The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-17

i COMPOSED Of FIVE Senators, be and the same Is
hereby created with authority to inquire into
and report on the same ineligibility OF the
| said Thomas A. Cage.
Resotued. That said committee be and they
papers, and are directed to report within the
shortest possible delay.
Mr.. Texada moved that the resolution be
adopted.
The President directed the Secretary to call
the roll.
The roll being called, resulted as follows.
Yeas-Messrs. Breaux, Bryant, .Bureh,
Gage, Ellis, George, Goode, Kelly, Mitchell,
Ogden persns Sa
WALES, Wheeler, White, Young and zacharie--
| %.
Nays-Messrs. Demas, Ducros, Dumont,
Garland, Harper, Landry and Sutton.
Grover, Robertson and Stevens.
Less than two-thirds Of the Senators elect
cd voting in the affirmative, the President de-
clared the proposed amendment not adopted.
| Mr.. Ellis moved to reconsider the vote just
taken.
Mr.. Demas moved to lay that motion on the
table.
| The motion to lay on the table was lost
The motion to reconsider was adopted.
The question required ON the adoption OF
the proposed amendment.
| The President directed the Secretary to call
the roll.
The roll being called resulted as follows:
| Yeas Messrs. Breaux, Bryant, Burch,
Cage, Ducros, Ellis, George, Ola, Goode, Hair
per, Kelly, Landry, Mitchell, Ogden, Perkins,
Twitcheil, WALES, Wheeler, White, Young and
i Iacharie-25.
Nays = Messrs Allan, Demas, Dumont
Garland, Stamps and sutton,-6. ON
| Absent-MesSrs Boatner, Grover. ODon-
nell, Steven and Stubbs-5.
| Two-thirds of the Senators elected having
voted therefor, the President declared that
the proposed amendment was adopted
! Mr.. Burch moved to reconsider the vote
just taken, and on his own motion the motion
| to reconsider was laid on the table.
| House bill No. 10,
| "An act to provide revenues for the State
| from licenses on occupations Of dealers in and
sellers of wines, spirituous and malt liquors,
and keepers of bar-rooms, and from tax on
tho said wines and liquors by the drink; to
provide for the ascertainment and collection
Of said tax; to prescribe the use of the regis
ter; to define and punish sundry offenses: to
prescribe the duties ofthe Auditor and the tax
collectors under this act, and the disposition
of the proceeds Of licenses and taxes collected
hereunder"
AS preference bill, was taken up under
the favorable report of the Committee on the
Judiciary.
Mr.. White moved that the bill be referred to
the Committee on Finance.
Mr.. White demanded the yeas and Nays
The roll being called resulted as follows
Yeas Messrs. Ducros, Garland Ola, Kelly,
Landry ,O'DonnelI, Ogden, Richardson,
Wales, Wheeler and Whte-11.
Nays Messrs. Allain Breaux, Burch, Cage,
Demas. Ellis. George, Goode, Harper, Per-
klns, Sandford, Stamps, Sutton, Texada,
Twitchell, Young and Zacharie-17.
Absent. -Messrs. Boatner, Bryant, Dumont,
Grover, Mitchell, Robertson, Steven and
Stubbs-8.
And the motion to refer the bill was lost.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.
The following message was received from
the House:
House OF REPRESENTATIVES,
New Orleans. March Is. 1878.
To the Honorable President and Members Of the
Senate:
/ am directed by the House of Representa-
tiveS to inform your honorable body that the
House Of Representatives has had under con-
sderation the report Of the conference COM
mittee on House bill No 20, making appro-
priations for the general expenses OF the
State for the year 1878; that the House has
adopted the report Of the committee and
passed the bill as amended
Respectfully, ETC.,
PEER j. IRRELEVANT,
Chief Clerk.
Consideration was resumed of House bill
No. 10.
Mr.. Goode moved that the bill be passed to
Its third reading.
Mr.. Demas demanded the previous ques-
ton.
On motion of Mr. Kelly the Senate went
into executive session.
Executive session being raised on call Of
the roll the following Senators answered to
their names
Messrs. Bryant, Burch, Cage, Demas, Du-
eros, Dumout, Ellis Garland, George, ella,
Goode, Harper, Kelly, Landry, Mitchell, Og-
den, Perkins, Richardson, Sandiford, Stamps,
SIT sntton, Texada, Twitehel Wales, Wheeler,
Absent Messrs. Allains Boatner Breaux,
Grover, ODonnell, Robertson Steven and
Stubbs-8.
Consideration resumed OF House bill No. 10,
the pending question being the demand for
the previous question by Mr.. Demas.
Mr.. Stamps demanded the yeas and nays.
The roll being called resulted as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Allan, Bryant, Burch, Cage,
Demas, Dumont, Ellis. George, ella, Goode,
Harper, Mitchell, Perkins, Sandiford, Stamps,
Sutton, Texada Twltchell and Zacharie- 10
Nays - Messrs. Ducros, Garland, Kelly,
Landry, Richardson, Wales, Wheeler and
Whites.
Absent-Messrs. Boatner, Breaux, Grover,
O'Donnell Ogden, Robertson, Steven, Stubs
and Young-9.
And the main question was ordered.
The motion that the bill be passed to its
third reading prevailed.
Mr.. White, chairman, moved that the rules
be suspended to allow him to submit at this
time the report of the Committee on Banks
and Banking.
Objection was made
Mr.. White demanded the yeas and nays.
The roll being called, resulted as follows: