The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-24
SENATE.
thirty ninth nays Proceedings.

New Orleans, Thursday, FEBRUARY 81, 1878.
Tho Senate was called to order at ID o'clocl
m by the Hon. Louis A. Witt Lieutenan
Governor and President OF tho Senate
On call Of the roll tho following Senators
answered to their names.
Messys Allain, Breat1x Bryant Burch, Gage
Demas Ducros. Dumont, Ellis, Garland
George, Gla. Goode, Harper, Mitchell, O'Don
"a nell, Ogden, Richardson, Robertson, stamps
Stubs. Sutton, Texada, Twitchell, Wakefield
Absent Messrs Boatner. Grover, Kelly
a Landry, Perkins, Sandiford Steven, Wheeler
White and Young-1O.
On motion Of Mr.. Denas the reading Of The
o journal ID detail was dispensed with.
The special order of the day for imuediately
W after the reading Of the journal was taken up
being
Senate bill No. 1l6
Gan net TO remove tho scat of government
from the city Of New Orleans, and to estab-
lish the same in the city of Baton Rouge and
to appropriate the sum of ten Thousand dol
lars TO remove the furniture, archives, records
and papers belonging TO the General Assem-
bly, and to the several offices required by law
to be kept ut the scat OF government, and to
provide suitable buildings therefor
On motion Of Mr.. Demss. further oonsldera-
ton of tho bill was postponed until half past
O ! o'clock to-day.
MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR.
Tho following message was received from
his Excellency the Governor:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
State OF Louisiana,
New Orleans February 10, 1878.
TO the Honorable President and Members Of
the Senate
] have the honor to inform you that have
this day approved and signed Senate bills of
the following titles. to wit:
An act to authorize the District Attorney
of the First judicial District to appoint
al, Assistant District Attorney for said First
Judicial District. defining his Duties,
IAN act to incorporate the town of Houma,
IN the parish Of Terrebonne, defining Its
limits and providing for its better police; to
regulate and limit taxation by said corpora
tion; granting. said corporation certain
powers and authority; to provide a revenue
Tor the same; to regulate the prescription of
said corporation; to repeal act No. ga, ap-
proved March 10. 1913, entitled An act to In
corporate the town OF Houma, in the parish
OF Terrehonne, and for other purposes. -"
FRANCIS 4. NICHOLAS,
D Governor of Louisiana.
The message from tho House relative to the
action of the House on the amendments pro-
posed by. the Senate to the constitution was
read. O
On motion Of Mr.. Robertson, further con
a liberation Of tho message was dispensed with
until o'clock to-day
Mr.. Richardson obtained leave Of absence
For Mr. Sandiford for one day, on account of
sickness.
On motion of Mr.. Mitchell, tho journal of the
, twenty-ninth, thirtieth, thirty-first. thirty
second, thirty third, thirty-fourth, thirty
fifth, thirty-sixth, thirty seventh and thirty
eighth days proceedings, being the days OF
February 8, II, II, IL, IA, 10, TO- ts, 10 aud TO-
was approved as printed. o
q PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.
Mr.. Burch presented @
Memorial OF Alfred Dearodie to the Gen
cral Assembly of Louisiana for relief"
Which was received and referred to the
Committee on Claims. ".
MIR. Stubs presented the
petition of Hermann Meyer, Of the parish
of Ouachita, asking relief for an erroneous
assessment made of certain land purchased
by him at tax sale
Received and referred to the Committee on
Claims
Mr. zacharie presented the
! o"Pettion of citizens of the parish of Tensas
against tho proposed change in the law allow
ing the police jury of this parish to assess
levce tax other than the five mill tax now
alowetaoy law" lna
Received and referred to the Committee on
Corporations and Parochial Affairs.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
Mr. Goode chairman Of the Committee on
the Judiciary, submitted the following report,
which was received and lies over under the
rules:
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY |
Fla rtta M {
10 the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
A majority of your Judiciary Committee,
to whom was referred
Senate bill No 103,
Declaring II a msdemeanor to sell, barter,
exchange. or otherwise dispose of any per-
sonal or movable property on which exists
any lien or privilege with intent to defraud
the holder Of such lien or privilege, and pro- pro,
viding for prosecution and penalties for viola
ton Of this act,
Beg leave to report the same favorably with
the following amendments:
Section |, in line 7, after the word exists
insert tho word amy right of pledge or
In line ., after the word .'such," insert the
words right Of pledge"
: In line IL, after the word "such, insert the
words, right Of pledge
Section :, in fine 3, after the word "a, in
sert the words, fright of pledge"
In line 8, after the word 'such,' insert the |
words, right Of pledge, lien Or
words pledge, lien or"
Title in line 4, after the word amy" insert |
the words, right of pledge"
In line 5, after the word "such," insert the
words, right of pledge"
Your Judiciary Committee beg leave to offer
the following report:
Tnfavorably on
House bill No. "a, ..-..
ITO provide for the appointment Of justices
OF the peace, and constables in justices Of the
peace wards created by the police iuries
throughout the State, where vacancies exist"
Fayorably, with the following amendment,
on
House bill No. 119.
s'An act to create an additional justice of
the peace and constable In the third ward of
the parish of Caddo; to define his jurisdiction
and to provide for the election of same, and
to prescribe the manner of filling same"
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