The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-03-16

Strike out lines 173, ia and 175.
Mr.. Burch offered the following substitute
for the amendment
In lines ia and It's insert twenty-five hun
dred dollars" instead Of "tiye thousand dol
lars"
On motion of Mr. Boatner the substitute
was laid on the table.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE
The following message was received from
the House.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,, |
New Orleans. March 49, 1878. J
TO the Honorable President and Members of
] am directed to inform your honorable
body that the House has passed
House bill No Gs.
3An act making an appropriation of the sum
Of ten thousand dollars out of the general
fund for the purpose Of closing crevasses in
the levees,' etc,
And to ask the Senate to concur In the same.
PETER j. IRRELEVANT,
Chief Clerk.
House bill No. 90 resumed.
Mr.. Ellis offered the following substitute for
amendment twenty-nine of the committee:
In lines 174 and It's strike out the words
''flve thousand" and insert 'tive hundred"
Mr.. Burch offered the following as substi-
tute for both the amendment twenty-nlne by
tile committee and the substitute therefor
offered by Mr.. Ellis, viz:
In lines ia and It's strike out give thou
sand and insert two thousand
MI Boatner moved to lay Mr. Burcll's sub
stit,lte on the table.
Mr.. Burch demanded the yeas and nays.
The roll being called resulted as follows:
kins, Richardson, Stubbs, White and Zacha-
Iie-s.
Nays-Messrs. Allan. Burch, Ellis, Gar
land, George Ola, Goode. Grover, Harper,
Mitchell, Stamps, Sutton, Texada, TwtcheIl.
Wales and Young-16.
Absent Messrs Breaux, Bryant Cage, De
mas, Dumont, Kelly, Landry. O'Donnell, Rob
ertson. sandiford, Steven and Wheeler-12.
And the motion to lay on the table was lost,
The question recurred on the substitute
offered by Mr.. Burch.
Mr.. Richardson demanded the yeas and
nays on the adoption Of the substitute,
The roll being called resulted as follows
Yeas-Messrs. Allain, Burch Ellis. Gla,
Harper, Stamps. Sutton, Twitohell WALES
and Young-1O.
Nays -Messrs. Boatner, Ducros, Garland,
George. Goode. Grover Mitchell ODonnell,
Ogden, Perkins, Richardson. Robertson,
Stubbs, Texada, White and Zacharie 16.
Absent Messrs Breaux, Bryant. Cage Dc
Steven and Wheeler-lO.
And the substitute was lost,
The question recurred on the amendment
offered by Mr.. Ellis.
Mr.. TeSada offered the following as sub
stitute for the amendment offered by Mr.
Ellis, viz.
In lines ia and 175 strike out the words
rive thousand and insert in lieu thereof
zone thousand
The substitute was lost
The amendment offered BY Mr.. Ellis was
lost.
Amendment twenty-nine was adopted as
offered by the committee. .....
Amendment thirty was read as offered by
the committee.
Mr.. Robertson moved to amend the
amendment by inserting after the word
government the words 'forty-two thous-
and dollars stating that by clerical error
the amount Of the appropriation had been
left out, which ms chairman of the committee
he desired to correct.
Mr.. Burch made the point of order that the
chairman of q committee could not correct
the report Of the committee on the floor of the
Senate.
The President ruled the point Of order moi
well taken. and that the chairman could make
such correction when, as in this case. II was
made in the presence of the members Of the
committee and no objection Is made
The correction was made.
Mr.. Grover offered the following substitute
for amendment thirty by the committee, viz
In line 1st strike out "forty-two thousand, ;
and insert In lieu thereof twenty thousand.
Mr.. Burch offered the following amendment
to the substitute offered by Mr.. Grover, viz
Strike out twenty thousand" and insert in
lieu thereof fifty thousand
The amendment was lost.
Mr.. Grover demanded the yeas and nays on
the adoption of his substitute.
The roll being called resulted as follows:
Yeas -Messrs. Gla. Grover, Harper Stamps
Sutton and Twitchell- g.
Nays-Messrs Allain, Boatner, Burch Du-
eros Ellis Garland, George. Goode. Mitchell
O'Donuell, Ogden. Perkins. Richardson. Rob
ertson, Stubbs, Texada, Wales White, Young
and Iacharie-20.
Absent -Messrs. Breaux. Bryant. Cage. De
mas, Dumont. Kelly. Landry, Sandiford
Steven and Wheeler-1O
And the substitute was lost.
The amendment offered by the committee
was adopted,
Amendment thirty-one, as offered by the
committee. was read. as follows:
Strike out all lines from 1876 to 203, incl,l-
sive.
Mr.. Burch demanded the yeas and nays on
its adoption.
The roll being called resulted as follows:
Yeas -Messrs. Boatner. Ducros. Ellis, Gar
land, George. Goode, Grover, Mitchell, O'Don-
nell, Ogden, Perkins. Richardson. Robertson
Stubbs, Texada, Twitchell, Wales and White
is.
Nays-Messrs. Allain, Burch, Gla, Harper
Stamps. Sutton, Young and Zaeharie-S.
Absent Messrs. Breaux, Bryant, Cage. De
mas, Dumont Kelly, Landry, Sandiford
Steven and Wheeler--10.
And the amendment was adopted.
Amendment thirty-two was adopted.
Amendment thrty-three by the committee