The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-25
Forty-Fourth Days Proceedings.
HOUSE OF REPRESENT.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,. !
New Orleans. La, Monday. April %. 1871
The House was called to order at II SO o'clock
a. m. Present:
Hon. IT, Bush, Speaker, and Messrs; Aldige
Aycock. Bridger, Breard Burton. Bowden,
Rarron, Barrett. .Bosley. Brooks. Buck, Berry
prnry burden, Deavgne pesmarais !, p Tayg
Fitzpatrick. Forester Gaude Gaskns. Gillespie.
Holt, Hill OF. Orleans Jones, Johnson, Il. nj;
Mnn ke h9e 81 orsa nas ksrn Key
M 9ed,i Martin. Means, Mion McGehee. New
portr asfa fR omero Rae
Raby, Soutr. Shakespeare, Singleton Self. Snaer.
Spilier. Semmes. Stagg. Stewart Steele. SMART
S Voorhies, Wash Waahington Watson. Washburn,
Walker. Wood, u ilde Williams, Young of
Claiborne and Young of East Baton Rouge.
Ntnety-fo members and a quorum.
The journal of April 21st was approved.
Messrs G. W. keeting. of Caddo w. II. Dink-
grave. of Madison. G. H. Hill, Of Ascension.
Geo. Gracen. of the Thirteenth Representative
District of Orleans. Cornelius Brown OF Caddo,
Pierre Magloire. Of Avoyelles, VIM. G. Gary, of
st. Landry. +. Brown. Of Jefferson. and Samuel
Thomas, Of Bossier. presented themselves at
the Speakers stand. took the constitutional oath
Of office, and were seated as Representatives
from their respective parishes.
Mr.. McGehee presented the following eommu-
ncaton:
NEW ORLEANS, April %. 1877.
To the Honorable Speaker and Members OF the
House OF Representatives of the State of
Louisiana:
is for the best interests of the State that should
relinuush all claim to a seat in your body
which may have had by reason of being re-
turned by the Returning Board, herewith beg
leave respectfully to tender this my relinqqlsh-
ment to any claim to a seat Ia the House OF Rep
resentat yes for the State OF Louisiana.
perity of the State and successful legislation,
remain,
-0"A o''''Vl,' -, ''' LUCIUs EARLY.
BILL INTRODUCED
BY Mr.. voovhies
House bill No. 362, AN act to authorize Milton
r. Doullut to sue the State of Louisiana on q
bill for repairs made to the State-H from
the month of May to November, 1876"
Was taken up. read. and under a suspension
OF the rules was read second time and referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
The following message was received from
the Senate:
SENATE CHAMBER, STATE OF LOUISIANA,
New Orleans. April %, 1877.
the House of Representatives:
tIentle1aen--I am directed by the Senate to in
form your honorable body that they have con-
Cured in House bill. No, $50. entitled An act
relative to juries in the Second Judicial Dis
triet Court parish of Orleans"
Also, House bill No 1876, entitled An act to
prohibit the keepers of bar-rooms, drinking
Saloons, groggerfes and coffee-houses from
selling or giving Intoxicating liquors to minors,
and to prescribe. penalties for violation of the
provisions of this act
| Also. House bill No. s03 entitled Substitution
House bills Nos. 1856, 1913 and 222 entitled An act
for the relief of the taxpayers of the city of New
Orleans to absorb the floating debt. the unpaid
| interest coupons, school warrants. and all cyl
denees of debt. and other claims against the
city. and to authorize and to require the city OF
| New Orleans to receive such Indebtedness in
| payment of certain taxes of the city of New Or
leans due prior to the list of January, 1876. with
amendments. esssa@
| Also. House bill No. 26s. entitled " An act to
promote education by requiring better aualif-
ca ions of candidates for admission to the bar .
Also. House bill No. sss, entitled AN act to
| provide for the removal of the Instructions to
navigation in the Haouth OF Red River, aud ap-
propriating the sum OF 5000 to pay for having
Also. House bill No. 2s4, entitled Joint Reso.