New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-03-20

House bill No. 3d. joint resolution to pro-
vide for the payment of special sergeants-
alarms and extra porters and clerks of the
General Assembly, appointed under the
provisions of resolutions adopted in the re-
spective branches of the General Assembly,
was read and placed on the calendar.
House bill No. 9, an act for the relief of
James Longstreet, commissioner of engin-
GERS for the years 1875 aad 1876, was
Appropriations.
House bill No. Is, an act relative to the
payment for stationery, blanks, etc., pro-
cured by the State Registrar of Voters for
registration and election purposes, and
making an appropriation for the payment
OF the same was read and referred to the
Committee on Appropriations.
House bill No. 90, an act relative to the
levees of the State of Louisiana; to create
board of levee commissioners; to define
their powers and duties; to continue in force
the levee tax for building and repairing
levees; to repeal an act entitled an act rela-
tive to the Louisiana Levee Company, a
| laws of this State, constituting it body
polite and corporate, with certain powers,
privileges and franchises, and contracting
with the said corporation for the construc.
ton, maintenance and repairs of certain
levees, and providing compensation there
for, and the several acts amendatory there
to; to provide for the liquidation of any
debt due by the State to the Levee Com
pany, and to authorize the employment of
the Penitentiary couvicts in the construc
ton and repairs of the levees of the State,
was read.
Mr.. Gracien offered the following amend.
ments:
Amendment to section one: They shall
hold their offices for four years, and the
| Governor shall have power to remove any
or all of them for cause.
Strike out section six and insert as fol-
| lows:
Be it enacted, etc., That for all levees to
be built or repaired the board of levee COM
missioners shall advertise for proposals for
contracts to perform said work, and the
work to be done shall be let to the lowest
responsible bidder after the approval of the
Governor, except in cases of breaks or
crevasses, when the board of commission
ers may contract DIRECTLY to have such
breaks or crevasses closed immediately.
The amendments were adopted.
Mr.. Gracien moved its reference to the
Committee on Lands and Levees with in
structions to report printed bill, on which
the yeas and nays were ordered with the
following result:
Yeas-Speaker Hahn, Bird, Brown of
Caddo, Burton, Brown of Jefferson, Brooke,
Blackstone, Como, Drury, burden, David.
son, Dickinson, Dinkgrave, Desmarais, De-
joie, Devezin, Early, Elliott, Gardere
Claude, CAN'T, Gary, Graoien, Heath, Rob.
ert johnson, Keeting, Lastrappes, MaglOire
Moore, Routon, Raby, Souer, Swaze, Snaer
Seveignes, Shelton, Thomas, TOlliver, Wash
ingtOn, Watson, j. c. Watson, Walker-42
Nays-Barrington, Blair, Barrett, BOsley
Carville, Cole, Dayries, Drew, De Lacy
Fobb, Hill of Ascension, Hughes, johnson
of De Soto, Jones, Lewis, Martin, Milon,
Romero, Slmmes-l9.
Carried.
HOUSE BILL ON ITS THIRD READING.
House bill No. 10, an act to authorize the
tax collectors of the several parishes in the
State to receive the taxes of 1875, cOllectblt
in 1876, without penalties until the first day
of January, 1873, was read the third time
and finally passed, it's title was adopted
and it was ordered to be sent to the Senate
for concurrence.
According to previous notice Mr.. SOuel
introduced House bill No. 81, an act max
ing an appropriation of $4,000 out OF the
general funds in the State treasury, or re
ceived in the State treasury during the yea
1877, for the payment of the mileage anC
per diem of members, salaries of officer
and employees, and contingent expenses o
the extra session of 1877; providing for the
deficiency of the regular session of 1877
and authorizing the payment of salaries o
extra employees; directing the Auditor o
Public Accounts to issue his warrants to thu
chairman of the Committee on Contingen
Expenses of the House, and the chairman
of the Committee on Auditing and Super
vising the Accounts of the Senate, on the
Treasurer, and making such warrants re
ceivable for State licenses; directing thu
Treasurer of the State to receive such war
rants in settlement with tax collectors, ant
providing for the disbursement of thu
amount appropriated.
| hehu uf6b Lllubs
Mr.. Souer moved to suspend the constitu
tional rules so as to place the bill on it
second reading with view of reference, oil
which the yeas and nays were demanded
with the following result:
Yeas-Speaker Hahn, Darlington, Bird
Brown of CaddO, Barton, Brown of Jettel
son, Blair, Barrett, BOsley, Blasdel, Brooks
Blackstone, Carville, Como, Cole, Drury
burden, Dayries Drew, DeLacy, Devezir
Dickinson, Dinkgrave, D'Avy, Dejoie, E
lott, Early, FObb, Gardere, Claude, Can't
Gary, Gracien, Hill of Ascension, Hughe!
Holt OF East Baton Rouge, Heath, JOhr
son of De Soto, Jones, Robert johnson
Keeting, Lastrappes, Lewis, MaglOire, MAJ
tin, Million, Moore, ROutOn, Romero, Raby
Souer, Swazie, Snaer Seveignes, Shelter
} Thomas, rolliver, Washington, Watson
j. C. Watson, Walker-62.
Nays-Davidson, Simmes-2.
Carried.
, The constitutional rules were suspended
the bill was read second time and r'
ferred to the Committee on Contingent E.
} penses.
, Mr.. Souer presented a petition froI
Henry Bielkiewicz, recorder in and for tn
parish of Avoyelles, which was referred
/ the Committee on Appropriations.
7 UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
: The following resolution was taken up:
Resolred, That the chairman of the Con
mittee on Contingent Expenses is hereb
instructed to make report to this Hous
| of an itemized account of expenditure
made during the regular session of lSli