The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-15
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
Or THE
FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLE
or THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
REGULAR SESSION OF 1873.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,
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Fifth Days Proceedings.

uw.a HousE or REPRESENTATIVES, !
| New Orleans. Saturday. January ia. 1878. )
The House met at IL o'clock m. Present.
| Hon. Speaker Bush, and Messrs. Aycock,
Btidger Breard Burton, Bowden,. Barron,
Barrett, Bosley. Brady, Brooks, Buck, Berry.
Bell, grice. Carlos, Greasy, Como, Cole. P ns
Lacy, Dnkgt.ave Desmarais. D'Avy, Duke.
Dupre. Eatppinal, Gaudet, Cunt, aary. Gus
tins, dillespie, Hahn, Hill Of Ascension, Hun
tington Hammond Jones, H. NJ, johnson,
Kelly Of VIM. Kelly Of Orleans, Kidd, Lyons,
Leeds, Leonard of Caddo. IeOnhard q Or
leans. La,nare, Lea, Magore, Martin, Means,
Million, McGefee, Ncwsom,. Porter, Peralta,
Pitts Richardson, Ryland. Ro'iton, Randolph,
Spiller Stage, Stewart, Sellers, Smart, Try
| l6r. Tolliver, Tolcr, VOORHEES,, Washington,
| Watson, Whshbu,n. Walker, Wood, Williams,
| Young Of Claiborne and Young OF East Baton
| Rouge.
| Ninety-onc members and aquorum.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. DR.. Pcrci-
val .s5...
The Journal Of January nth was read and
approved.
PETITIONS, MEMORIALS AND RESOLUTIONS.
Mr.. Dinkgrave offered joint resolutions rela-
tive to levees and overf!ows.
Under suspension Of the rules the joint
resolutions were taken up and read, becoming
House bill No. As, Joint Resolutions, instruct
ing and requesting Senators and Representa-
lives in Congress to solicit and support an act
Of Congress- granting aid to certain levees.
| Under q suspension Of The rules the bill TN
| derwent its first and second readings, was
| taken rs engrossed, read q third limo and
| passed.
The title was adopted 2EPaq,s
Mr.. Keeting offered the following
| Resolued, That the Committee ON Ways and
Means be instructed to report Immediately to
this House Joint resolution In opposition to
| the passage Of the Bland silver bill, now pend-
| ing before the Congress OF the United States
| Lies over.
| Mr.. Kidd presented the petition of VIM
Ridaley, of Concordia, contesting the scat Of
| Anderson Tolliver. q 81
| Which was referred to the Committee on
Elections and Qualifications.
| MIR. Aldige introduced preamble and Joint
resolution, relative to the Paris Exposition,
which, under suspension Of the. rules, was
taken up, read and ordered to be placed on the
calendar OF the House as House bill No. 46,
Joint Resolution relating to the Parfs Expo
sition, and to the appointment OF commits
sioners thereto.
| Under a further suspension OF the rules, the
| bill was read Il second time taken rs en-.
crossed. read third time, passed and the
| title adopted y f.an@ g-1 F@rt
Mr. Aldige moved o reconsideration of the
vote ON the final passage Of the bill, and on bic
own motion the motion TO reconsider was laid
| upon the table. ..
L a.sf
Mr.. VOORHEES, presented the memorial OF
citizens of Louisiana praying for the passage
| of an act to authorize, encourage and assist In
the reclamation and protection from tidal
| overflow of certain lands, and to incorporate
| the Louisiana Land Reclamation Company
| The memorial and accompanying draft OF
| the act prayed for were referred to the Com
| mittec on Lands and Levees.
| Mr.. Gracien presented the petition Of the cit
| liens of the Fifth District (Algiers) praying
| for court of criminal jurisdiction in said dis
| trict, which was referred to the Committee on
| the Judiciary. }s@
| Mr.. Brice presented the petition Of citizens OF
the parish Of Bicnyille, praying for the enact