The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-25

TO test the suiIlcieney OF suretes Oh oihe'a
bonds" ,..4, has
anlointed on the part of the Senate ON
'dJolnt committee to frame and report u bill
bers of The General Assembly. eW'
The following named Senators, " wit;
Messrs. l.. q. Perkins, IL. q. Mitchell and
=. Landry.
JOEN CIEGG,
Secretary of the Senate.
MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR
The following messages were received from
the Governor,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. !
State OF Louisiana.
New Orleans. January 81 1875. J
TO the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
House OF Representatives.
l have this day approved the following aolht
Resolutions which originated in your honor
able body, to wit;
House bin No AZ,
"Instaucting and requesting Senators and
Representatives In Congress TO solicit and
support an net of Congress granting attic
certain levees.'
Heuse bill No. 4G .,
'sEelatve to the Paris Exposition, and TO
the appointment Of commissioners thereto.
very ~ FRANCIS r NICHOLAS
Governor,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. !
State of Louisiana, I
New Orleans, JANUARY %, 1873.
re the Hon Louis Bush Speaker Of the House
Of Representatives
2eOg of the Revised Statutes of this State,
have the honor to submit To the honorable
body over which you preside the incosad de-
tailed statement Of the disposition made OF
the contingent fund Of the Executive Depart
mept orthe wear ending December 81, 1877.
The vouchers in support Of the expenditures
Of this fund are In my possession, Hublect "
the axatrination Of such COMMITTEES OF your
honorable body IA YOU may deem III TO ap-
point,
want, FRANCIS Y. NICHOLAS.
Governor.
REPORTS OF CoMMr1srEEs.
Mr.. Wise. chairman. on behalf Of the Com
mittee Oh Elections and Qualifications, called
M the report Of the committee of Ferguson
contesting the seat of Dejoie,
The report was taken up and read.
The two minority reports were read
Mr.. Lea moved that the report Of the com
mittee be adopted.
Mr. Dinkgtave moved ma al amendment
that the minority report signed by himself
and Messrs. Hahn aud Graciei,. be adopted.
Mr. Singleton moved to amend Mr.. Dink-
graves amendment by adopting the minority
report signed by himself, with the following
| resolution.
Resotpea. That IL is tho sense of the House
that there was no fair md legal election held
on the first Tuesday Of November, 1876, for
Representatives i'm the General Assembly,
from tho Fourteenth Representative District
Of the parish Of Orleans, and that, therefore,
the seat now occupied by Mr.. Deioie is hereby
declared vacant.
SPECIAL ORDER or THE DAY.
Pending the consideration Of this amend
ment, the hour of 2 o'clock p. m. having ar
rived. Mr. Leeds asked that the order Of the
House. assigning
House bill No. 81,
fAn act relative to the charter of the New
Orleans Waterworks Company, and amending
act No. 10 Of the extra session of 1877, APP
proved March 81, 1877"
As the special order Of the day for that
hour, be revoked. and that the bill be re-as.
signed az the special order of the day for to.
morrow at the same hour.
And 1t was so ordered.
Mr.. VOORHEES, asked the Same revocation
and re-assignment OF
House bill No. Is.
An bcb relbllVe VI tns bstfu VI BiuHlua-
tion,' etc.
To come Immediately after the said bill
No 81.
And Il was so ordered.
IMr. Leeds In the chair
Mr. Singleton, by consent of the House
withdrew his motion to adopt the first mi
nority report signed by himself.
Question recurring on the motion Of Mr.
Dinkgrave to adopt the second minority re
port, he called for the yeas and nays with the
following result:
Yeas -Messrs. Burton, Brown, Barron
| Barrett, Bosley, Brooke CarviIle. Como, Cole
Detiege Drury, burden, Drew. Dickinson
| Dinkgrave Desmarais, D'Avy, Duke, Este
pinal. Fobb, Can't, Gary. Graeien, Hahn
Hill of Ascension. Holt. II. M. Johnson Rob
ert Johnson, Kennedy, Keeting, Kern, Kidd
Routon, Romero. Raby, Souer, Snaer ,ISemmes
| Stewart, Tolliver, Toler. Washington. Wat
son, Washburn, Warmoth, Walker ant
Wilde-51.
Nays Speaker Bush, and Messrs. Aycock
Breard, Bowden, Billieu, Brady, Buck, Bell
Brice Carloss, Greasy, DelaNigne,. Dupre
| Fitzpatrick, Forester, Gaskins, Gillespie
Hill of Orleans, Huntington, Hammond
| Kelly of Orleans, Lyons, Leeds, Leonhard o
Orleans, Lamare, Lea. Martin, Means, Me
l
ardson, Randolph, Role, Shakespeare, Single
ton, Spiller, Stagg, Sellers, Smart Taylor
Tremoulet Vance, VOORHEES,, Wood, Wise
Young of Claiborne and Young of East Batol
Rouge-5o.
Mr. Hahn moved to reconsider the vote jus
taken, and that the motion to reconsider b.
laid on the table.
| On this motion Mr.. Huntington called TO
the yeas and nays, with the following result
Yeas - Hon. Louis Bush, Speaker, ant
Messrs. Burton, Brown, Barron, Barrett, Bos
ley. Brady Brooks, Billieu, Bell, Briee, Car
vile, Cressy, Como, Cole, Detiege, Drury
burden, Drew, Dickinson, Dinkgrave, Des
marais, DAvy, Duke, Estopinal, Fobb, CAN'T
Gary, Gracien, Hahn, Hill Of Ascension, Holt
huntington, H. M. johnson, Robert Johnson
Kennedy, Keeting, Kellyof Winn. Kern, Kidd
Leonard of CadGo, Lewis. Magloire Martin
Milon, Routon, Romero, Raby, Souer Shak
speare Snaer, Semmes, Stage, Stewart, Sell
ars, Tolliver, Tremoulet, Toler, Washington
Watson, WashburR, Warmoth, Walker Wise
Wilde and Young OF Claiborne GO.
| Nays Messrs. Aycock. Breard, Bowden
Back, Berry, Carloss, Delavigne, Dupre, Fitz
| patrick, Forester, Gaskins, Gillespie, Hill O
Orleans, Hammond, Kelly OF Orleans, Lyons
Leeds Leonhard of Orleans Iamare Lea