The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-19
'ulIy, etc,
III EOPHILE T. ALLAN,
John FITZPATRICK,

Respectfully, etc,
THEOPHILE r. ALLAN,
JOHN FITZPATRICK.
On motion of Mr.. Jonas the majority report
| as read and received April Is. was adopted, ex-
cept in reference to section of the bill and the
dissenting report of the minority thereon.
On the motion to adopt the minority report a
rising vote was taken, with the following result:
Yeas 6, nays So
No quorum voting, a call of the House was
ordered, as follows:
Bridger. Breard, Bilieu, Bowden. Brady, Berry.
| Brooks, Bell, Cressy, Delavlgne, Duke, Dupree,
H9bb paTk Il F9e raers aaf anas
Kelly Of. Orleans, Kernochan, Kidd. Lyons.
Leeds. Lamare. Lea, LeonhaEd Of Orleans 9le IS
Pits Pits richardson, Ridgley, Robertson, Rolle
| Ryland. Routon, Randolph, Sartain, Shakespeare.
Self sgiller Stage T., Steele Sellers
Washburn, Wood, Wilde, Williams. Young of
Claiborne and Young of East Baton Rouge.
Sixty-two members and a quorum.
second rising vote on the minority report
resulted as follows Yeas 9. nays So.
The motion to adopt was lost.
On the motion of Mr.. Jonas the recommends
| ton of the majority of the Committee of Confer
ence on the aforesaid section 8, and the entire
report of the majority were adopted.
| said majority report. was passed and notice OF
concurrence sent to the Senate.
Senate bill No. 1877 "An act to amend and re-
enact act No. II of the acts of 1873 entitled act
declaring it crime to usurp a public office. and
providing for the punishment Of such offense ::
providing that if any public officer shall adhere
| to or recognize any usurper, his office shall be
| forfeited" etc.
| Was taken up under the favorable report, by
substitute, of the Committee on the Judiciary.
| The substitute. under suspension of the
| rules underwent its several readings, and final
ly passed.
| SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING.
| Senate bill No. las. "An act to establish ferry
| across he Atchafalaya river at Simmsport.'
The bill was indefinitely postponed.
| Senate bill No. 156, AN act to amend section
| IA of an act entitled an act to amend an act to
| create O special levee district within certain
limits prescribed in this act, approved April 1,
| 1876, and to change the name of the corporation
created by that act, to more fully define. extend
| and limit the powers and purposes of said cor
| poration," etc.
| Under suspension of the rules the bill I'M
| derwent its several readings, and finally
| passed.
The title was adopted and notice of concur
| renee was sent to the Senate.
| House bill No. SAT, IAN act to authorize the
police iuries of the parishes in the State except
the parish Of Orleans to levy license tax on
| the dog kind, and to authorize and direct the
police juries to disburse the funds arising from
said license tax"
This bill being substitute for Senate bill No.
| 90. was taken up on its second reading.
| Mr. Young of Claiborne moved to amend by
striking out the word ''domes ic'' in section l.
The amendment was laid on the table.
| On the motion of Mr.. Brady the words more
than two dollars" in section 1, line g. were
stricken out. and the words ''one dollar" in
| serted in lieu thereof.
| The following amendment was offered
| In lines and Z. after the word authorize. y
| strike out the words in their discretion" and
| insert in lieu thereof the words land directed.
Pending the motion to amend. message was
received from his Excellency the Governor, as
| follows:
| EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
State of Louisiana. !
| New Orleans. April 16. 1877
! To the honorable Speaker and Members of the
| House OF Representatives.:
| Gentemen-I am directed by his Excellency
| the Governor to inform you that he has ap-
| proved and signed the following acts originated
| in your honorable body:
An act to authorize the city of New Orleans
! TO revise and modify the budget of expenditures
for the current year to limit the budget of this
and future years; to define and limit the respon
sibility of he city for the monthly pro rata of all
| expenditures as fixe by said budget. and to
| repeal all conflictng laws
IAN act for the relief Of Thos Fl. Handy, Civil
| Sheriff of the parish of Orleans.
| An act to amend and re-enact paragraph of
section of act No. IA. approved March 8. 1872"
| An act to define and specify who are whole
| sale dealers and wholesale merchants, and to re-
lieve retail deae S and retail merchants from the
payne OF wholesale license tax. and to re-
! ieve all persons from The payment OF license
/ tax as o 'othecary or druggi~t who are not en-
gagged in the business of filing prescriptions or
| compound ng medicines"
| Joint resolution memoria izing Congress for
| the rebuilding and repairing the State House at
| Baton Rouge. La, which was destroyed by fire
| by The army of the United States. in December
| 1892 Respectfully,
DUNCAN s. CAGE, Jr..
| Private Secretary.
| On motion of Mr.. Young Of Claiborne the
| House took recess till I o'clock p. m.
| After recess the House was called to order at
| I. 80 o'clock b. n. Present.:
Hon, q Bush, Speaker, and Messrs. Aldige
l AycOck, Brtdger, breaxd. billieu, 70 EDEN. Bar