The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-20
OFFICIAL JOURNAL

FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBL
or THE
}, STATE OF LOUISIANA.
J. EXTRA SESSION OF 1878.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
n Eighth Days Proceedings.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
New Orleans, March is. 1878.
The House was called to order at 10 o'clocl
m. Present:
Hon. Louis Bush, Speaker, and Messrs. AL
dige, Aycock, Barron, Barrett, Brady, Berry
Bell, Breard, Brice, Briggs, Bridger, Billieu
Brooks, Bowden, Brown, Bosley, Buck, Car.
loss, Caryille. Como, Cole Davidson, .Dsyy
rails Detiege, Drew, Dickinson, Dinkgrave
Fobb, CAN'T Gary Gaskins, Gaudet,
Graciien, Gillespie, Hahn, Hammond, Hill
Jonas AS's 5enee E. NJ Of Johnson isans Rd as
Johnson, Kelly of Orleans, Keeting, Kern,
Lamare, Lea, Leeds, Leonard of Caddo,
Leonhard Of Orleans, Lewis, Lyons, Magloire.
Martin, Near Means McGehee, Newsom, Nnnez,
L u
ardson, Role, Romero Routon, Ryland,
Sartain, Shakespeare, Smart, Snaer, Stagg,
| Self, Sellers, Steele, Stewart, Semmes, Single
ton, spiller,+ TremoMnlet. Ip]liver, Vance,
voorhies, Walker War,moth, Washburn,
Washington, Watson, Wilde, Williams, Wis.,,
Wood. Young Of Claiborne and Young OF
East Baton Rouge-1OS.
Absent-Messrs Barbin, Cressy, Estopinal
Forester, Huntington, Kelly OF VIM, Ken
nedy, Milon, McMillen. Kidd and Taylor-11.
One hundred and eight members present
and a quorum.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. DR.. Percival.
The journal of the fifteenth was approved.
On motion of Mr.. Kelly, of Orleans, leave of
absence was granted Mr.. Cressy for one day.
On the motion Of Mr.. Hammond leave OF
absence was granted Mr.. Washburn for five
days from Monday.
PETITIONS, MEMORIALS AND RESOLUTIONS.
Mr.. FL: M. johnson called up resolution in
troduced by him:
Whereas, at the last session Of the General
Assembly joint committees of the Senate and
the House were instituted to investigate va
rious departments of the government.
Whereas, the Senate have ordered their Fl
nance Committee to pay each Senator on the
respective committees compensation Of two
Resolued, That the chairman of the Com
mittee on Contingent Expenses be and he is
hereby authorized and instructed to pay
like sum OF two hundred and fifty dollars to
the members Of the House serving on said
Joint committees, under resolution approved
May 2, 1877
Mr. Drury moved to amend by striking out,
after the word pay" and insert "the actual
expenses upon the approval of the chairman
of the committee, not to exceed two hun bred
dollars"
The amendment was accepted.
Mr.. Jonas moved to lay on the table the
resolution.
On that motion the yeas and nays were
called for, with the following result:
YeaszzzMessrs. Brady, Berry, Bell, Breard,
Brice, Billieu, Bowden, Buck, Carloss, Duke,
Fitzpatrick, Gaskins, Gillespie, Hammond,
Jonas, Kelly OF Orleans, Laamare Leonhard
Pitts, Porter, Randolph, Richardson, Role,
Smart, Self, Sellers, Singleton, Vance, Voor-
HES and Wood-34
Nays Messrs. Aldige, Barron, Barrett,
Davidson, D'Avy, Dayries, De Lacy, Desma-
rails, Detiege, Drew Dickinson, Dinkgrave,
Dupree, Drury, Fobb, CAN'T, Gary, Gaudet,
Gracien, Hill Of Ascension Holt Jones, E. M.
Johnson on q Robert a a Joh John p Keeting, Lea,
Raby, Romero, Routon,. R!yland: Sartain,
Snaer, Stage, Tolliver, Walker, Washburn,
Washington, Watson, Williams and Young
OF East Baton Rouge-50.
The motion to Law upon the table was lost.
On the adoption of the resolution Mr.. Bow
den, seconded by Mr.. Fitzpatrick, called for
the yeas and NAYS. with the following result
Yeas-Messrs Barron, Barrett, Brooks !
Brown, Bosley,. Caryille, Como, Cole, David
s; Hn, hhvy, DgI?ae pe Lacy, Deslnala1s, De-
Fobb, CAN'T Gary. Gaudet, Gracien. Hill Of
Ascension, Holt, Jones, H. NJ. Johnson, Rob-
err Johnson, heetng, hern, Leonard OF
ion Sartair Snaer ToIer To,li i Wallsar
Warmoth, Washington, Watson, Wilde and |
Wl1lamsn46
Messrs Rradv Berry Be Breard Rrice XII