The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-17
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the notion oil Mr.. Sartafn The above en-
uIied Senate bill 40 was taken up. read and
under suspension OF the rufes, was read q
second time and referred to the COMMITTEES on
ParochiaI Affairs.
The Journal Of March II was approved.
Ihe following joiat resolution was taken up.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
house Dill 253. extending the term OF the ex~
traordinary sessioa Of the General Assembly.
HIS Exeelleney Francis Y. Nichols, Governor
nation, dated the 18th day Of FebruafY. 1871.
convened. tho General Assembly In extraerdf-
1877, 70 continue for Il teen days, to wit: Ia and
including the nth Of March, 1877, and, consider
iI mat matters Of the utmost importance TO
81 q attention and action. imperatiVely require
mat THIS extraordinary session should be ex-
tion; therefore
Be1resoheI By tie fen0te and House of ReDre-
se7tottges OF the State Of louisiana, in General
1s$egabfy coneeeed, That the present session OF
article GA Of the constitution Of the State and act
numPer nineteen. approved February six
teenth. eighteen hundred and seventy Statutes
on 1870 regular session, .. ~ hereby extended
to and including the thirtleth day Of April 4. q,
1877, unless the said deneraE Assembly should
aGlourn at an earlier day, without delay; and
that this Joint resolution shall have fail forces
the Governor.
On motion Of Mr.. Kidd, the bill was taken as
ergrossed, and under q further suspension OF
the rules passed to its third reading.
Passed and its title adopted.
Mr.. Bowden offered the following resolutions
Whereas the best interest of the State Of Jou-
faiana and the people demand daily sessions OF
THIS House from eleven in the mor9ing until
four in the evening;
And whereas tils custom now prevalent
akG0n2 members OF abSen ing thensef yes is not
eonsistent in Legislature assembled in the i'm
tere t OF the people, and does not carry out t18
principle OF reform to which this House staadg
pledged; therefore be it
kesotced That the - eaker il hereby instruct
ed to permit no member to leave the House &fter
roll call, except by Soecial permission Obtained
from MIN, and on only for ten minutes.
Ge AJ@t|ter Tp$oteed, = hat this rule Continue
~ force during the present extra session and
its continuation.
UnGer a suspension Of the rules the resoiu-
ton was taken up,
On the motion Of Mr.. McGehee the resolution
was laid upon the table.
COMMITTEE SERVICE
Mr.. Eridger, chairman, On behalf of the Conc
mittee on Election and Qualifications. presented
the following preamble and resolution;
Charles Claude, member elect from the parish
Of Lafourche TO the House OF REPRESENTATIVES,
having. on the 9th Of January, 1877, Voluntarily
and Of his own free will presented himself at
the bar II this House, and asked to be admitted
and sworn In as a member and then and there,
at MS F6iueSE1 as AFORESAID having been any
and regularly admitted as entitled to q seat was,
in due and legal form, sworn In by the Speaker,
in presence q The House ri then and there g.
New Orleans, by administering to him In a loud
and audible voice the oath prescribed by article
one hpndred Of the constitution, wherein and
whereby he did solemnly swear and declare.
among otner things prescribed by tae said ar
ticle OF the CONSERVATORY thai he would faitn-
ne dIties incumbent ON him member Of 1ss.
The legal House Of Represenaattres of the state Of
Louisiana according the best Of his abiltg and
understanding; and whereas be, the said Gaa-
de, has, since the 10th day Of January 1877,
failed to occupy his seat in this House, and has.
OF his own free will and accord, taken and oosa-
pied seat in what Is commonly called the Pack-
ard House, at the st. Louis Hotel, In the city OF
New Orleans; therefore be Il
kesotoed, mat CHARLES tauae, OF the pssr1sn
Of Lafourche, be. and he is. pursuant q article
thirty-fve Of the constitution, two thirds OF the
members present eoncurring. hereby expelled
from this House. and his seat declared vacant:
that his ExcelIency the Governor be- informed
Of these proceedings and Of the vacancy thereby
Created and requested to issue MS proc anna
ton ordering an election to Gill the said vacancy
On motion Of Mr.. Bridger the rules were sus~
pended and the resolution taken up.
Mr. Sartain moved to amend the resofutfo5
80 as to give to Mr. Claude four days time 70 re-
port.
Mr.. Bridger moved that the motion of Mr..
Sartain be laid upon the table.
Mr.. sartain asked leave to Withdraw his
amendment, which was granted.
The yeas and nays were taken on the ad0D~
ton of the resolution as follows:
Yeas-Hon. L. Bush, Speaker, and Messrs. Al
diae. Ayeock, Bridger, Bceard, BoWdsn. Brady.
Carioss, Cressy, Delavigne. Duke. DIpree. FItz-
KH fi Hi Of Orleans. Jonas Kennedy.
Kelly of VIM, Kelly OF Orleans, kernocf1ans
Orleans Martin. Means, Msaehee, NsEscna.
s aaas tG5ss sa ageaa se sa sa
Ior. TremoGiet. Toier. y9orhiss. .Washbarns.
and Young Of East Baton Rouge-es.
NayS-a,
The resolution was adopted.
JOINT SESSION.
A joint session of the General Assembly wa5
held for the purpose of further baElotin2 Tor
Senator TO represent the State Of LouIsiaaa In
the Senate Of the United States for the term
beginning March 4, 1877. Hon L. A. Witt Lieu
tenant Governor and President of che Ssuats,
presiding.
The roll Of the Senate was called. uaen the
following Senators answered to their names:
,Messrs.. Breaux. Dueros. Garland. Goode.
Eobsrtson. sandiford, Stubs, Tezada. Wheeler
and Zacharie.
Fifteen Senators.
The ron Of the House being called the follow
ing members answered to their names:
Hon, L. Bush. Speaker; and Mssses. AlIdsgs,
Berry, Bell Briggs, Barbfn. BiIieu, Cocker
ham, Carloss. Cressy Delayigae, Duke. Dupree.
tfngfon. Rill OF Orleans, Jonas. Kennedy Kelly
of Winn, Kernoehan, Kelly OF Orleans. Esfid,
Lyons, Leeds, Lanare, Lea, Leonhard OF Orleans,
Martin, MeGehee. Newson.- Nunez, Porter,
Pitts, Richardson, Role. RidgIey. SartaIn.
Shakespeare. Singleton, Self Spiller, stagg.
Steele Sellers, Smart, Taylor, TrenouIet, ToIers
Young Of Claiborne and Young of East Baton
Rouge,
Sixty-seVen members and quoron.
The presiding officer announced thas the Gem
erai Assembly Of the State of Louisiana had
met In this Joint session, az required By law for
the purpose Of balloting for Senator % reprs-