The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-08
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, WEDNESDAY,, JANUARY 8
Senate, and the constitutional oath Of Office
was administered to the following:

Senate, and the constitutional oath Of ofic'
was administered to the following:
Fifth District, First and Tenth Wards o
Orleans -Gustave A. Breeux.
Third District Third Ward Of Orleans
Twenty third District, Ouachita, Richland
Caldwell. Franklin and Jackson-L. II. Bow
den.
Ninth District, Terrebonne, Lafourche ane
Assumpton-Mayer Cahen.
Second District, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth ant
Seventh Wards OF Orleans -Onezime DE
BOuchel
Eleventh District, st. Martin, Iberia anc
Lafayette neziphore Delahoussaye Jr
Twelfth District, st; Landry Fontenot
Sixth District, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thir.
teenth, Fourteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth
Wards Of Orleans. N. Harding.
Sixteenth District, East Baton Rouge
Twenty fourth District, Catahoula, VIM
and Grant--JOhn +. Kelly.
Fourth District, Second and Fifteenth
Wards Of Orleans Duncan F. Kenner.
Eighth District, st. James and Ascension
Sixth District, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thir-
tenth, Fourteenth, Sixteenth and Seven
teenth Wards OF Orleans-William H. Merkel.
Thirteenth District, Pointe Coupee and
MISUNDERSTANDING " NOEWOUus
Twenty-frst District, Bossier, Webster.
Bienville and Claiborne William H. Scan
land.
First District, Eighth and Ninth Wards Of
Orleans. st. Bernard and Plaquemines VIII
Steven.
Tenth District. CalcasIeu, Cameron, st.
Mary and vermilfion-George H. Wells.
Nineteenth District, DeSoto, NatchitOches,
Sabine and Red River Boiling Williams.
The roll Of the Senate was then called and
the following Senators answered to their
names:
Messrs. Breaux, Benners, Bowdens Cage,
Cahen, DeBouchel, Delahoussaye,. Ducros,
Ellis, FOntenot, Garland, Ola, Harding, Har-
per. Heron, Kelly, .Kenner, Landry, Merkel,
Mitchell. Norwood. Perkins Sandiiord; E Scaa,
Wells, Wheeler. Williams and Zacharie-33.
Absent Messrs. Bryant, Richardson ana
Sutton-3
Prayer was offered by the Rev. DR.. 3. NJ.
Palmer.
On motion Of Mr.. Steven, the rules Of the
last Senate were adopted for the present as
the rules Of this body.
On motion Of Mr.. Steven, the following
Senators were appointed special committee
on rules, with instructions to report as soon
as practicable, viz: Messrs. Steven, Wells,
Zacharie. Landry and Cage.
On motion Of Mr.. Steven, the Senate pro-
ceeded to the election Of officers.
Mr.. Steven nominated the following:
Mr.. John Clegg, OF Lafayette for Secretary
Of the Senate; Mr.. John Fitzpatrick, OF Or
leans, for Journal Clerk; Mr.. M. Rees Bryan,
Of Claiborne, for Minute Clerk; Mr.. A. II.
Harris, OF Orleans, for Chief Enrolling Clerk;
Mr.. T. A. FAIRIES, Of Orleans, for Sergeant-at-
Arms; Mr.. e. O. Ducros, OF Orleans, for As
sistant Sergeant-at-Arms; and Mr.. Joseph
Mcmahon, Of Orleans, for Doorkeeper.
On motion Of Mr.. Steven, each ofsthe above
named gentlemen, as nominated was elected
by reclamation.
Mr. Steven moved that the President APP
point committee Of three Senators for the
purpose Of informing his Excellency the
Governor Of the State that the Senate is
now organized and ready to receive any mes
sage which he may be pleased to communicate,
and that the Secretary be directed to notify
the House Of Representatives that the Senate
is now organized and ready for transac-
ton Of business.
Which motion prevailed.
The President appointed Messrs. Steven,
Texada and Stamps committee to wait upon
his Excellency the Governor.
Mr.. Landry asked and obtained unanimous
consent of the Senate to withdraw from the
files Of the laet session bill entitl ed "An act
to incorporate the town Of Donaldsonville,"
etc.
Mr.. Steven obtained unanimous consent to
introduce at this time, without previous no
tice, the following entitled bills. each Of
which was read the first time. the constitu-
tional rule was suspended and the bills read
the second time and referred, as follows:
Senate bill Mol
Gan act to provide for the liquidation and
payment Of the interest coupons past due and
unpaid on the consolidated bonds of the State
of Louisiana. issued and to be issued under
tho funding act No. 8, session Of 1874, said
coupons being Of May /, 1874, and those sub
sequent, each six months up to and
inclusive Of January l, 1879; to issue
bonds to be called five-twenty bonds;
to authorize the Board Of Liquidation
through the Fiscal Agent to sell said bonds
for cash or for said coupons past due, and IL
quidate the same; to provide means for the
payment Of the interest and principal Of said
bonds; to create five-twenty interest and
redemption fund for that purpose; to amend
and re-enact section - Of act No. IT," etc.
Referred to the Committee on Finance when
it shall be appointed, and ordered printed In
the journal.
The bill Is as follows viz:
SECTION 1. Be it enacted By the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State of Lou
isiana, in General Assembly conUened, That
for the purpose Of restoring the credit OF the