The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-03-01
IL was read the second time and referred, as


"An act for the relief OF q. W. Peyton, g
the parish Of De Soto, whose property wa
destroyed by fire In the year 1876
To the Committee on Claims.
BY Mr.. Boatner
Senate bill No 204,
''AD act for the relief Of Thomas Hickman
d. Hickman, w. ?. Hickman and J. P. Hick
man, Of the parish Of Grant"
70 the Committee on Claims.
INTRODUCTION or RESOLUTIONS.
Mr. Burch introduced the following resolu
tiot1 which lies over under the rules:
| Be ii Resolued bu The Senate Of the Stat
of Louisiana, the House Of Represe,,tatsue
conc1s,vtng therein h,oo-thirds of1the member
of each house agreeing hereto1, That, tn
following amendment be proposed aud On
tered upon tho respective journals Of the Sen
ate and House Of Representatives., with th'
! yeas and nays taken thereon, and the sam'
| shall Ii adopted be submitted to the people
| ut the next general election, In aeeordanc,
with the constitution:
AMENDMENT.
| The seat OF government shall be established
| ut the city Of Baton Rouge, and shall not bt
removed without the consent of two-thirds O
tho members Of both houses OF the Genera
Assembly.
Mr.. Wheeler introduced the following reso
luton, which lies over under the rules:
Rsso.ped by the General Assembly of The
State of Louisiana, tpo-ttirds Of both houses
concu,vinp, Amendment to constitution that
article al be amended 50 as to read
"ART. 141. Every male inhabitant OF the
a poll tax annually OF one dollar and fifty
cents, two-thirds OF which shall be devoted
exclusively and invioIaby to the support OF
tho free public schools Of the State, and the
remaining third TO the support OF the Charity
Hospital, In the city Of New Orleans
On motion Of Mr.. Boatner the rules were
suspended and Sen ate bill No. 1876 was taken
up and referred to the Committee on Finance,
in accordance with the report Of the Commit
tee on the Judiciary
Mr.. Robertson called up tho following reso-
lution, offered by him yesterday, viz:
Fl Resolued That from and after this date no
Senator shall be allowed to speak more than
five minutes at any one time, nor more than
twice on the same question.
Mr. Burcb made the point Of order that the
resolution, being an amendment to the rules
of the Senate, could not be considered at this
tfme for the reason that no notice had been
given Of a motion to amend the rules.
The President ruled that proper notice had
been given Of intention to amend the rules,
and the point Of order was therefore not well
taken.
The President ruled the substitute offered
by Mr.. Mitchell to the resolution as out Of
order.
On motion Of Mr.. Kelly, the following sub
stitute offered by himself to the resolution
was taken up:
Reaoived, That for the balance OF this ses-
sion no member shall occupy more than fif
teen minutes in debating any subject before
the Senate, and not more than once on the
same subject, unless to explain.
On motion of Mr.. Bryant the substitute was
adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Boatner the vote was re-
considered by which the substitute was
adopted.
The substitute offered by Mr.. Kelly was
taken up.
Mr.. Kelly Withdrew the substitute.
Mr.. Boatner offered the following resolution
as q substitute for the pending resolution, viz:
Resotped, That for the remainder Of this
session no Senator shall speak more than tif-
teen minutes on any one subsection minutes
In opening the debate and five minutes to re-
ply or close the debate
On motion of Mr.. Boatner the substitute
Was adopted.
Mr.. Ogden offered the following resolution,
which lies over under the rules
Resolued. That the Committee on Auditing
Ind Supervising the Expenses of the Senate
,e authorized to pay Louis III. Pile the sum
,he State House and of the property ofoJos.
Llulla. which were required by the COMMITTEES
N Parks and Public Buildings. o|
On motion Of Mr.. Gla the rules were s.ls-
pended in order to take up al this time
Senate bill No. I57, entitled
"An act to provide for the appointment Of
II East Carroll" etc.
Mr. Landry offered the following motion,
which was adopted:
move that the Committee on Pensions be
to REPORT back to this body Senate
)ilI No -, or such. q bill as will provide for
'eief Of the veterans Of the war OF 1914 and
9I5.
The bill was taken up under the favorable
'eport Of the Committee on Corporations and
parochial Affairs
rs engrossed and passed to it's third reading
The constitutional rule being suspended by
! four-hfths affirmative vote of the Senate,
,he bill was read the third time and finally
,assed, it's title was adopted, and it was
ordered to be sent to the House for concur
'ence.
REPORTS or COMMITTEES LYING OVER.
House bill No. 1o5, entitled
can act relative to evidence in criminal pro-
'ecution and in all proceedings in the nature
II criminal proceedings
Was taken up under the favorable report of
he Committee on the Judiciary, with the
amendment offered by the commit
ee:
In section 3, line 7, after the word "other,
nsert the words except on cross -examina
,iOn."
On motion Of Mr.. Goode the amendment
was adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Burch further considera-
Jon of the bill, at this time, was dispensed
With, and 1t was postponed until Saturday
lext at o'clock, and made tho special order