New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-04
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
OF THE
SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA
THE SENATE.
Second Days Proceedings.

ShNATR CHAhRER,l
New Orleans, January 2, 1877. s
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment,
and was called to order by Hon. G. C.
Antoine, Lieutenant Governor of the State
of Louisiana and President of the Senate.
The roll was called, and the following
Senators answered to their names:
Present-Messrs. Allan, Blunt, Breaux,
Burch, Bryant, Baker, Cage. Demss, On
mont, Ola, Hamlet, Harper, Kelso, Landry,
sutton, Stamps, Twitchell, Wakefield,
Wheeler, Weber, YOung-2l.
Absent-Messrs. BOatner, Duoros, Jr.,
Ellis, Eustis, Garland, George, Goode,
Grover, Kelly, Ogden, Richardson, Rob-
ertson, Steven, White, Zacharie-I5.
The President announced that there was
a quorum present.
By unanimous consent Senator Burch
called up the following resolutions:
WHEREAS, The Senate having been mott.
fed by the House of Representatives OF
their readiness to meet in Joint session TO
count and declare the vote in the late gen.
eral election held November Z, 1876, for
Governor and Lieutenant Governor for the
State of louisiana therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate proceed forth
with this day to the chamber of the House
of Representatives,, then and there to
count the votes cast for Governor and Lieu
tenant Governor in the late election, held
November z, 1876, and proclaim the result
in accordance with article forty eight of the
constitution of the State.
Which was adopted.
The Senate ordered the Secretary to in
form the House of Representatives of it's
action, to the effect that the Senate was
now ready to meet the House in joint SEES
sion for the purpose aforesaid.
In JOINT SESSION.
Hon. C. C. Antoine, Lieutenant Governor
of the State of Louisiana and President of
the Senate took the chair, and directed the
Secretary of the Senate to call the roll of
the Senate in joint session.
the following Senators answered to their
names;
Preseut-Messrs. Allan, Blunt, Breaux,
Burcb, Bryant, Baker, Cage, Demas, Du-
mont, Gla, Hamlet, Harper, KelsO, Landry,
Sutton, Stamps, Twitcnell, Wakefield,
Wheeler, Weber, YOung-2l.
Absent-Messrs. Boatner, Ducros, Jr.,
Ellis, Eustis, Garland, George, GOode,
Grover, Kelly, Ogden. Richardson, Rob
ertsOn, Steven, White, Zacharie-l5.
The Speaker of the House of Represen-
tatives then ordered the Clerk of the
House to call the roll of the House, when
the following members answered to their
names:
Present-Speaker Hahn, and Messrs
Bird, Brown of CaddO, Burton, Brown of
Jefferson, Blair, Barron, Brewster, Bar
rett, Bosley, Brooks, Brown of Vernon,
Blackstone, Carville, Como, Cole, Drury,
burden. Davidson, Dayries, Drew, De
Lacy, Dickinson, Dinkgrave, Desmarais,
D'Avy, Detiege, Dejoie, Early, Estopi nal,
Fobb, Gsrdere, Claude, CAN'T, Gary,
Gracien, Hill of Ascension, Hughes, Holt
of East Baton Rouge, Holt of West Baton
Rouge, Heath, johnson of De Soto, Jones,
II. NJ johnson, Robert johnson, Kennedy,
Keeting, Kern, Lane, Leonard of Caddo,
Lewis, Magloire, Martin, Milon, Moore,
RoutOn, Romero, Rsby, Souer, Swazie,
Snaer, Seveignes, SHINES, Stewart, Thomas
rolliver, Washington, Watson, WarmOth,
Walker-68
A quorum present.
The joint session being composed o.
twenty-on Senators and sixty-eight mem
bers of the House, then proceeded in join
assembly to count and declare the votet
cast at the general election held on the
seventh day of November, 1876, for Gov
ernor and Lieutenant Governor, in accord
ance with article forty-eight of the consti
tuition.
The President of the Senate having stated
the object of the joint session, then ap
pointed Senators Burch, Twitchell and Du
mont as tellers on the part of the Senate
The Speaker of the House appointed
Messrs. Kern, Carville and Hill as teller
on the part of the House.
The joint tellers then proceeded to ez
: anime and count the returns of the vote
cast in the several parishes of this State
which are as follows:
Compiled returns of an election held 70
Governor and Lieutenant Governor in tn
State of Louisiana, on the seventh day @
November A d. 1876, under writ of eleI
ton dated September l6, A. d. 1876, order
, ing same, and pursuant to the provisions G
: act No. SO, to regulate the conduct and t
, maintain the freedom and purity of elet
/ tions; to prescribe the mode of making n
! turns thereof; to provide for the election {
: Returning Officers, and defining their pow
, ers and duties; to prescribe the mode of OF
tering on the rolls of the Senate and Hous
: | of Representatives; and to enforce articl
1903 OF the constitution, approved Novembe
i 20, A. d. 1872, to wit: