New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-03

parish OF Ofleanej TO Qonne and regulate It's
Jurisdiction, and modify and regulate that
Of the several district courts Of said par
ish, hitherto and now existing; to renuce
the expenses of taxpayers and of justice in
the city Of New Orleans, etc.
Also, that the Senate has concurred ia
House concurrent resolution No. /, asking
the assistance Of the President of the
United States that order and peace be
maintained in the State.
L. ILAMANIERE, JR,
Secretary of the Senate.
Mr.. Gracien, of Orleans, offered the fol-
lowing resolution, which lies over under
the rules:
A resolution empowering the Sergeant-at-
Arms to appoint twenty additional assist
ant sergeants-atarms.
On motion of Mr.. Souer, of Avoyelles, Q
committee of three members, consisting of
Messrs. Leonard, of Caddo, TOlliver, of
Concordia and Warmoth, of Plaquemines,
were appointed to inform the Senate that
the House was ready to meet in joint session
to count the votes cast for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor at the last State cleo
| ton.
Mr.. Stewart, of Tensss, in the chair.
The Speaker resumed the chair.
The committee appointed to wait on the
Senate reported, through its chairman, that
the Senate would meet the House for the
purpose specified in few minutes.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
The Secretary of the Senate was an.
nounoed with the following message:
SENATE CHANBER,l
New Orleans, January 2, 1877. !
1 To gnAakar and Mamhara Of fha
House of Be presentatives;
l am directed by the Senate to inform
/ your honorable body that the Senate is
now ready to meet the House of Represen-
tatives in joint session for the purpose of
l examining and counting the votes cast at
the election held November Z, 1876, for
| Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the
| State of Louisiana.
L LAMANIERE, JR,
| Secretary of the Senate.
JOINT SESSION.
The Sergeant-at-Arms then announced
the honorable the Senate Of the State of
Louisiana.
The President Of the Senate, Hon. C. c,
Antoine, took the chair, and directed the
Secretary of the Senate to call the roll of
The Senate in joint session.
The following Senators answered 10 their
nance:
Hon. C. C. Antoine, Lieutenant Governor
| and President of the Senate, and MeeBrs.
Allan, Blunt. Breaux, Bureh. BRYANT,
Baker, Cage Demas. Dumont, Ola, Ham
let, Harper, Kelso, Landry, Sutton, Stamps,
Twitcheil. Wakefield. Wheeler, Weber,
Youug-2l.
Twen9y-one members present, and q quo
rum.
The Speaker Of the House of Representa-
tives then ordered the Clerk of the House
to call the roll, when the following mem
bers answered TO their names;
Speaker Hahn and Messrs. Brown oil
CaddO, Burton, Brown Of Jefferson, Blair,
Barron, Brewster, Barrett, BOsley, Brooks
Brown of Vernon, Blackstone, Carville,
Como, Cole, Drurv, burden, Davidson
DAyriee, Drew, De Lacy, Dickinson, Dtnk
grave, Desmarais, D'Avy, Detiege, DejOie
| Early, Estopipal, FObb, Gardere, Gaude
CAN'T, Gary, GracieB, Hill of Ascension,
Hughes, Holt of East Baton Rouge, Holt OF
West Baton Rouge, Heath, johnson of De
son, Keeting, Kern, Lane, Leonard Of
| CaddO, LewiH, MSgloire, Martin, Million
Moore, Routon, Romero, Raby, Souer
Swazie, Snaer, Saveienes, SHINES, Stewart
Thomas, Tolliver. Washington, Watson
} WarmOth, Walker-6S.
. Sixty eight members present, and QUO
) rum.
) The joint session being composed of TWEEN
Z ~ one members of tho Senate and sixty
! eight members of the House then proceede'
! | in joint assembly to count and declare tn
/. votes cast at the general election held oil
, the seventh day of November, A. d. 1876
} for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, il
r accordance with article forty.eight of tn
constitution.
{ The President of the Sennte hayin
J. stated the objects OF the Joint session, the
appointed Senators Bureb, Twitohell AM
, Dumont as tellers on the part of the Senate
The Speaker of the House then sppointe
Messrs Carville, Kern, and Hill of Ascer
sion as tellers ON the part of the House.
! The joint tellers then proceeded to e1
anime and count the returns of the vote
cast in the several parishes of this Stats
which are as follows;
OFFICIAL.
/, Compiled returns of an election held 70
Governor and Lieutenant Governor in tn
8 State Of Louisiana, on the seventh day Q
November, A. ID. 1876, under a writ of eleI
ton dated September l6, A. d. 1876, Ordel
: ing same, and pursuant to the provisions q
act No. SO, to regulate the conduct and
maintain the freedom and purity of eleI
tons; to prescribe the mode of making n
u turns thereof; TO provide for the election c
q Returning Officers, and defining the
movers and duties; to prescribe the mode {
entering on the rolls of the Senate an
House Of Representatives, and to enforC
II article 1903 of the constitution, approve
# November 20, A. d. 1872, to wit:
10 FOR GOVERNOR.