The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-01

ALBERT VUURHl ELS,
Chairman Committee ON Railroads.
The above entitled House bill No 17s was,
on motion of Mr.. VOORHEES,, taken UP, and, in
accordance with the recommendation OF the
Committee on Railroads, was referred to the
Committee ON the Judiciary.
NOTICE OF BILLS.
The following named members gave notice
that they would at some future day introduce
the following entitled bills:
BY Mr.. Hahn:
"An act TO compensate the electors from
this State whose votes we're cast for President
Hayes
BY Mr.. Stewart:
San act to amend and re4enact section OF
an act entitled AN act for the protection of
game animals and birds in the State OF Lou
isiana,' approved April ID, 1877
BY Mr.. Snaer:
Gan act to amend and re-enaet sections Al
and AZ Of act No. &c. approved April 20, 1871
Also,
"An act to incorporate the town of New
Iberia, In the parish Of Iberia"
BILLS INTRODUCED.
The following named members introduced
blS ItHoNUlE GuUtuiSu blliS, WHICH, "
suspension of the rules, underwent their first
and second readings, and were referred to
committees respectively, as follows:
By Mr.. Drury:
House bill No. 236,
"An act to amend and re-enaet section Of
act No. 81, approved March "a, 1876, entitled An
act to provide an annual pension for the sur
vivlng veterans Of the war OF 1912 to 1876" etc.
To the Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. Aycock:
House bill No. 237,
sentative District of the parish Of Orleans
into two Representatives. districts, and fixing the
number of Representatives to which each shall
be entitled
To the Committee ON the Judiciary.
BY Mr. Wilde:
Joint Resolution, House bill No. 1885,
Be 1t resotyed by The Senate and House of
Representations Of, the State Of Louisiana,
IN General Assembly conuened, That our
Senator in Congress be instructed, and our
Representatives be requested to use oil proper
means to obtain adequate appropriations for
the completion Of Che public surveys and
necessary resurveys In the State OF Louisiana,
and for the bringing up OF the work 80 long
States Surveyor General In Louisiana
said surveys, resuryeys and office work very
seriously affecting the prosperity and prop
erty OF the State and her people.
The bill underwent It's first reading.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
The following message was received from
the Senate:
SENATE CHAMBER, |
New Orleans. January 80, 1878.
To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
House OF Representatives:
I am directed to inform your honorable
body that the Senate has finally passed and
requests your concurrence in the following
Senate bills, viz:
Senate bill No 20, entitled
IAN act to incorporate the town OF Houmay'
etc.
Senate bill No. 80. entitled
IAN act granting corporate privileges to the
inhabitants OF the town OF Napoleonville, in
the parish OF Assumption, and to provide for
the government of the affairs thereof"
Senate bill No go, entitled
"An act requiring parish judges to keep
their offices at the parish seat. etc.
Also, to inform your honorable body that
the Senate has finally passed
House bill No. 15s, entitled
An act making an appropriation for the
mileage and per diem and contingent expenses
of the General Assembly, the salaries Of the
officers and employees of the General Assem-
bly,, etc
Respectfully, etc, $685..
JOHN CLEGG,
Secretary of the Senate.
A further message was received from the
Senate, as follows:
SENATE CHAMBER, /
New Orleans. January 80 1878. !
To the Honorable Speaker and Members OF the
House OF Representatives:
am directed to inform your honorable
body that the Senate has concurred in
House bill No. 81, entitled
IAN act authorizing the Board Of State. En-
gineerS to use the unexpended balance of the
two-thirds Of the three mill levee tax, collect
ible in 1878, placed to the credit Of the said
board by section 8, act No t39, extra session
of 1877; also, to provide for payment of neces-
sary travelling expenses OF said board"
Also, in House Concurrent Resolution,
~ Relative to the New Canal, New Basin and
New Canal Shell Road"
And the President of the Senate has ap-
pointed the following committee. under the
resolution, viz:
Senators Fl. b. Ogden and w. A. Robert
Respectfully,
JOHN CLEGG,
Secretary Of the Senate.
The Speaker appointed on joint committee
to examine into the condition of the New
Canal, New Basin and New Canal Shell Road
on the part Of the House, Messrs. Berry Brady
and Fitzpatrick.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
House bill No. 81,
can act relative to the charter Of the New
Orleans Waterworks Company, and amending
act No. IS Of the extra session of 1877, approved
March 81, 1877"
Being the unfinished business of Yesterday
was taken up pending the motion Of Mr.
Berry calling the previous question.
MIR. Lyons In the chair.l
Mr.. Tremoulet moved that this bill be made
the special order Of the day for tomorrow at
/ o'clock D. m.
Mr. Drury offered to amend by making 1t
the special order Of the day for next Wednes.
day, the sixth of February, at Q p. N.
Mr. VOORHEES, moved to lay Mr.. Drury's mo-
ton on the table.
Mr. Drury called for the yeas and nays, with
the following result:
Yeas-Hon. Louis Bush, Speaker; and
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