The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-07

New Orleans, March 8, 1877.
10 the Honorable the Speaker and Members oil
the, House of Representatives:
Gentle7nen,-I am directed by the Senate to in
form your honorable body that the Senate has
In Senate bill No. II. entitled IAN act to change
the eastern boundary Of the parish OF Pointe
Also Senate bill No. 1os, entitled IAN act to
authorize the Auditor of Public Accounts to &C.
cept and approve the bonds OF State Tax Collec-
tors a ana 70 repeal all other laws recurring, said
oohos 10 pe approved by any other officer"
JOHN GjIIEsdG,
Secretary of the Senate.
BILLS INTRODUCED,
The following named members asked and OBJ
tanned leave to introduce. out of the regular
order OIL business. the following entitled bills,
Which were read. and under a suspension OF
the constitutional rule we're severally passed
to their second reading and referred to COM
mittees. as follows:
BY Mr.. Toler--
House bill No. 1871. AN act to exempt notaries
public in the parish OF Richand from paying
license on said Office
To the Committee on the Judiciary.
BY Mr.. Fitzpatrick
s House bill No. 1872. IAN act to cause the city of
New Orleans to devote such portion as may be
necessary of the revenues of each year, and set
the same aside for the purpose of paying it's
Fire Department"
To the Special Committee on City Affairs
By M. Estopinal-
House bill No. 1888. AN act to Incorporate the
Mississippi and Terre-aux- Bnufs and Lake
Railroad Company and to define it's powers and
authority"
Tothe Committee on Corporations.
BY Mr. VOORHEES,
House bill No. 1874, IAN act to exempt landed
property in the parish of Orleans from drainage
tax"
TO the Committee on Drainage
By Mr.. Fitzpatrick
House bill No. 1876. An act to cause the city of
New Orleans 10 issue warrants or certificates
OF Indebtedness to the Firemen's Charitable.As-
ISOLATION for past Indebtedness for the years
1874, 1875 and 1876. and to make such warrants
or certificates of Indebtedness receivable for
the back taxes of the years tho deficiencies for
which they represent.
To the Special Committee on City Affairs,
BY Mr., Kidd
House bill No. 1856. AN act to amend and re-
enact section 1872 Of the Revised Statutes, rea-
tive to the erime of carrying concealed
weapons"
To the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr.. Gaskins-
House bill No. 1877, AN act to amend and re-
enact article CAS- of the Code of Practice.
To the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr.. Billieu-
House bill No. 100. An act relative to taxing
lands in the Parish Of Lafourche for Drainage
purposes
To the Committee on Parochal Affairs.
JOINT SESSION.
A Joint session of the General Assembly was
fort ba nf fur hall ntip %,
Senator to represent the State of Louisiana In
the Senate Of the United States fer the terra
beginning March 4. 1877. Hon. L. A. Wilt. Lieu
tenant Governor and PRESIDENT Of the Senate,
presiding.
The roll OF the Senate was called, when the
following Senators answered to their names:
Messrs. Boatner, Breaux, Ducros. Ellis, Gar
land. George, Goode. Grover, Kelly, Mitchell.
Ogden, Perkins, Robertson, sandiford, Stubs,
Texada. Wheeler. White and Zacharie.
Nineteen Senators and quorum of the
Senate.
The roll of the House being called. the follow
ing members answered to their names:
=, Messrs Adige,. Bridger Breard, Bowden,
Billieu. Cockerham, Carloss, Cressy. Delavigne.
Duke. Dupree. tstopinal. Fitzpatrick, Forester.
EEsrgns0nd GaSkins gillespie Huntington,
nedy, Kernoehan. Kelly OF Vim. Kelly of Or
leans Kidd. Lyons. Leeds. Lamare, Leonhard
Ct Orleanns. Martin tin. Means McGehee. Nqnez.
dolph, Role, Shakespeare. Singleton, Self. spill
Ter, Steele. Sellers, smart Taylor. 1remouet.
Toler., VOORHEES,. Washbnrne, Williams, Young
Of Claiborne. Young of East Baton Rouge
Sixty-four members and O quorum of the
House.
The presiding officer announced that the
General Assembly of the State of Louisiana had
netin his joint session. as required by law.
'or the purpose of ballotng for Senator to
the State Of Louisiana in the Senate
If the United States for the term beginning
March 4. 1877.
Nominations were read as follows: Messrs.
Jonas. Gibson Egan and Robertson.
Mr.. Mitchell, OF the Senate, withdrew the
lame of Hon. Jas. G. Egan. of Claiborne.
MIR. Kelly, of the Senate, nominated the Hon.
}. B Wheeler.
Mr.. Sartain, Of the House. nominated the Hon.
mo. Young Of Claiborne.
There b3ing no further nominations, the roll
If the Senate was called. with the following re-
ult
Senators Stubs and Wheeler voted for the
Ion. B. f, Jonas-2 votes.
Senator DucrOS voted for the Hon, r. +.
vote.
Senator's Garland and Grover voted for the
Ion. ". Al Robertsonm,,2 votes.
he Hon. John Young of CIaiborne-3 votes
Senators Breaux Goode, Kelly Mitchell,
ogden, Perkins; Robertson, Sandiford, Texada
White, and Zacharie voted for tne Hon, C. 3.
Vheeler-11 votes.
The roll of the House was called, when the
Glowing members voted for the Hon. 3. F. |
onas:
Messrs. .Aycock, Breard, ,Bowden, Brady, |
berry, Barbin, Cockerham Delavigne, Forester
'erguson. Huntington, Kidd. Peralta Pitts |
.yland. Randolph, Robertson, Shakespeare and |
1ngeton-19 votes,
The following members voted for the Hon, |
randall L. Gibson:
Messrs. Bell, Estopinal Fitzpatrick, Hill Of |
rleans, Kelly Of Orleans. Leeds. Lamare, Ker-
ochan. McGehee, Porter Role, Smart, Ire
loulet and Wiliams-14 votes.
The following members voted for the Hon.
B. Wheeler:
Messrs. Briggs. Dupree. Hammond Kennedy, |
teele, Taylor, roller and Young OF Claiborne |
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