The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-27
late keeper 81 the state-House grounds, city

the Committee on Claims, with the amend
rnents offered by the committee, viz:
By inserting after the word Louisiana" in
line of section the words, raised for the
expenses Of the year 1876"
Mr.. Burch moved that the amendment Of
fered by the committee be adopted.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE
The following message was received from
the House Of Representatives
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
New Orleans, january n, 1878.
To the Honorable President and Members Of
the Senate:
am directed by the House Of Representa-
tiyes to inform your honorable body that the
Speaker has signed enrolled
House bill No. LOG,
"An act to amend and re-enact article 2453
Of the Civil Code"
And ask the signature Of the Lieutenant
Governor and President Of the Senate to the
PETER J. IRRELEVANT,
Chief Clerk.
The hour OF / o'clock having arrived, the
special order for that hour being
Senate bill No. Al, substitute for Senate bill
No. II, entitled
"An act relative to crimes and offenses,
authorizing judges In certain cases to sentence
convlets to work on the public works and
roads, and delegating the power to paroehial
and municipal authorities necessary to en-
force the same"
Was taken up.
On motion of Mr. Boatner the special order
WAS postponed fifteen minutes.
The motion OF Mr.. Brrch to adopt the
amendments offered by the Committee on
Claims to Senate bill No. 20, was adopted.
Mr.. White offered the following amend
ment to the BILL
Prorided. That the warrant named here
under shalt not be paid until the outstanding
warrants issued against the funds OF 1876, for
constitutional officers, be paid; and prOyided,
this warrant be not q debt against the State
II the revenues ofithe State for the year 1876 be
already exhausted by previous appropriations
The hour OF :15 p. m. having arrived, Mr.
Texada called up the special order for that
hour, being Senate bill No. Al, and on his mo-
ton the special order was postponed fifteen
minutes.
Mr.. Burch moved to lay on the table the
amendment offered by Mr.. White ON Senate
bill No. 20.
IL,
The roll being called resulted as follows:
Yeas-Messrs Allain, Burch, Denas, Du-
mont, Ellis. Garland, Ola, Goode, Grover,
Stamps, Sutton, Twitchell, Wakefield, Wheel
er and Zacharie-2O.
Nays Messrs. Boatner.. Breaux, Ducros,
George, Ogden, Perkins, Richardson, Robert
son, sttbbs, Texada and Wht til ,,4o.on
Steven and Young-5.
And the amendment was laid on the table.
Mr.. White moved to recommit the bill to the
Committee on Finance, and on that motion
demanded the yeas and nays.
The roll being called resulted as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Boatner, Breaux, Ducros
George, Ogden, Perkins, Richardson, Stubs
Texada and White-10
Nays Messrs. Allan, Burch, Demas, Du
Landry, O'Donnell, Robertson, Stamps SUIT
ton, Twltchell, Wakefield, Wheeler and Zach
arie-18.
Absent Bryant, Cage, Ellis, Grover, Mitch
ell, Sandiford, Steven and Young-8.
And the motion to recommit the bill was
lost.
Onmotion OF Mr.. White the Senate then went
into executive session.
Executive session being raised, ON call O
the roll the following Senators answered tt
to their names:
| Messrs. Allan, Boatner, Breaux, Bryant
| Burch, Demas, Ducros, Dumont; Garland
| Ogden, Perkins, Richardson, Robertson
Sandiford. Stamps, Stubbs, Sutton, Texada
Twitchell, Wakefield, Wheeler, White, ant
Zacharie-29.
ell, Steven and Young.
Mr.. Stubs called up the special order Q
the day, being Senate bill No. Al.
On motion Of Mr.. Dernas, the special orde
was postponed until action was had on the bill
now under consideration.
On motion of Mr.. Burch:
Senate bill No. TO- entitled
can act for the relief of Beverly Barranco
| late keeper of State-House grounds, city o
Baton Rouge"
Was taken as eDgrossed, and passed to it
third reading.
The special order being Senate bill No, Al
spbstitue for Senate bill No IL, was taken u
on it's second reading.
Mr.. Stutbs moved that the bill be taken
lepgrossed and passed to it's third reading.
Mr. Landry obtained the floor and yielde
, to Mr.. Boatner
: Mr.. Boatner, after speaking to the question
: demanded the previous question, but ylelde
| to Mr.. Landry upon condition that Mr. La
Idry would renew the call for the preVlot
Y question.
) Mr.. Kelly made the point Of order that NJ
Boatner had no right to yield the floor on co
lditions, since Mr.. Landry, in yielding IL
0 floor, had stipulated none.
The Chair decided the point well taken.
Mr.. Breaux called for executive session.
y Mr.. Demas made the point OF order Tn
l. under rule sixteen, executive session could n
IS be called twice pending the consideration
)" the same bill.
The Chair decided the point not we'll take
y for the reason that executive session had I
e before been called pending the considerati
? of this bill.
I'd And the Senate went into executive sessi'
Executive session being raised, on q call
+bo:rou tho following Senators answered