New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-04
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Third Days proceedings.

HOUSE, OF REPRESENTATIVE.
New Orleans, January >, 1871.
The House met pursuant to adjournment
Speaker Hahn in the chair.
The roll being called, the following men,
bers responded to their names:
Speaker Hahn and Messrs. Darlington,
Bird, Brown of Caddo, Burton, Brown of
Jefferson, Blair, Barron, Brewster, Barrett
Bosley, Brooks, Brown of Vernon, Black
stone, Carville, Como, Cole, Drury, burden,
Davidson, Dayries, Drew, De Lacy, Dickin-
son, Desmarais,. D'Avy, Detiege, Dejoie,
CAN'T, Gary, Gracien, Hill of Ascension,
Hughes, Holt of West Baton Rouge, Heath,
johnson of De Soto, Jones, II. N. johnson,
Robert johnson, Keeting, Kern, Lane, Lee
mare, Lewis, Magloire, Martin, McMillen,
Romero, Raby, Swszie, Snaer, Seveignes,
SHINES, Stewart, Thomas, Tolliver, Wash.
ingtOn, Watson, Walker-64.
Sixty-fOur members present and a quo
rum.
Messrs. McMillen, of Carroll, and Bar.
rington, of Ouaohita, were duly sworn in
as Representatives of their respective par
ishes.
Mr.. Grscien, of Orleans, moved that the
Representatives OF the parish of East Baton
Rouge be permitted to retain the seats So
lected by them yesterday.
Carried.
On motion of Mr.. Davidson, of Iberville,
the reading of the journal was dispensed
with, and it was adopted.
PETITIONS, MEMORIALS AND RESOLUTIONS.
The Speaker presented memorial of the
Republican committee of the parish of Liv.
ingston, etc., which was ordered to be re-
terred to the Committee on Elections and
Qualifications, when appointed.
Mr.. Keeting, of CaddO, presented peti
ton of John c. Watson, contrasting the seal
of Charles E Lea, as Representative of the
parish of st. Helena.
Referred to the Committee on Elections
and Qualifications, when appointed.
Mr.. Lane, of East Baton Rouge, pre-
sented the petition of S. w. Blasdell, con
testing the seat of Jules Brady, as Repre-
sentative of the parish of st. Tammany.
Referred to the Committee on Election
and Qualifications, when appointed.
Mr.. McMillen, of Carroll, presented tbs
following petition:
To the Honorable Speaker and Members Of thu
House Of Representatives
The petition of the undersigned, citizenl
of the parish of Carroll, would most re
| spectfully represent:
That by reason of o crevRsse in what il
| known as the Bass levee, in this parish, one
| half of this parish will be exposed to over
| flow during the high water next spring
| that the effects from this erevasse will b.
| felt from here to the mouth of Red river
| and that so 900 to 100, 900 acres of planta
ton lands will be liable to inundation; tina
| the Levee Company has declared its ina
| bility to rebuild this levee, from want o
means or funds in hand; that the peOpl
are more or less impoverished, consequent!
| unable to advance the money necessary 70
the purpose; that with the money in hant
| the ievee could be rebuilt at 3 cost of no
over twenty cents per cubic yard, that tn
amount of work necessary to be done, inolud
ing repairs from the Deesoud plantation tC
the crevasse, would not exceed 240, 900 cubi
wards. Petitioners, therefore, respectful.
prsy that a law may be passed apprOpriaV
ing the funds necessary for this work; tina
the amount so advanced for the Levee Con
pany be retained cut of the taxes or due
which said company may be entitled tt
that commissioners be selected and namet
in the act who shall have authority to lie
out said work in sections to the lowest bio
ders; that the contractors shall be require
to put upon the work not less than 200
hands, in order that the levee may be n
built before the rise of the water, the who
to be done under the direction or supe
vision of the State Engineer.