The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-04
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
or THE
FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
or THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
EXTRA SESSION or 1877, .
SEN ATE.

EXTRA SESSION or fss'

| new orleans. FRIDAY, March q, 1877. !
AT f2e'clock m. the Hon, outs A. Wits. Lieu.
| tenant Governor and President Of tho Senate
Isannouheed that under and by virtue Of the
proclamation Of his Exeelleney. Franejs T.
Nichols. Governor of Louisiana. dated Febru-
ary 81. 1877. converting the General Assembly Of
Louisiana In extra session, he now called tho
Senate to order. and directed the Secretary to
read the following proolsmation!
United States OF America. Proclamation by
Francis 1. Nlehe L., Governor OF the State OF
Louisiana.
WHEREAS an extra session Of the General Az.
Hembly !. required in Wow OF the sondtio of
Legislation;
Therefore |, Francis T. Nichols. Governor Of
The state OF Louisiana, hAvs thought proper to
Issue this. nv pfoelana, loo, converting the Cen
eral Assembly Of this Fate TO meet in Extra
session At Odd Fellows Hall. in the city of New
Orleans. on Friday, the second day Of March,
a. ID. 1877. at Ia o'clock m. And
IN pursuance Of the provisions Of
an Hct OF the General Assembly, entitled "An
act relative TO extra SESSIONS Of tis General Aa-
sembly and defining the duties NJ The Governor
IN refer, noe Thereto, epproved Febi uRry 49, 1870
hereby limit the alnrntinn of said ssaainn to
htteeh days, and / do her by specify, among
Others the following objects Of Legislative action
during said extra seselep, 10 wit Education
appropriations revenue. levees elections reria
traitor. city a'd pa oehial aitsra and o ootioi 10
the United States Senate.
Ia Witness wbe reef have here unto siuned my
name. and caused The zeal of the state OF Tuis-
lana TO b. hereunto affixed, al the city of New
Orleans, this twenty eighth day Of February In
the year .af our Lord ono Thousand ei9bt hun.
bred and seventy and OF tho n>,,ruet.
denee Of the United States Of America Tho ons
hundred and first.
FRANCIS T. NtuHOLLs.
G4vefnor of tho State OF L,uis,ana
BY the Governors
lfHrAu Auupyu
Assistant Secretary of IT,.
On call of tho roll, tho following Senators
answered to their names: :,
- Messrs. Bontner. Breaux. Dueroa Garland
,te9rge. 459ode, Grover. Kelly. Mitohta. Ogden,
P spd Tsxhaa Wbsslsn sana
:, Absent essrs A lain. Bryant l!uAch. Gage
P pem1Hs, DSH,mont, Ellls: Eas +, dlk HarpSr,
Wakefield and Young-17.
On motion OF Mr. White, tho rules I'll The Sen
alto OF the regular session Just Siod wore
adopted "a the rules Of this Senate.
Mr.. Robertson offered the following roaolu-
ton and moved It's adoption:
itsotred. That the o1icera of the Eonnto at itg
hst regular session DO hereby declared oInrted
to their several positions for this extra season
And the resolution was adopted
On motion of Mr. White. n committee of three
Senators was appointed to wait upon his Excel
lency the Governor of tho State and inform him
that tho Senate was now organiasd, ready to
proceed with business and to receive any com.
munoation he might please to send.
Tho President appointed on tho committee
Mossrs. White. Wheeler add Robertson.
On motion of Mr. White the secretary wns
directed to Inform the House OF Represents
tives Of the organic ltion of the Senate aud of
the appointment Of the com uittes to walt upon
the Governor. and to request The appointment
OF like committee, for the Same purpose. on
the part Of The House.
On motion of Mr. Gooie u recess was ordered
for fifteen minutes.
After recess. tho Lieutenant Governor and
President Of the ,nats la tho eh lir. on a call I
the roll tho following Senators answered to
their Names
Messrs. Breaux, Ducros Ellis. Eustis George.
Goofe. Grover. Kelly, Mitchell, Ogden. Perkins,
Kichardaon. Robertsnn. Sandford. Steven
stubbs. Texada. Wneoler. White aud Zachario
Absent-Messrs Alain. Boatncr, Rurch. Bry- |
ant. Cage. Demas. Dumont. Garland, Ola, Har-
per, Landry. stamps. Sutton. Twitohell. Wake |
field and Young-16.
A message from tho House Of Representa-. |
ttves was announced aud Representatives |
Young Of Claiborne. Kidd nnd Voohes ap. |
peared as n committee to inform tho Senate of |
the organization of tho House of Representa-
tives. and of their appointment rs II committee |
to wait upon the Governor.
further message was received from tho |
House through Its chief clerk, as follows
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,. |
New Orleans. March .. 1877. ! |
To tho Honorable the President and members |
OF tho Senate OF the State Of Louisiana:
Gefttlenlen-T am instructed to inform YOUR
honorable body that the House Is now ready to
meet the Senate In Joint assembly to ballot for
PETER j. IRRELEVANT
Chief Clerk
On motion of Mr.. Texada. the Senate pro-
ceeded In ply to the hall of the House of
for the purpose Of balloting in
Joint session for a United States Senator
JOINT SESSION
The Joint session was called to order by tho
Hon. Louis A. Wilt. Lieutenant Governor and
President of the Senate.
On catl of the roll. the following Senators
to their names:
Messrs. Breaux, Ducros, Ellis. Eustis. Gar
land. George. Goode. Grover Kelly, Mitchell,
nsd Perkns Rsh+FFdso9 sapd
and Iachario-2l.
On call the roll Of the House the following
members answered to their Names
Hon; l.; Bush. Speaker. and Messrs. Aldiee,
Aycock, Bilieu, Bridger. Brear !, Barbin. Bow
erham, Carloss, Cressy. nelayigne. Duke. Du-
pree, Estopinal. Fitzpatrick Forester Gaskins,
Gillespie. Hammond. Hill OF Orleans, Kelly OF
VIM, Kelly. of Orleans, Kernochan. Kidd, Ly-
,ns. Leeds Lamare. Lea. Leonhard Of Orleans,
Martin McGehee. Newsom. Nunez Porter, p
calta Pitts. Richardson, Ryland. Randolph, Rob-
9rtson. Role, Ridgley. Shakespeare, singeto
Self. Spiller, Stagg. Steele, Sellers. Smart, Tay-
Or. Tremoulet. oler, Voorhes. washburne,
Williams. Young of Claiborne. Young of East
Baton Rouge-64.
The President of the joint assembly then de-
dared the object of this joint assembly was to
ballot for a United States Senator for the term
March 4. 1877. in accordance with
he proclamation of His Excslency Francis T.
Nich lis. Governor OF the State Of Louisiana. {
lated February %. 1877, converting the General
Assembly in extraordinary session.
The President then announced that nomina-
ions for United States Senator were in order
Representative Berry nominated Hon. B. F.