New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-27

nation that the Senate would be ready TO
meet the House in joint session in few
minutes.
JOINT SESSION.
The Sergeant.at-Arms announced the
honorable Senate Of the State of Louisiana.
The President of the Senate, Hon. C. C.
Antoine, took the chair and directed the Sec
rotary to call the roll of the Senate in joint
session.
The following Senators answered to their
names:
Messrs. Allan, Baker. Blunt, Bryant,
Burcb, Cage, Dumont, ella, Harper, Kelso,
Stamps, Sutton, Twitchell, Wakefield,
YOung-l5.
The Speaker of the House of Represen-
tatives then ordered the Clerk TO call the
roll of the House, and the following mem
bers answered to their names:
Messrs. b arlington, Bird, Brown of Cad
do, Brown of Jefferson, Blair, Brewster,
Bosley, Blasdel, Brooks, Blackstone, Car
vile, Como, Cole, Drury, Burden, David.
son, Drew. Dickinson. Dinkgrave, Desma-
raie, D'Avy, Dejoie, Devezin, Early, Elliot,
Fobb, Gardere, Claude, CAN'T, Gary, Ora
eien, Hill of Ascension, Hughes, Holt of
East Baton Rouge, Holt of West Baton
Rouge, Heath, Johnson of De Soto, Jones'
II. M. johnson, Robert johnson, Keeting
K ern, lane, Lewis, Lastrappes, Magloire,
Martin, Milon Moore, Paris, RoutoD, RabY,
SOuer Swszie, Snaer, Seveigpes, Shelton,
SHINES, Thomas. Tolliver, Washington,
Watson, j. G. Watson, WarmOth, Walk
er-65.
Representative Dinkgrave submitted the
following majority report of the joint COM
mittee on rules governing the joint session:
We, your committee appointed under the
following resolution, to wit:
RESOLVED, That joint committee, to be
composed of two members of the Senate
and three members of the House of Repre-
| sentatives, to be appointed by the presiding
officers of each BODY respectively, be ap-
| pointed to prepare rules for the government
of the joint session of the General Assem-
| bly,, which committee shall be announced
| during this days sesslon of the jsint con-
vention, and shall hold a meeting imme-
| diately after the adjournment of the respec-
| tive houses of the General Assembly, and
proceed Immediately to perform the duties
imposed on them by this resolution, and
| shall report the result of their labOrs to this
body at the earliest practica 1le time;
Beg leave to report the following Joint
rules for the government of the joint as
sembly:
First-During the joint sessions of both
Houses of the General Assembly the Presi-
dent of the Senate shall preside; in his ab-
sence the Speaker of the House of Repre-
| sentatives shall preside.
Second-During the joint sessions held
for the purpose of electiDg United States
| Senator, all motions shall be made by either
members of the House of Representatives
or Senators as members of the Joint assem-
| bly,, and as members of the House of Rep.
resentatlves or of the Senate, and all mo
hall he H,,1v,a kol -, -.
joint assembly, and be determined by a
majority of said joint assembly, and no
joint session shall be dissolved except by o
| majority vote of the Joint assembly, and it
will not be in order to make, nor shall the
presiding officer entertain any motion for
the withdrawal of any portion of the Joint
assembly until said Joint assembly has by a
majority vote declared an adjournment or
recess said joint assembly,
Tbird-After ballot for United States
Senator shall have been taken without re-
suit motion TO proceed to a second ballot
shall have preference over all other motions,
except motion to adjourn, to take recess
to stated hour, or motion to send for
absent members If the last vote taken shall
have disclosed the fact OF the absence OF a
quorum of the joint assembly.
FOurth-All points of order and ques-
tiOns of information shall be made to and
decided by the presiding officer, in accord.
ance with these joint ruleB, end where they
do not apply, then by the rules of the body
OF which the presiding officer is a member
or officer.
Fifth-The presidipg officer shall have
power to eeDd Tor sbsent members in the
absence lof quorum, either on his own
motion or at the request of majority OF
the members of the joint assembly present
and for this purpose he shall be empow'
cred TO call on the Sergeant alarms oil
either the Senate or House of Represents
tives, or both, at his discretion.
Sixth-Lt shall be in order, when it is as
certeined that no quorum of the Joint as
sembly Is present, Tor motion to be made
to send for absent members, and pending
the execution of said order that the door
be closed and no member be allowed to &C
without the bar OF the joint assembly.
Seventh-If the last vote taken shall dis
close the presence of quorum of the join
assembly, it shall not be in order to NOV
Tor call of either house of the joint as
sembly nor OF the joint assembly.
Eighth-Upon all questions that come be
fore the joint assembly each member shall
be required to vote, and no member shsl
be excused from compliance with this rule
Should any member violate this rule tn
fact shall be certified to by the presidin
officer of the house of the General Assem-
bly, of which the party violating this rule
member, for its action in the premises.
Ninth-The rules of both houses for tn
preservation of order and prohibition c
= smoking shall be held to be in force for tn
l government of the joint assembly.
Tenth-During any ballot for the eleetio
, of a United States Senator it shall not b
in order for any member to change his vot
! after once designating for whom his vote
f cast, unless it shall appear at the conclt
;, | sion OF the ballot that some person has II
j, ceived maj ,rity of all the votes cast,
/ w. H DI&KGRAVE
i, GEORGE GRACIEN,
: GEORGE DRURY.
; Senator Twitchell, as a member of sal
7 joint committee, asked that further time
9 granted so as to enable the committee o
+ the part of the Senate to prepare and sui
, NIT dissenting minority report.
!, Senator Bureh raised the point of ordC
/, that the rules governing the joint assen
oily must be adopted by majority of eaC
branch of the General Assembly.
u The presiding officer decided the point
I order as not being well taken, as the a
J. pointment of the committee was made
joint session, and majority of said joil
s. session could adopt the report.
@ Representative Drury moved the ado
d ton Of the report.
IL The presiding officer ruled that it was n
strictly in order for the report to be adopt,
at this time for the reason that the mel
!. bers Of the committee on the part of d
T. Senate had not signed the same.
r Senator Blunt appealed from the ruliI