The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-24
OFFICIAL JOURNAL !,
or THE
FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
. or THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Forty-fourth Days Proceedings.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

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| Young OF Claiborne, Young Of East Baton Rouge
| Sixty-two members and q quorum.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. Father Hubert
Of the Catholic Church.
The journal Of February 20 was approved.
PETITIONS. MEMORIALS AND RESOLUTIONS.
Mr.. Barrett presented the memorial of citi-
zens of .Rapides parish, praying for improve
ment to bayous Bpuf and Crocodile.
Referred to the Committee on Lands and
Levees, with instruction to report by bill or
otherwise at an early day,
Mr.. Berry presented the memorial OF Charles
Curtis. which was referred to the Committee ON
Claims.
COMMITTEE SERVICE.
Mr.. Jonas presented the following report:
SENATE CHAMBER STATE OF LOUISIANA,
New Orleans, February 20, 1877. !
To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
Your Committee on Conference having had
under consideration Senate bill No. 81. recon-
mend that the House recede from its amend
ment.
Respectful lysubmitted,
B. i. JONAS,
Chairman House Committee.
WILL. STEVEN,
Chairman enate Committee.
I he report was adopted, and the House re-
ceded from the said amendment, which was as
follows:
Section /. line 6. after the word State" insert
the word municipal"
On the motion of Mr.. Jonas, the bill was put
upon its final passage. on which the yeas and
nays we're called for by Mr.. Bowden, with the
following result:
Yeas--Hon. L. Bush. Speaker, and Messrs.
Aldige. B,llien. Bridger, Breard. Bowden. BAR
Duke. Dupree, Gaskins. Gillespie Hammond,
Jonas. Kernochan. Kelly OF Winn. Kelly Of Or
leans. kidd, Lyons. eeds, Lamare. Lea. Leon
Newsom. .Nunez Porter Peralta. Pitts, Richard
sa1. RylaHad Randolph, g Role; r. R9bertson.
moulet. Tolsr. VOORHEES,. Washburne. Wood.
Wilde, vii Jams, Young Of Claiborne. Young
OF East Baton Rouge-54.
Fitzpatrick Forester, Huntington, Singleton
stagg, sellers.-1o.
The bill was passed and returned to the Sem
ate with notice of concurrence.
HOUSE BILLS REPORTED AS ENROLLED.
Mr.. E. E. Kidd. Chairman Committee on
Enrolment. reports that the following bills
have been properly enrolled, to wit:
Bill MOST. AN act relative to insurance COM
panies not inco pora.ed by the laws OF this
State, and requiring them to appoint agents On
whom legal process may be served, and provid-
ing penalties for violation OF the provisions
thereof"
Bill No. Al, "An act fixing or providing for tie
salary or compensation to be paid to the Clerk
Orleans, and the deputy and assistant clerks
thereof and the mode Of payment thereof"
Bill No. 122, An act to authorize and require
the city OF new Orleans 10 receive certificates
issued since the 18th of January, 1877, and those
to be issued by the Board OF Metropolitan Police,
in payment of the salaries and expenses of the
Mathematician Police pYeeAH II m nj
forty-five thousand dollars. in payment of the
tax leyied for police purposes for the current
Bill No. Ito. IAN act to fix the compensation
of the Clerk of the First District Court for the
parish of Orleans; to authorize the appoint
ment of deputy clerks of said court. and to pro-
vide for the payment OF the salaries OF said
Bill No. %, IAN act fixing the return day for
appeals from the courts of the parish of Tangi-
Bill No. 49, substitute for bill No 20. AN act to
seizure, to b nd property after the expiration
Of ten days. when the defendant has failed or
neglected to bond the same"
Bill No. 81. An act relative to the Louisiana
Equitable Life Insurance Company. and to con-
Time the same in force"
Bill No. 6S. An act amending and re-enacting
section three thousand seven hundred and
seventy three (s773 Of the Revised statutes: de-
filming the duties Of the State Treasurer; de-
Voaons u Of s as and md r ers al laws IN
conflict Herewith"
e. E. KIDD. Chairman.
Mr.. Bowden. Chairman, on behalf Of the Com
mittee on Parochial Affairs. reported as follows:
To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
House of Representatives of the State of
louisiana:
Genaene,e-Your Committee on Parochial At
fairs beg leave to report upon the following bills:
Favorably. with amendments, upon Senate
bill No. so. entitled An act to instruct the legal
authorities of the, parish Of St. Bernard to re-
IN kayOn a
court records. effects and furniture. and to re-
peal an act act entitled An act to provide for
Of st. Bernard, and redvide said parish into
wards approved April Ia, 1874. and to authorize
the Police Jury, of said parish, if sustained by.
the popular vote. to change the seat OF justice OF
Unfayorably upon House bill No. Ill, entitled
=! An act repeating section 27s2 Of the Revised
Statutes, ard providing for the election Of par
ish tax collectors by the Police Juries of the
various parishes throughout the State
tied An act to amend and re-enact sections
s3a and 1887 of the Revised Statutes of the State
of Louisiana. and to repeal all laws In conflict
Favorably upon Senate bill No. IS. entitled
AN act to create an additional Justice Of the
Peace and Constable in the Fourth Ward Of the
River in said parish. to define its jurisdiction.
and to provide for the election of the same, and
to prescribe the e. B q R te eha ams
Mr.. Washburne offered the following resolu-
ton:
Whereas the habit of members in leaving the
hall each day is persisted in to such an extent
as to render legislation impossible to the very
great detriment Of the State; therefore,
Be II resolped, That members are prohibited
from lea ing the building during the session of
the House without the consent of the House
being first obtained thereto and from leaving
the hall for more than ten minutes at time
under the penalty of being brough' before the
bar of the House, and publicly rebuked by the
Speaker of the House
Lies over under the rules.
JOINT SESSION
joint session Of the General Assembly was
held for the purpose of further balloting for a
Senator to represent the State of louisiana in
the Senate of the United States for the term
beginning March 4. 1877, Hon. Louis A. Witt
Lieutenant Governor and President of the Sem
ate. presiding.