The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-13

Richardson, Stubs, Texada, Wales and
Iacharis-15,
Absent essrs Boatner, Demas, Dumont,
Ellis, Gle, Grover, Landry, MITCHELL Ogden,
Twitchell and White-15.
And the Senate refused to adjourn.
THE President Of the Senate in the cbairl
Mr. Zacharle obtained unanimous consen
TO INTRODUCES Mt this time without previous
notice Senate billsNo. 49,
IAN oct to enroll and organize the militia
| to organize, arm and equip special militia
force: to appropriate ten thousand dollars for
arming, equipping and paying the same"
Which was read the first time.
The constitutional rule being suspended by
q -llfths affirmative vote of the Senate, the
bill was placed on its second reading and re-
ferred to the Committee on Militia.
On motion of Mr. Boatner the rules we're
suspended in order to take up at this Time
Senate bill Nod,
can act to provide additional regulations
for the governments of tho city of New Orleans
to define the duties of the officers and wards
herein created. and to repeal all laws and
parts Of laws In conflict with the provisions of
this act"
Mr. Zacharie moved that the further CON
sderation of the bill be made the special order
for tomorrow. Immediately after the reading
of the journal, aud demanded the yeas and
nays.
The roll being called, resulted as follows:
Yens- Messrs. Alan, Boatner. BreaE.
Bryant. Burch Cage. Ellis, George, Harper
O'bonueIl, Ogden, Stubhs, Texada, Wheeler.
White, Young and Iachare II.
II
Kelly, Perkins, Richardson aud SuttonL7
Absent Messrs. Demas, Dnmont. Gla
| Grover, Landry, Mitchell, Robertson, Sandi-
ford, Stamps Steven, Twitofell and Wales
H.
And the bill was made the special order for
Tomorrow Immediately after the reading Of
| tho Journal
Mr. White obtained unanimous consent to
introduce ut this time. without previous no
| tice. Senate bill No. 20,
IAN act to amend and re-enact section u Of
act No g. approved April H. 1877, entitled An
| act to regulate the conduct and maintain the
| freedom and purity of elections o
Which was read the first time
Tho constitutional rule being suspended by
| four-iifthS Affirmative vote Of the Senate,
the bill was placed 90 It's second reading and
| Registration.
On motion of Mr.. B,ech tho bill was
ordered printed In the journal as follows:
| Senate bill No 20,
| An act to amend and re-enaet section 10 act
| No. 58, approved April II, 1877. entitled An
| act to repeal an ict entitled an act to
regulate the conduct and maintain the
freedom and purity of elections etc.
SECTION l. BE IL ennrffd bu fbs Senate oud
! House Of Representatives. Of ihe tS1nte Of Lou-
isiana, IN Generol AssembW conrened That
| section u Of act No 81, approved April II,
| 1877. be amended and re-enncted to read as
| first Monday in May, 1878, the city govern
ment of New Orleans shall by ordinance di-
vide the said city into election precincts
within the different wards, and for that pur-
pose by ordinance TO arrange the boundaries
of the wards as may be deemed convenient
| for the purpose Of establishing the election
precincts, which. when established shall BE-
the boundaries OF the wards, each of said
| precincts to be composed of contiguous
squares. and each precinct to be So
arranged as to contain five hundred registered
| voters as nearly as practicable, as shown il
the next preceding registration; they shall
establish one polling place only In each
| precinct, and shall cause to be published III
accurate description Of the ward boundaries
| and election precincts above referred to
within ten days before any election shall by
| publication In three daily newspapers. give
notice of the location Of the polling places Ii
each precinct, which polling places shall be as
| nearly as possible in the centre Of the precinct
the boundaries and precincts to be fixed as
follows, above not to be changed within sis
months prior to any general election.
| oSEC. 2. BE IL further enncfed, That all laws
| or parts Of laws In conflict with this act b.
and the came arc hereby repealed and that
this law take effect from and after Its passage
On motion of Mr.. WHITE the Senate nd
siourned until Tuesday, March IL, 1873 at II
o'clock n. IN. JOHN CLEGG,
| Secretary of the Senate.