The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-11
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, MONDAY MARCH Il 1878.

the Secretary OF the Senate be instructed TO
notify the House Of Representatives that the
senate would be ready to adjourn at IL
o'clock.
The motion was adopted.
The President appointed Messrs. Grover,
Denas and Perkins as the committee.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.
The following message was received from
the House, -~..
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
New Orleans March T. 1878.
To the Honorable President and Members OF
/. am directed to inform your honorable
body that the House has concurred in the
following Senate bills
Senate bill NJ 127
IAN act authorizing and directing the police
jury Of the several parishes to levy. impose
and collect taxes for expenses of criminal pro-
ceedings," etc.
IAN act to authorize and direct the Louisi-
ana Board OF Trustees Of the American Print
Ing house for the Blind to pay certain funds
into the State Treasury" etc.
Senate bill No. go,
"An act TO authorize and empower the Po-
lice Jury Of the parish Of Murehouse to abate
or remit the amount of certain forfeited
bonds
Respectfully, etc, --..---5..--.
IhlEIt " IltELE AM,
Chief Clerk.
On motion of Mr.. Sandiford the rules were
suspended in order to take up at this time
the resolution Relative to paying the extra
patrolmen employed about the State-House
during this session
Mr.. Sandlford moved the adoption of the
resolution.
Mr.. Demas demanded the yeas and nays.
The roll being called resulted as follows:
Yeas essrs. Breanx Bryant, Burch Cage
Demas, Dumont, Goode, Grover, Kelly. Mitch
ell, QDonnell, Sandiford, Sutton, Wheeler
and Young-15.
Nays-Messrs. Ducros, Garland, Ogden
White and zacharie-10. .
Absent Messrs, Allan, Boatner, Ellis,
George, Ola, Harper, Landry, Robertson
Stamps, Steven and Twitehell-~11.
And the resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Robertson. who was outside the bar
when the vote was taken, asked leave to have
his vote recorded on the resolution just
adopted, which was granted and he voted
mo"
Mr.. Robertson desired TO move a reconsid-
GRAFTON of the vote by which the resolution
was adopted.
The President ruled that not having been
present when the resolution was acted upon,
he could not In any way be entitled to move to
reconsider, since having his vote recorded by
the consent of the Senate afterward would in
no wise affect the resolution, but would simply
be record Of the Senator's intention If he had
been present.
Mr.. Grover moved to reconsider the vote by
which the resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Demas moved To lay that motion ON the
table.
The motion to lay on the table was lost.
The motion to reconsider prevailed
Mr.. Robertson moved to amend the resolu-
ton by striking out tone hundred dollars"
and inserting In lieu thereof 'fifty dollars
Mr.. ODonnell moved to lay the amendment
ON the table.
Mr.. Burch demanded the yeas and nays.
The roll being called resulted as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Bryant, Burch, Gage De-
mas, Dunont, Grover, O'Donnell. Sandiford
Sutton and Young-10.
Goode, Kelly. Mitchell, Ogden, Perkins, Rich
ardson, Robertson, Stubbs, Texada, WALES,
Wheeler and Iacharie-i5.
Absent Messrs. Allan, Boatner, Ellis,
George, ella, Harper Landry. Stamps, Steven,
l.
And the motion to lay the amendment on
the table was lost
Mr. Robertson moved the adoption of the
amendment
Mr.. Garland demanded the yeas and nays.
The roll being called resulted as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Allan, Breaux, Bryant,
BurYh. Gage. Demas. Ducros Dument,
Perkins, Richardson. Robertson, Sandiford,
stubbs, Sutton, Texada, Wales, Wheeler and
Young-2s.
Nays essrs Garland Grover and zaeha-
rie-3
Absent Messrs. Boatner. Ellis. George,
Ola, Harper, Landry, Stamps, Steven,
Twitchell and Whte-10;
And the amendment was adopted.
Mr.. Demas moved the adoption of the reso-
luton as amended.
Mr.. Perkins demanded the yeas and nays.
The roll being called resulted as follows:
Demas. Dumont, Goode, Kelly, Mitchell,
O'Donnell, Robertson, Sandiford, Stubbs, SUIT
ton, Texada, Wales, Wheelera and Young-1s
Nays-Messrs. Ducros, Garland, Grover,
Ogden. Perkins. Richardson and zacharie-7.
Absent Messrs. Boatner, Bryant. Ellis,
George. Gla.. Harper, Landry. Stamps, Ste-
ven, Twitehell and White-11.
And the resolution as amended was adopted.
Mr.. Demas moved to reconsider the vote
just TAKEN and on his own motion the motion
to reconsider was laid on the table.
Mr.. Robertson in the chair.l
On motion of Mr.. Texada the rules were
suspended to allow him to introduce, at this
time, the following resolution:
Reaolrcd That the thanks of the Senate be
rendered to the Lieutenant Governor for the
ability. uniform courtesy and imparbiality
with which he has presided over the delibera-
tons of the Senate. now drawing to close.
The resolution was unanimously adopted
by rising vote.
THE President of the Senate in the chair
On motion of Mr.. Wheeler, the rules were
suspended to allow him to introduce at this
time the following resolution:
Resolred That the thanks of the Senate
are due and rendered to the Secretary, As