The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-24
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II. o. WARMOTH,
Chairman House Conference Committee.
Mr.. Zacharie offered his resignation as q
member Of the Committee on Auditing and
Supervising the Expenses of the Senate.
The resignation was accepted, and the Presi-
dent appointed Mr.. q. I'll. Ellis q member OF
the committee, nice Mr.. Zacharie, resigned
Mr.. White obtained the consent Of the SEN
ate to have his vote recorded on the motion to
pass House bill No. SO to its third reading.
Mr.. White voted mo"
On motion of Mr.. Robertson the Senate
took recess until 30 o'clock .. m.
JOHN CLEGG.
Secretary OF the Senate.
Evening Session.
The Senate was called to order at 7 80 o'clock
p. m. by the Hon. Louis A. Witt, Lieutenant
Governor and President of the Senate.
On a call Of the roll the following Senators
answered to their names:
Meesrs. Allan, Burch, Cage Ducros, Ellis,
Garland, George. Ola, Goode Grover, Har-
per, Mitchell, Perkins, Richardson, Robert
son, Stubbs, Sutton, Texada, Wheeler, White
and Zaetarie-21.
Absent Messrs. Boatner, Breaux, Bryant,
Den,as, Dumont, Kelly, Landry, O'Donnel,
Ogden, Sandfford. Stamps, Steven, Twiteh-
ell, Wales and Young-15.
MESSAGE FROM TILE HOUSE.
The following message was received from
the House.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
New Orleans. March IL. 1878
To the Honorable President and Members of
the BeDa'e:
am directed to inform your honorable
body that the House has passed
HOuGn hill No IA
Joint Resolution providing for the man
ner in which certain appropriations shall
be warranted for"
And ask your concurrencein the same.
PETER. J. IRRELEVANT.
Chief Clerk.
On motion OF Mr. Robertson the rules were
suspended in order to take up at this time
House bill No. IA,
"Jont Resolution providing for the manner
in which certain appropriations shall be war
ranted for"
The resolution was read the first time
The constitutional rule being suspended by
four-fifths affirmative vote OF the Senate
the bill was read the second time.
On motion of Mr.. Robertson the bill was
passed to it's third reading.
The constitutional rule being suspended by
a four-fifths affirmative vote Of the Senate,
the bill was read the third time and finally
passed, its title was adopted, and notice Of
concurrence ordered to be sent to the House
On motion OF Mr. Grover therules were sus-
pended to allow him at this time to introduce
q resolution,
Relative to pay OF clerical force of the
Senate for the extra session.
Mr.. Richardson moved that further consid-
GRAFTON Of the resolution be postponed until
tomorrow.
The motion was lost.
On motion OF Mr.. Grover the vote was re-
considered by which the Senate refused to
postpone consideration Of the resolution until
tomorrow.
On motion of Mr.. Grover further considera-
ton OF the resolution at this time was dis
pensed with and it was made the special order
for Tuesday, March 10, 1873, for immedi-
ately after the reading Of the journal.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Robertson, chairman of the Finance
Committee, submitted the following report:
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, |
New Orleans. March IS, 1873. !
To the Honorable President and Members of
the Senate:
am directed by majority OF the Finance
Committee to report unfavorably on House
bill 8.
Respectfully,
w. A. ROBERTSON, Chairman
The report was received and lies over under
the rules.
Mr.. White acting chairman of the Commit
tee on Lands and Levees reported unfavor-
ably on
House bill No 60,
Gan act entitled An act appropriating s10,-
900 out of the general fund for the purpose Of
closing crevasses in the levees, and to provide
that the same shall be refunded out of the dis
trict levee fund or out of the general levee
fund, and to provide the mode of expanding
and refundng the same.'"
The report was received and lies over under
the rules.
On motion Of Mr.. Grover, the Senate went
into executive session.
Executive session being raised, on call of
the roll the following Senators answered to
their names:
Present-Messrs. Allan, Bryant, Burch,
Cage, Demas, Ducros, Ellis, Garland, George,
ella, Goode, Grover, Harper, Landry, Mitchell,
O'Donnell, Perkins, Richardson, Robertson,
Stamps, Stubbs, Texada, Twitchell, Wales,
Wheeler, White and Iacharie-27.
Absent-Messrs. BOatner, Breaux, Dumont,
Kelly, Ogden, Sandiford, Steven, Sutton and
Young-9
On motion OF Mr.. Grover, the rules were
suspended in order to take up at this time
House bills on second reading.
House bill No. 60,
"An act to amend and limit an act entitled
'An act to incorporate and facilitate the New
Orleans Texas and Colorado Railway"
Was read the second time.
Mr.. Robertson moved that the bill be passed
to Its third reading
Mr.. Garland demanded the yeas and nays.
The roll being called resulted as follows:
Yeas - Messrs. Allan, Breaux, Bryant,
Burct,, Gage, Demas. Ducros, Ellis, G"orge,
Ola, Goode, Grover, Harper, Mitchell, O'Don-
nell, Richardson, Robertson, Stamps, Stubbs,
rexada, Twitehell, Wheeler, White and Zach
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