New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-04


tellers of both houses, presented the follow
ing report:
GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
State of Louisiana. ,
New Orleans, January 2, lS77.)
To the Honorable Senate and House of Represen-
tatives in joint session convened;
Your joint committee having made can
vass of the returns presented to them by
the Board of Returning Officers, pursuant
to law, find the following result, which they
desire to present to the honorable Senate
and House of Representatives in joint ses-
sion convened:
For Governor:
Stephen B. Packard ................H,6 1914
Francis T. Nichols. ..............H,l9 1893
For Lieutenant Governor:
" " ANTOINE. ........'''...s...... .I4soo9
j. HENRI BURCH,
NJ. H. TWITCHELL,
A. j. DUMONT,
Tellers on the part Of the Senate.
WILLIAM KERN,
j. M. CARVILLE,
G.. II. HILL,
Tellers on the part of the House of Rep
resentatives.
Whereupon the presiding officer of the
Senate proclaimed that Stephen B. Packard,
having obtained the largest number of
votes polled, in pursuance of the law and
by the power vested in him by the consti-
tuition of the State of Louisiana, is hereby
| declared duly elected Governor of the State
| of Louisiana for the constitutional term of
four years from the second Monday in Jan.
uary, 1877.
That c. c. Antoine, having obtained the
largest number OF votes polled, in pur-
suance of the law, and by the power vested
in him by the constitution of the State, is
hereby declared duly elected Lieutenant
Governor of the State of Louisiana for the
constitutional term of four years from the
second Monday in January, 1877.
On motion of Senator T witchell the Senate
then withdrew from the House of Repre-
sentatives and returned to the Senate
chamber.
On call of the roll the following Senators
answered to their names:
Present-Messrs Allan, Blunt, Breaux,
Burch Bryant, Baker, Cage. Demas, Du-
mont, Ola, Hamlet, Harper, KelsO Landry,
Sutton, Stamps, Twitchell, Wakefield,
Wheeler, Weber, Young-2l.
Absent-Messrs. Boatner, Ducros, Jr.,
Grover, Kelly, Ogden, Richardson, Robert
son, Steven, White, Zaeharie-15.
A quorum present
NOTICES OF BILLS.
Senator BurCh gave notice that he would,
at some future day, introduce bill en-.
titled an act to repair the old State House
at Baton Rouge, for the purpose of making
said building the permanent Asylum fol
the Deaf, Dumb and Blind of this State,
RESOLUTION.
Senator Burch offered the following reso
luton:
Resolved by Senate of the State of Lou
isiana, That copies of thu valedictOrJ
message of his exeellenoy Governor KEEL
logg, be ordered printed, in pamphlet form
for the use of the Senate, and that the Gov
ernor be requested, Immediately, to trans
nit to our Senator and Representatives il
, Congress those portions of his message
which refer to the political condition of thu
State, and the necessity of national legisla
ton for the enforcement in this State of thu
thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amend
, ments to the constitution of the Unitet
! | States.
By unanimous consent the resolution wa
taken up and adopted.
Senator TwitChell called up the follOwin
I resolution, introduced by him yesterday:
5 ResOlved, That q committee Of three
D appointed to act with committee troI
the House 10 act under the provisions Q
! articles I540 and 1852 of the Revised Stl
) | tutes.
On the adoption of the resolution the yea
I and nays were demanded by Messrs. Webe
! and Breaux, resulting as follows:
l Yeas-Allain, Blunt, Burcb, Bryant
8 Baker, Cage, Demas, Dumont, Hamlet
9 Harper KelsO, Landry, Sutton, Stamps
0 Twitchell Wakefield, Wheeler, YOung-l'
0 Nays-Breaux, Gla, Weber-3.
. Absent-Boatner, Ducros, Jr., Ellis, Eul
tbs, Garland, George, G0Ode, Grover, ke
8 ly, Ogden, Richardson, Robertson, Stever
8 White, Zacharie-l5.
. The resolution was adopted.
: On motion of Senator Twitchell the Ser
6 ate went into executive session.
3 Executive session having been raised, Il
: roll was called as follows:
Z Present-Messrs. Allan, Baker, Blum
5 Bryant, Burch, Demas, Gls, Hamlet, Ha
9 per, Kelso, Landry. Stamps, Suttoi
2 Twitohell, Wakefield, Weber, Wheele
4 Young-lS.
4 Absent-Messrs. Boatner, Breaux, Gag
% DucrOs. Jr., Dumont, Ellis, Eustis, Ga
2 | land, George, Goode, GroYef, Nell
S Ogden, Richardson, Robertson, Steve
g White, zacharie-lS
. There being no quorum, on motion
. Senator Twitchell, the Senate took rece
3 until 6 P, M.
Z The Senate reasssmbled at T, N.
= SENATOR Landry in the chair.
& On call of the roll, the fOlloNiee Sen
IS tors answered to their names:
: Present--Messrs. Allan, Blunt, Bare
y Demas, Dnm0nt, Ola, Hamlet Hezpi
KelsO, Landry, Sutton, Stamps, dsiIepe
e. Wakefeld--lA
3 Absent-Messrs. BoAtneF, Breaax, Brya 8
q Baker, Cage, Duoros, yr., Ellis. Epatis, q