The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-15

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Mr.. Lanier had check of the Treasurer
properly issued to him, for SLIPS. The bank
Iof the Fiscal Agent WIS closed by reason Of
Was.leaylpg for the country. The Treasurer
having ON hand in cash in his safe at
his, office, the amount in question,
took back the check, gave the corresponding
enabled to leave. The next day the State
Treasurer deposited the check. The above
ilF'egulatity Is. charged to the State Tre,s,l-
fer, but 1t is the only one that is brought To
bear against him; nor is i, pretended there
vas anything .improporin the matter. And
iuf1hermore, IL is shown to have been GUS
tomary for the parish officers to deposit their
warrants with the State Treasurer and to
aWhoiize the collectors In making their. set
tlemenls toeolleot the proceeds for them.
| Respectfully submitted,
G. w. KEETING,
| Parish of Caddo.
r. 4. ALLAN,
Serator.o
The report Of the Committee on Elections
and Qualifications in the case of Kernochan VS..
Million, was taken up, with ahe accompanying
resolution recommended by that committee
Ressoged, That A. i. Milon be declared en-
Titled to the seat he now occupies in the
House OF Representatives Of the General AS
sanby OF the State of Louisiana as a Rapre-
sentative of the parish of Plaquemnes
On motion of Mr.. Wise the resolution was
adopted.
The memorial Of the citizens of Red River
parish was taken UP under the favorable re-
port by bill, from the Committee on ParochaI
Affairs.
| The bill was read and ordered TO be placed
upon the calendar, becoming
House bill No. 351,
10 "An act to repeal an act entitled AN act tf,
amend and re-enact section 2 of an act en-
Titled AN ALt to form new parish to be
called the parish of Red River" approved
July /, 1872, " etc.
Under suspension Of the rules the bill was
passed to its second reading.
The report Of the Committee on Public Ed
ucation on the communication Of H. b. Fergu.
son,
Relative to old desks lying idle in the State
House." o
Was taken UP, and the Joint Resolution
recommended by the committee was read and
ordered to be placed upon the calendar, be-
coming
House bill No. 352,
Joint Resolution in regard to old desks
stored in the State House.
Under q suspension of the rules the bill was
passed to it's second reading.
On MOTION of Mr.. Berry the following reso-
luton was taken up and adopted:
Resolped, That the Speaker Of the House of
Representatives be authorized to loan to the
Polytechnic Institute thirty of the old desks
now stored away in the basement OF the State
House
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE
The following messages were received from
the Senate:
SENATE CHAMBER.
New Orleans. February H. 1878. |
To the Honorable Speaker and Members Of the
House OF Representatives:
| am directed to inform your honorable
body that the Senate has passed and request
your concurrence in the following Concurrent
Resolutions:
Whereas, Gen. o. D. Green, Sf tho United |
our midst, and has made a study Of our pro |
auctions and interests, and acquired the es-
TEEN and regard Of our people;
"Be II resohed By The Senate Of the State Of
Lousia,,a, the House Of Representatives. con-
curing, That the President of the United
States be requested, through the Representa-
tives of Louisiana in the National Congress.
to assign or order Gen. o. ID. Green to duty
as a military assistant to the honorable COM
missioners for the United States at the Inter
national Exposition of Paris, and instruct
him, whenever compatible with his duties as
such assistant. to aid the duly authorized
of Louisiana in properly rep
resenting her interests at said exposition.
Concurrent Resolution to examine into
ferry privileges granted to Marx Schonbefg
aud others, Of DonaidsOnville, Louisiana"
Respectfully
o o JOHN CLEGG, o
Secretary OF the seUate.
SENATE CHAMBER,
New Orleans, February IL. 1878. !
To the Honorable Speaker and members of the
House of Representatives:
| am directed to inform your honorable body
that the Senate has concurred in the follow
ing House bills:
House bill No. 81, entitled
San act to amend and re-enact article 45t of
the Civil Code; to give to the owners of any
sve right to all the oysters in the Gulf of
Mexico, or in any river, bay lake, bayou
cove, inlet or pass, not over one hundred
yards from the bank or edge OF the said land
land or sea marsh the owner of and giving
him or her the sole and exclusive right to all
the oysters between his or her property and
the middle OF any river, bay, lake, bayou,
yards in width which may divide or sepa-
rate the property of different persons; to au-
thorize the tax collector Of any parish Dor
dering the Gulf of Mexico to lease in the name
OF ble StaGe any pOrGlon OF tne TlVerS, pays,
lakes, bayous, coyes, inlets or passes; to
give to the lessees the sole and exclusive priv
ilege of bedding or planting oysters and of
taking the same therein; to declare any per-
son who shall take or cause to be taken with
out the consent of the owner or lessee any
oyster or oysters within one hundred yards
Of the land or sea marsh of another, or within
the portion of water leased from the State
guilty of a crime and prescribing the penalty
therefor"
House bill No. SO, entitled
can act to incorporate the Crescent Fire
Company No. "a of the city of New Orleans
House bill No. 100, entitled
can act to amend section 3 of an act entitled
An act to create recorders courts in the city
Of New Orleans"
House bill No. 223, entitled
"An act to attach portion Of the territory
of the parish OF Catahoula to the parish OF
Franklin
House bill No, 2s5,
An act making an appropriation j." the
payment of the salaries of the first O., -. OF
thp wear 1879 from Tapuarv tn Mar of