The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-23
legal House OF Representatives Of the State of I
Louisiana and accepting the conditions OF said |
resolution and invita- ion.
Respectfully etc.

Louisiana and accepting the conditions OF said
resolution and invitation.
Respectfully. etc.
Ell. BARRETT
Representative OF Rapides.
New Orleans, April 20. 1877.
Hon. W. L. McMillen, of the parish OF Carroll,
presented himself at the Speakers stand. took
the constitutional oath of Office as representa-
tive from that parish and was seated.
BY consent Of the House. Mr. McMillen adj
dressed the House on question Of privilege.
The journal of April 10 was approved
Nr. Washington rising to question Of priv
ilege explained his absence from the House on
the 18th and 10th April.
PETITIONS MEMORIALS AND RESOLUTIONS.
Mr.. Singleton offered a resolution. which UNI
der suspension Of the rules, was taken up and
amended SO as to read as follows:
BE ii resolued by the House Of Representatives
OF the state OF Louisiana, in General Assembly
eonre,.ea. THAT no more claims against the State
be received for action during the present ses-
sion, when said claims are for past years in
debtedness, and that the Committee on Claims
be instructed to return any and all such claims,
nifty now be iii their hands.
The resolution was adopted as anne ended.
Mr.. Young, Of Claiborne. offered the follow
ing:
Resolution to authorize the chairman of Contin-
gent Expenses to pay u. q. Payne the fees for
collecting taxes which have been used by the
House OF Representatives:
Be IL resolped bB the House Of Representatives
q ue State Of Lonlstand. That the chairman OF
the Committee OF Contingent Expenses be and
ne 1s hereby au horized to pay E.. G.. Payne
the sum OF three hundred and seventy five dol
lars. being the amount Of two and g half per
and used by the House OF Representatives.
Under suspension of the rules the resolu-
ton was adopted.
Mr.. Young. of Claiborne, moved to reconsider
the adoption OF the resolution. and t, lay the
motion to reconsider on the table
Carried.
On motion Of Mr.. Bowden, the concurrent
resolution relative to the final adjournment of
the General Assembly was postponed until to-
morrow. April 81. at II o'clock q, IN.
BILL INTRODUCED.
BY Mr. Kennedy
House bill No. $50, "An ACT making an appro-
priation of the sum of sixteen thousand aud
one dollars out Of the revenues Of 1876, for
the Board of State and City Assessors of the
parish of Orleans the same to cover deficit in
the general appropriation bill of 1876"
hThe bill was read and placed upon the calen-
dar.
Senate bill No. 1872. IAN act to create n comm's-
sion to sit during the recess of the General AS
sembly and TO consider the present license, in
spection and port charges imposed by State
laws: to take evidence thereon and to report at
The next session of the General Assembly such
changes as in their opinion may be necessary"
Was taken up. read and under suspension
Of the rules was passed to its second reading.
On the motion of Mr.. McGehee, that the fur
Their consideration OF the bill be indefinitely
postponed, rising vote was taken.
No quorum voting
The roll Of the House was called as follows:
Hon. L. Bush, Speaker and Messrs Aldige,
Ayeock, Bridger,, Breard, BllIiu, Bowden Bar
c Gan sarr1 Brady Bery Bell Brooks
Lacy. Duke, Dupree, Ferguson Fobb, Fitz-
patrick. Forester, Gaude, Gaskins Gillespie,
Kennedy Kelly of Orleans. Kernochan. Lyons
Martin. MeMiIIen. MneGehee Neysom. Npne7,
Routon. Randolph, Romero, Role. Robertson.
Shakespeare. Self, Spier. Stage, Stewart, Smart,
Steele Sellers. Taylor, TolIiyer, l,oler,, Voor
liams, Young Of Claiborne and Young Of East
Baton Rouge.
Seventy three members and quorum.
The motion to postpone was withdrawn and
the bill was referred to the Committee on Agri-
culture, Immigration and Commerce..
House bill No. 195. AN act to provide for the
change Of names by judicial proceedings to
point out the manner of proceeding and to
provide for the payment OF the costs thereon.
The Senate's amendments were concurred in
as follows:
Insert after the word the" in line of the
second section, the words district attorney or"
Add at the end OF the 4th section the words
after the publication of the judgment in some
newspaper in the parish for fifteen days, and if
there is no newspaper publishe in the parish,
then in some newspaper nearest to the court
rf rsn1,J oh L.
rendered.
The bill was passed as amended.
House bill No. 35s. AN act to provide for the
removal of the distractions to navigation in the
mouth Of Red river and appropriating the sum
of $4,000 to pay for having the work done''
Was taken up under reference to the commit
tee of the whole
On the motion of Mr.. Young, of East Baton
Rouge, the House resolved itself into commit
tee of the whole.
Mr.. Hill in the chair.
On rising the committee of the whole reported
through its chairman that it had considered
House bill No. 1858, and had agreed to recon-
mend its passage by the House, with an amend
ment as follows:
In section 8, line 5, strike out the words. Out
of any finds in the treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated," and insert out of the two-thirds
of the leyee tax for the year 1871 collectible in
the year 1875 not set apart for the liquidation of
existing contracts entered into by the Louisiana
Levee Company for levee work to be paid for
out Of the taxes of that year.
The report Of the committee was received and
the amendment was adopted.
The bill as amended was taken as engrossed
and under suspension of the rules was read a
third time
On the final passage of the bill the yeas and
nays were called for, with the following result
Yeas-Hon. L. Bush. Speaker, and Messrs
den. Barron. Btrbin. Barrett. Brady. Brooks,
Buck, Berry, Bell Briggs. Carloss. Cressy
Drury, burden. Relayigne. Drew, D'Avy. Duke,
Dupree, Fitzpatrick, Forester. Claude, 9askins,
Holt, Hammond. Hill of Orleans. Jonas. Kelly of
Orleans; Kernochan,. Kidd. Lyons. Leeds,
Leonard of Orleans, Means, McGehee. Nunez.
Porter, Pitts, houton, Randolph. Romero. Rolle,
Robertson, baby. Sartain. Shakspeare. Sing e.