The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-27

Of Orleans from ipundation.
BY MI. Vance. Of. Booster. 70. amend section
| amend section st4 Of the Statutes. to prevent
| depredatlons on cattle.
BILLS INTRODUCED
BY Mr.. Detiege. Of st. Martin. A bill relative
to certain ovsrflowed lands In the parish OF st.
| Martin. To Lands and Levees Committee.
BY Mr.. Martin, Of Lafayette: A bill relative to
public roads. TO Committee on Parochial Az
BY Mr.. Gillespie. of Cameron: To provide for
tho loss of certain public papers Of the town OF
Leesburg. In the parish q Cameron. To the
BY Mr.. oressy, Of Orleans 4 bill for the re-
lief Of George b. Loud, late Superintendent Of
Public Education Of the Third Division. To
section ms s4 Of tho Reyssd Statutes ute 70 IL tho
COMMITTEES OF the Judiciary.
BY Mr. Aldige, OF Orleans. For the relief OF
James Campbell and Alfred Reggie. To the
tion Of the territory Of Catahoula to tho pnrisb
Of Franklin. To Committee on Parochial
BY Mr.. Lanare. Of Orleans: To INCORPORATE
| tho Battalion of Washington Artillery. 10 Com
| mittee on Corporations,
By Mr.; Keeling Of Caddo: For the relief of
| BY Mr.. ,Toler. Of Richland For the releief Of
Alvin y Granger. OF New Orleans. To Commit
BY Mr. Billieu, of Lnfourcbe: A bill donating
certain wild and unreclaimed swamp lands in
tho parish of Lafourche, and authorizing the
police jury TO sell the same for drainage pur-
poses. To Judiciary Committee.
Lafourche. 10 Commitiee on Claims.
by Mr BROOKS, Of ut. Mary: To repeal section
BY Mr.. Jonas, of Orleans A bill to authorizes
VIM ". Howe to sue the State. 10 Judiciary
ORDER OF THE DAY.
Senate bill No. IA, to Incorporate the monas-
terry of st. Joseph and st Theresa. The bill was
Senate bill No IT, to amend the charter of the
dered printed in the journal and made tie spe.
rial acts In which the Recorder Of Mortgages is
party. indefinitely postponed.
Representatives to urge the passage of the silver
hdll by Congress. Referred to the Committee on
:, Senate bill No. 10, to egualize the compensa-
ton Of members of tho General Assembly. TO
Joint special committee on the subject.
uSs,haT S M ~ to rsquFb9 FL 4oah
oath OF Office. furnish bond whore bond is re-
CURED and have the same recorded. TO Judi
ciary Committee.
Senate bill No. 40. to amend and re-enart ar
ticle 5s2 OF the Code OF Practice. To Judiciary
Committee.
Senate bill No. 81, to amend and re-enact an
oct relative to the regulating OF the term Of tho
District Court Of tho Eighth Judicial District. In
and for the parish OF Oalcasieq. Finally passed.
of suit by The District Attorney. and to test the
validity and sufflcieney of securities on official
bonds. To Judiciary COMMITTEES.
Renate Joint resolution No. 49, protesting
against reduction of the tariff on sugar by
congress. Passed finally.
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.
House bill No. a. defining adultery. Re-
ported upon unfavorably by the Committee on
Judiciary.
Mr.. Routon said that he felt very much disap-
pointed at the manner IN which it had been re-
ceived and treated by tho House. He felt that
the bill was needed, and he would feel proud If
II did pass. " was intended as safeguard to
the marriage laws Of Louisiana and to prevent
the lille zal partnerships which existed all over
the State, and the creation Of children without
fathers or mothers.
Mr.. Jonas, Of Orleans, said That the bill had
boon carefully considered In the Judiciary Com
such bill given before the committee applied
to the parish Of Catahoula; no evidence was
offered regarding other parishes Resumng
tseriouslyl Mr.. Jonas said that the passage OF
such q bill would create greater trouble than
any other bill that had been presented to this
House, and II adopted would in its operation
transfer the laboring, Glasses from the fields to
the prison. 1t would be more hurtful than
beneficial.
Gen. Young. OF Claiborne, said, in other
words, about the same thing. and added that
the subject WAS one that could not be reached by
law. like many others.
motion to postpone the bin indefinitely was
lost by n vote of a yeas to 40 nays.
Pending consideration of the bill motion to
adjourn was. made. but withdrawn in order to
allow Mr.. Kidd. of Jackson. to introduce bill
to regulate the oyster fisheries, which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Commerce.
The House then adjourned