The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-07
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
--oF THE
FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
or THU
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
EXTRA SESSION or 1877.
SENATE.

EXTRA SESSION or 1877.

answered to their names:
Messrs Allan. Breanx, .Ducros Ellis. Enstis.
Garland. George. Kelly. Mitchell. Ogden, Rich,
za Absent Messrs. Boatner Bryant. gureh,
Landry. Perkins, stubbs Stamps, ,stsyen, sut;;
ton. Texada Twitchel. Wakefield, White and
Young-2o.
On motion OF Mr.. George the Senate took
recess for one-haf hour.
AFTER RECESS.
The Senate was called to order by tho Hon. L.
A. Witt Lieutenant Governor and President OF
the Senate.
on q call Of the roll the following Senators
answered to their names:
Messrs. Alain, Breaux, Ducros.. Ellis. Eustis
Garland, George, Goode. Grover, Kelly, Ogden.
Perkins hehardson koSe bIso and Hnnbers
Absent-Messrs. Boatner. Bryant Burch.
Stamps. Sutton. Texada, Twitchell, Wakefield
and Young-15.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.
House or REPRESENTATIVES,. !
New Orleans. April 8. 1877. }
TO the Honorable the Senate of the State OF
Louisiana:
am directed by the House of Representa-
hves to inform your honorable body that the
House of Representatives has concurred ~
Senate BIZ NJ a. act f2 9F s,si 81 s 2
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Also. that the House has. passed finally; and
asks the concurrence Of tho senate. in House
bill No. GAG, TO authorize and regulate the
cleaning Of vaults and .privies,p etc.
sentatives is now ready to meet the Senate In
Joint assembly to ballot for United States SEN
ator.
qPaE!'fEbn J. rnEz EVA! J.u,
On motion OF Mr.. Kelly the reading OF the
journal In detail was dispensed with.
Mr.. Breaux obtained unanimous consent to
Introduce without previous notice Senate bill
No. las, entitled AN act to establish ferry
across the Atchafaaya river at Simmsport."
Which was read first time.
On motion of Mr.. Breaux the constitutional
rules were suspended, the bill read a second
time and referred to the Committee on Corpora
tions.
Mr.. George obtained unanimous consent to
introduce without previous notice Senate bill
No. 146, entitled An act to provide for the
drawing of tales jurymen In criminal trials in
the parish Of Orleans. where the accused is
charged with feonious crime, and for sum-
moning the same.'
Which was read n first time.
On motion of Mr.. George the constitutional
rules were suspended, the bill read a second
time and referred to the Committee on Ju-
dietary.
Mr.. Kelly obtained unanimous consent to
submit the petition of certain merchants of
New Orleans against the passage of the bill in
cooperating the Barataria Canal Company
which was read.
Mr.. Eustis obtained unanimous consent to in
troduce without previous notice, Senate bill No.
147 entitled IAN act to provide for the revision
of the statutes of the State Of general charac-
ter"
Which was read a first time.
On motion of Mr. Eustis the constitutional
rules we're suspended, the bill read a second
time and referred to the Committee on Judi
ciary.
Mr. Steven called up the following report Of
the Committee on Conference on viz:
Which was, on motion of Mr.. Steven. adopted.
- Mr.. Robertson called up the following report
of the Committee on House bill No. 1862. viz:
The Committee on Conference on House bill
No. 1872 recommend the following substitute for
the first Senate amendment, and to be adopted
as an amendment TO the bill to. add after the
section, the following .proviso: 'pror,ded, that
4 the Common Council OF the said city OF New
Orleans shall not cause the bills &C., OF the SAID
within thirty days after they shall be rendered,
as hereinafter provided. then the said Criminal
sortyesht cents p per day instead forty cents
Tor the Keeping and maintenance Of each pris-
eoner charged for in said bill o bills" The two
0'ner amendments are W. ae 4. Robertson f;ERTsoN
Senate Senate Committee.
House Committee.
Which was on motion Of Mr.. Robertson
adopted.
On motion Of Mr.. Robertson the Senate pro.
gceeded in a body to the hall of the House Of Rep
resentatives for the purpose of balloting in join
session for q United States Senator.
JOINT SESSION.
The Joint session was called to order by the
Hon. Louis A. Wilt. Lieutenant Governor ant
President OF the Senate.
The roll of the Senate was called when the fol
owing Senators answered to their names:
Messrs. Allan. Boatner. Breaux, Ducros
Ellis. Eustis, Garland, George. Goode. Grover
Kelly. Mitchell, Ogden, Perkins. Richardson
and Zacharie-21.
The roll of the House was called, when the
following members ans wered to their names:
Hon. L. Bush. Speaker. and Messrs, Aldige
Aycock. Bridger, Breard. Bilieu. Bowden, Bar,
snd Brady Gs s B Bs51 b Bavs1e BIKE
Dupree. Fobb, Ferguson. Fitzpatrick. Forester
GaSkins. Gillespie Huntington. Hammond
Kelly of Orleans Kernochan, Kidd, Lyons
LEEDS, Lam are, Lea, Leonhard of Orleans. Mar
Pera % Mpnfz
Role, Robertson. Sartain, Shakespeare. Single.
ton, Self. Spiller, Stage, Stewart. Steele, Smart
Taylor. Tremoulet, Toler. VOORHEES, Wood. Will
iiams, and Young of East Baton Rouge.
Sixty-eight mem bers ana a quorum.
The President of the Joint Assembly then de.
.clared the object of this JOINT Assembly was te
ballot for a United States Senator for the tern
commencing March A. 1877.
The Secretary of the Senate read the names O
the candidates, to wit:
Hon. B. f. Jonas of Orleans. Hon. Randall l.
Gibson, of Orleans. Hon. ID. + Kenner. of Or
leans, Hon. James Lewis, Of Orleans. Hon. E. c
Killings of Orleans