The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-18
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
or THU
FIFTH GENERAL ASSEM- BLY,
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
REGULAR SESSION or 1879.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.


HousR or REPRESENTATIVE. |
New Orleans, Wednesday, January IL. 1879 !
Tho House was called 10 order vt ~ o'clock
m. Present.
Hon. l.. Bush, Speaker; and Messrs. Aldige,
Breard, Burton, Bowden, Barron, Bosley.
brady, Brooks, Buck, Berry, Bell. Briggs,
Brica, Carloss Carvlle, Cresey. Dctiege, Dur
den. Dr,ry. Dayrics, Delavigne, Drew, Dnk-
grave. Deamarais, D'Avy, Duke, Dupra Fobb,
Fitzpatrick, .G,audc.t. Can't. Gary. Gaskins,
Holt Huntington, II. NJ. Johnson. Robert
Johnson, Jonas. k@ting, Kelly Of VIM,
Kelly Of Orleans, Kidd, Lyons, tevis, trorr-
ard Of Caddo. Jeonhard Of Orleans, Lamare,
Len, Magloire, Martin, Means pt Mil9n. Ne &C.
Pitts, Richardson, Ryland, Routon, Ran
dolph, Romero, Role. Raby, Shakespeare,
Singleton, Self Snaer, Seveigncs. spillerr,
Semmes, Stagg, Stewart Smart, Taylor, Toll
liver, Tremoulet, Tolor, VOORHEES,, Vance,
Washington, Watson, Warmoth, Walker.
Wood. Wise, Wilde. Williams. Young Of Clai-
borne. and Young Of East Baton Rouge.
Ninety -four members and a quorum.
Prayer was offered by The Rev DR. Percival
The journal of January Is was adopted.
MIR Lyons in the chair.l
Mr.. Means presented the memorial! Of the
citizens of Red River parish, praying that
Bayou Pierre he established as parish line.
Referred Ia the Committee on Parochial
Affairs.
Mr.. Berry asked and obtained leave to with
draw House bill No G5 from the files of the
House.
Mr.. Brady presented the petition Of citi-
liens Of st. Tammany, praying for aid and
support of the General Assembly to secure n
bill from Congress granting aid for cleaning
out and making navigable the channel Of
the Tchefuncta river.
Referred To the Committee on Internal I'm
provements.
Mr. Cressy presented the following resoll-
ton: a."
Be il resolrcd bv the House Of Representa-
tires Of the State of Louisiana, the Senate con
curing, That II joint committee of five mem
bers from the House, TO be selected by the
Speaker and of three members from the
Senate, to be selected by tho President of the
Senate. he appointed in order to report to
this General Assembly such bills rs in their
opinion are OF the greatest Importance to the
welfare of tho people Of this State; and that
said bills, when reported by said Joint com
mittee, shall be acted upon by this General
Assembly BY preference over other bills.
Mr. Greasy moved that the rules be sus-
rpended In order to take up the resolution at
thHNesent time ....
The yaotion to suspend the rules was lost,
and the res6hation lies over.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
The following message W. received trem
the Senate:
SENATE CHAMBER. STATE or LOUISIANA. /
New Orleans, January 16 1878. !
To the Honorable Speaker and Members Of the
House of Louisiana;
! am directed by the Senate to inform your
honorable body that the Senate has coucurred
in House amendments to Senate Concurrent
Resolution entitled
Concurrent Resolution creating commit
tee of nine on the part of the Senate and thir-
teen on the part of the House, to mature and
report amendments to the constitution
And has cOncurred in House bill No. As, en-
titled
Joint Resolution instructing and request
Ing Senators and Representatives in Congress
to solicit and support an act OF Congress
granting aid to certain levces"
Also, House bill No. A. entitled
preamble and Joint Resolution relative to
the Paris Exposition and to the appointment
Of commissioners thereto"
And 20 request your concurrence in
Senate Concurrent Resolution expressive
of satisfaction with and approval OF the pol
icy OF the President Of the United States in