The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-06

EENGTE CHAMBER. State OF lJbulsiAHa' !
New Orleans Monday. FEBRUARY 4. 1878.
tThe Senate was called to order nh IL O'Clock
I'M. by the Hon. Louis A. WIFI, Lieutenant
Governor and President OF the senate
On d call of the roll the following Senators
answered to their names:
Messrs. Bryant, Bureh, Ellis, GaIland
George. Goode Grover Harper Kelly Mitch
Il ssll. Ogden. Perkins, Robertson 5 ", Z,
wheeler. White and Iacharie %.
Absent Messls. Alaln Boatn9I, bIe1uS
# sSlnUn DENNIS Ducros, DulnOnt, ella, Landry
O'bonnell, Richardson, Steven, Wakefield ana
Young IA.
IN motion Of Mr. Ellis the reading Of the
journal in detail was dispensed with.
Mr.. Goode presented the petition of
aystcrars and widows of veterans of the
war oil 1916, and some Of their friends, asking
the Legislature to make provision for the
t,nyment Of pensions due them,
Which was received and referred to the
committee ON Pensions
REPORTS or COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Tsxada. chairman Ut the Committee on
ENROLMENT and Engrossment, submitted the
following report:
ss sfJoMM1T.rEH ON ENROLMENT AND ENDORSEMENT !
N New Orleans. February 4, 1873.
To the Honorable President and Members OF
S. tile Senate
Your Committee on Enrolment and En-
grosslnent respectfully report as properly en-
rolled
SENATE bill No. 30, entitled
IAN oct To amend and re-enact acl No. "a OF
the regular session OF 1870.
LEWIS TEXADA, Chairman.
Mr.. Garland. chairman of the Committee
IN Claims. submitted the following report
COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS,
New Orleans February 4. 1878.
III the Honorable President and Members ofthe
Senate.
j am instructed by the Committee on
Claims To report favorably on the memorial
] s,f julian H. Levy, referred on the twenty
secontlof january last; and further, toreconl,-.
mend the passage Of tho accompanying bill
for the relief of said Levy, entitled
] the parish of Orleans, and making an appro-
r1riatiun for that purpose
B 1''' HENRY t. GARLAND, Chairman
The report was received and lies over under
the rules.
Mr.. Perkins. chairman on the part Of the
Senate. of the Joint Committee on Mileage
q and Per Diem, submitted the following re-
port:
10 the Honorable President and Members Of
the Senate:
Your Joint Committee. to whom was re-
9NeETBu
Senate bill No n,
CAT, act fixing the per diem and mileage OF
lts,embers Of the General Assembly, and the
stsafnpensation Of employees, etc,
Y sg sEaE leave to report by substitute. Cons1d-
sarihg as settled. by the action OF both houses
i ssY tho Legislature the question OF reducing
asTshe mileage and per diem OF the members for
The present session. your committees deem IL
II unnecessary TO express any opinion rs to the
-. l.. G. PERKINS,,
Chairman of Committee.
THE report was received and lies over un-
5 der the rules.
NOTICE OF BILL.
Mr.. Stubbs gave notice that he would on
some future day introduce
Y A I, act To repeal sections 37t0, 374t, 3742,
$3.50. s752, 3754 and 1856 OF Revised Statutes,
concerning parish surveyors, and TO re-enact
SECTIONS $40, $780, 3752 and 1855. and to pro-
vide for surveyors for the several judicial dis
u tricts Of the State, prescribe their duties and
4 iix the fees they may charge"
REPORTS or COMMITTEES LYING OVER.
Senate bill No. IA, entitled
San act TO authorize Police luries TO issue
certificates Of Indebtedness In certain cases, y
Was taken up under the favorable report OF
4 the Committee on the Judiciary
Mr.. Robertson moved that further consider
alton 81 the bill be postponed until Monday
February II, at / o'clock. that the bill be
made the special order for that hour, and
that II be printed
Mr.. Boatner demanded the yeas and nays,
The roll being call resulted as follows:
Yeas Messrs. Allain, Bryant Burch, Gage,
Mitchell. Robertson, Sandiford, Stamps, Sut-
ton Texuda. Twitchell, Wakefield Young and
Xaeharie---1g
Nays Messrs. Boatner, Ellis George, ella
yioode, Ogden, Perkins, Stubbs, Wheeler ano
Absent Messrs Breaux, Denas, Dumont
q Landry, O'Donnell, Richardson and Stcver
~.
And the bill was made the special order FOL
Monday next, at / o clock, and ordered printed
Senate bill No. 81 entitled
IAN net relative to seizures in the severa
parishes throughout the State
Was taken up under the unfavorable repor
OF the majority and favorable report of thu
minority Of the Committee on the Judiciary
MIR. White offered the following amend
n,ents to the bill, which were adopted seri
atm.
Section /, In line 7, strike out the wore
.shall and insert the word may"
In line IL, strike out the words with thu
*fnetes' aud bounds"
Section q, in line 49, strike out the words
sand OF the metes and bounds.
Section 3. in line %. after the word record
Cd add the words lin the mortgage book
Strike out all Of section4.
Section s. in line 4, after the word ode
scribed,n strike out the words land it shall bt
unnecessary to appoint a keeper thereof"
~ Mr.. Ellis in the chair
Mr.. Goode offered the following amendment
which was adopted:
s.Strike out the word "recordation'' wher
ever 1t appears in the. bill and insert In lier
thereof the word registry
The President of tho Senate in the chair.
Mr. George offered the following amend
ment:
In section 1. line 7, strike out the words
whether vacant or improved and insert il