The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-17
on the differences between the two houses o.
House bill No. 40, entitled
San net making apprOpriati ions" etc.,

said amendments, viz: Strike out lines 271 to
ISL, inclusive, and insert In lieu thereof the
following words: appropriation for the
Secretary Of State for The purchase Of forty
copies each of the twenty seventh, twenty.
eighth and twenty ninth Louisiana Annual
Reports for exchange only with other States,
$780,
Third That the Senate recede from Its
amendment to strike out lines 378, 379, $50,
| 3s1, 3s2, 1888, 334, 1856 and 1856.
Fourth-That the House Insist on it's
amendment In line rs, and recommend the
| insertion Of the figures $3.50 in lieu Of $500
the House ecede ana agree to all the
Fifth. That the words forty-two thousand
| dollars be added to the item OF Senate amend
| ments for estate printing" the same having
been been omitted through a clerical error.
w. A. ROBERTSON,
Chairman Senate Committee.
r. b. LYONS,
Chairman House Committee
Mr. Robertson moved that the report be
adopted.
Mr.. Garland moved substitute that the
propositions contained In the report be taken
UP in detail, which motion prevailed, and the
report was taken up and adopted In detail
| On motion Of Mr. Robertson the rules were
suspended to allow him to introduce at this
time the following resolution:
Resotued, That the Secretary Of the Senate
is hereby authorized and directed to return to
J. b. Beattie all papers In his possession rela-
tive to the claim OF }. b. Beattie.
On motion Of Mr.. Robertson the rules were
suspended to consider the resolution at this
time, and it was adopted.
Bya rising vote Of IL yeas to 10 nays, Mr..
Young was granted permission to change his
vote from Eyes" to "no" on the apportion-
ment bill passed yesterday.
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING.
Senate bill No. A.
can act to incorporate the Louisiana Vest
ern Railroad Company
Was read the third time.
On motion of Mr. Garland the bill was
finally passed, and its title adopted, and the
bill ordered to be sent to the House for con-
currence. .-
Mr. Garland moved to reconsider the vote
by which Senate Dill No. IA was finally passed.
and on his own motion the motion to recon-
slider was laid on the table.
Senate bill No. 10, entitled
"An act to incorporate the Red River and
Mississippi Railroad Company"
Was read the third time.
Mr.. George moved that the bill be finally
passed. and demanded the previous question.
Mr.. Demas demanded the yeas and nays on
ordering the main question
The roll being called resulted as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Breaux, Cage, Ducros, Ellis,
Garland, George, Goode, Grover, Harper, Kel-
", Mitchell, Ogden, Richardson, Robertson,
Sandiford, Texada, Twitchei, Wheeler, White
Young and Zacharie-N.
Nays Messrs. Allan, Bryant, Burch, De-
mas, ella, Stamps and Sutton.
Absent Messrs. Boatner, Dumont Landry,
O'Donnell, Perkins, Steven, Stubbs and
Wailes-8.
And the main question was ordered.
Mr.. Demas demanded the yeas and nays Oh
the final passage Of the bill.
The roll being called resulted as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Breaux, Ducros, Ellis, Gar
land George, Goode, Grover. Kelly, Mitchell,
Ogden, Perkins, Richardson, Robertson, San
dif9rd, Texada, Twitchell, Wheeler, White
Nays Messrs. Allan, Bryant, Burch, Cage,
Demas, Ola, Harper, Stamps, Sutton and
Absent-Messrs. Boatner, Dumont, Landry,
O'Donnell, Steven, Stubbs and Wailes.-7.
And the bill was finally passed, and its title
adopted
Mr.. George moved to reconsider the vote by
which Senate bill No. 10 was finally passed,
and on his own motion the motion to recon-
slider was laid on the table.
HOUSE BILLS ON FIRST READING.
House bill No. So,
can act making an appropriation to pay the
per diem of the members of the General AS
sembly of the State OF Louisiana, the salaries
of the State officers and employees, and the
contingent expenses thereof, for the extra ses-
sion commencing March 8, 1875 to be obtained
and disbursed as hereinafter provided, and
providing that any deficiency that may exist
in the appropriation for the expenses of the
General Assembly for the regular session of
1878 shall be supplied out Of the appropriation
made in this act" .
Was read the first time.
The constitutional rule being suspended by
a four-fifths affirmative vote Of the Senate, the
bill was placed on it's second reading and re-
ferred to the Committee on Finance.
On motion Of Mr.. Garland the Secretary
was instructed to take the original of Senate
bill No. IA to the House for concurrence.
Mr.. Texada obtained leave of absence for
two hours for Mr.. Stubbs, to allow him to
attend to committee work. u
Mr.. Texada called up the following:
Concurrent Resolution proposing an amend
ment to the constitution of the State of
Louisiana.
Be 1t resolved by the Senate, the House of
Representatives of the State of Louisiana con-
curing (two-thirds of the members of each
house agreeing theretol, That the following
be proposed and entered upon the
respective Journals Of the Senate and House Of
Representatives, with the yeas and nays taken
thereon, and the Secretary Of State shall
cause the same to be published three months
before the next general election for Repre-
sentatives to the General Assembly la at
least one newspaper in every parish of the |
State In which newspaper shall be pub
llshed, and said proposed amendment shall be
submitted to the people at the same time and
In the manner as other proposed amendments |
adopted by the General Assembly at the reg
ular session OF 1878
AMENDMENT.
Strike out the first part of article 142 of
the constitution of 1868, which reads: "a |