The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-19
THE LEGISLATURE.
"WEDNESDAY, April is.



Tba aanate met Mt the usual hour, Lieut.. Gov
yyiltz preaidjpg. and twenty Senators present.
A message from the House announced that ID
House had CONQUERED Ia Senate amendment
The 14th section OF the act OF ths session, ofe
sting a special levse distfict Id tue PARISHES
Iberyille aud Pointe Coupee. a.
The amendment requires the consent o. th
poice iuries of both parishes to cut the ieVe'
CONSTRUCTED by both parishes. -. ,a,..,ua,,
At the usual hour. on motion OF Mf. lsop t'son
the Senate Joined the House to ballot for unltet
States Senator.
AFTER JOINT SESSION.
Mr.. Goode, for Judiciary Committee repor.et
fayorably on House bill No 228, relative TO taxing
testimony. ....,. A,
Of the Code of Practice, favorsbly. with amend
M Grover, for Committee on Corporations
repnrted on House bill No. 306, TO incorporate
the Bsyou Sara Fire Company, iayorapWn. A., aos
Also reported favorably on House bill NO. 40
relative to incorporation of the Louisiana His
torical Society.
senator Allain In the chair.
The Committee on Preferred Caienah WIS
discharged from that duty.
Mr. Eustis called up House bill No. 274. 10 veet
the Third District Court with jurisdiction In ell
civil cares where the amount In dispute e1 eeos
one hundred dollars exclusive OF interest, etc.
Pending gonHderation inc houf Aos tne speeie''
order was reached.
The special order of the day, being the compro.
mise lev.e BILL was laid over in the absence OF
Senator Boatner.
debt OF East Baton Rouge by the police jury, was
considered.
The bill was discussed by Messrs. Grover.
White. Ellis and Goode. 80,
too indefinite The parish might create and issue
bonds lar an enormous debt. II there was q
greater curse upon the people than any other in
such ma te1F. IL @as the bonded debt oil the
Stsie.
The bill was amended and passed.
House bill Mo, 1908. the Recorders Courts bill,
came up on the report OF the conference Com.
,nittep, when the chair ruled the same out OF
order, on The ground that the committee had
made changes la their report.
Judge Ogden explained that the committee bad
touched nothing agreed to by both Houses
merely conforming some OF The sections to Others
III the bill.
Senator EGBtis said ho was disposed 10 sustain
the ruling of the chair.
A meFssge from the House announced the pas
sage OF House bills Nos. $50, 35i and 553.
SENATOR Wheeler, rising to question OF privl-
lege, said he was grstified 10 inform the Senate
thst Iii. colleague senator Ola, OF the Seven
teenth Equatorial District. was present and de.
sired to participate IN the proceedings OF the
Senate. He moved accordingly that bis name be
called.
Adopted. sbd Senator Gla responded to his
name 80 one of the holding over members OF the
Senate.
The yeas and Maya being called en- an appeal
from the decipion of the Chair. in reference to
tho recorders bill. above noticed. resulted yeas
10. nays 10.
On motion OF senstor Texsda, the Senate took
q recess till Z p. IN.
Among the visitors In the Senate chamber, we
not ced H. 4. Dul ED, member OF the bar Of
Ottawa, Illinois, and Rev. A. d. Morey, OF the
Presbyterian Church of Cincinnati.
The senate reassembled ut o'clock.
The question OF the appeal from the decision
~ IL, fha ut tar F n
mittee report on the Recorders bill came up
again. The Chair beirg sustained by vote Of
ii 10 10.
AIR. Ogden now introduced a. new bill bill
similar 10 the Recorders bill under discussion.
Mr.. Allan moved TO strike out that portion OF
the bill requiring Recorders to be attorneys at
law. Lost by vote OF 10 to 8.
Mr.. Kelly moved to mako the ealry OF the
chief clerk $3.50 instead Of $4,000 Adopted.
The bill was adopted as anlonded
A message from tho House was received in-
forming the Senate that the Speaker OF the
House haf signed Houee bills Nos 3p7 $780, 33t,
3l2, 332 301, 53S. 204, 270 26D, 49, 2aG 49, and
also that the House had refused to concur In the
Senate amendments to the registration bill.
MIR. Texada introduced bill appro priating
$1,000 to defay expenses OF the late presidential
election
Mr.. Stubs introduced bill TO amend the first
section Of act No. 40 of 1877 authorizing the
Governor 10 remove officers on account of iu- |
competency, etc. The bill strikes out from tha
Pas ed finally.
MIR. 1achaiie introduced bill to amend and
re-ensct section 30 OF the act to regulate publis
education of 1877 Referred to the Committee
on Public Education.
Tho Senate went into executive session.
After executive session the roll was called, and
Senator Kelly moved TO adjourn Lost.
Senator Eustis moved to take up House bill
ga.
The yeas and nays being called on motion to
nuApand rpNultou-y1na u. y.
Rules not suspended.
On motion or MIR. Kelly, the Senate adjourned
till Il M Thursday.
The House.
The House assembled pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Speaker bush in the chair and quoru N pres.
ent.
Prayer by the Rev. Father Hubert.
Mr.. Gain Sartan, of Carroll, TO n question Of
privilege, to say that he should have stated
IL yesterday, but did not, that Representative
George Washington, OF Ooncordia, had asked
him to say that he would notappearin the House
on that day. he having some important pr
yate business at the st. Louis Hotel, and that the
statement OF the Times, that Washington had re-
turned to tho Packard House, was a mistake;
that Washington denied that he hadsparticipated
in the proceedings OF the hump.
Mr. Rtdaley toolored) of Conoordia, took the
he was sorry to disagree with the member from
Carroll. Mr.. Washington, he was Afraid was
under the influence OF David Young, about that
So, 600 school fund business Of Concordis.
AT all events, MIR. Washington should abide by |
the rules of the House, which required every
member TO be In his seat unless excused and that
absence on private business was no excuse with.
out the permission Of the House. MIR. Ridgey
proposed that his colleague be sent for by the
Sergeant-atArms.
MIR. Cam Sartain spoke again to say that he
had accosted MIR. Washington particularly on
this subject, aud had been assured by him that
he had not joined Packard nor would he do 90.
The matter was not acted upon any further.
REsoLuTIoNB
BY Mr.. VOORHEES,, OF Orleans "A resolution au- |
thorying the Speaker to issue warrants for absent
members In accordance with section l5i7 of the |
Revised Statutes.
Tho aection reads. The President of the |
Senate and the Speaker of the House of Repre-