The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-06
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
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FIFTH GENERAL. ASSEMBLY
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STATE OF LoUIBIhNA.
EXTRA SESSION or 1877.
HOUSE or REPnEs ENTATavEs.

HougE or REPRESENTATIVES,.

HouaE or REPRESENTATIVES,.
Now Orleans Wednesday April 4, 1877.
Tho House was called 10 order Mt II 30 o'clock
II IN. Present;
Hon, l.. Buah. Speaker. and Messfs, Aidige.
barron. Barbin. Buck. berry. Boil. Briggs
Copkerham. qarloas.. Grossly, burden. payriaa
T sasEp P foss Papgfn ssp asoPan reee
hammond, jonas. Kennedy. Kolly of. Orleans,
kernochan. Lyons. Leeds Lamaare. Le9nhard
porast. Pta. nieierdson.. hidgley. fyand
randolph. Role. isobertson. sartain, shnk
spaare, singleton. belf., spiilgr. sthgg, sfeele.
Williams. Young Of Claiborne and Young of
Enat Baton Rouge.
Sixty two members and n quorum.
journal of April . approved.
LEAVE of abaonee granted TO Mr.. Brady until
Saturday April 7th
Mr.. Steele off ,red tho following concurrent
resolutions:
CONCURRENT REVOLUTION.
Whereas an examination of Bayou Bariholo-
new was ordered and had by net Of Congress
and
Whereas, IN the year 1879. w. i. Blnisdell.
assistant engineer under tho direction of Lieut..
Dol. w. y. Reynolds. U. Engineers. upon such
m exam natfon. reported TO tho Chief OF Engi.
neers. United States, recommending the appro,
printion Of thirty-four thousand seven hundred
and sixteen dollars for tho Improvement OF
Bayou Bartholomew. and
Whereas, q like report was made ut The close
of the year 1876 to the Chief of Engineers Of the
U. \. Army by Major W. H. II. Benyaurd, show
Ing the Importance Of Improvement In the nav
igation Of the said stream md
Whereas. no appropriation for this purpose
has eyer been made by tho Congress OF the
United States: therefore
Be IL resotped bD The House Of Representations
Of The State Of Louisiana. The Senate concu,1iHg.
that the Representatives of the State Of Lonsi !.
ana in the Congress of the United States be and
are hereby requested to urge upon Congress
and obtain an appropriation for the improve
ment OF Bayou Bartholomew and UArbonne
and that copies Of this resolution and preamble
be furnished the said Representatives..
Under suspension Of tho rules the concur
rent resolution was adopted. and notice given
to the Senate.
COMMITTEE SERVICE.
Mr. Leeds, chairman on behalf Of the Com
mittee on City Affairs. reported as follows
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
New Orleans. April L. 1871
To the Honorable Speaker and members of the
House OF Representatives:
yentlemen-Your special Committee on City
Affairs has the honor to make the following re-
port:
Unfavorably on House bill No. 12o IAN net to
provide for the collection of city taxes. and CIV
ing ur sdcton to all the district courts for the
parish Of Orleans for said purpose, and fixing
the fees OF clerks. sheriff and recorder OF mort
cages In such Cases.
| abolish the Board of Commissioners styled the
Commissioners of the New Orleans Park to
| repeal all laws Imposing special tax for the
| Nav Orleans Park; and to confer the powers
and duties heretofore imposed upon the Com
missioners of the New Orleans Park
CHAS. J. LEEDS,
| Chairman.
Mr.. Aldige. on behalf Of the Joint Committee
| on Preferred Calendar. reported as follows:
| To the Honorable President and Members OIL
the Senate and Speaker and Members ofthe
House of Representatives.:
Your Joint committee. appointed to examine
and report upon the important and necessary
ieeisl alton. do recommend that the following
bills SHOULD be taken up in the order in which
they are herein set forth, and SHOULD be actec
l. House bills Nos. 19l and 3I8-Reyenue-
House.