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

REGULAR SESSION OF 1878.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Fffty.frst nays Proceedings.
HOUSE, or REPRESENTATIVES,,
New Orleans. March 7. 1878. J
Evening session.
rho House was called to order at 7 p. m.
Present:
Hon. Louis Bush. Speaker, and Messrs.
Aycock, Barbin, Barron, Barrett, Berry,
reard Bree Billisn, Brooks o Bowa nle
DAyy, Dayries, Delavigne, petiege, Diek i,
son. DInkgrave, Duke burden, Dupree, Es-
dopinal, Fvbb, Forester, CAN'T, Gary, Ga .s,
kins Gaudet, Gracien Gillespie, Hahn. HUI
i Jonas ns.t jones, Ii. NJ. johnson, Kelly Of Vim,
Kelly Of Orleans, Keeting, Kennedy, Kern,
Kidd, Lamare, Lea, Leonhard Of Orleans,
Lewis, Lyons, Maglloire, Martin, Milon'
Nunez, Pitts Porter, Randolph, kehe na
Stagg, Sell, Steele Stewart, Singleton, Spilier,
Taylor, Tremoulet, Tolliver Vance. VOORHEES,,
Walker, Warmoth, Washburn. Washington.
Watson, Williams, Wise, WOOD, Young %, o.
Claiborne and Young of East Baton Rouge-s6.
The journal Of the sixth was approved.
On the motion Of Mr.. Wise,
Senate bill No. IT'S.
IAN act to create q Board OIL hehieH u hhu
for the city of Shreveport"
Was taken up on its first reading passed to
its second reading and under suspension OF
The rules the bill was read a third time and
passed and the title was adopted.
Mr.. Wise moved to reconsider the vote Just
taken and on his own motion the motion to
econsder was laid upon the table.
On the motion Of Mr.. Stage,
Senate bill No. t27,
"Ap act authorizing and directing the police
turtles Of the several parishes to levy. impose
and collect taxes for expenses in criminal pro-
ceeuings, under the limitation of existing laws
on all property within the limits of their re-
spective parishes, including all property sit
uated within the limits of municipal corpora
tions; and repeating all laws or parts OF laws
by which any municipal corporation is exempt
from parish taxation for criminal expenses so
far m said laws are in conflict with the provis-
ions OF this act
Was taken up on first reading.
Mr., Lewis moved that the bill be indefinitely
postponed.
MFR. Stagg moved to lay the motion of Mr..
Lewis on the table. -.~.M
The motion to lay upon the table was car
ried.
The bill was passed to It's second reading,
and under a suspension of tho rules the bill
was read third time and passed, and the
title was adopted.
Mr.. Stage moved to reconsider the vote just
taken, and on his own motion the motion to
reconsider was laid upon tho table.
On motion of Mr.. Young, Of East Baton
Rouge,
Senate bill No. 141,
"An act 10 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, for the benefit Of the
Louisiana Institution for the Education of the
Blind and Industrial House for the Blind"
Was taken up ON its second reading under
the favorable report of the committee.
Under a suspension of the rules the bill was
read third time and passed, and the title was
adopted.
Mr.. Young. of Baton Rouge, moved to re-
consider the vote just taken. and on his own
motion the motion to reconsider was laid upon
the table.
House bill No. 279.
''An act to clean out Bayou Mccall. in the
priation of five thousand dollars, and for
other purposes
Was taken up under the unfavorable report
of the Committee on Canals and Drainage.
On the motion of Mr.. Young of Clai-
borne. the bill was indefinitely postponed.
House bill No. 2s3,
"An act to authorize and empower the
Police Jury of the parish of West Baton
Rouge to contract Indebtedness for the pur-
pose of building Il courthouse and Jail for
said parish, and to provide for its payment"
Was taken up under the unfavorable report
of the Committee on Parochial Affairs, and
on the motion of Mr. Younger Claiborne, the
bill was indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. keeting. rising to a point of order,
claimed that special orders assigned for GER
tain hours should have preference over local
bills called up in accordance with resolution
Of the House pertaining to evening sessions.
The Speaker ruled that special orders had
not the preference claimed
From this ruling Mr.. keeting appealed and
called for the yeas and nays.
The question was put
'Shall the decision of the Chair be held as
the Judgment of the House,"
Yeas-Messrs. Aldige, Aycock, Barbin, Bra
dy, Berry, Bell, Breard Brice, Briggs,
Bridger, Billeu, Brooks, Bowden, Brown,
Carloss, Carville Cressy, Como, Cole. Day
ries, Delavigne, De Lacy Drew, Duke, Es-
topinal, Forster, Gaskins Gaudet. Gillespie,
Hahn, Hammond, Holt, Huntington, Jonas,
Jones, Robert Johnson Kelly of Vim, Kelly
of Orleans, Kennedy, Kidd, Lamare Lea,
Leeds, Leonhard of Orleans, Lyons, Ma
gloire, Martin, Means Million, Newsom, Nu-
nez, Pitts. Porter, Randolph, Richardson,
Routon, Ryland, Sartain, Smart. Snaer
Stage, Self, Sellers. Steele, Singleton, Spiller,
Taylor, Tremoulet, Toliver, Vance, VOORHEES,,
Warmoth, Washbum, Washington, Wilde
Williams, Wise, Young of Claiborne and
Young of East Baton Rouge-7s.
D'Avy. Deioie, Detiege. Dinkgrave. burden,
Fobb CAN'T, Gary, Gracien, Hill of Ascen-
sion, Fl; Nj: Johnson, Keeting, Kern, Leonard