The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-06

OFFICIAL JOURNAL
or THE
FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
HOUSE or REpREs ENTATIyEs.
EXTRA SESSION or 1871.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
EXTRA SESSION or 1877.
Second Days Proceedings.

! HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVE |
| New Orleans, Saturday, March o, 1877. J
The House was called to order ut IL O'Clock
IN. Present.
Aycosk, ,Bridger, jBreard ,Bowden, Barron. Oar
bin. lieu, BRADY, Brooks, Buck. Berry. Bell.
| Duke, Dupree, Estopinal. Fitzpatrick, Forester,
q1t Il GiegDs Ha%Wqnd
Kelly of Orleans. Kidd, Kernochan, Lyons.
Ma , Moq i]l, p, S,ewssom, ,Nunes. PR
ssingletogn. Self s4pIller: StaEg, steele sellers,
waslburne, Wilde, Williams, Young OF Clai-
borne. Young OF East Baton Rouge.
| seventy members and quorum Of the House.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. Father Hubert.
| Of tho Catholic Church
| Mr.. Kid rose 10 u question OF privilege, re-
marking that youths In the employment of The
American District Telegraph Company we're on
the floor Of the House. acting as pages he ask
cd by what authority they were employed, and
offered the following resolution:
Resoped, THAT the Speaker Of the House of
Ropre sentatives shall have tho power ut any
time to renove, for good and sufficient reasons,
any page already appointed and to supply his
place by appropriate appointment.
Mr. Lea offered the following substitute for
tho resolution Of Mr.. Kidd:
That in the employment Of pngns tho Speaker
BIO requested, SO far ns public Interest will per
| init 70 select from tho pages who were elm
| ployed ut tho regular session.
| The resolution Of Mr. Lea was adopted.
The Speaker made the following statement
Under the impression that In caucus the
Democratic - Conservative members Of the uouse
lad sanctioned, il not directly approved. the
appointment by tho Chair Of pages selGeted
rom among the bows employed by the District
with q Wow of confirming to tho behess of thg
caucus, eGonomiAing about $l400 mt each session
and improving the service, and therein not re-
cevng the approval and concurrence Of the
House, the Chair now respectfully requests the
House to select is own pages and TO designate
the number thereof to be employed. 50 that tho
Chair may. under the law, appoint those thus
selected.
In accordance with the request Of ths Speaker,
on the motion of Mr.. Young. Of East Baton
| Rouge, tbs Speaker was authorized and re-
quested to reappoint the necessary number Of
| pages from those who served during The regu-
| lar session such, giving preferences to such
as had been most efficient, attentive and eourte-
| ous
| NOTICE or BILLS.
Mr.. Gaskins gave notice that at future time
he would introduce a bill to amend and re-enact
article Gl5 of the Code of Pfa tlce.
BILLS IN PRODUCED.
The following named members asked and OBJ
tanned leave to introduce. out of the regular
order Of business. the following entitled bills.
which were read, and under suspension Of
! the CONSTITUTE nal rule were severally passed to
their second reading and referred to commit
tees or passed., us follows
| BY Mr. Toer-
House bill No. III, IAN act t. make playing at
games of chance in public places u INSIDE
| meanor,"
TO the Committee on the Judiciary.
by Mr.. Jonas
House bill No. IFS. AN net to authorize the
city of New Orleans to I'll vacancies In Offices
under the charter of said city other than those
of Mayor and Administrators"
10 the Special Committee on City Affairs.
| by Mr.. Leeds-
! House bill No. 1870. IAN net providing for the
collection of State and city taxes md licenses.
defining the jurisdiction of justices of the
Peace Courts for the parish of Orleans. reguIa-
| ting the payment of costs and charges in tax
and iconse suits. providing for payment TO the
proper officer Of tho State and city Of New Or
| leans by the Constables of the Justices
| Courts. Of the money collected by them
| in tax and license suits. Imposing certain pen
aties upon the Constables Of the Justices
Courts. giving them certain powers. and repeal
| ing all laws or parts of laws ia conflict here
| WITH
To the Committee on the Judiciary.
BY Mr.. Toler-
House bill No. 176. AN act to repeal para
graph g. section 1 of on act to provide n reve-
nue. approved March 18th. 1872. and exempt
grist mills and cotton gins In the country from
q license tau
To the Committee on Agriculture. Immigra-
ton and Commerce.
BY Mr. Delavigne-
House bill No. 179. An net t. provide for
gauging and inspecting coal oils and iumina-
ting oils or fluids derived wholly or in part
| from coal or petroleum.; to regulate the sale
| or disposition OF the same; to prohibit in GER
tain cases the sale or disposition of illumina-
ting oils or fluids dangerous to life and proper
| ty. and to prescribe penalties for violations Of
this act
This bill was taken up on its second reading
and considered section by section.
The first section, on motion Of Mr.. Delavigne.
was adopted.
The second section, on motion of Mr.. Della
vigne. was amended by striking out in line
the word The" and the word provided" in
section first. and inserting the words " in ac-
cordance with the provisions"
Also in line 49, by striking out the words
they shall be entitled to no other compensa-
| ton"
The section was adopted as amended.
Section was adopted.
Section was adopted.
Section was, on motion of Mr. Jonas. amend
ed by adding at the end the following: Pro-
| vided that the provisions Of this act shall only
apply to oil intended for actual sale or con-
sumption within the limits Of this Safe. and all
oils intended for export shall be 80 branded and
designated"
Section g., on motion Of Mr.. Lyons, was
amended by inserting, after the word " other
WISE" the words in large letters and in a
conspicuous place" the section was adopted as
amended.
Sections 7, 8 and were adopted.
Section 10 was adopted |.
On reconsideration section was. on the mo-
ton Of Mr.. Lyons amended as follows: