The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-24
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Tenth Days Proceedings.


Tenth Days Proceedings.
House OF REPRESENTATIVES, |
New Orleans. March 10. 1875 ]
The House was called to order ut IL o'clock
IN. Present:
Hon Louis Bush, Speaker, and Messrs. AL
dige, Aycock, Barron, Barrett Brady, Berry,
Bell, Breard. Briggs, Bridger. Billieu,
yille Greasy. Como Cole, Davidson, D'Avy,
Dayries, Deioie, Delavigne, De Lacy, Detiege,
Drew, Dickinson, Dinkgrave, Duke, Drury,
Estopinal, Fitzpatrick, Fobb, CAN'T, Gary,
Hammond, Hill Of Ascension, Hill Of Orleans,
son, son. Robert Johnson su Rely q VIM. Kelly
Lea Leeds Leonard Of Gadd9 heonhard Of
Pitts, Porter, Raby Randolph Richardson,
Role, Romero, Routon, Ryland. Sartain,
Shakespeare, Smart, Snasr, Sell, Sellers,
Taylor, Tremoulet Toler,, folliver. Vance,
Walker, Warmoth, Washington, Watson,
Wilde, Williams, Wise, Wood, Young OF Clai-
borne and Young Of East Baton Rouge -1O6.
Absent-Messrs Barbin, Brice, Brown,
Desmarais. Burden, Dupree, Forester, Ken
nedy, McMllen, Nunez, Stage, VOORHEES, and
WaShburn -13.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. DR.. Percival'
The journal of the eighteenth was amended,
corrected and approved.
PETITIONS. MEMORIALS AND RESOLUTIONS.
Mr.. Young, of East Baton Rouge, offered
the following: U.a....
sJoint Resolution relative to the Institute
f for the Deaf and Dumb, and the Louisiana
State University and Agricultural and Me-
.t~A ~ DE- (,,
Becoming House bill No. 76,
Was read the first time and passed to it's
second reading.
BY rising vote Of So yeas to 10 nays, the
rules were suspended and the bill was con-
sidered engrossed.
BY rising vote of GO yeas to nays the
constitutional rule was suspended and the
bill was read third time and passed.
The title was adopted. sa
Mr.. Young, OF East Baton Ronge, moved to
reconsider the vote just taken, and on his own
motion the motion to reconsider was laid on
the table.
MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR. =
The following messages were received from
The Governor:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
=5..#- state Of Louisiana. !
To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
House of Representatives:
/ beg leave to return herewith, without my
House bill No. 265, entitled .""m.
can act to provide for more complete
registration of voters; to provide the manner
ID 1s7s,'' etc.
MY objection to this bill is briefly, that it is
In conflict with, and materially defeats the
r1,yrn nj Mt nyt rn
session OF 1877, approved April 80, which had
In view. as per section 5, "a new registration
of the qualified electors" OF the State:
The proposed bill, section l, provides that
1873, shall consist not only of those who may
choose to be registered anew under the act of
1877, but also OF ''the names remaining on the
old books of registration" The inconsistency
Of this provision with the purpose of the act
Of 1877 is particularly noticeable in the case
of the parish Of Orleans.
Section u Of the act Of 1877. requires that
the certificate OF registration issued to each
',,the ward, precinct or polling PLACE, the resi-
dence of the person SO registered This wise
provision for the prevention of fraud would,
under the proposed law, be imperative, or
else impose upon the registrar possibly i'm
practicable duty in properly locating the poll
registration act of 1876. The same difficulty
exists also with reference to the country par
ishes, wherein the act Of 1877 requires that
the poll lists or lists Of voters shall be made
out according to the precinct or parochial or
municipal subdivisions in which the voter re-
sides. In this view Of the proposed bill, L feel
1t my duty to return the same without my
approval.
Very respectfully,
Governor OF Louisiana.
The above entitled House bill No. 265 was
taken up with the message of the Governor
and ordered to lie over subject to call.
Mr. Leonard called up the resolution intro
duced by him on yesterday, as follows:
Whereas, the expectations of the people
that this General Assembly would enact
measures which wutfti iinish the present
extravagant cost OF maintaining the State
goyernm emit have not been realized;
Whereas, it is evident that the present cum
bersome and costly system can be simplitied
and reduced; and
Whereas we earnestly desire to do all that
can be done to relieve the people from I'M
RESOLVED, That a committee OF seven be ap.
pointed by the Speaker to be composed OF
four Democrats and three Republicans,
whose duty it shall be to prepare and report
time, such bills as in their Judgment are
proper, providing for a reduction in the cost
OF maintaining the various departments OF
the government and for the abolition OF I'M
Resolued further, That this House will re-
main in session until the report of said COM
mittee has been received and acted upon.
Mr.. Hammond moved to lay the resolution
on the table, and on that motion Mr. Detiege
called for the yeas and nays, with the follow
ing result:
Yeas-Hon. Louis Bush, Speaker, and
Messrs. Aldige, Aycoek, Brady. Berry, Bell,
Bnck Carlos, Gressy, DAyy, Dayries. Della
yigne, Duke, Estopinal, Ntzpatrick, Gaskins,
Gillespie, Hammond, Hill OF Orleans Hunt
ington, Jonas Kelly Of Orleans, Kidd, La
mare, Lea, Leeds, Leonhard 81 Orleans
Peraltas PITTS, Porter, Randolph Richardson,