The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-16


turns thereof; TO define the duties and powers
Of officers of election; to provide for the ap-
pointment Of commissioners, and other officers
of election; to maintain the freedom and purity
Of elections, and to provide for the punishment
| OF officers and other persons who may violate
the election laws by making false returns, by
false or illegal voting. or by acts of violence and
intimidation, or by neglect of duty. To provide
the manner Of entering on the rolls Of the SEN
ate aud House of Representatives.: to provide
| the manner Of eontesting elections in certain
cases: to enforce article one hundred and three
of the Constitution: to provide for the punish
ment OF persons voting or registering Illegally
as voters; to secure free, fair and peaeeable
election throughout the State. and TO repeal con-
| flicting laws.
| Was read first time.
| On motion of Mr.. White the constitutional
| rules were suspended. the bill read q second
| time and referred to the Committee on Elections
and Registration.
| Mr.. Zaeharie obtained unanimous consent to
| introduce without previous notice Senate bill
| No. 122 entitled An act to create a commission
to sit during the recess OF the General Assembly
and to consider the present license, inspection
and port charges. imposed by State laws to take
evidence thereon, and to report OF the next SEES
sion OF the General Assembly, such changes as
| in their opinion may be necessary"
| Which was read first time.
| On motion Of Mr.. Zacharie the constitutional
rules were suspended, the bill read second
| time and referred TO the Committee on Com
| meree
| SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.
Senate bill No. 107, entitled IAN act to abolish
the parish of Carroll, and to create and estab-
| lish in lieu thereof the two parishes Of East
Carroll and West Carroll providing for the or
ganization Of tho said two parishes. and fixing
their representation in the House of Repre-
sentatves."
| On motion of Mr.. Wheeler the report Of the
Committee on Corporations was adopted.
| On motion Of Mr.. White tho bill was consid-
cred engrossed and ordered read q third Time
On motion of Mr.. Wheeler the constitutional
rules were suspended, the bill read a third time
and finally passed. title adopted. and ordered
| sent to the House for concurrence.
| Mr.. Wheeler moved to reconsider the vote
whereby the bill finally passed and moved to
lay that motion on the table.
And tho motion to table prevailed.
| HOUSE BILLS ON FIRST READING.
| House bill No. 242 entitled. IAN act to extend
the limits Of the corporation of the town of st.
| Martinville. in the parish of st. Martin"
| Was read first time.
On motion of Mr.. White the constitutional
rules were suspended. the bill read second
time and referred to the Committee on Corpora
tons and Parochal Affairs
| HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING.
House bill No. u.s. entitled An act to amend
and re-enact article 1874 of the Revised Civil
Code of the State of Louisiana" was read a
second time.
Mr.. White moved to strike out the fourth sec.
ton of the bill.
| SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.
Senate bill No. 20, entitled An net enlargina
the jurisdiction Of the Third District Court o.
the parish Of Orleans"
Mr., Grover moved that the bill be ordered read
third time.
Mr.. George moved as a substitute that the bill
be indefinitely postponed,
On which motion Mr.. Demas demanded the
yeas and nays. the roll being called resulted as
follows:
Yeas-4Messrs. nemas Dueros. Ellis George
doode. Mitchell, Perkins, Robertson. Sandiford
Nayg--Messrs. Boatner. Breaux. Garland
Grover, Ogden. Richardson, Stubbs Texada
Wheeler and Zaeharie---to.
Absent-Messrs. Allain, Bryant, Burch, Gage
| Dumont, Eustis. ella, Harper, Kelly. Landry
Stamps, Sutton. Twitchell, Wakefield. White
| and Young--f8.
The vote being equally divided, the Chail
voted in the affirmative and tho bill was In
definitely postponed
On motion of Mr.. Demas the Senate wen
into executive session.
Executive session being raised, on o call O.
the roll. the following Senators answered t.
their names:
Messrs. Boatner. Breaux, Demas, Ducros
Ellis, Garland, George, 6oode, Grover. Kelly
Mitchell. Ogden, Perkins, Richardson. Robert
Ter. White and Zacharie-22.
Absent-Messrs. Allain, Bryant, Bureh, Cage
Dumont. Eustis, Ola, Harper, Landry Stamps
Sutton, TwitcheIl, Wakefield and Young-14.
On motion Of Mr.. Ellis the Senate adjourned
until Thursday March Is, 1877, at 10 o'clock NJ.
JOHN CLE6G.
/ Secretary of the Senate,