The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-07
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
-4-OP THE
FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
or THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
REGULAR SESSION OF 1878.



SENATE.
Tweuty.sIfth Days Proceedings.
nurArn I,uAMsEn STATE or LOUISIANA.
New Orleans, Tuesday. February 3. 1879 }
The Senate was called to order at@12 clock
4, nv the Hon. Louis A. Wilt, Lieutenant
Governor and President Of the Senate
On Il call Of the roll the following Senators
answered to their names:
Meaarys. Birch Cage Demas, Duoros, Gar
land. George. Goode, Harper. Kelly, Landry,
Mitchell, Ogden, Perkins, Richardson, Sa 11,L
Held, Wheeler, White, Young and zacharie- a.
Absent Messra. Allan, Boatner, BIeaux,
I,rvnnt. Dumont, Ellis, Ola. Grover O'Don-
neil, Robertson. Stamps and Steven-=12.
IMr. Parkins in the chair.
On motion of Mr.. Young, the reading Of the
journal In detail was dispensed with.
on motion the journal Of the sixteenth, sew
enteenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth,
twenty-first twenty second. twenty-third and
twenty-fourth days proceedings, being the
days Of January twenty fifth. twenty-sixth,
twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth. thirtieth, thir-
ty-flrst and February first. second and fourth,
was approved as printed.
Mr. Goode, chairman OF the Committee ON
the Judiciary, submitted the following report:
CoMMITTEE ON THB JUDICIARY.
New Orleans. February 6. 1878.
TO tho Honorable President and Members Of
the Semitic:
Your Judiciary Committee beg leave to
make thafollowlng report:
Favorably on
San act to dispense with preliminary or COM
hitting trials oil parties charged with the com
mission Of misdemeanorg, and TO define the
duties and powers Of Justices OF the peace and
tenn, In relation to the arrest and trial of
parties charged with the commission OF mis-
dallleRnOr," -...- -
The Judiciary Committee, under direction Of
your honorable body and without expressing
The measure In regard to the removal Of the
seat Of government, beg leave to report the
following bill, entitled
"An act to remove the seat Of government
appropriate the sum Of ten thousand dollars
10 remove the furniture, archives, records and
papers belonging to the General Assembly
and to the several Offices required by law TO
be kept at the seat OF government, and topro-
vide suitable buildings therefor"
.t' +. s. GOODE, Chairman
The report was received and lies over under
the rules. E
Mr.. George, chairman of the Committee on
Libraries, submitted the following report:
COMMITTEE ON public Libraries.
New Orleans. February 4, 1878. !
no The Honorable President and Members of
the Senate:
Your committed, to whom was referred re-
port OF the Secretary OF State In relation to
the distribution Of acts Of 1877. respectfully
state that the report OF the Secretary of State
involves question OF Interpretation of the
printing law, and may suggest. necessary
amendments OF that law; hence they return
referred to the Committee on Printing.
A 4. B. GEORGE, Chairman.
The report was received and lies over under
the rules.
/ lThe President of the Senate in the chair.l
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES LYING OVER.
Senate bill No 100, entitled
San act to relieve from levees, and from all
sincollected levee taxes heretofore assessed,
the lands and property In the parishes of
Calcasieu, Cameron, Lafayette and st. Ian
dry and Vermillionville,
Was taken UP under the unfavorable report
of the Committee on Lands and Levees, and
ON motion OF Mr.. Boatner the bill was in
definitely postponed.
House bill No. 90. entitled
can act to authorize the Governor to ap-
ptnta commission to confer with the author
titles OF the State Of Arkansas In regard to the
formation OF separate levee district, to be
comprised between the Arkansas river, in the
State Of Arkansas, and the Red river, In the
State OF Louisiana, and from the Mississippi
westward, to include the alluvial lands there
In; to propose plan for the protection of
lands therein from overflow, and for the SUBJ
mission thereof to the Legislatures of the re-
spective States for ratification; and to appro-
pirate the sum Of five hundred dollars to de-
fray the expenses of the same"
y Was taken up under the favorable report of
the Committee on Lands and Levees.
On motion Of Mr.. Boatner the bill was
passed to It's third reading.
The constitutional rule being suspended by
b four-fifths affirmative vote Of the Senate,
the bill was read the third time and finally
passed, Its title was adopted, and notice of
concurrence ordered to be sent to the House,
\ INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
Mr.. Stamps obtained unanimous consent to
Introduce at this time, without previous
notice,
v Senate bill No. 102, entitled
"An act to prohibit work and labor on and
In the public places within the State ON Sun
days; to provide punishments and penalties
therefor and to define and describe public
places ~
Which was read the first time
The constitutional rule being suspended by
q four-tifths affirmative vote of the Senate, the
bill was placed on its second reading and re-
ferred to the Committee ON tho Judiciary.
Mr.. George obtained unanimous consent to
introduce at this time without previous no
tice,
Senate bill No. 1903, entitled
An act declaring it misdemeanor to sell,
barter, exchange or otherwise dispose of any