The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-08
GU d call Of the roll tho following sana' Ole
rl.r Al j.

pnment, Eustis, Ola, Grover fterners Reilly.
landry, Stamps, Sutton. Twitehell, Wakefield
White and Youhg-lT.
Mr., 1exada, chairman Of the Committee on
Enrolment submitted the following reports
Rooms SENATE uoA.MtrfHH on ENhoth.
| hiEHT AND ENDORSEMENT,
New Orleans, March Q, tsTT
TO the Honorable the President and Members
Of the aenate Of the State oil louisiana
Getttsmea-Youf Committee on Enrolment
epepeg esnroed Senate sis Nos 60 and j.
'F LEWIS TExApA,
| Chairman.
On motion Of Mr.. Robertson the rules were
suspended TO tab UP House bill No. 1911. entltl@ d
AN act to incorporate Morgan's Louisiana and
Texas Railroad and Steamship Company"
Which was read first time.
Mr. Robertson moved suspension of the con
stitutiona rules to place the bill upon its second
reading and demanded the yeas and nays. The
roll being called resulted as followsi
Yeas NtesHrs. Beatnef. .Dueres, Garland.
Goode, Grover, Mitchell, Ogden, Perkins. Mich
afdson, Robertson. Bahdifofdt steven, STUDIOS,
TeSada. Wheeler. White and Hachehie-iT.
| Nays Mesefs. Breaux, Dehas, Ellis. George
any Sb Ss,ts Attain Bryant. purch Gage ppmont
Twitcbell, Wakefield and Young-14.
|
On motion OF Mr.. Ogden thu vote whereby the
Senate refused to suspend The rules TO place
House bin No. 1p1 upon its second reading was
| reconsideted.
On motion Of Mr.. Robertson the rules were
suspended to place the b'll upon its second
reading. The bill was read a second tme aud
| on motion Of Mr. White, referred to the Com
| mttee on Railroads. with instru etions 10 report
| tomorrow
| Mr.. Garland obtained unanimous consent to
take up Benate bill No. a., entitled AN act TO
better secure holders Of life insurance policies
in this State to nfovids reserve fund therefor
| and for other purposes" repofte 4 favofably by
| the Committee on Corporations aud parochial
| Affairs, and moved the ado pton Of the report
| Adopted
| Mr.. Garland moved that the bill be considered
| engeessed and read third time
Mr.. White moved as substitute that IL be
postponed un'il Thursday, March g, 1877. and
made the special order Of the day immediately
after the reading of the Journal and printed.
| Carried.
Mr.. Robertson obtained unanimous consent to
call up the report Of the Committee on Corpora
tons on House bill No. 49, reported by subsi-
| tute,
Mr.. Breaux in The chair.
On motion of Mr.. Robertson, Senate bill No.
ios substitute for House bill No. ss. entitled AN
| act authorizing the Governor TO appoint addi-
tional police iuries In country parishes. direct
| ing police iufies to rediatfiet their respective
| parishes into police Jury wards, and these wards
| into one or more justices Of the peace and eec.
| tion wards. and flying the number Of members,
| the time and MANNER Of their election. The mode
of filing vacancies in the police jury and va
eaneies which hereafter may occur. fixing the
compensation OF police Jurors. providing for
| FIXTURES for their neglect Of duty and tho mode
| of enforcing the same; repeating act No. ~, APP
| proved April 81, 1871, entitled An act REQ Ryan
| izng the police iuries Of the State. prescribing
the number thereof and the mode Of election,
and fixing their duties and compensation
| was read frat time
| On motion of MI, Robertson the constitutional
| rules were suspended to place the bill ON Its
| second reading. The bill was read second
| time.
MIR. Robertson moved th at the bill be made
the special order of the day for tomorrow at
q o'clock.
Mr.. Boaner moved as a substitute that the
| bill be made the special order Of the day for
Friday, March D. 1877, nj 2 o'clock.
Carried.
| On motion Of Mr. Robertson House Bills on
their frat reading were taken up.
| House bill No, 81. entitled An act regulating
] the assessing and collecting of taxes throughout
| the State
| Was, on mo ion of Mr.. Robertson read a frat
and second time under suspension Of the
constitutional rules. aud referred to the Com.
mttee on Finance.
| House bill No. t7s. entitled IAN act making
| the receiving or delivery of seed cotton In the
night time. sold. battered or otherwise dis
| posed of, msdeameaner, and prescribing the
penalty therefor
Was, on motion of Mr., Robertson. read u frat
and second time under suspension of the con-
stitutional rules. and referred to the Committee
son the Judiciary.
On motion of Mr.. Robertson. the Senate went
into executive session.
Executive session being raised, on u call of
the roll the following Senators answered to
their names:
Messrs, Boatner, Breaux, .Demas. Dueios.
Mitchell, Ogden, Perkins, Richardson, Robert
son, Sandiford. Stubs, Steven. Texada. Wheel
err White md zseh ,an hrvant p,rcn c.,s
Sutton TwiteheI. Wakefield and Young~ia. '''
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, /
New Orleans. March 6. 1877. !
To the Honorable the Senate of louisiana
Gentpmen-I am instructed to inform your
honorabls body that the House has passed
House Bill No. ies, AN act regulating the mode
of assessing and collecting taxes throughout
the STATE" etc. and to ask the con 3urrenee Of
the Senate In the same.
Respectfully, etc,
Chief Clerk.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
House bill No. II. entitled An act to repeal
act No. IA approved Sept. Il, 1868; Act No. a.
approved February ~. 1859; Act No. 81, approx
ed March 6. 1860; Act No. %, approved March 8.
1869; Act No. %. approved March 80. 1870: Act
No. 81, approved March 8. 1878; Act No. O., ap-
proved March 26. 1873; Act No. SO. approved
February 90. 1874: Act No. 60. approved March.
II. 1874; and act No. 49, approved March "a