The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-16
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
or THE
FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OR TIFF
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
EXTRA SESSION or 1871.
HOUSE or HEpRE sENTATIyEs
house or REPRESENTATIVES,.
Days Proceedings.

ThFty-slAth nays EFOcssusHks.
HousH or HHpRnsEsrArtvHs.
New Orleans. Friday. April ID, 1871 J
The House was called TO order Mt II :4s n. IN.
Present
Hon, l.. Bush. Speaker, aud Messrs, Adige
Ayconk, Brdger, BteHfd Bilieu. Bgwden.
pelavlgne, duke, Dupros, Ferguson. Fobk,
9, rpadrsa gas1e msm r 90
loans, Ketnochan, Kidd. Lyons. Gods, Lnmnre,
hoa, Lombard Of ,oreanss, Martin, Means,
ardsoti, Hdglny nputoh. Randolph, ,Hollo, hob.
srtson, bartain. Shakespeare Singleton. Self.
Atagg. Stewart, Steele Sellers, snnrt Tayl9,r.
Trsmorlet. Tol6r. VOORHEES,, Washington. Will
linms, Woed Young Of Claiborne and Young
Of East Baton Rouge.
Sixty three members and quorum.
The journal Of April ~ WIS approved.
Mr.. Kidd stated that his vote given yesterday
In tho affirmative on the indefinite post
ponement Of House bill No. 24e. IAN net for tho
relief of Tho New Orleans Democrat" was given
through error. and asked that II might be- noted
In the journal Of this dry that he was not IN
favor Of tho motion TO postpone. His request
WINS grnntsd.
Mr.. Kidd moved that the resolutions relative
10 the payment of clerks Of certain committees
and Of clerks and employees Of the House.
adopted by the House April 10, DO taken up
| for reconsideration.
The Speaker ruled tho motion to take up the
resolution out of order. for the reason that the
House had not consented to reconsider the reso-
| iutions.
| Objections to the ruling being raised. the
| Speaker caused 10 be read an extract from tho
| journal Of April 10, ms follows:
| Mr. VOORHEES, gave notice TINT he would to-
morrow morning move u reconsideration Of the
| vote on the adoption Of the resolutions"
| Also IN extract from the journal Of April H..
| as follows:
Mr.. Voorhies, in pursuance OF u previous
slider the vote on tho adoption Of the resolutions
| relative to the pay OF clerks OF committees md
| clerks Of the House.
"rhe motion to reconsider WIS postponed on
| motion OF Mr.. VOORHEES,. until tomorrow.
| April H."
! In view, however. OF objections 70 the ruling
| of the Chair. and by the unanimous consent Of
| the House. the resolutions were hold as recon-
sidered and were taken up.
| Mr. VOORHEES, moved to strike out tho amend
ment offered by Mr.. Mcdehee md adopted
| April 10.
Mr.. Lyons. rising TO q point OF order. objected
| to the motion to strike out. for the reason that
| the amendment had become IL part Of the reso-
luton. and that motion to reconsider the
amendment had. on the 10th instant. been laid
| npon the table.
| The chair held the point Of order as wel
| taken and that the motion to strike out c,ud
| not be entertained by the House.
Mr. Kidd moved to amend the first rcsolt' lon
| by inserting after the words and no more" tho
| words provided that this provision shall only
apply TO those clerks who have made cont acts
with chairmen OF committees"
| On the motion to amend Mr.. Lyons called for
| the yeas and nays. with the following result:
Carloss Gress K11a Tobb
Williams. Young Of Claiborne. and Young OF
East Baton Rouge-M
Aldige, Aycock. Bridger, Breard. Billieu, Bow
| den. Brady, Buck. Berry Delavigne, DAvy:
Duke Estopinal. Ferguson; Forester. Hill Of
Lyons, Leeds, hea, Lombard OF Orleans. New
pore "a, Rad ha. sEoaton
| The motion to amend was lost
Mr.. Lyons moved that the vote just taken be
reconsidered, and moved that the motion to re-
consider be laid upon the table.
| Upon the motion to lay upon the table rising
vote was taken. resulting as follows: yeas 49,,
nays 81.
| No quorum voting. a call OF the House was Or
dered as follows:
| Hon. L. Bush, Speaker. and Messrs. Aldige.
| Aycock, Bridger, Breard, Bowden. Brady.
Buck. Berry, Bell. Carloss, Cressy. Delavlgne.
| Orleans Jonas. Kennedy, Kelly OF Orleans,
Kernochan Kidd., Lyons, Leeds. Lamare, Lea.
hee, Newsom. Porter. Pitts. Ridgley, Ryland.
Routon Role Robertson Sartain. Shakespeare,
| Singleton, Self Spiller, Stage Steele. Sellers,
Wood. Williams, Young Of Claiborne and Young
| OF East Baton Rouge.
| sixty-three members and quorum present.
! A second rising vote on the motion to lay
upon the table the motion to reconsider was
| taken as follows: yeas, SO; nays, 30.
The motion to lay upon the table was carried,