The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-23
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
or THE
FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
or THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
EXTRA SESSION Or 1877.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Seventeenth Days Proceedings

| HOUSE or HEPREsENTATIv l
New Orleans, Wednesday, March 81, 1877.
| The House was called to order at II 80 a. m.
| Present:
Hon. L. Bush. Speaker. and Hessrs. Aldige,
| Aycocx, Bridger, Bowden, Barbin, Biliieu,
Barron, Berry. Bell. Brady. Cockerham,
s5gdf ofFsTy De aaso Ru ast RspG5i
| lespie. Hammond, Hill of Orleans, Jonas. Ken
Rsdy, Kelly Of Wipn. Kelly Of Orleans,
Lea, Leonhard, Means, NeGehee, Nunez,
Newsom. Porter, Peralta, Pitts. Richardson.
skbyGtnd noo RID key sartan
Jet. voorlies. Washburn. Wood, Wilde. viii
liams. and Young OF Claiborne.
Sixty-fve members and quorum.
Prayer was offsrei by the Rev. Father Hubert
of the Catholic Church.
The journal Of March 20 was amended and
approved
Mr.. Aldige offered the following concurrent
resolution:
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Resoloed That the CLERK of the House and the
Secretary OF the Senate be requested to prepare
calendars, and that committee OF three mem
bers OF the Senate and five members of the
House OF Representatives, to be appointed by
the Fl use respectively, be and are hereby au.
thorized 10 select from said calendar such bills
as may be by them considered Of greater i'm
which they should be taken up, said bills so
selected to have preference over all other
bills now pending
The resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Bowden moved reconsideration Of the
vote on the adoption of the resolution, and on
his own motion the motion to reconsider was
laid ON the table.
The resolution was sent to tho Senate for con-
currence
On the motion OF Mr.. Nc 4ehee it was ordered
that the House take up its calendar Immediate
~ after joint session.
JOINT SESSION.
Joint session of the General Assembly was
held for the purpose Of further baloting for
Senator to represent the State of Louisiana in
the Senate of the United States for the term
beginning March 4. 1877. Hon. L. A. Witt Lieu
tenant Governor and PRESIDENT Of the Senate
presiding.
The roll of the Senate was called, when the
following Senators answered to their names:
Messrs. Boatner. Dueros. Ellis Eustis Gar
land. George, Goode,. Grover, Kelly, Mitch
ell, Perkins. Ogden. iehsrdson, Robertson
Sandiford, Stubbs. Texada, Wheeler, White
and Zacharie,
Twenty Senators.
The roll Of the House being called, the fol-
lowing members answered to their names:
Hon: L. Bush. Speaker. and messrs. Aldige
Barren, Brady, Berry, Bell. Cockerhan, Carloss.
Fhzpatrick. Fergason. Foerster, oaskins, Gil.
lespfe, Hammond. Hill Of Orleans, Jonas. Ken
nedy, Kelly Of Winn. Kelly Of Orleans, Kidd,
kson1snd Of 6rsan Mssn mssee NeW
som, Eunez Porter, Peralta Pitts, Richardson,
Esnd k S s kdge gsa ss en-
veerhies Washbaru. Wood. Williams 7 hS
OF Claiborne.
sixty-six members and quorum.
The presiding officer announced that the
General Assembly of the State Of Louisiana had
met in this joint session, as required by law,
for the purpose Of balloting for Senator to
represent the State Of Louisiana In the Senate
Of the United States for the term beginning
March H. 1877.
n ominatious were read as follows:
Messrs. Jonas, Gibson, Kennedy and Levy.
The roll of the Senate being called
Senators Boatner, Ellis, Garland. Goode. and
Stubs voted for the Hon. B. Il. Jonas-5 votes.
Senators pucros, Kelly aud Perkins voted for
the Hon, h. l.. Gibson-3 votes.
Senators Eustis, Mitchell, Robertson, Sandf-
ford Texada and White Voled for the Hon. VIM.
Senators George, Grover. Ogden, Wheeler and
Zacharie voted for the Hon. H. Kennedy-5
votes.
The roll Of the House was called when the
following members voted for the Hon. B.
T. Jonas:
Messrs. Aycock, Bridger, Bowden, Barron
Berry. Cockerham. Carioss Robertson, Fsrgu.
pie. HammonJ, Kelly. OF Vim, Lyons, Lea,
Le0nhard, Newsom. Nunez. Riebardson Ry-
land. Barbin. shakspeare. Singleton, Biilfeu. |
StagG, Steele, Ridglev, Washburn. Wood VIII |
nams and Young OF Claiborne-4.
The following members voted for the Hon. |
B. L. Gibson:
Speaker Bush. and Messrs. AIdidge, Cressy.
Delavigne, EstopInal, Fitzpatrick, Hill OF Or
leans. Kelly OF Orleans. Kidd, Kernochan. La
mare Means. Porter Peralta. Pitts. Role. 1re-
noulet and ToIer-I8.
The following members voted for the Hon
Hugh Kennedy:
Messrs. Kennedy. McGehee and Taylor-s.