The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-09

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| 30 be sent to the House for concurrence.
| Senate bill No. 4s. entitled AN acs to do away
III. He personal prnnertr qualifications now
required Of the branch pilots Of the pert Of New
Orleans, and to repeal sections 1884 aud area OF
| the Revised Statutes, approved March IA, 1870,
and all laws relative thereto
| Was read see md time and referred to the
Committee OH Canals. Drainage and Inland
| Navigation.
On motion OF Mr.. Kelly the Senate proceeded
| In body 10 the hal of the House Of nepresen-
taives for the purpose Of balloting In Joint seq
| sion for United States Senator.
JOINT SESSION.
The Joint session was called to order by the
| Hon. Louis A. Witt. Lieutenant Governor and
| President Of the Senate.
| On call of the roll. the following Senators
| answered TO their haniest
| Messrs Brenux, Duei os. Ellis. Eustis., Garland
| George. Ggpde. Grover. Kelly. Mitchell. Yhuet
Perkins, Richardson, Richardson handttord;
| Steven. stubbs Texada. Wheeler. White and
| zacharie-2l Senators.
| On d call of the roll Of the House. the follow
ing members answered to their names:
Hon, L. bush. Speaker. and Messrs. ,Aldige,
| Aycock, .Bridger, breard,, Bo,wden, Barrett,
brady, Buck, Berry. Bell. narein A., "a, nalisn,
pie, Huntington. Hammond. Hin Of Orl9,ans,
Jonas Kelly Of VIM ns Kelly o. Lea
Ieonhard of Orleans. Martin. Means. Newaon,
NgneS. Porter. perala Pits hlehardso ,if h aai
maulet, Tolnr. vorrhies, Washhurne. Wood,
| Williams, Young of Claiborne, Young oil East
| Baton Houge--6Js
| The President declared n quorum present In
| both houses. and that the Joint assembly would
| hall f,r II
| tor for the term commencing March next.
The Secretary of the Senate read the names
| of the candidates, to-wit!
| Hon j. r. Jonas Of Orleans, Hon. Randall L.
Gibson of Orleans, Hon. r. c. Wiekliffe Of West
| Feliciana Hon. ". d. Egan Of Caddo, Hon. W.
| A. Robertson Of st. Landry.
| The rolls of the respective branches Of the
| General Assembly were then called, with the
| following result:
Senators Dncros. Eustig, goode. Kelly, btubbs,
Steven and Wheeler, and Repre- -entat,ives AZ
| berry. Cafloss Forester. Gaskins. Huntinston'
Hammond. Lea Ie2nhard. Meann H., New ,.,,L,
| Smart and Young Of Claiborne. voted for the
| Hoa. u. i. Jonns-3o votes
Senators Robertson, Texada and White. aud
barrett. Uressy, Delavisna, fat6li IA, E.tspat.
| rick Hill of Orleans. Kelly ol V leans, Leeds,
Lamare. Nnnez, kernorllhn, bell. Irenmaoulet
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senators Ogden, Perkins and Richardson, and
| REPRESENTATIVES, Bell. Robertson, Duke, Dupree.
Porter, Perat,, .Batbin, Splitter. Mod. Wilde.
voted for the Hon, i, Q. wieEjlrs-is votes. n
repentatiyes Jonas, ritts, Randolph, .hqlle, Tay-
| lor and Washbutne voted for Hon. W. b. Egan =
Senators Rreaux., Garland, Grover, Mitchell
| aud Sanditord, and Representatives Gillespie,
Kelly of Winn, Kidd, Lyons. Martin Billeu
sellers and Todd voted for the Hon. W. A.
| R0bettson-1H votes.
Total number Of votes east, u: necessary to a
| choice. a..
The President declared that as neither eandi-
| date had received majority OF the votes cast in
| Joint assembly. there was no election.
ON motion Of Mr.. Kelly. the Joint assembly
| adjourned until tomorrow at IL o'clock IN. and
the Senate withdrew to its own chamber.
Tho Senate was called to order by Lieutenant
| Governor Wilt. President of the Senate.
On a call of the roll. the following Senators
| answered to their names:
Messrs. Breaux Ducfes. lis.- Eustis, Gar
| land, George. Gonde, Grover Kelly. Mitchell
o. den, Perkins. Riehards9n. Roberts n, handi-
ford steven, Stubbs. .Wheeler, Haenarie,,,ia.
nso. An B2s az R Hsyns
| Landry. Stamps. Sutton, Texada, Twitchell.
| Wakefield. White and Ioung-l7.
| SPECIAL ORDER or THE DAY.
The following report of the Committee on
| Finance was readI
Rooms SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE. |
| rew Orleans, Feb. /, 1871.
| To the Hon. President and members OF the SEN
| ate Of the State of louisiana
Your committee to whom was referred Senate
bill No 30. eatit ed An act TO remit penal tiea on
| State taxes and to repeal all laws imposing tho
same, beg leave to rrpo,t By substitute.
''S''''''''' ''' Will STEVEN.
| Chairman
md OF motion OF Mr., steven was adopted
| Mr. steven moved that senate bill No. "a, sub
ssttute for Senate bin No. 90. entitled An aoJ to
remit penalties on teinuuont taxes in certain
cases. he adopted upon its second reading.
Air. Eustis offered IA a substitute TO amend
the bill M follows; rike out ia lines eight and
nine. the worAs except those duo the city oi
New Orleans
| Mr., Grover ia the chair.
| Mr. Robertson made the point Of order that it
was not within the province OF tho chairman OF
any committee to accept an amendment to a bill
reported by committed after it was placed in the
hands OF the Senate.
The Chair decided the point not well taken.
Mr.. Ogden moved that tho amendment be-
stopted upon which motion Mr.. Eustis demand
ed tho yeas and nays. The roll being called re-
suited as follows:
Yeas Mcssrs. Breaux. Ducros. Fila, Eustis
| Garland, George, Goode. Grover. Kelly. Mltchel
| ogden, Perkins, richardson Robertson. Sand
ford, Steven, Stubbs. Texada, Wheeler. White
and Xacharie-2l.
! Abscnt-Messrs Allain. Boatner. Bryant
| Bureh. Cags. Demas Dumont, GA, Harper
Landry, Stamps, sutton. Twitchen, Wakefield
and foung-ls.
Aud the amendment was adopted.
Mr.. white offered the following amendment
Insert in line eight after the werd delinquent
the words state and parish"
MIR. Eustis offered as substitute to thu
motion, insert after tho word delinquent thu
words Safe, parochal and municipal.
Mr.. Robertson moved to lay the substitute
upon the table, upon which motion MIR. Eusti,
demanded Il Q yeas and nays. The roll bein.
called resulted as follows:
Yeas Messrs. Ellis, MITCHELL Richardson