The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-24

be authorized to order the Imprisonment {
me witness. Tor q term OF two days. and b
tnen 10 be brought before the bar OF tn
House Tor Interrogation.
Mr.. Demas moved, as substitute,
THAT the journal Of the House be adopted.
by rising vote Of 60 yeas to nays tn
journal was adopted.
Mr.. Lyons, under suspension Of the rules
called up Concurrent Resolution Of the Sen
ate fixing the day OF adjournment on tn
twenty and moved TO amend the Con
current Resolution by striking out the
word "twenty-third" and insert In lieu theree
"Wednesday, the twenty-ninth."
The question was divided by the Speaker
and was first put on striking out Thursday
the twenty-third Of January. 1879, at Il
o'clock p. M
The motion to strike out prevailed by 8
rising vote OF GA yeas to IA nays.
Mr.. Warmoth moved to amend by insert
Ing February = instead OF Thursday, Jan
uary 49,"
Mr.. Hart moved to amend by inserting
February 1, at midnight"
The question was first put on the motion O
Mr.. Warmoth, being the longest time, and
the yeas and nays were called for with the
following result.
| Yeas-Speaker Moncure and Messrs. Allen
Billiel, Bienvenu, Board, Brown OF Tensas
Brown Of Jefferson, Carville, Coleman, Cor.
Gearsy, guidry,. Hlte, Landry, Lauer. Muir.
rell, McElroy, Mckee, O'Bryan, Pope. Potts
Reaney, Stechmann, Smith of St. Mary, Scott
Taylor, I9rrey, .veazey, Walton. warmoth
watson Welsh. Weightman, Young.ss.
thelmy, Brent, Bridger, Bower, Bourgeois
Carro1, Carter, Coco, Como Davidson OF iber.
Vile, Demas, Dupaty, Frazier, Gubernator
Hart, Hasam Hawkins, Hay. Hill, Hightower
| HolzhaIb, Jeifries, Jenkins Jones, Liddell
Nixon, Munday, Nealey, Nettles, Parmelee
RabouiD, Redon, Renwick, Robeson, Ross, Ry.
land, Sharp Smart, Steele, Smith Of jackson,
ScLumpert, Vance. vidrine Wise-5O.
The motion Of Mr.. Warmoth was lost.
On Mr.. Harris amendment the yeas and
nays were called for, with the following result
Yeas-Speaker Moncure and Messrs. Alien.
Armstrong, Arnauld, Bienvenu, Bower,
Brown OF Tensas, Brown Of jefferson. CarroD.
Carter, Carvtlle, Coleman, CordlI, Decuir.
Duc?te. Estopinal, Frazier, Fitzgerald, Gearey,
Guidry, Gubernator, Hammond, Hart, Ha-
sam, Hawkins, Hightower. Holzhalb, Lauer
Martin Of st. Landry, Nixon, Murrell, Nc.
Elroy, OBryan, Parmelee, Pope, Potts. Ra-
bouin, Reaney, Redon, Robeson, Ryland.
Stechmann. Smith Of Jackson, Smith OF st.
Mary, schumpert, veazey, vidrlne. Walton,
Welsh, Weightman, Young-51.
Nays-Messrs. Barthelmy, Brent, Bridger,
Board, Bourgeois Coco, Como, Davidson oil
lberville. pemas, Detiege, Dupaty, Hay, Hill,
Hite, JefIries, Jones, Landry. Llddell, Lott,
lyons ,lI Marquee, Munday, Nealsy, Nettless,
Taylor, Vance, Warmoth, Wise-34.
The amendment Of Mr.. Hart was adopted
and the resolution Of the Senate was concur
red In by the House as thus amended.
Notice OF concurrence was ordered to be
given to the Senate.
On the motion OF Mr.. Potts, the special or
der Of the day,
House bill No. IA,
Was postponed until 2:3o o'clock D. M, this
day.
Mr. Hill asked and obtained leave to with
draw his bill,
House bill No. SO,
IAN act to appropriate the sum OF ten
thousand dollars for the support and mainte-
nance Of the Charity Hospital, at New Or
leans, and directing the manner Of drawing
the same"
Mr.. Ryland moved that the rules be sus-
pended In order to take up the reports Of COM
mittees.
BY a rising vote Of 30 yeas to 81 nays the
motion was lost.
PETITIONS, MEMORIALS AND RESOLUTIONS.
Mr. Landry presented q petition from the
citizens Of the parish Of st. Mary.
Referred to the Committee on Corporations.
Mr. Nixon offered the following resolution
Resotyed, That the chairman Of the Com
mittee on Contingent Expenses OF the House
OF Representatives be and he is hereby direct
ed to pay to Mrs. Elizabeth Simmonds, or her
authorized agent. widow Of the Hon. fhos. J.
SimmOndS, deceased member elect from the
parish Of Washington, the full amount OF
mileage and per diem which would have been
due TO Hon. Thomas j. Simmonds as mem
Der OF the House had he lived until the close
81 the present session. and that the receipt OF
the said Elizabeth Simmonds or her author
lied agent be received as valid voucher In
the settlement OF the accounts Of said chair
man.
On motion the rules were suspended and
the resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Hill, chairman OF the Committee on
City Affairs. asked and obtained leave for the
committee to hold session at this time.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Mr. Brent, chairman, on behalf of the Com
mittee on Militia, submitted the report OF the
General.
The report was received and ordered to be |
printed, and referred to the Committee on the
Militia.
Mr.. Pope, chairman, on behalf Of the Com
nittee on Appropriations, submitted the fol-
owing report:
New ORLEANS, January q, 1879.
TO the Honorable Speaker and Members of the |
House OF Representatives:
Your COMMITTEES on Appropriations, to
whom was referred
House bill No. 108,
IAN act making appropriations for the
general expenses Of the State for the year
ending the thirty-frst day OF December, 1879.
md to exempt the moneys appropriated to
he Charity Hospital from SEIZURE"
Alter due consideration, have instructed me
% make favorable report on same by sub
'titute, and to recommend Its passage.
Most respectfully submitted,
A. W. POPE,