The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-15
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
-oF THE
FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
or THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
EXTRA SESSION or 1917.
Tcntl, bays prnceeslings.


Tenth Days Proceedings.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,,
New Orleans. La. Tuesday. March 10, 1877. J
The House was called to order ct IL o'clock, m.
Present:
Hon, L. Bush Speaker. and Messrs. Aldigo.
garlos's or,ssssy Delavigne. Duke, Duproe.
Gaskifs. Gillsspie. Huntington. Hill Of Or.
leans. j onas, Kennedy, Kelly of VIM, Kelly of
Orleans, Kidd. ,Kernoehan. Lyons, Leeds. La
Means, Medicines. Newsom, Eunez. Porter, Pc
ralta, Pitts, Richardson. hyland. Role, Rob-
srt ,,5,. kldgleg Shakespeare singleton, Self
lot, Toler, VOORHEES,, Washburne, WILDE Will
Jams, Young OF Claiborne and Young OF East
Baton Rouge.
Sixty seven members and d quorum.
Prayer was offered by tho Rev. DIR. Perciyal.
The journal Of March II was approved
MIR. McGeheo offered the following concurrent
NE STATE Of Louisiana The Senate coneur1ipg.
That the Committees ON the Judiciary Of the
respective houses be and they are hereby in
the condition of the office of Treasurer of the
State Of Louisiana and report at the earliest
moment such Legislation as they may deem best
government.
The resolution was taken up under suspen-
sion OF the rules and adopted,
The following communication was presented
by the Speaker:
UNIVERSITY or LOUISIANA
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT,
New Orleans, March L., 1877 J
To the Hon. l.. Bush, Speaker, etc.:
!, Sia-The faculty Of the Medical Department of
the University Of Louisiana have the honor
hereby TO extend an invitation to the several
attend and take o part a In the cominencement *,
ereises of this institution. on thursday, the 18th
inst ut u M. in arunewald Hall.
Very respectfully. your Ohedient servant,
T. G.. RICHARDSON, NJ. D., Dean.
The invitation was accepted, with the thanks
of the House,
On the motion of Mr.. Huntington House bill
No. 2t6, IAN act for the relief OF Charles Cur
ts,s House bill No. 217. IAN act for the relief of
O. M. Tennison,' House bill No. $780, IAN act for
the relief Of Guilroy and Others" were taken
up on second reading and referred to the COM
mittee Of the whole House, gf,
On the further motion Of Mr.. Huntington,
that part of the report OF the Committee on
Claims relating to the claim OF the New Orleans
DEMOCRAT, was taken up, and the bill reported
by the committee was read Under suspen-
sion of the rules the bill was passed to its
second reading and placed upon the Calendar
becoming House bill No. 2i5, AN act for the
relief Of the New Orleans DEMOCRAT"
The bill was referred 10 the Committee Of the
Whole House.
The House resolved Itself into q Committee of
the Whole for the consideration OF the four
above entitled bills.
Mr.. Jonas In the chair.
On rising. the Committee Of the Whole repor.-
ed favorably upon said House bill No. 245, re-
commencing its passage.
The committee recommended the reeommit-
ment of said House bill No. ZIG to the Committee
on Claims.
The committee reported progress on House
bills Nos. at and 23G. asking leave to sit again.
On the motion of Mr.. Singleton leave was
granted for the committee to sit again March
Ii. at 2 o'clock .. m.
COMMITTEE SERVICE.
Mr.. Jonas. chairman. on behalf of the Com
mittee on the Judiciary, reported as follows:
Rooms OF COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY.
New Orleans. March 10, 1877.
To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
House OF Representatives:
Gentlemen, Your Committee on Judiciary beg
leave to report as follows,
Fayorably on House bill No. 2sa, An act to
provide for the transfer of papers and decl ees
In SUGGESTIONS from The PARISHES Of Union
jackson, Bienville and Claiborne to the parish
Of Lincoln. and to provide for the settlement of
Fayorably on Heuse bill No. 22s, An act rela-
tive to,,t the taking Of the testimony Of physi-
Favorably on House bill No. 23i. IAN net to re-
peal an act entitled an act to regulate proceed
ings in. CONVERSATIONS between persons claiming
d judicial Office"
Favorably ON House bill No. 231, AN act to
amend and re-enact section 2i47 of the Revised
Statutes Of the State OF Louisiana"
Favorably on House bill No, 49, AN act to
authorize the publication Of a digest Of the. de-
cisions, Of the Supreme Court in the official
Fayorably on House bill No. 21s, IAN act to de-
fine and regulate the duties Of the reporter. and
Court"
repeal sections $685. 1920 1880. 2747, 274s 2749 Of
the Revised Statutes of 1870. and portion OF
article 625 of the Code of Practice
Unfayorably on House bill No 800, An act to
amend and re-enact article GA OF the Code of
Practice"
.Unfavorablly on House bill No. 212 AN act to
change the time OF beginning the sessions Of
the General Assembly Of the State" '''O'OO -
Unfavorably on House bill No. eo6, An act en-
titled an act to amend and re-enact sections SIS
By substitute on House bill No. 125, An act
to annul the contract of the state with the Lou
isiana LeveesCompany, and for other purposes"
Your committee have the honor to report the
bill:
IAN act to repeal an act entitled an act to fix
the salaries OF the Chief Justice and Associate
Justices Of the Supreme Court" approved Feb
- B. +. JONAS, Chairman.
JOINT SESSION.
A Joint session of the General Assembly was
held for the purpose of further balloting for q
Senator to represent the State of Louisiana In
The Senate of the United States for the term be-
ginning March A. 1877. Hon. Louis A. Wilt,
Lieutenant 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, Dueros, Ellis. De-
mas, Garland, George. Goode Grover, Kelly,
Mitchell. Ogden. Perkins, Richardson, Robert
son, Sandiford. Steven, Stubs, Texada, Wheeler.
White.
Twenty-one Senators and quorum of the
Senate.
The roll of the House being called. the follow
ing members answered to their names: