The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-01
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
STATE or LOUISIANA.

REGULAR SESSION OF 1878.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,.
Nineteenth Days Proceedings.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,.
New Orleans. Tuesday. January 20. 1878. J
The House was called to order at Ia o'clock
III. Present.
Hon. Louis Bush, Speaker, and Messrs. Al
dige Bridger, Breard, Burton, Bowden, Brown,
Barron, Barrett, Bosey, Brady, Brooks,
Buck, Berry, Bell, Billieu, Briee, Carloss, Car
yille, ,Cressy, Como, Cole, Detiege burden,
payegb Rvs BSte Drf ppre a
topinal, Fobb. Fitzpatrick, Forester, Gatdet,
Can't, Gary, Gaskins Gillespie Gracien,
Hahn, Hill of Ascension, Hill d Orleans, Holt
Huntington, Hammond, IT, M. johnson, Rob
ert Johnson, Kennedy, Keeting, Kelly Of VIM,
Of Orleans, Lamare. Lewis, Lea, Maglolre, Mar
tin. Means, Million, McGehee, Newsom, Nunez,
Porter, Peralta,. Pitts. Richardson, Ryland,
Routon, Randolph, Role, Singleton. Self,
Taylor. folliyer, Tremoulet, Toler,. VOORHEES,,
Vance. Washington, Watson, Washburn,
Walker, Wood, Wise, Wilde, Williams, Young
Of Claiborne and Young OF East Baton
Absent Messrs. Aycock, Briggs, Drury,
Kern. Kidd, Leonard Of Caddo, McMillen
Romero, Raby, Souer, Shakespeare, Semmes,
Steele and Warmotn-19.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. DR.. Per-
cival
The journal Of January % was approved.
On the motion OF Mr.. Bell, leave Of absence
for one day was granted to Mr.. Briggs.
On the motion Of Mr.. Ryland, leave Of alb
sence for four days from Thursday next was
granted to Mr.. McGehee.
On the motion Of Mr.. Young, Of East Baton
Rouge leave OF absence was granted to Mr..
Brooks for four days from Thursday next.
On motion OF Mr.. Lyons the leave of alb
sence granted to Mr.. De Lacy was extended
to February2.
PETITIONS, MEMORIALS AND RESOLUTIONS.
Mr.. Huntington presented the memorial of
the holders Of the bonds of the New Or
leans. Mobile and Texas Railroad Company,
praying that the General Assembly make
provision for fulfilling the obligations Of the
State.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
MIR. Leonhard, OF Orleans, presented the
memorial Of Charles Hemard Edward s..
Levy, H. l.. Levonies, FL. L. Smith, Jr.,
Thomas Lunn and others, proprietors Of cot
ton piekerles, asking for reduction Of license.
Referred to the Committee ON Ways and
Means.
Mr.. Lea called up the following resolution:
Resolved That the Committee on Enroll
number of clerks In their employ, and the
actual number necessary TO perform the cler-
ical duties Of said committee.
A suspension of the rules being granted, Mr..
Lea moved that the resolution be adopted.
On this motion a rising vote resulted as fol-
lows:
Yeas, 2s; nays, 25s -."-~
No quorum voting call Of the House was
ordered, as follows:
Hon. Louis Bush, Speaker, and Messrs
Aldige, Bridger, Breard, Burton, Bowden,
Brown, Barron, Billieu, Bosley, Brady Buck,
Berry, Bell, Brice, Carloss, .Cressy, Como,
Cole, Detiege, Drury, burden, Davidson, Day
Duke Dupre, Estopinal, Fobb, Fitzpatrick,
Forester, Gaudet Can't, Gary, Gaskins, Gill
lespie. Gracien Hahn, Hill Of Ascension, Holt,
Huntington, Jones, Il. M. johnson, Robert
Johnson, Kennedy, Keeting, Kelly Of Winn,
Orleans Lamare, Lewis, Lea, Magloire, Mar
tin, Means, Milon, McGehee, Newsom, Nunez,
Porter, Peralta, Pitts. Richardson, Ryland,
Routon, Randolph, Role, Raby, Souer, Sim
&1eJOn, sell, onAeT, CpllleI, oeInIneS, DEiRR,
Stewart, Sellers, Smart, Taylor, Tolliver.
Tremoulet, Toler,. VOORHEES,, Vance, Wash
ington, Watson, Washburn, Walker, Wood,
Wise, Williams, Young Of Claiborne and
Young Of East Baton Rouge-9s.
Absent Messrs. Aycock, Barrett, Brooks,
Briggs. Carville De Lacy, Dinkgrave, Des-
marais, Dejoie, Hill of Orleans Hammond,
Jonas, Kern, Kidd, Leonard of Caddo, Me-
Millen, Romero, Shakespeare, Steele, War
moth and Wilde-21.
The motion to adopt was carried.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick presented communication
from the chairman Of the committee on fur
niture of the Board of Directors Of the New
Orleans Public Schools, applying for the
donation Of old desks lately used by members
of the House for the benefit OF the public
schools.
Referred to the Committee ON Public Eduea-
ton.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick offered the following reso-
luton:
Rssolved, That the Committee ON City At
fairs be required to report ON House bill No. s
on Thursday, January 81, 1873.
On his motion to suspend the rules to take
up the resolution, a rising vote was taken, re-
suiting as follows: Yeas, Is; nays, 50.
The House refused to suspend the rules.
Mr.. Lyons offered the following resolution:
RESOLVED, Thata committee, to be composed
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