The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-13
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
ThirtIeth nays Proceedings.
HOUSE or REPRESENTA-

I The House was called to order ut IL M.
Present
d Hon. Louis Bush, Speaker, and Messrs. AL
Ilige, Barron, Barrett, Berry, Bell Breard,
|3rice, Bridger, Billieu Brooks, Bowden,
Brown, Bosley, Buck, Burton, Caross, Car
IDelavigne, De Lacy, Detiege, Dickenson,
EDinkgrave, Duke, burden, Dupree, Drury,
tIstopinal, Fitzpatrick, Fobb, Forester, Gary,
iaskins Gaudet,. Gracien, Gillespie, Hahn,
Hammond, Hill Of Ascension. Holt, Hunting
tKelly of VIM Kelly of Orleans, Keeting,
Kennedy, Kidd, Lamare Lea, Leeds, Leonard
Of Caddo. Leonhard Of Orleans, Lewis. Lyons,
Magloire, Means, -Milon, McGehee Newsom.
Nunez Peralta, Pitts, Porter, Raby, Ran
syland, Shakespeare, Smart, snaer, Self.
SELLERS, Steele, Stewart, Semmes, Singleton,
Spiler. Souer, Taylor, Tremoulet, Toler.
rollver. Vance, VOORHEES,, Walker, Washburn,
Goung Of Claiborne and Young Of East Baton
Rouge-103.
\ Absent Messrs Aycock, Brady, Briggs,
Davidson. Deioe, Desmarais, Drew, CAN'T,
Jill Of Orleans, Jonas Kern, Martin, McMil-
len, Stagg, Warmoth and Wilde-16.
Il Prayer was offered by the Rev. DR.. Per-
Fival.
proved
PETITIONS MEMORIALS AND RESOLUTIONS.
Mr.. Ryland presented the petition Of ex-
|libitors OF the products Of the State OF Lou
sana to the International French Exposition,
o be held at Paris on the first Of May, 1878.
Referred to the Committee on Federal Rela-
lions.
" Mr.. Hammond presented resolution from
she committee of the Central Executive Coun-
ii of the Real Estate and Taxpayers Union of
he city Of New Orleans.
"A Referred to the Committee on Agriculture,
Immigration and Commerce.
\ Mr.. Bilieu presented petition asking State
id to clear out Bayou Lafourche.
y Referred to the Committee on Internal I'm
movements ljH .E#
b Mr.. Newson presented d memorial from the
Soice jury of the parish Of Tangipahoa, in re-
f.tion to liquidating the Indebtedness of said
parish
4 Referred to the Committee on Parochial AZ
airs
Il Mr.. Kidd presented the following resolution:
Y Resolued That the chairman on contingent
Expenses Is hereby directed to issue vouchers
20 the porters employed by the House of Rep
iIesentatives for the session of 1873 to the
dmount of three dollars and fifty cents per
",
II Lies over.
Il Mr.. Kelly, of Orleans, presented a petition
from the bankers. merchants and clerks of
lhe city of New Orleans, asking that 'All
Faints' Day" be made legal holiday.
Referred to the Committee on the judiciary.
Mr.. DeLacy presented petition asking re-
sduetion of licenses and protecting those that
ny license from plantation stores and pray
sag that country stores be compelled to pay
license.
IL Referred to the Committee on Ways and
Neans.
EThe annual report of the Register of the
tate Land office. received on Saturday from
as Excellency the Governor, was referred to
ae Committee on Lands and Levees.
E2The annual report of the Board of Admins
Rators of the Insane Asylum, received from
HIS EScellency the Governor on Saturday,
las referred to the Committee on Charitable
Ind Public Institutions.
Mr. Singleton called up the memorial of the
eal Estate and Taxpayers Union, intro
HI iced on Saturday the 9th, and it was referred
IA the Committee on Constitution.
w The petition of veterans and widows of
isterans OF the war of 1912 and 1915 and their
friends, residents of the parish of Lafourche
ttroduced on the 9th, was taken up and re-
tired to the Committee on Pensions.
4aThe petition Of p Lane was taken up under
he unfavorable report Of the Committee on
slaims, and indefinitely postponed.
II The petition of Thomas Wynne for relief
Il as taken up under the unfavorable report of
10 COMMITTEES on Claims and was indefinitely
postponed.
1.-THE petition for the relief of John James
Taylor, Phoebe Ann Duncanson and Mary
zane Rogers was taken up under the unfavor-
I Die report Of the Committee on claims and
as ordered to lie on the table,
y The memorial of G.. Hartwell, of New Or
leans for relief was taken up under the I'M
savorable report of the Committee on Claims
ind was referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.
Il St Helena, was taken up under the unfa-
eorable report of the Committee on Claims
}nd was indefinitely postponed.
4 The petition of j. I'll. Keller, for relief, was
aiken up under the unfavorable report of the
Committee on Claims and was ordered to lie
IN the table
L The petition of B. Armbruster clerk of the
4 third District Court, was taken under the I'M
favorable report of the Committee on Claims
md was recommitted to the Committee on
Ahe Judiciary.
The petition of Arthur Olivier was taken up
3nder the unfavorable report of the Commit
zee on Claims and indefinitely postponed
i The petition to reimburse State license to
4 J. Lnghan was taken up under the I'M
favorable report of the Committee on Claims
md was indefinitely postponed.
I The petition of Geo. de T.. Chaunac, setting
orth claim, was taken up under the favora-
ile report by bill of the Committee on Claims. ]