New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-04-14

MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE.
HousH OF REPRESENTATIVES.,
New Orleans, April II, 1877. )
To the Honorable President and Members Of the
Senate
am directed to AJAX concurrence of the
Senate in the following bills:
House bill No. %, an act making certain
appropriations for the year ending the
thirty-first day of December, 1877, not
being included in the general appropriation
bill for the current year.
House bill No. %, an act making an ap-
preparation for the leveeiug of Jones and
Hibb's bayoua, in the parish of Catalonia,
Louisiana.
Also, that the House has concurred in
Senate bill No. an act to amend and re-
enact section one of an act entitled an act
fixing the limits of the Seventeenth Judicial
District. etc., and Senate concurrent resO-
luton No. 3, expressive Of the sentiments
of the General Assembly on the political
affairs of Louisiana.
WILLIAM VIGERS,
Assistant Clerk House OF Representatives
On motion of Senator Cage the bill
finally passed.
Senator Burch moved to amend the title
by striking out land for other purposes"
Adopted.
The title was adopted as amended and
the bill ordered sent to the House for con
currenCe.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES LYING OVER.
House bill No, 81, entitled an act making
an appropriation of $4,000 ont of the gen.
eral funds in the State treasury or received
in the State treasury, during the year 1877,
for the payment of the mileage and per
diem of members, salaries of officers and
employees, and contingent expenses of the
extra session of 1877; providing for the de-
ficiency of the regular session of 1877, and
authorizing tho payment of salaries of ex-
ira employees; directing the Auditor of
Public Accounts 60 issue his warrants to
gent Expenses Of the House and to the
chairman of the Committee on Auditing
and Supervising the Accounts of the Sem
ate, on the Treasurer, and making such
warrants receivable for State licenses; di-
recting the Treasurer of the State to receive
such warrants in settlement with the tax
collectors, and providing for the disburse-
ment of the amount appropriated, reported
favorably by the committee, with the fol-
lowing amendments:
Strike out items two and three in section
one and insert in lies thereof give thou
sand dollars" Strike ont item i've in SEQ
ton one, ''ave Thousand dollars" Strike
out section three entirely.
On molten of Senator Demas the report
of the committee was adopted.
On motion of Senator Cage the Senate
agreed to take the bill up section by sec
ton.
The first section of the bill was read.
Senator Demns moved that the further
consideration of the bill be postponed, and
that the bill be reoommitted to the Com
mittee on Retrenchment and Reform with
instructions to procure list of the en-
ployes of the Senate and House who have
not been paid, and report the bill back to-
morrow morning.
Senator Cage moved to lay that motion
on the table.
Lost.
Senator Burch called the previous ques'
ton on the motion to reconsider.
Senator Cage called the attention of the
President to the fact that there was not q
quorum present.
The President ordered call of the Sen
ate, and the following Senators answered
to their names:
Present-Messrs Anderson, Blunt, Burch
Bryant, Baker, Cage, Demas, Dnmont
Hamlet, Harper, KelsO, Landry, Monette
Sutton, Stamps, Twitehell, Wakefield, Web
Absent-Messrs. Allan, Boatner, Breaux
Ellis, Eustis, George, GOode, Grover, Ola
Kelly, Ogden, Richardson, Robertson
Steven, Wheeler, White, Young, Zacha
rie-lS.
No quorum.
On motion OF Senator Cage the Senat
went into secret session.
After secret session, ON motion of Senate
Landry, the Senate adjourned until X
: morrow at twelve o'clock M.
, L. LAMANIERE, JR.,
Secretary of the Senate.