The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-22
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
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FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
REGULAR SESSION OF 1919.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,.
eleventh Days Proceedings.

The House was called to order ut II o'clock
m. Present:
Hon. Louis Bush. Speaker and Messrs.
Aldige. Aycock, Breard, Burton, Bgwden,
brown, Oar, Barron BARRETT g glss t brIeay,
5 Bapohf cpssay De Como R Cole betese
f BSio"kinasen,' s plnikrrsyya, besnarais, DAvy
Deioie Duke, Estopinal, Tobbb, Fltzpatrick
Can't Gary Hahn, Holt. Hlqq t,,aa Has,.
Remedy, Keetlng, Kelly Of VIM, Kelly Of Or
leans, Kidd Lyons Leonard Of Cadtiy,. Leon
hard of Orleans Lea, Maglolre, Martin.
Means, Million, Mcaehee, Newsoln, N,lne5.
Porter pstalta Pitts Rehardgao aia hfHl s,,a
ssSses n hsstesps Self hss nse 4 sR ssxs
Stewart, Sellers. smart, Taylor, .,Iolliyers
Tretuoulet, Toler, Vance, yoorhles, Watsn!ang,
ton, Watson, Washbufn, WOOD, wise, Wllaei
Williams, Young Of Claiborne and Young vi
East Baton Rouge
Ninety-three members and q quorum
present
Prayer was offered by the Rev. Or. Pefcival
The journal Of the eighteenth was adopted.
On motionof Mr.. Mciehee, leave Of absence
for three days was granted r. II. Ryland
from Monday next
PETITIONS. MEMORIALS AND RESOLUTIONS.
MIR. Kelly called up theresolution presented
by him ON yesterday
Reaoiped. That under provisions Of the
oct Of 1879 the Committee ON Railroads be ati-
thorize1 30 employ q clerk, provided his com
peiisation shall be subject to the future action
Of the House.
Mr. Ryland moved 10 amend az follows, by
inserting after ths word "for the time actually
employed not exceeding four dollars per day.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick moved to ameud by strik-
ing out the words "the COMMITTEES on Rail
roads," and inserting In lieu thereof the words
tall committees Of the House" and that the
words ia clerk, In the third line, be changed
30 clerks"
On the motion Of Mr.. Smart, the amend
ment was laid on The table.
On motion Of Mr.. Kelly, Of VIM, by rising
vote Of fifty-three yeas 10 thirty4fonr nays,
the resolution as amended was adopted, read
Ing as follows
Resotped That under the provisions Of act
| of 1874 the COMMITTEES ON Railroads be atl-
| thorized 10 employ D clerk, provided bis com
uensatpn will be subject to the future action
of this House, for the time actually employed,
at a rate not exceeding four dollars per diem
Mr.. Kern called up the following resolution
Be II resolved bv The House q. Representa-
tites of the State of Louisiana, That The Com.
mittee Of Elections and Qualifications be and
arc hereby instructed to have oil evidence
taken before and by them In oil contested
cases printed In pamphlet form, In eaeh case
and given TO eaeh member prior 70 taking up
any case to seat or nhseat any OIL the CONTEST
| ants.
On motion Of Mr.. Ryland the resolution VIVA
laid on the table.
Mr.. Young presented memorial OF p
Lane, for compensation as employee in thu
State institution for the Blind.
Referred TO the COMMITTEES on Claims.
Mr.. Lyons presented Concurrent Resolu
ton
ITO authorize the Joint Special Com mittet
on Constitutional Amendments to employ {
clerk, and fixing bis compensation"
Under suspension Of the rules, the Join
Resolution was adopted by q rising vote Of 7!
yeas TO nays, and ofdered to be sent to TIN
| Senate.
Mr. Bridger presented memorial from TIN
Police Jury of Caldwell parish asking fo
authority TO levy special Tux to pay thu
claim of T. J. Broadway, late sheriff OF sait
parish.
Referred to the Committee on Parochia
Affairs.
Mr.. VOORHEES, presented O resolution In ref
erence to the veterans of 1914 and 1916, Oh
| follows:
| Reaolrsd. That the Committee ON Appro
| priations be requested to investigate the mat
| ter of the relief due under the constitution Il
| the veterans Of 1914 and 1916, and to repor
upon the same to this House
The resolution was taken up, and under q
suspension Of the rules was adopted.
Mr.. Buck asked and obtained leave to with
draw his
Joint Resolution, entitled
"Preambleand Joint Resolutions protesting
against the seating Of VIM. Pitt Kellogg M
United States Senator from this State ant
the rejection Of the Hon. II. M. Spofford, WHIT
was duly elected by this Legislature to repre-
sent the State OF Louisiana in the Unitet
States Senate"
Mr.. DeLaey called up the following resolu
ton:
Resolued, That all resolutions denuneiator.
Of the United States Senate for admitting al
one OF It's members Hon. w. p. Kellogg as
| Senator from this State be introduced durinl
| this week, and that no such resolutions b.
allowed to be introduced from and after Sat
urday next.
| On the motion of Mr.. Lea, by risinl
vote Of fifty-nine yeas to thirty-one nays, tn
resolution was tabled.
Mr.. Wilde presented the following resolu
| ton:
Whereas, the subject Of levees Is Of para
| mount interest to the State of Louisiana, thou
sands of acres of richest lands being rendered
useless by overflow; and,
Whereas, the State alone is unable, with tn
resources at it's command, to repair them
and
whereas, they were cut by, the national gov
eminent during the war, and since then moth
ing has been done on its part looking TOWARD
| their repair; therefore be 1t
Resotued That our Representatives in Con
gress be urged to press the immediate passag
Of the present levee bill before that body; 1t
Importance to the commercial interests of thi
State being second to none other
Lies over under the rules.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Jonas ON behalf of the Committee OF
the Judiciary, submitted the following re
port:
| COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY