The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-03-14
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE


HOUSE OF REpnEsENTS SnvEs. /
Now Orleans. Tuesday. March H. sla7s !
The House was called to orSsr Z at e 3 3 o'clock
o. m. Presen q
Hon. Louis Bush hOSpeaker. and Messrs
Aldge Aycocl, BarbiD, Barron, Barrett, Bra
dy,, Berry, Eel, Breard, briggs, Bridger,
Ellieu, grooks BG,W1,aep9Io Brown, Bosley, ly
Davidson, D'Avy, Dayrfes, Dejoie, Delavigne,
De Lacy, Detiege, Drew, Dickenson, Dlnk-
grave, Duke, Dupree, Drlry, Estopinal, Fitz-
patrick. Fobb, CAN'T Gary, Gaskins Gaudet,
Gracien, Gillespie, Hammond, Hill OF Aseen-
sion, Hill % Of :, Orleans, i Huntington, 9, Holt Holt
ing, Kern. Kidd, Lamare, Lea, Leeds
Leonardo of Caddo, Leonhard Of Orleans
Lewis, Lyons, Magloire, Martin, Means, Nj
Porter, Eaby, Randolph, Richardson, Role
Romero. Routon, Ryland, Sartain, Shak-
speare. Smart, Snaer. Stagg, Self, Sellers
Steele, Stewart, Semnnes, Singleton, spiIler
Taylor, Tremoulet, Ioliyer, Vance, V,oorhies
Walker Warmoth, Washburn, Washington
Watson. Wilde. Williams Wise, Wood, Young
of Claiborne and Young Of East BatGn Rouge
Absent Messrs. Brice, DesrEnaras, Il burden,
Forester, Hahn. Kennedy, McMillen and To
ler-S.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. DIR. Per
cival. ...
The journal of the eleventh of March was
adopted.
o MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
The following message was received from
the Senate
SENATE CHAMBER, |
New Orleans. March 70. 1873. J
TO the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
House Of Representative
] am directedto inform your honorable body
that the Senate has finally passed the follow
ing Senate bills. aEd ask the concurrence oi
your honorable body in same: O
Senate bill No. g. O
'An act to abolish the offices Of Jury Com
missioners in the parish Of Orleans, and tc
create n Board Of Jury Commissioners for
said parish; providing for the appointment oi
the same, and the filling Of vacancies therein
fixing the number Of the board conferring
upon them certain powers; defining their du-
ties and fixing their compensation; providing
for the manner Of drawing and selecting petit
jurors for the parish Of OrIeana, ana for the
impaneIing OF petit and tales jurors, and
providing for the manner Of drawing grand
luries for the parish of Orleans; to give to
the State the same number Of peremptory
challenges as accused persons, and to repeal
all laws in conflict herewith"
Senate bill No II, O
can act to amend the act entitled Arolct
to regulate public education in the State OF
louisiana; to provide revenue for the
same; to impose certain penalties; to repeal
sections of the Revised Statutes from section
1917 inclusive to section 1879 inclusive, and
to repeal actogo Of the acts Of 1870, entitled
An net to regulate public education in the
State Of Louisiana and city of New Orleans,
and to raise revenue for the purpose
approved March 2G, 1877, being an act
to invest certain powers in and impose duties
on The State Board of Education, touching
vacancies and appointments Of directors 70
furnish to parish boards registers or books Of
any kind and statistical forms, the prescribing
rules for reports. and to authorize the police
juries Of country parishes and the town Gour-
ellis Of such Of the country towns as are ez-
O,ppt by their charters from parish taxation,
to levy tax to aid in the support Of free pub
lie schools therein. etc, and empowering and
authorizing the State Board of Education to
correct and complete the enumeration of
youth in the parishes and prescribing for the
payment thereof
Respectfully, -.
0 JOHN CLEGG,
Secretary OF the Senate.
PETITIONS, MEMORIALS AND RESOLUTIONS.
Mr. Leonard, of Caddo called up his rcso-
luton in reference to the committee of five
to be appointed to draft bin for constitu-
tionaI convention to be assembled as early as
practicable"
Mr. Hammond moved to lay the resolution
on the table, and on that motion Mr.. heeting
called for the yeas and nays, with the follow
ing result:
Yeas-Mcssrs. Aldigc Aycock, Barbin, Bar
ron Barrett, Brady, Berry, Bell, Billieu,
Brooks, Bowden, Brown, Buck, Carloes,
Cressy, Como, Cole, Davidson, DAvy, Della
vigne, De Lacy, Dickenson Diukgrave, Duke,
Dupree, Gaskins, Gracien, Gillespie, Ham
mond, Hill OF Ascension, Holt, Huntington
Jonas, Jones, Fl. NJ. Johnson, Robert Johnson
Kelly Of Orleans, Keeting, Kern Lamare
Leeds, Leonhard Of Orleans, Lewis, Lyons
Magloire, Martin. Million, McGehee, Newsom