The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-12
second Days Proces dlngs.

Hon. Louis Bush, Speaker, and Mess a,7
Breard, Brice Bridger Billieu, Brooks, Bow
den, Bosley, Buck, Carloss Carvl!e Cressy,
Como, Cole, D'Avy, De Lacy, De ane Drew'
EstopinaI, Fitzpatrick, Gary. Gaskins, GAY,
det. Gracien, Gillespie, Hill Of Ascension, Hill
of Orleans, Huntington. Ell NJ. Johnson, k fa,y
of Orleans, Keeting, Leeds, Leonard Oh oiuuo
Porter, Randolph Romero, Routon. H lyy,n'
Sartain Shakespeare. Stage, Self, Sellers,
Semmes, Singleton, Spiller, Taylor, Ir M
let Toliver w4noe wo9ghew W1lHer VIE
Wood Young OF Claiborne, Young OF East
Baton Rouge.
Seyenty-six members and quorum.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. DR.. Percival,
Chaplain Of the House.
The Speaker announced that the commit
toes of the House for the regular session
were reappointed, without change for this
extra session.
On motion of Mr.. Vance leave OF absence
for eight days was granted to Mr.. burden
Mr.. Fitzpatrick moved that the resolution
offered by him yesterday be adopted, as fol-
lows:
Reaolped, That the members of the House
of Representatives OF this General Assembly
without compensation.
Mr.. Dinkgrave moved to amend by adding
the words "and the members from this city
shall furnish board to the members from the
country
Mr.. Hill. of Ascension, moved that the res
olution be referred to the Committee on Con-
| tingent Expenses.
| The motion was laid upon the table.
hat NlA ,bf,In G11b
matter be laid upon the table, and on that
motion Mr. Fitzpatrick called for the yeas
and nays, with the following result:
Yeas-Hon. Lous Bush, Speaker, and
Messrs. Aldige, Barron, Brady, Brice Bridlger,
Billieu, Carloss, Caryille, Cole, Davidson,
| D'Avy, Dayres, Dejoie, Dclavigne, DE Lacy,
Drew, Dickinson, Dinkgrave, Duke, burden,
| Dupree, Estopinal, Gantt, Gary, Gaskins
Gandet, Gracien, Gillespie, Hill Of Ascension,
Kelly of VIM, Kelly OF Orleans, Kidd, Leeds,
Leonard Of Caddo, Leonhard OF Orleans,
Lewis, Magloire, Martin, Milon, Nunez, Pc
ralta Pitts, Porter Randolph d hGharason'
Snaer, Self, Semmes, Singleton. Taylor, Iol-
liver. Vance. VOORHEES,, Walker, Warmoth,
Washburn, Washington, Watson, Williams,
WISE Wood and Young OF East Baton
| Rouge-T.
Nays-Messrs. Aycock, Bell, Breard, Bow
den Bos,ey, Buck, Cressy, Detege, Fitz-
patrick, Hammond, Hill Of Orleans, Jonas,
keeting, Kennedy, Lyons, ,Newsom, Romero,
Stewart, Spiller, Iremoulet ana Young ol
Claiborne-22
The resolution was laid upon the table.
Mr.. Leonard, of Caddo, moved that the re.
solution offered by him yesterday be taken
up, as follows:
| Resolped. That q committee Of five be ap'
pointed by the Speaker to select bills from
| the calendar of the late session of the Genera
J Assembly, which properly refer to subjects o.
; legislation suggested In the message OF the
Governor concerning the extra session, VIII
authority to report any other bl!ls ON sucf
Rssoiped further, That all bills reported by
said committee shall have precedence ovel
other bills and be disposed OF as soon as prac
ticable.
The resolution was adopted.
, The Speaker appointed the committee, az
, follows: Messrs, Leonard, ofoCaddo, Hill
Bridger Gaskins and Lyons.
Mr.. Warmoth asked and obtained leave II
withdraw from the calendar the bill offere'
by him, being
House bill No. 7. entitled
% can act to incorporate the Louisiana West
ern Railroad Company"
Mr.. Leonard, of Caddo offered the follow
! ing resolution:
y Resolved, That u committee of five mem
~ bers be appointed to draft a bill for const1
. tutional convention, to be assembled as soon d
practicable
: Mr.. VOORHEES, moved that the resolutio
offered by him on yesterday, as follows:
Resolyed, That the bill entitled can act az
Forthcoming the State into Representative an
Senatorial Districts, and amending and rt
s enacting section l of act No. l, approved ya1
: uary 81 1876" be made the preference blll
~ hot will a. the nrppt
dence over all other business on the calenda
+ and that it may be called up at any time o
motion. o
Be adopted.
Mr.. Keeting, rising to a point OF orde
t. claimed that no bill could, by motion or res
luton, have preference over bills named
N the Governors proclamation calling tn
= extra session.
The Chair declined ruling in the premises
for the reason that it was point OF La
rather than point of order. @
q Mr. Kennedy moved to postpone the furth
u consideration of the resolution until Thur
n day next.
On this motion Mr.. Keeting called for tt
yeas and nays, with the following result:
Yeas-Messrs. Barron, Barrett, BROOK
Brown, Bosley, CarvilIe, Cole, Davidso
D. D'Avy, Dayries, Deioie, De Lacy, Desmara1
Betsss Pfew A Rn K ases Ga1
to Re eet1 1g Kennedy, Leonard q caddo Lew
Maglore, Milon, Raby, Snaer, SteWal
semmes, Toliver, Warmoth, Washlngt
and Watson-40; eoo,-o =,
dae h kgeee H Brady sBBe s Bea4
n Briee Briggs Brdger, Bliieu, Bowden, Bue
ne Carloss, Cressy, Delavigne Duke. Dupr1e
Gaskins, Gillespie, Hammond, =, Hill 81 I;s
IL Kelly Of Orleans, Kidd, Lamare, Leee
Leonhard of Orleans, Lyons, Martin, Ne
som, Nunez, Peralta, Pitts, Porter; Rand e,
Richardson, Role, Ryland,. sartain, sh "a
speare, Stage, Self, Sellers, Singleton, Splli'
m Taylor, Tremoulet, VOORHEES,, WashbuI
wilde, Williams, Wise, Wood, Young OF u
H. borne and Young OF East Baton Rouge-57.
The motion to postpone was lost.