The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-24
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
EXTRA SESSION OF 1878.
SENATE.
NInth Days Proceedings.
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ninth Days Proceedings.
New Orleans, Monday. March IL. 1878.
The Senate was called to order at II o'clock
m, BY the Hon. Louis A. Wilfz, Lieutenant
Governor and President o. the Senate.
On call Of the roll the following Senators
answered to their names:
ii Nessrs. Breaux Bryant, Burch, Cage, De-
mas, Ducros Garland, George, Ola, Goode,
Grover, Harper Kelly, Landry, O'Donnell,
Ogden, Perkins, Richardson, Robertson. san
diford, st,mps,. stubbs, Sutton, Texada,
Wheeler, White, Young and Zacharie-2S.
Absent-Messrs. Allain, Boatner, Dumont,
Ellis, Mitchell, Steven, Twitchell and WALES
--8.
The calendar for preferred bills was called.
None presented.
\ The President directed theSecretary to take
mp the regular order of business.
On motion Of Mr.. Demas the reading Of the
Journal In detail was dispensed with.
Mr.. Wheeler obtained the consent II the
Eenate to withdraw from the files OF the reg
ular session Senate bill No. IS.
Mr. Grover obtained the consent Of the Sen
ate To have returned to the Senate, from tho
House bill No S.
turned the bill to the Secretary Of the Senate
and 1t was placed on the calendar Of House
bills on second reading.
On motion Of Mr.. Robertson the Senate
went into executive session.
Executive session being raised. on O call
q Of the roll the following Senators answered to
their names: .m..~=
Messrs. Allan, Breaux, Burch, Ducros,
Ellie, Garland, George, jla,, Goode, Harper.
i o9 2, Ogden, Rich R;i,ehardaso,na. sandaord
Twitchell, Wheeler, Wales, White, Young
4 and Zacbarie--25.
Absent -Messrs. Boatner, Bryant Cage,
pnsS ss Pps sr'nt .n GrqxSr ky Landry,
Mr.. White chairman on the part of the
Senate OF the committee on conference Oh
Senate bill No. /,
IAN act to create State Board of En-
gineers; to define their powers and duties; to
levy q tax Of one mill for levee and public i'm
prOvement purposes; to divide the State into
levee districts; TO provide for the appoint
ment OF Boards OF Levee Commissioners,
therefor" etc, ......
Submitted the following report:
10 the Honorable President and Members Of
the Senate
Thel committee on conference on Senate
bill Mol recommend that House amendment
No 8, substitute for section IL, OF Senate bill
No 1, be agreed to by the Senate. the words
therein, .ssO far as the condition thereof shall
justify" to be striken out:
On motion OF Mr.. White the report was re-
celved and adopted.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE
The following message was received from
the House:
House OF REPRESENTATIVES. |
New Orleans. March 10. 1878. !
TO the Honorable President and Members Of the
Senate:
4 am directed by the House to inform you
that the House refuses to concur In the Sen
Ate'H amendments to
B House bill No. Al,
An act regulating the mode Of assessing
And ask for committee of conference
PETER J. IRRELEVANT,
Chief Clerk.
Mr.. Robertson, chairman of the Committee
on Finance, submitted the following report on
d preference bill:
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
New Orleans. March is. 1878.
TO the Honorable President and Members of
the Senate:
A majority Of your Committee on Finance
report iavoTably on
House bill No. So,
With the following amendments:
If I'm line Is, page 8, after the word thereon"
insert the words together with such interest
warrants cashed by said Fiscal Agent, tn ac
cordance with section !, Of act No. 81, regular
session OF 1878, approved March IL, 1873"
u line 9.a 10, same page strike out zone" and
Respectfully submitted.
w. A. ROBERTSON,
Acting Chairman.
On motion OF Mr. Demas the report was re-
ceived, and the rules were suspended in order
to take up at this time
House bill No. SO,
An act making an appropriation to pay
the per diem Of the members Of the General
Assembly OF the State Of Louisiana, the sal
aries OF the State officers and employees, and
the contingent expenses thereof, for the extra
session, commencing March g. 1878, to be OBJ
tained and disbursed as hereinafter provided,
and providing that any deficiency that may
exist In the appropriation for the expenses of
the General Assembly for the regular session
of 1878 shall be supplied out Of the appropria-
Hon made In this act"
The bill was taken up under the favorable
report OF the Finance Committee, with amend
1nents
h Mr.. Demas moved that further constellation
cf the bill be postponed until 2 80 O'Clock D.
M. and made the special order for that hour
Mr.. Stubbs moved, as a substitute, that
further consideration Of the bill be postponed
until o'clock p. m. and be made the special
order for that hour.
Il On motion Of Mr.. Cage the substitute was
laid on the table.
The motion Of Mr.. Demas prevailed. and the
BILL was made the special order for 2 80 o'clock
D. m. to-day.
RESOLUTIONS.
Mr.. Texada introduced the following Con-
current Resolution:
Resotved By the Senate, the House of Rep
Seseatatiues c0rc1,rtag, That the State Libra !
rian be authorized to accept, in behalf of the