The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-27

No. and II Bins Nos SO s79 al and s s'n"f
Dnfayorably on House bill No 3s5
Blu No. 80. relative to certain public lands
was ca led up.
Mr.: Bowdon moved TO Withdraw bills Noso
On motion Of Mr.. TreSoulet NIL reports wore
postponed fr today to be inserted in th,
lournaS and the
o ORDER orsur DAY rorsr NJ
house bill No. All. knoon as the militia bill
f Tas fo on motion of MIR. Tremoules postponed
Revenue hill No. 41s was called, amended and
the HOUSE o,djourned. sszts>' gym w.
a supplementary paragraph, offered by Mr..
Bush, to tax AL bond coupons bearing interest.
revenue bill and ca0iied by the following v2e:
Tho hour ~ closing The day session having
arrived. the House adjourned tor p. my
Evening Session.
The House was called to order at o'clock.
i Speaker Bush in the chair.
y Sixty fve memhers-iuo fhm-present.
BILLS, PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.
Mr Hammond called up and amended House
bill No. 25a SO as to read as follows: An act to
amend and re-ennct section 6, etc. of an at OF
paTgb q the f 9wn G in the
Mr.: Aycock called up House bill No. 172. en-
titled Il an act tS incorporate Hook and Ladder
To the Ely a9a
BY Mr.. Vance Bill No $50. an act to author
lSe the Secretary OF = aIe to furnish surplus
By Mr.. Wise, of Caddo Bill No 9o5. an act to
re-enact an act to O. tablish board to audit
outstanding obig itions n ,anst tho parish OF
Caddo, being at No: so OF 1916,
, Moved TO reconsider and lay on tho table
By Mr.. Jones: House bill No. $50. Not found
BY Mr.. Grncien: House bill No 452. to author
ize J. W. McCrackan, of the parish of Orleans,
to t, sue the State. Referred to the Committee on
By Mr.. Leonard. Of Caddo: House bill No 1923,
an act to have the Supreme Court hold an an.
session to be held on the fourth Moaday of July.
End last two weeks for the benefit of the
Claiborne and Webster. Passed,
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
The Senate concurs in House bill No. 800. rela-
tive to the opening Of public roads in Caleasou:
tho Tteasurers books.
BY MI. Jones: House bill No. $50, to moor
parish. Carried.
Bill No. $751; an act approved March. 1877 to
form new parish called the parish of Red
of said parish. Laid Oh the table.
Mr.. TIemoulet called for the
SPECIAL ORDER
fixed for the evening. Senate bill No 1877, m net
authorizing the police lurits OF the several pnr-
the COMMITTEES on judiciary.
by Mr.. Tremoulet: House bill No 437. an act
to provide for an examination Of the State font
ing, debt by a Joint committee from the House
and Senate. and to provide also for an appro-
priation 10 compensate the commissioners ap-
pointed therefor
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and
ordered to be printed ond reported upon as
= NJ: / Tiad Of jasHeqn, cSalsl up Senate bill No
81 an act to authorize the opolice juries of all
the parishes Of the state. except the parish Of
Otleans. to levy and collect taxes for the pay
mont Of debts contra ted by them prior to Jan
uary,. 1877. provided said obligations be valid.
Gal, being made for the yeas and nays resulted
as follows: yeas 40, nays 81.
The bill was indefinitely postponed
Mr. Kidd. Of Jackson. called up Iebuse bill
No. a45 en act to auIhooze the police .iuries to
ascertain the amount 81 the floating indebted
ness of the parish Of Jackson and to provide for
the funding of the parochial debt.
Mr.. Spiller moved that the bill be amended by
inserting the words PARISH of Livingston
after the words parish OF Jackson" The
amendment was carried.
The bill was passed
Mr.. Hill called up House bill No. SOL, an act to
authorize the parish Of West Feliciana. etc.
which bill was postponed for to- day. and the
House adjourned at 10 O'Clock.