.
COMMITTEE SERVICE.
Mr.. jonas. Chairman. on behalf of tho Com
mttee on tho Judiciary, presented the following
report:
To the Honorable the Speaker and Members Of
the House Of Representatives!
Gensttemen-I am instructed by a majority Of
the members Of the Committee on Judiciary, to
No. ia entitled An act to repeal the act Of 1868
entitled an net to increase the revenues OF the
State and to authorize the incorporation and
establishment Of the Louisiana State Lottery,
and to repeal certain acts nowin force"
Mr.. Young Of Claiborne reserves the right to
offer minority report.
Respectfully submitted,
b. +, JONAS. Chairman.
New Orleans, March T. 1877.
Mr.. VOORHEES, made the following separate re-
port:
concur In the report of the majority. am of
opinion that the State can at any time repeal the
act No. - OF 1868. incorporating the louisiana an
part contract to the State and II it did the State
has reserved to itself the right to dissolve this
pa Of the
and which fully protects that right as follows "A
corporation legally established may be dissolved
sary or convenient to the public interest; pro-
vided that when the act OF incorporation i'm
parts a contract, on the faith Of which individ-
property 1t cannot be repealed without provid-
Ing for the reimbursement OF the advances
made, or making full indemnity to such indi-
The act Of 1865 No. 25, is. in my opinio n, I'M
'''S'''A"'' ALBERT VOORHEES,
The reports were received and the substitute
was read, and under suspension OF the rule
was passed to its second reading and adopted
In lieu of the original bill. becoming
House bill No. 1919. An act to repeal an act en-
titled An act to increase the revenues OF the
State and to authorize the incorporation and
establishment Of the Louisiana State Lottery
Company, and to repeal certain acts now in
force. said act being act No. rs of the acts Of the
General Assembly Of the State of Louisiana for
the year 1868, which became a law on August II,
1868"
Amotion was made to postpone the further
consideration Of the bill till March s, which mo-
ton was laid upon the table.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick moved that the rules be, sus
pended, in order that the bill might be taken as
engrossed.
A rising vote was had, resulting, yeas go
nays O.
No quorum voting, call of the House was
ordered, as follows: .z
Hon, L. Bush. Speaker, and Messrs. Aldige
Ayeock, Bridger, Breard. Bowden, Barbin, Bar
rom Brady. Berry, Bell Briggs, Billieu, Cocker
ham. Carloss, Cressy, Delavigne, Duke, Dupree,
Estopinal. Fitzpatrick, Forester. Eergurson,
Gaskins, Gillespie, Huntington, Hammond,
Jonas Kennedy, Kelly of Orleans. Kidd, kerno,
chan, Lyons. Leeds Lamare. Lea, Leonhard OF
Orleans Martin, Means, McGehee, Nunez, Por-
ter, Peralta, Pitts, Richardson. Ryland, Robert
son. Role, Shakespeare. Singleton. Self. Splller,
Stage, Steele, Sellers. Smart. Sartain. Iaylor,
Tremoulet. Toler. VOORHEES,. Washburne, Wide.
Williams Young of Claiborne and Young "
East Baton Rouge.
Sixty-s.Tc members and quorum.
On the motion to suspend the rules. Mr.. Fitz-