New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-04
affairs of the Board of Metropolitan Police

LAID over under the rules.
Mr.. Stamps introduced bill supplemen-
tai of act No. As of 1876, relative to the
Second Judicial District Court Referred
to the Committee on Judiciary, when ap-
pointed.
A message from the Governor was re.
ceived notifying the Senate that he had
employed T. C. Cone, an attorney of Wash
ington, to prosecute for the State certain
land claims, with no expense to the State
except in case of q successful issue, in
which case the attorney should receive
twenty-five per cent of all amounts re-
ceIved-the contract subject to the ap-
proval Of the Legislature.
Mr.. Dumas offered resolution of in
quiry as to whether the Governor had
caused to be excluded from the State House
any persons authorized to enter by virtue
of an election to the Legislature.
A call of the roll showed no quorum
present.
Executive session was called, a recess till
six O'Clock taken, and without transactiDg
other business the Senate adjourned until
twelve O'Clock to-day.
House of Representatives
Mr.. Seveignes occupied the attention of
the House for about half an hour by claim
ing the seat occupied by Mr., Lane, and
told how he had selected it when stranger
was in it. He called on Mr.. Snaer, Mr..
Drury and others to sustain him, but they
were unable to help him by deciding
whether Lafourche or Baton Rouge was
| called first.
Mr.. Lane stated that when his arish
had been called he had, with two other
members, selected three seats together.
1t was suggested that the matter be re-
ferred to committee, that the record be
examined to show which parish was called
first, and other conciliatory measures, to
all of which Mr.. Seveignes vigorously OBJ
jected.
| There being no prospect of q settlement
in any other way, the House voted that
the members from East Batoa Rouge
should occupy the seats.
Resolutions and notices of bills were
not of Importance, though Mr.. Seveignes
had one that he considered required the
| instant attention of the House IN committee
of the whole, and the rigid enforcement of
rule twenty excluding all but members.
The Speaker ruled him out of order.
Messrs. Mcmillan, of Carroll, and Bar.
rington, of Ouachita, were sworn in as mem
bers.
Mr.. McMille offered a petition for special
legislation, and stated that he would intro
duee bill in accordance with its object.
Mr.. Gracien obtained unanimous consent
to introduce bill to repeal the act against
private markets.
Mr.. Drury introduced a bill to appropri-
ate 100000 for the support of the militia OF
the State during the year 1877.
On Mr.. Detiege's motion the House went
into committee of the whole to consider the
bill.
Mr.. Keeting in the chair.l
In committee OF the whole.
Mr.. McMillen said that before the bill
was adopted he would like to know what
the militia law of the State was.
The Clerk read act No. rs of April s.
1870, section forty -four.
The first section was adopted,
Mr.. Barrett moved that the committee in
definitely postpone the bill, and several
members made signal exhibition of un
familiarity with parliamentary law, by
moving to table this and other motions.
After several motions of this kind Mr..
SOuer succeeded in getting before the com
mittee motion to adopt the whole bill, tC
rise and report to the House, and recon-
mend its adoption.
The molten was carried.
Mr.. Keeting called Mr.. Gracien to the
chair, but q doubt being suggested thai
that was contrary to the rule, the Speaker
was sent for.
n. Barrett desired. in the name of his
constituents, to protest against any appro
priation for militia, of which he never
heard the existence, and knew of nothing il
had done except absorb money from the
treasury.
Mr.. Moore considered the appropriation
necessary; the laws should be enforced, and
the government given power to enforce
them.
Mr.. Drury said that it was within the
knowledge of the member that two years
since the militia was called into service and
many had lost their lives. Many would
recollect that it had Deen necessary to send
the militia to distant parishes to preserve
order. 1t was an error to suppose tha'
money had been squandered by hundreds
of thousands, He detailed the several ap
preparations and the amount used. To-day
if it were necessary to call out the miIitii
to sustain the government and the gentle
men who objected to the bill, there woult
not be dollar to pay them, The bill an
propriates only 100000, q small sum wheI
it was considered that the integrity of tn,
government might depend on it. For hi
part he was willing to 60 further, and ii
time of necessity would be willing to au
thoriEe the use of the interest fund, tn,
school fund and the levee fund for such a
purpose. This mornings papers contained
long list of merchants, proposing to de
vote five per cent Of the taxes for the bene
fit of the assemblage at st. Patrick'a Hall
whose object was the subverting OF the gov
ernment.
Speaker Hahn returning, the chairman O
the committee reported the bill as recon
mended, for passage.
Speaker Hahn in the chair
The rules were suspended by a vote O
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