The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-24
THE LEGISLATURE.
The senate.

The senate.
The Senate met at the usual hour. L
m, Lieut.. Gov. Wiltz presiding, and
| quorum present.
PRAYER by Rev. Thos. +. Markham.
A message from the House announces
concurrence In Senate bill No. 7s, to ati
| thorize candidates for State Offices q
contest before the courts.s
The Senate joined tie House to ballo
for United States Senator, and return
! ing resumed their regular proceeding
tat "a 80. :.
airy Committee. reported favorably
with an amendment, on House bill 61
relative to traverse Of answers of gar
nishees, and unfavorably on House bill
IS, to repeal section 80 of 1869, relativ,
to the extension OF criminal jurisdic
ton OF justices OF the peace In st
Landry parish. The committee repor
that they question the constitutlonalits
as well as the general propriety OF thu
bill.
DR.. Perkins, chairman, reported fol
the Committee on Health and Quaran
tine, with an amendment to Sen late bill
No. 10, providing for city smallpox
hospital, and unfavorably on Housebil
No. 81, as 1t included the same subject
as the Senate Dill.
Mr.. Texada, chairman, for Committee
on Inland Navigation, reported 0 sub
stitute for Senate bill No. 4s, relative to
branch pilots. sAt6sl
Mr.. Mitchell gave notice of a bill to
authorize the police jury of Claiborne
parish to bond Its public debt.
Mr.. Kelly, without previous notice.
introduced an act TO incorporate Exempt
Fire Company No. g. Read and re-
ferred.
The resolution OF Mr., Goode, to re-
quest the Committee on Railroads to
confer with Mr.. Charles Morgan and re-.
port whether he can be induced to
extend his road west Of Morgan City.
was adopted.
A number OF bills on first reading were
read second time and appropriately
referred. viz House bills Nos. 70, "a. 131,
90. 81, ca, "a, s6, 1876. 127 and III.
No. 10 refers to extending limits of
Second judicial Districts "a to filling
vacancies In the Offices OF Governor and
Lieutenant Governor; 81, to transfer Of
stocks: 1877, to repeating the act to carry
into effect article 132 of the eonstitu.
ton: and lit. to provide for the trans
sers OF railroads under foreclosure of
mortgage on the same, and to provide
for the organization by such purchasers
of new railroad companies, etc.
The special order OF the day, Senate
bill No. Is, relative to expenses In GRIM
inal proceedings, was postponed till /
o'clock Saturday, on motion OF Mr..
Robertson.
The police bill, No. II, reported o
favorably for the committee by Mr.. Kel-
ly, for the majority, and by Mr.. Ogden
by substitute for himself as the minor
ity, was, on motion OF Mr.. Ogden, to.
gether with the substitute, made the
special order for o'clock Monday, and
the bill ordered to be printed.
The report of the committee on House
bill No. 113, excluding certain limits of
the city from drainage tax, was read
and laid over.
MIR. Texada, as chairman Of the COM
mittee, reported back Senate bill No,
~, as being covered by the previous bill.
In House bill rs. limiting
in the creation of debts,
aud House bill No. 95, defining liens,
etc.. under tax Judgments: and that the
House had coneurred In Senate amend
ments to the bill fixing compensation
OF clerks, etc., In the Governors and
other State offices, and that the Speaker
Of the House had signed the bill pro-
viding for the PRONUNCIATION of acts be-
coming laws by lapse of time allowed
Tor return OF same to the Legislature.
and the bill relative to the reeusation OF
Judges, etc.
Senate bill No. 7s-the education bill
was taken up from the unfinished
business of the previous days session
and acted on by sections.
At 81 p. M, after the adoption of the
first sections, with amendments, down
seutive session, after which the eduea-
lion bill was resumed and further adopt
ID, with amendments, down to section
L6, of the a sections OF the bill.
Pending the reading OF section II the
Senate adjourned till IL m. Saturday.
The House.
The House assembled at the usual
lour.
Speaker Bush in the chair and
Quorum present.
Prayer by the Rev. DR.. Palmer.
Under o suspension OF the rules, Mr..
OF Orleans moved to recon.
ider the vote by which was passed SEN
tie bill No. 81, RENTING tax penalties
a certain cases.
The motion was ruled out of order,
dr. Fitzpatrick having voted In the |
negative on the adoption OF the report |
i the conference committee, by which |
he House receded from its amend
nents.
Mr.. Young, OF East Baton Rouge,
However, renewed the motion.
Pending consideration OF the bill, the |
enate entered the hall Of the House
nd the General Assembly met In Joint
ession and proceeded to ballot for q |
United States Senator with the follow
ne result:
Senate. House. Total |
Jonas .................. 10 90
Gibson. ,.........,...,. IL IL
Wiekliffe. 800. ..... s 10
Egan ...... ..... ...... IL Il
Robertson ............
Hall. IL 10 "a
Total. ............ 80 &C 80