The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-08
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
OR THE--
FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
EXTRA SESSION or 1877.
maUsR or REPRESENTATIVES,.
Twenty-Ninth Day's Proceedings.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
EXTRA SESSION or 1871.
house or REPREsENrATIvEs.
Tventy-Ninth Days Proceedings.

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loss. Cressy, burden. Dayries, Delavigne, Duke.
Dupree. Estopinal, Gaskins, Gillespie. Hun
tlngton Hammond Hill OF Orleans ~ o Jonas
Kernochan KIDD. Lyons, Leeds Lamar ed Leon Sfaa
hard Of Orleans Martin; nsaRs Meeaee
land. Ridgley. Randolph, Role. Robertson, sar-
tain. Shakespeare, Singleton. sell sp1llsr, Stagg.
smart, Taylor. Tremoulet, Toler. voqrhiss.
Wood, Williams, Young OF CLAIBORNE, and Young
OF East Baton Rouge.
Sixty-fve members and quorum present
Prayer was offered by the Reverend DIR. Per-
sivaI. I.
The journal OF April was amended and ap-
proved.
Mr. Hammond offered the following:
CURRENT REsoLUTT N TO ADJ URN SINE DIE.
Reso1red by The House of Representatives. the
Of the siase e of G Louisiana shall oarn Sire de
at Ii O'clock D. IN. on Friday, the 9Th inst.
The resolution lies over under the rules.
Mr.. VOORHEES, offered the following resolution:
Resolced, That the chairman OF the Committee
on ContiD gent Expenses OF the House be direct
ed to issue his certificate. payable out OF the
Contingent Expense Fund Of the House, 10 the
chairman OF the Committee on Engrossment and
Enrolment for four bundled and eighty dollars,
Contingent Expenses for the same amount, for
extra compensation for the regular and extra
1877.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick moved to postpone the further
consideration of the resolution until 10 m. April
ssth.
The motion to postpone was lost.
On the motion to adopt the resolution Mr.
Berry called for the yeas and nays. as follows:
Yeas.Messrg; AIdge sridgsr, Billisu, Bar
nal, Ferguson. Gaskfns. Hammond. Jonas
Kennedy. Kelly Of VIM, kernochan. Kidd r.
mare, Martin, Means. Nunez, Perata. ri ts.
Role, Robertson Sartain, Self, Steele, VOORHEES,,
Wood, Wilde and Williams-38.
Nays-Hon. J.. Bush. Speaker. and Messrs.
yigne, Fitzpatrick Forester. Gillespie, Hunting
Ton. Kelly OF Orleans. lyons, Leeds. Lea, NC
.Gehee, New5om Porter, Richardse n, Ryland
Taylor, Tremoulet. Toler. Young OF East Baton
kouge-29
The resolution was adopted.
Mr. Sartain moved to reconsider the vote on
which the resolution was adopted. and On his
own motion the motion to reconsider was laid
on the table,
Mr.. Kidd, chairman. on behalf Of the Commit
tee on Enrolment. reported as correctly en-
rolled House bills Nos. 14o, 800, 275 and 90.
House bill No. 22o. IAN act to define and
specify who are Wholesale dealers and whole
sale merchants. and to relieve retailers and re-
tail merchants from the payment OF a wholesale
license tax, and to relieve all persons from the
payment OF @ license tax as apothecary or drug
gist who'are not engaged In the business OF fill
ing prescriptions or 6ompounding medicines
and to provide that no one but licensed drug
gist or apothecary shall keep for sale or sell
certain named or specified poisons."
Mr.. Young. OF Claiborne. moved q reeonsid-
Grafton of the vote Of the House On the adop-
ton of the title of this bill.
The motion to reconsider prevailing, on his
further motion thetitIe was amended by striking
out all after the word medicines"
The title was adopted as amended.
JOINT SESSION.
A Joint session of the General Assembly was
held for the purpose Of further baloting for a
Senator to represent tbs State of Louisiana in
the Senate OF the United States for the term
beginning March A. 1877, Hon. L. A, Witt.
Lieutenant Governor and President Of the Sen
ate presiding.
The roll OF the Senate was called, when the
following Senators answered to their names:
Messrs. Allan, Boatner. Breaux, Ducros. Ellis.
EuStiS, deOrge, Garland. q ode, Grover, Kelly.
Mitchell, Ogden Perkins. Richardson. robert
son, Sandiiord, Stabbs, Texada. Wheeler and
Zaeharie.
Twenty-one Senators.
The roll of the House was called. when the
following members answered to their names
Hon. L. Bush Speaker, and Messrs. Aldige,
Aycock. Bridger Brsard. Billisu. Bowden, Bar
Ton, Brady, Buek. Berry Briggs C3ekerhaa an
Ha sI; So Giiespls. huntington hammond.
k naf XIX kida OF
Leeds. Lamare. Lea. lie nhard Of Orleans, Mar
tin. Means. Mech g, NeHsom., Nunez. Porter.
Role, Robertson Sartain, Shakespeare. Single
ton, Self spier; Stag Stewa r. steele smart 3,
TAYLOR. Tremo let. Toier, Voorhi s. Wood Will
liams and Young Of East Baton Rouge.
Gfxetu. ioht her q nd
The presiding officer announced that the
General Assembly Of the State Of Louisiana had
met in this joint session. required by law, for
the purpose OF baloting for a Senator to repre-
semitic State Of Louisiana In the Senate Of the
United States. for the term beginning March 4.
1871
Nominations were read as follows:
Messrs. Jonas, Gibson, Lewis, Billings, Hill.
Crane and Kenner.
The names of Messrs. Hill and Crane we're
Withdrawn.
Mr. Allan, of the Senate nominated the Hon.
j. L. Cole.
Mr. Breaux, of the Penate. nominated the
Hon. Paul Waterman, of Orleans.
Mr. Steele of tie House, nominated Hon. r.
Richardson. of Ouachita-
There being no further nominations. the roll
of the Senate was called. with the following re-
suit:
Senators Garland, Richardson and Steven
voted for Hon. B. T. Jonas
Senators Ducro Kelly and Sandiford voted
for the Hon. Il. L. GIBSON
Senator Breaux voted lor Paul Waterman.
Senator Wheeler voted for Hon. e. u b llings.
Senators Boatner. Ellis, Eustis, George.
Goode, Perkins; Stubbs, Texada and Zacharie
voted for Hon. Robert Richardson,
Senators Allan and Robertson voted for J. L.
Cole.
The roll of the House was called when Messrs
Aycock, BOWEN, Barbin, Brady. Berry. Bell
Briggs. Dayries. Ferguson. Forster Hunting
ton. Kelly. Lyons, Leeds, Leonhard, Newsotn.
Porter Peralta. Randolph. Robertson, Snaks,
peare. Singleton. spiiler. stagg, Smart. Voor-
HES, Williams and Young. OF Claiborne voted
for the Hon. b +. J mas %.
Messrs Aldige Buck Greasy. Delavigne, Es-
topinal. Fitzpa rict Hill. Kelly of Orleans, Ker-
son, Role. Tremouiet, and Young of East Baton
houge. voted for the Hon. L. L, Gibson--17:.