The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-01

to provide for the management Of sal,
hospital. and to repeal act No. 60 Of th,
session OF 1879 entitled An act to estab
lish an hospital for smallpox and othel
contagious diseases and all other laws or paris
OF laws on the same subject matter inconsistent
with this act" be considered engrossed and or.
dered read third time.
Mr. Robertson In the chair.
Mr.. White offered the following amendment
| In line Q. after the word shall, section l. in.
sert "be authorized hereby" after the word
secure the same section and line, insert I'll
they deem proper"
Mr.. Kelly moved 10 lay the amendment on The
table, on which motion Mr.. White demanded the
yeas and nays. The roll being called, resulted
| as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Ducros, Goode, Kelly, Mitchell
Perkins. Richardson, Robertson. sandiford
Tsxada Wheeler and laoharie-11. !,
George. stubbs and White g.
Absent, Messrs. Allain, Bryant, Burch. Gage.
Harper, Landry. ogden, Stamps, Steven. Sutton,
Twitchel, Wakefield and Young-19.
No quorum.
| Several Senators appearing, the Chair d.
| rected second calling of the roll, which re-
| suited as follows:
pd Ysas. Me g Dueros; qoode. Kelly Ogden.
| Nays-Messrs Boatner, Ellis, gustig. Garland
George. Mitchell. Stubs, Texada and Whites.
Bureh. Gage, Demas. Uumont. Gla.. Grover
H rper. Landry, Stamps. Sutton. Twitchell,
Wakefield and Young-16.
And the motion to table prevailed.
Lieutenant Governor Wilt In the chair.
Mr.. Texada, Chairman of the Committee on
Enrolment, submitted the following report
Rooms COMMITTEE ON ENROLMENT. |
| New Orleans, February n, 1877 /
To the Honorable President and Members OF
the Senate:
| Conference.-The Committee on Enrolment
and E.n1!grossment, report as correctly enrolled
| an act To amend and re-enBgt sections 1919
| and 1421 of the Revised Statutes of Louisiana
and to authorize candidates for stare offices to
contest before the courts the election of their
opponents" .-
LOUIS TFXADA, Chairman.
| Mr.. White offered the following as an addi-
tonal section to Senate bill No. 10:
| hat nothing In this act shall be- construed to
| compel the city to keep u. smail-p9x hospital
unless in the ludg ment of the Board of Health
| 1t be SO required. and provided nothing herein
shall be considered as compelling the city of
by contract or otherwise she provides adequate
ly for the Isolation and treatment of the INDECENT
sick afflicted with smallpox the adequacy Of
Health.
And demanded the yeas and nays upon its
adoption. The roll being called resulted as
follows:
Yeas-Messrs Boatner, Breaux Eustis, Gar
land. Richardson, stubbs, Texada and Whites.
Kelly. Mitchell, Ogten. Perkins, Robertson,
sandiford. Steven, W.heeler and zaeharieaals.
Defnas, Dumont, Gla, Grover. Harper. Landry
stamps. Sutton, Twitchell, Wakefield and
Young-15
And the motion was lost.
Mr.. Kelly moved that the bill be considered
s,rJ1 a -; al 4
demanded the previous question.
The main question was ordered, and tho mo-
ton prevailed.
On motion Of Mr.. Kelly. the constitutional
rules were suspended to place the bill upon its
third reading.
Mr.. Kelly moved that the bill be- read third
time and finally pass.
Mr. White demanded the yeas and nays u on
the final passage of the bill. The roll being
called. resulted AS follows:
Yeas -Boatner. Breaux, Duoros, Ellis, Eus-
It's. Garland; George. ,doode, Kelly. Ogden,
Stubs, Texada, Wheeler and Zacharie-l8.
NayS-White-1.
Absent-Messrs. Allain, Bryant. Burch. Cage
DemaS, DumOnt. Ola. Grover, Harper, Landry,
Mitchell. stamps. Steven. Sutton, Twitcnell,
Wakefield and Young-17.
The bill was finally passed as amended. title
adopted, and ordered sent to the House for con-
curl ence.
Mr.. Kelley moved TO reconsider the vote
whereby Senate bill No. 20 finally passed. and
moved to lay that motion on the table.
And the latter motion prevailed.
Mr.. Eustis obtained unanimous consent to
call up the following concurrent resolution. and
moved its adoption.
Whereas, tho opening of the mouth of the
Mississippi river to navigation by vessels of the
largest tonnage is q matter OF vital Importance
TO the commerce of the port Of New Dreams and
Capt. james b. Eads has, by the work already
done. demo nstrated the feasibility Of his scheme
an its superiority over oil other plans hereto
fore tried:
Be ii resolred bythe Senate and House Of Repre-
seHtdtipps Of the state Of Louisiana, IN General
assembly convened. That Capt. James b. Eads
has, by the work already executed at South
Pass. demonstrated the entire feasibility of cary
rying out his contract with the United States
government and securing the required depth of
water; that his quiet perseverance and una
bated confidence in ultimate success, in the
face of unreleniing opposition. mark him as a
man of high engineering skill and eminent fit
ness for the task assigned him; that this Gen
eral Assembly consider his claims to the conf
depce of the people of the State and the nation
at large we'll established
Adopted.
On motion of Mr. Goode. the mate ad-
journed until Wednesday, February %. 1877, at
- o'clock m. ~
JOHN CLEGG.
Secretary of the Senate.