The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-21

Mileage and per diem to Senators. 81. .sls.b5s 40
Officers and employees Of Senate. ..s.. to,6s2 60
| Contingent Expenses Of Senate. ...i.,.. 22Bl GO
| TO ehairmen ~ committees as per re-
| solution Of Senate..... .............. 1910 90
Total. ..................... .ss3, 452 60
Appropriation act No. of fs77........st 10000 90
| Total amount expended .............. 30 .ss2 90
Leaving balance upexpended. ...... se.5a7 40
| Respectfully sub lifted,
W. A. ROBEaTsoN. Chairman
| On motion of Mr. Garland tho report WIS
adopted.
| The Senate resumed consideration Of reports
of committees lying over.
| On motion Of Mr., Garland tho favorable re-
port of the Committee on Judiciary in House
bill No, 22s, entitled IAN act relative to the
taking Of tho testimony Of physicians"
Was adopted.
| On motion of Mr.. Garland the rules wers sus-
pended to consider this bill at his time.
On motion Of Mr.. Garland tho bill was ordered
read the third time.
| Under u suspension Of he constitutional rule
the bill was real tho third time and finally
passed
| The title was adopted.
Mr.. Garland moved to reconsider the vote by
which this bill was finally passed and on his
motion the motion to reconsider was laid on the
| table.
House bill No. 2s5. entitled An act to amend
and re enact an net entitled An act to incorpor-
nte the Louisiana Historical Society, approved
Janu ry 10, A. D. 1860"
| Was taken up under the favorable report Of
| the COMMITTEES on Corporations.
| On motion Of Mr.. Grover the report was
adopted.
House bill No a72. entitled An act to amend
and re.enaet article 4ss of the Code Of Prae-
tee"
| Was taken UP under favorable report N the
| Committee on judiciary. with the following
| amendments:
Insert aftor the word reporter in the 18th
line of the list section. tho words "or clerk"
Strike out the word PASSAGE" in the ID line Of
tho I'd section, and insert in Ell thereof the
word prom ulgation.' and strike out oil tho
words in the remain ler Of the section suisse
quent thereto.
| On motion of Mr.. Goode, the report and
amendments were adopted.
] On motion Of Mr. Goodo the rules were sus-
pended to consider this bill mt this timo.
| The bill was ordered read the third time.
| The constitutional rule was suspended the
bill was read ths third time and finally passed
The little was ADOPTED.
Mr.. Goode moved to reconsider the vote by
which this bill was finally passed. and on his
motion the motion to reconsider was laid on the
| table.
Mr.. Wheeler obtained unanimous consent to
take UP mt this time House bill No 35l entitled
An act to authorize the police jury of the par
| ish of Morehouse to levy special tax of four
and one half mills during the years 1877 and
| 1885, etc.
| The bill was read the first time
The following message from the House was
received:
/ HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,. |
| New Orleans. April 49, 1877.
To the Honorable the Senate of the State OF
! Louisiana:
tives to, inform your honorable body that the
| House has conenrfed in the Senates amend
| ments to House bill No. 1888 An act to ineor
porate the Eastern Louisiana Railway Com
PETER J. IRRELEVANT.
Chief Clerk
On motion OF Mr.. Wheeler. the constitutional
rule was suspended and tho bill read the second
time.
Mr.. stubbs offered the following amendment
and moved its adoption:
| Strike out section and insert the following
to become section of the bill:
SECTION |. Be it enacted bv the Senate and
House of Representations Of me State of Louis
| lana IN General assembly cohpGled ! hat the po-
Be- OF G1 ey 81 Id 10
1 w
levy specitl tax Of not more than four and one
half mills on all the taxable property Of their
respect We parishes, for and during the year
1877, in addition to the ten mills tax now author
lied"
| And the amendment was adopted.
| On motion OF Mr. Wheeler the bill was ordered
read the third time.
| On motion of Mr. Wheeler the constitutional
rule was suspended. the bill was read a third
time and finally passed.
| Mr.. Wheeler offerel the following amend
ments to the title:
Strike out in the title words eighteen hun
dred and seventy-eight
Strike out the word years" and insert the
word year"
| Strike out the words parish Of Morehouse"
| and insert In lieu thereof the words parishes
| of Morehouse and Caldwell
| and the amendments to the title were
adopted.
| The title was adopted as amended.
| Mr. Wheeler moved to reconsider the vote by
which the bill was finally passed, and on his mo-
| ton the motion to reconsider was laid on the
| table.
| Notice Of concurrence was ordered sent to the
| House,
| House bill No. so6 entitled AN act to incer
porate the Bayou Sara Fire Com pany," was taken
| up under the favorable report of the Committee
o. Corporations.
| On motion OF Mr.. Richardson the bill was or
| dered read the third time.
| The constitutional rule was suspended. the
bill was read the third time. and finally passed
| Thu title was adop ed.
! Mr.. Richardson moved to reconsider the vote
by which this bill was finally passed and on his
own motion the motion to reconsider was laid
| on the table.
| Mr. Eustis obtained unanimous consent TO
/ consider at this time House bill No. 535, entitled
AN act to revive and extend the charter OF the
First Baptist Church Of New Orleans"
| The bill was read the first time.
! On motion OF Mr.. Eustis the constitutional
rule was suspended and the bill was read the
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