New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-07
THE LEGIsLATURK YESTERDAY.


The Senate.
Although ten O'Clock was the hour to
which the Senate adjourned on Friday, it
was eleven O'Clock before q quorum had
answered to their Names
After prayer by Rev. DIR. Alexander,
the reading of the journal was begun. On
motion of Senator Wakefield further read
ing was dispensed with, and Senator Young
called for executive session.
The executive session continued until
near three O'Clock, when the doors were
opened.
Two or three unimportant bills were in
troduced, notices of others given, resolu,
tions offered that lie over under the rules,
and the Senate adjourned until ten o'clock
on Monday.
House of Representatives.
The first thing done was to refuse to GUS
pend the rules for the benefit of a resolution
introduced by Mr.. D'Avy to seat Mr.. Las
trappes, of St. Landry.
Mr.. Keeting introduced his bill relative
to New Orleans, abolishing the offices of
master and warden of the port, and trans
ferring the duties and fees to the board of
harbormssters, and abolishing the offices of
| superintendent of wharves and wharfingers.
The rules were suspended to consider the
bill engrossed.
Mr. Keeting said it was local matter en-.
tirely pertaining to New Orleans, was in
tended to diminish expenses, was entirely
a reform measure, would save some $4,000
or $40, ,000 in salaries, and did not create
any new Office. He moved further sus.
pension to put the bill on its final passage.
Messrs. Heath and Detiege desired further
explanation, which was gained by q reading
of the bill.
Mr.. Heath desired reference to an ap-
propriate committee.
Mr.. Keeting gave a more detailed ex-
PLANTATION and regarded the bill as nec-
esssry measure.
Mr.. Detiege desired to know how it was
reform measure.
Mr.. DeiOie stated the reform was the
abolishing of several offices, and the saving
of $4,000 in salaries.
Mr.. Heath rose to a point of order that
his motion to refer was once declared in
order, but the Speaker ruled that the mo-
tion to suspend had been pending twenty
minutes, and Mr.. Heath then moving to
refer to the Committee Oh City Affairs, was
ruled out of order as having risen to point
of order.
Mr., Detiege, asking for information, and
being informed it was in order, made the
same motion as Mr.. Heath, and had the
pleasure of seeing it laid on the table on
motion of Mr.. Jones, by 50 to IL.
Mr.. Detiege desired to table the pending
motion, but the Speaker ruled that as
motion to suspend the rules was an extra
ordinary one the Chair could only entertain
one motion-to adjourn.
Mr.. Detiege could only call for the yeas
and nays.
| Mr.. Snaer in the chair
The rules were suspended, the bill passed,
and notice to reconsider laid on the table,
Speaker Hahn in the chair
Mr.. D'AVy introduced his bill limiting
the powers of police jmies and other au-
thOrities in relation to public roads, etc.,
prohibiting them from oompe ling labor on
them without providing for compensation.
The rules were suspended by 4S to IS.
Mr.. Brewster said he considered the bill
an excellent measure. He had always
thought it a great injustice to compel la
boring man to work twelve days out of the
year on the roads in order to pay his road
tax. Such laws some time ago existed in
Europe, but there change had been made;
they existed in New England, but now they
were repealed and the tax paid in money
If the bill passed no complaint would be
made.
MIR, Heath, of Webster, said there was nc
complaint from laboring men in his parish
and he was opposed to the police juriei
making contracts for the roads, instead o.
the present system. He moved to indef
nitely postpone the bill.
Mr.. D'Avy spoke of the hardship of the
provision of the law, and on Mr.. Jones' mo
tion the motion to postpone was tabled
and the bill then passed.
The Senate bill, providing for challeng
ing of jurors, by prosecuting officers, il
certain criminal cases, where the juro
offered is member of the same unlawfu
society of vigilance committees, rifle clubs
regulators, bulldozers, etc., as the accused
was passed.
Mr.. CAN'T introduced bill providing fo
the payment of the stationery furnished tn
State Registrar of voters, and apprOpriatin
So, 900 for that purpose on the approval @
Hon. William Wright and Hon. Michae
Hahn, late State registrars.
Mr.. Heath said he should vote for the bi
because he was confident that the spprOvs
of Hon. Michael Hahn being required, ther
: was no possibility of any improper. charger
The Speaker said that was good reasoI
TMr. Brown in the chair.
) No quorum voted, and a motion to 81
journ was lost, but being renewed later, til
House adjourned to Monday at tWely
o'clock.
Religious.