The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-08
Thirtfeth Bays Proceedings.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
New Orleans, Friday, April 6, Is

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New Orleans Friday, April G, 1877. !
The House was called TO order at II 30 O'Clock
q. m. Present:
Hon. L. Bush. Speaker. and Messrs Aldige,
Ayeock, Bridger,, Billieq, ,Bowdan. Barbfn.
ham, Cardss dressyy, Dayret. ss beiavie sn
Duke. Dupree. ,Estopinal Fobb, Ferguson,
Fitzpatrick. rt Gl5askins; Gillesp,e, Huntington.
VIM, Kelly Of Orleans. Kerno, han. Kidd,
Lyons, Leeds. Lamare, Lea. Leonhard of Or
Role. Robertson, Sartain. Shakespeare, Self.
Spier,. stagg. Stewart. steele. Smart Taylor,
Toler, VOORHEES,, Wood. Wilde. Williams, Young
Of Claiborne, Young Of East Baton Rouge
Sixty-four members and quorum
Hon. r. A. Routon, of Catahoula, presented
himself at the Speakers desk, took the consti-
tutional oath Of office and was seated.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. DIR. PercivaI, of
the Episcopal Chur,
RESOLUTIONS. ETC.
Mr.. McGehee offered the following concurrenC
resolution:
Be ii resolDed By The House Of Representatives,
We Senate cohe1IrDg, That Joint committee Of
the tw3 houses to be composed q three mem
pointed by the respective presiding officers of
each. to wait upon the distinguished citizens
United States to visit Louisiana, and to extend
to them the Inequalities OF the state, and afford
them all possible facilities To enable them to
fully understand the popular feeling and the ac-
tual condition Of affairs connected with the es-
0toliShea government Oh tnl7 STATE.
ohuef d SUSPENSION oI the re'ieS' the concur
rent resolution WIS TAKEN up ana unanimously
adopted.
Mf' meuehee moved recohSidefaeioh Oh 6he
vote on the adoption Of the resolution. and on
his own motion the motion to reconsider was
laid upon the table
Mr. hammond calied up MS resolution feia-
tive 70 adjournment swe dte. ana on the motion
Vi of- hioa Iie iurthel coiiSioerSiIioh ol Tue
9"nI was Wa 'i''ii '''''
nprh ~
M iouis' u oi''i'oi me- 'iieie' ''e ioii' "ihs.
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
Whereas, the loss of property to the people Of
this state, resulting from the late sectional war,
a IN Ss gfet es rd III yaiuG o. tlSt
such an Impoverished condition as to render it
impossible to afford from our own resources.
Lne lal1is d9r edictloh WnlGh are osoitey
of the youth Of the State Of either color ,and
durable basis on which a free renresentativs
government can rest; therefore
~ I W gss ag H. " flesen.soes
That the CONGRESS Of the United States be re-
spectfully petitoned to grant to this State for
ed4Gatlpna5 pnrp rs az tae unaPproprlated
mucb thereof as NAV he necessary 10 confer
upon the youth Of this State. without regard to
race the dement's OF educatioh'
ohaef SUSPENSION Oh the fI'ieS the fesoiu-
ton was adopted.
Mr. Kernochan offered a. concurrent rcsolu-
tion ro1atfre -, tI,o e,tra bere+G
.io ~ INT pA'i'' 0oih poii's'i'ii
iofe aho"eu 70 tiie chhirheh ot certain commit
ices 1t OF Ihe senate ana Oh Ihe house Oh
representatives.
tio ID was IaKen up.
The motion Of Mr.. Kelly to refer the resolu-
ton to the Committee on the Judiciary was lost
oy va a rising vote Oh 70 yeas 70 80 nays
The concurrent resolution was 50 amended as
to become joint resolution, and as such, under
quo p9no,on VI ',0 'ono'i'".ionS'i oio2 was
passed to its second reading becoming House
bill No. 824, joint resolution relative to the ex-
fra cnnonensation beretcfora aTJo1rad IN tho
~. e. w
chalrmen oI certain eofnfnlttees OF the senate
ana the house OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
me OIL Was pi1ceo upon inc calendar
JOINT SESSION.
A Joint session Of the General Assembly was
held for the purnose Of further baIlotino for a.
Senator to represent the State of Louisiana in
the Senate of the limited States for the term
beginning March T. 1877 Hon L. A. Wilt
Lieutenant Governor and President of the Sem
ate, presiding.
The roll Of the Senate was called, when the
following Senators answered to their names:
Messrs-Allain. Boatner. Breaux .Ducros. Ellis.
Eusti Garand George, Goode. Grover. Kelly,
NM m,octs Ueasn teIkns; hlcaardu2h hooert
rr,o,t- c,o cor,o+.a
nh rou ~ The ao,,ao ruo., BALLAD ~,,o. 81,
fo1nuing roerohers su ~ tbeir .A