The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-01
nHroRrs OF Committees LYING OVER.

Senate bill No. 49, entitled
AN act to provide for appeals In criminal
cases, to fix the return day Of such appeals,
and to limit the time within which such au-
peals may be granted, and to provide for the
trial of such cases by preference in the Su--
preme Court"
1.-THE President of the Senate in the chair.I
The hour of 1880 p. IN. having arrived.
the special order for that hour being
Senate bill No. 81, entitled
IAN act to organize and re-establlsh Bu-
reau of Immigration; to prescribe the duties
and powers thereof; to provide for the ex-
penses OF the same, and granting certain
rights to immigrants
Was taken up.
On motion of Mr.. Boatner the special order
was postponed until 1 o'clock.
On motion of Mr.. Goode, Senate bill No. SO
was taken ae engrossed and passed to it's
third reading.
Mr.. Dersas rnpved that the further eonsid~
Grafton of tho bill be postponed until Februa-
ry 49,
On motion OF a9r White that motion was
| laid on the tabe
| Mr.. Dem4 moyPi that the constitutional
| rule be suspended in order to read the bill tho
| third time and OH that motion called for the
yeas and nays.
The roll being called resulted as follows:
Yeas - Meesrs. Boatner. Breaux, Bryant.
Dueros, George, Goode, Grover, Kelly. Lam
Richardson, sandiford, Stubbs, Texada.
Wheeler and Whte-19.
Nays-Messrs. Burch, Cage, Demas, Du-
t oDa ftwiteh he'll Wakefield and YonngS1a.
Absent-Messrs Allan, Ellis, Stamps, Ste
ven and Zacharie-5.
| And the constitutional rule was not st1s-
pended.
| The report of the Judiciary Committee ON
| Senate bill No. 16, entitled
| can act to authorize the police juries OF GER
tain parishes Of this State to levy special
| tax" etc,
| Favorably, by substitute, entitled
Senate bill Nos7,
San act to authorize and require the polics
juries of all parishes of this State where there
exists any indebtedness created prior to Janu-
airy 1, 1877, the payment Of which Is not now
provided for by special law, to examine and
inquire into the legality and validity Of all
such warrants and certificates OF indebted
ness" etc,
1 L.
and made the special order for Friday next at
| / o'clock,
| And it was so ordered.
House bill No. 81, entitled
"An act authorizing the Board OF State En-
gineers to use the unexpended balance OF the
two-thirds of the three mill levee tax collecti-
BILE in 1878, placed to the credit OF the said
board by section 9, act No. 139, extra sessionof
1877; also to provide for payment OF necessary
travelling expenses OF said board"
Was taken up under the favorable report OF
the Committee on Lands and Levees.
On motion OF Mr.. Boatner the bill was or
dered read the third time
Mr.. Boatner moved that the constitutional
rule be suspended and the bill read the third
time.
MI Harper demanded the yeas and nays
The roll being called resulted as follows:
Yeas-Messrs Boatner, BreauK, Bryant
Burch, Demas, Dueros, Garland, George, Gln.
6Donne Gr9 Ogden f Perkins Richsrdson Rob-
, Texada, Twitchel1, Wakefield, Wheeler, White
and Young-29.
Absent-Messrs. Alain Cage, Ellis, Steven
| and Zacharie-5.
And the constitutional rule was suspended
On motion Of Mr.. Boatner the bill was read
the third time and finally passed, its title was
J adopted. and it was ordered to be sent to thG
House for concurrence.
| Mr.. Boatner moved to reconsider the vote
, by which House bill No. 81 was finally passed.
and on his own motion the motion to recon-
, slider was laid on the table.
"House Concurrent Resolution relative tn
the New Canal, New Basin and New Canal
shell road
Was taken up under the favorable report OF
the Committee on Canals, Drainage and In
land Navigation.
On motion Of Mr.. O'Donnell the resolution
was adopted.
E House bill No. 124, entitled
GAN act to amend and re-enact section 8 OF
act No A Of the regular session Of 1877, en-
: titled AN act relative to jures In and for the
State of Louisiana, parish Of Orleans except
| ed; to determine the qualifications OF jurors
to exempt certain persons from serving aa
jurors; to provide for a jury commission In
| each parish; to prescribe the manner of pro-
r curing a general venire, and OF drawing
iuries; to give certain discretionary powers
e to the district Judges to provide for the SUM
moning of jurors; to compel their attendance;
for their compensation; taxing jury costs in
j. civil jury cases,
Was taken up under the unfavorable report
o. of the Committee ON the Judiciary, and ON
motion of Mr. Wheeler the bill was indefinite
! ly postponed.
The special order, being Senate bill No ST.
u Was taken up.
NJ Mr.. Goode moved that the bill be taken as
engrossed and passed to its third reading.
On motion Of Mr.. Demas the Senate went
~ into executive session.
Executive session was raised.
MR. Allan in the chair.|
, On call of the roll the following Senators