New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-02-24

HousE OF REPRESENTATIVES.,
New Orleans February 49, 1877.
The House met pursuant to adjournment,
Speaker Hahn in the chair.
The roll was called and the following
members answered to their names:
Speaker Hahn and Messrs. Bird, Brown,
Blair, Bosley, Blasdel, Brooks, Black
stone, Carville, Cole, Drury, burden,
Davidson, Dayries, Devezin, Dickin-
son, Dinkgrave, Desmarais, D'Avy, De
tiege, Deioie, Early, Gardere, Gaudes CAN'T,
GARY, Gracien, Hill of Ascension, Hughes,
Holt of East Baton Rouge, Holt Of West
Baton Rouge, Heath, JOhns0nOt DE soto,
Jones, Robert johnson, Keeting' Lane
Lastrappes, Lewis, MaglOire, Martin, Million,
Moore, McMilleu, Paris. RoutOn, Romero,
Raby, Souer, Snaer, Sevignes, Shelton
Stewart. Thomas, TOlliver, Washington,
Watson, j, G. Watson, Walker-6I.
Prayer by the Chaplain.
On melton of Mr.. Brown, of Jefferson,
the reading of the journals of the thirty
seventh, thirty-eighth and thirty ninth days
proceedings was dispensed with, and they
were adopted.
NOTICES OF BILLS.
Mr.. Holt, of East Baton Rouge, gave no
tice that he would at some future time in
troduce the following entitled bills:
An act relative to sureties on official
bonds.
An act relative to deputy sheriffs and
their appointments.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
By unanimous consent Mr.. Souer intro
duced House bill No. 81, an act repeating
sections five, seven and nine of an act emit,
tied an act defining the distances from the
domiciles of members of the General AS
sembly to the State House, fixing the mode
of ascertaining the per diem of members OF
the General Assembly for the time Engaged
in going TO and returning from the State
House and the mileage to be paid, and the
number of employees of the General Assem-
bly, and their compensation and defining
their duties, and making an appropriation
to defray the expenses of the General AS
sembly, and to repeal act No. So Of 1869.
Read first time.
The constitutional rules being suspended
the bill was read second time.
Mr.. Detiege moved its reference to its ap-
propriate committee,
Mr.. SOuer moved to lay the motion to refer
on the table.
Carried.
The bill was considered IS being en-
crossed.
Mr.. souor moved to suspend the cOnsti
tutional rules so Is to place the bill on it
third reading and final passage, on which
the yeas and nays were ordered, with thu
following result;
Yeas-Bird, Brown of CaddO, Burton
Brown Of Jefferson, Blair, Blasdel, Brooks
Blackstone, Cole, Durden, Davidson. Day
RES, Dickinson, Dinkgrave, D'Avy, Deioie
DeveziD, Early, Elliot, Gardere, Claude
CAN'T, Gary, Gracien, Hill of Ascension
4 Hughes, Holt of East Baton Rouge, Holt 0
West Baton Rouge, Heath, johnson OF ID
Soto, Jones, Keeting, Magloire, Martin
Moore, McMillen, Routon, Romero, Souel
Seveignes, Shelton, Thomas, TOlliver, Wast
ington, j. G. Watson, Watson-46.
Nays-B Osley, Carville, Detiege, Lewii
Lastrappes, MilOn, Stewart-7.
No quorum voting.
The bill was placed on the calendar.
Mr.. Stewart moved an adjournment unit
twelve o'clock tomorrow.
Lost.
On motion of Mr.. Blackstone the HOul
adjourned until 1l:55 a. M. tomorrow.
ROBERT 3. GUICHARD,
Clerk of the House Of Representatives