The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-13
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
OR THE
FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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STATE OF LOUISIANA.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,.
EXTRA SESSION or 1871.
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Eighth Bays Proceedings.

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New Orleans, La.. Saturday, March 10. 1871. !
The House WIS called TO order at II 10 o'clock
a. IN. Present: @ s.
Hon, l.. Bush. Speaker. .and Messrs. .A1dige.
Brady, Buck. Berry. Bell, Briggs, Barbin, Bill
pate Dapres, tIIseaspiek Fgsrster Tsssa:.
Orleans. Kennedy, Kelly Of Orleans. Kidd. ,Ker;
Of ORLEANS. Means, .MeGehse, Nnnez. Peralta,
Pk tyana h0 a Gobsse ea
s sa go5 ss Wfaab Wds ss ms
Young Of Claiborne and Young Of East Baton
Rouge. aeg# --. IA. .... .t.sz
Sizty-one members and quorum.
Prayer was offered by the Rev Father Hubert.
Of the Catholic Church.
The journal Of March was corrected and OPP
proved. -. ...z.. .-.. ii
Mr.. Frank Leefe was sworn aa Enrolling
Clerk. s
- coMMfrrEE SERVICE. saa
Mr. Huntington, chairman, on bshalf Of 1.-THE
COMMITTEES on Claims, reported as follows;
Fayorably. by bill. on claim Of the New Orleans
DEHosHAT for 1855. for advertisements ordered
by Michael Hahn. Register Of Voters.
Unfavorabiy on Senate bill for the relief Of
N RS. nj. J. Lewis. OF the Parish Of ouaehita.
Favorably by bill on claim Of CyDrien A. Gull
lory, jos. Landerneau and J. D. Hagerty, for re-
turn Of money paid by them in error to the State
Of Louisiana. zz b.. a.
On the motion Of Mr.. Kidd tho above entitled
Senate bill No. 81 was taken up and made the
special order Of the day for Tuesday, March 49,
at o'clock .. m.
Mr.. Lyons. chairman, on behalf of the Com
mittee On Gorporations: .E ...a
To the Honorable the Speaker and members Of
the H1uag of Observation-Disclosures -1
Your COMMITTEES on Corporations. TO whom
was referred House bills Nos. 50 and 17s beg
On On House Bill No. 90, entitled AN net to in
corporate the Madison Transportation Conpa-
ny !" that they have been unable to obtain infor-
mutton in regard to the streams proposed TO be
provements proposed will be detrimental to the
Interests Of the state. and therefore beg Leave
to return said bill without action.
Tavorably, with amendment, on House bill
No. 49, entitled An pct 70 Incorporate the toWn
Of Many, In the parish OF Sabine; to provide for
powers and duties and 70 provide for the gov
eminent Of the same. a ~ Il
Respectfully submilSste & rvoxs ctasru.r
On the motion OF Mr.. Wilde the above entitled
Housebili No. 90 wac recommitted to the Com
rnittee On Corporations. r F.. -
On the motion OF Mr.. Self the above entitled
House bill No. 17s was taken up under the ia
yorab1e report Of the Committee on Corpora
tions. Er g
The amendment recommended by the COM
mittee was adopted as follows: ~ IA
After the word then, in line 10. page Q. In
sert the words ."and every two years there
after" y
Under suspension OF the rules the bill as
amended was taken as engrossed. read third
time and passed. The title was adopted.
Mr. Bowdsn. chairman. ON behalf OF the Com
nnittee on Parochial Affair.", reported as
follows; # a % q
To the Honorable Speaker and Members Of the,
= House OF Representatives: - ~. -
Your Committee on Parochial Affairs, TO
whom was referred an act. No. rs. TO authorize
the people OF the parish Of Livingston TO
hold 40. election IN ,order to locate the seat Of
have considered said bill and beg leave 10 re-
port favorably and recommend that said bill do
pass.
On the motion Of Mr.. Bowden, the above en-
titled House bill No. 225 was taken up and held
as engrossed.
Under suspension of the rules. the bill was
read third time and passed. The title was
adopted.
Mr.. Washburne. chairman, on behalf of the
Comni. tee ON Lands and Levees, reported by a
bill, which, on his motion. was read, and under
suspension of the rules, was passed to its sec
ond reading.
On his further motion it was ordered that the
bill be printed in the journal, and made the
special order of the day for Tuesday, March IS,
at 2 o'clock D. m.
HOUSE BILL NO. 226
AN ACT
To provide for more adequate protection ofthe
aliuv1al lands OF the State against. the dan.
gers and damages Of overfoWs TO abolish and
Teorganlze the present Board of Stats Engl- |
neers; to abridge the duties and compensa-
ton OF the present com mission Of engineers
and the commission III persons; % creaIe
certain engineer districts and 20 proFIde Tor
the appointment OF State engineer and two
district engineers for the management OF all
public works therein; to provide TOR the SUD-
division OF these engineer districts into Ger