The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-24

as per accompanying uul.
A. DELAVTGNE,
A. ESTOPfNAL,.
CHAS. GAUDET,
| GEO. WASHINGTON,
b. DAYRIES.
We submit House bill No. 10B Us minority
report.
w. M. WASHBURN,
J. M. WILLIAMS.
SUBSTITUTE OFFERED by THE COMMITTEE
Majority ON House bill No. At,
An act to authorize the reopening Of Bayou
Plaquemine TO navigation.
| SECTION /. Be IL enaeted by The Se,,nte and
| House of Representatives. Of The State Of Lou-
| isidna, IN Generdt Assembly c0npened, Tint
| Bayou Plauuemine, In the parish Of Ibsrville,
be declared q nayigabe stream, and that the
| Board Of State Engineers be directed TO re-
| move the dam across the mouth therepfin the
| town Of Plaquernine on or before the first day
| Of January 1879.
SEo. .. BE II further enacted, .etc.. That this
act shall take effect from and after Its passage.
| Mr.. Martin moved that the report and sub
stitute be adopted.
| Mr.. Carville moved to postpone tho further
consideration of the report, bill and substitute
indefinitely.
And on this motion Mr. Waslburn moved
the previous question.
| The cali for the previous question was sec
onded by the House by Il rising vote Of II
| yeas-nays not counted.
| On the motion TO postpone indefinitely the
| yeas and nays were called for by Mr.. Martin,
with the following result:
| Messrs. AIdge, Breard, Burton, Brown, Bar
| ron Bosey, Brady, Brooks, Buck, Berry,
| Bell, Billle1, Briee, Carloss, Carville, Cressy,
Como, Drnry, burden, Drew, Dickinson ,t,l
Gaskins, Graoien, Holt, Hammond. H.; M
Johnson, Robert johnson, Kennedy Renting,
Kelly Of Orleans, Kern, Lyons Leeds, Leon
ard Of Caddo, Lamars, Lewis, Lea, M 1ilts
Randolph Role, Raby, souer, Shakespeare
Spiler, Semmes, Stagg, Stewart. Sellers
| Smart. Taylor. Tolliver Tremoulet, Toler
Vance, Watson. Washburn, Warmoth,, Walker
Wood, Wise, Williams, Young Of Claiborne
| and Young of East Baton Rouge-75.
Nays-Messrs. Bridger, Bowden, Cole, Del
avipne Desparais, D'Avy, CAN'T. Gillespie,
Hahn, Hill Of Ascension, Kelly Of VIM, Ma
gloire, Martin, Means, Nunez, Richardson
W M9at9n a9% asd W SPslsaon SELL S0'rh
Motion to postpone indefinitely was carried
Mr. Carvlle moved to reconsider the vott
Just taken, AMI on his own motion the mo
ton to reconsider was laid on the table.
MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR.
EXECUTIVE DEPAgTMEs !
| State of Louisiana.
| New Orleans. January a. 1878.
Hon. Louis Bush, Speaker of the House Of Rep
| resentatives:
/ have the honor to transmit to You
with the request that you will lay before tn
honorable body over which You preside, tn
following reports, to wit:
Report Of tho Auditor Of Public Accounts.
Report Of the State Treasurer.
| Report Of the Secretary Of State.
| II yt,,tt, n nr rI ff trf,I n
isiaua State Peniteutiary.
Report Of the Board of Administrators o
the Charity Hospital.
Report Of the Board Of Administrators o
the Insane Asylum.
| Report Of the Trustees Of the Louisiana In
stitution for Deaf and Dumb.
Report of the Institution for the Blind.
Report OF the State Library.
| Report of the Board Oh Liquidation.
! ain respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
FRANCIS T. NICHOLS,
Governor Of Louisiana.
Mr.. Young, Of Claiborne, moved that thu
rules be suspended, In order to take up
House bill No. 1853.
IAN act making an appropriation for tn
mileage and per diem and contingent expense
of the General Assembly for the regular ses
sion Of 1878; TO provide a mode OF obtaining
funds for the same and the manner Of dis
bursement,"
Being substitute for House bill No 1G.
By rising vote Of IS yeas to Is nays, tn
motion to suspend the rules was carried.
The bill was taken up on its second reading
Mr. Young, of Claiborne, moved to suspend
the rule of the House requiring the House t
resolve itself into % committee Of the Who'll
for the consideration of bill involving an ap
preparation.
Mr.. Lyons raised the point Of order, tina
the House could not suspend this rule withou
giving one days notice.
The Speaker ruled the motion Of Mr.. Young
Of Claiborne, to be in order, and the motion
! by rising vote of " yeas to 20 nays, was car
RED and the rules were suspended.
, Mr.. Leeds in the chair.D
Mr. Lyons moved that the bill be referred Il
the Committee on the Judiciary,
Which motion, on the motion OF Mr.. Young
of Claiborne, was laid upon the table.
Mr. Young, of Claiborne, moved that the bill
be adopted on its second reading, and on thi
, motion he called for the previous question.
The Speaker (Mr. Leeds in the chair rule'
that the motion was out Of order, and that tn
: bill must be taken up and read section by sec
ton.
Section was read.
Mr.. Lyons moved to amend this section b.
, striking out in lines four and five the word
tone hundred and fifty thousand" and insert
; ing in lieu thereof the words zone hundre
, and eleven thousand
Mr.. Bush offered as a substitute for tn
: whole bill and amendment,
bill entitled,
9 "An act making an appropriation for tn
] payment OF the per diem and mileage Of tn
members of the General Assembly, and of tn
contingent expenses thereof, for the sesslo
7 commencing the seventh of January, 1873, TO
the contingent expenses Of the Board Of Liqui
, dation, and for the salaries Of the first quar-
7 ter Of the year 1875 from January to Marc
81, of the constitutional officers Of the State
: amounting to two hundred and thirty thou
sand eight hundred and seventy-fve dollars