The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-15

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bonds Of the State for the tax Of 1877, payable
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70 the Committee ON Finance.
INTRODUCTION or RESOLUTIONS.
| Mr. Williams offered the following resolu-
ton:
| Be IL resolyef That the chairman OF the
Committee on Elections be authorized to APP
point clerk for the same, and his cofnpen-
| sation is allowed as fixed by law.
On motion Of Mr.. Williams the rules were
suspended in order to consider IL at this time.
and on his further motion the resolution was
| adopted.
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND BEADING.
Senate bill No. ., entitled
IAN act calling convention to frame new
constitution; to provide for the election OF
delegates to the same; to fix their compensa-
ton. and making an appropriation for the
payment Of the same"
And
Senate bill No. Is, entitled
can act to provide for a convention to frame
new constitution for the State OF Louisiana,
| and TO make an appropriation to defray the
expenses thereof"
Were taken up as reported back by the
committee on constitutional convention.
and. on motion Of Mr. Texada, were placed
on the calendar.
Senate bill No. 20,
"An act to amend and re-enact section "a
Of act No. 96 Of the extra session OF 1877, ap-
proved April 40, 1877, authorizing the appoint
ment of tax collectors for the parish of Or
leans, and fixing their number compensation
and rate Of commission for collecting taxes
and licenses"
Was takenlup on second reading, and was,
on motion Of Mr.. Harding, referred to the
Committee on Corporations and Parochial
Affairs.
HOUSE BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON
FIRST READING.
House Joint Resolution.
Relative to the appointment Of a COM
mittee to investigate the affairs Of the State
Printer"
Was taken up on first reading, and on mo-
ton Of Mr.. Steven was laid on the table, the
House having notified the Senate already of
concurrence in similar Senate resolution.
The President laid before the Senate the
following communication:
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Office OF Secretary OF State. !
New Orleans, January 10. 1879.
Hon. L.. A. .wiltz. Lieutenant Governor and
President of the Senate:
Sir-In reply to Senate resolution intro
duced by Mr.. Breaux OF Orleans, and adopted
by the Senate on the eleventh instant, have
the honor to say that have now In course Of
preparation document covering the require
inetlts of the resolution for his ExcelIency the
Governor to lay before the General Assem-
bly,.
1 am, sir, your obedent servant,
WILL. A. STRONG,
Secretary Of State.
On call OF Mr.. Steven the Senate went into
executive session at IL rs o'clock p. m.
Executive session was raised at 1 40 o'clock
p. m.
On call of the roll the following Senators
answered to their names:
Messrs Breaux, Benners, Bowden, Bryant,
Cage, Cahen. DeBouchel, Delahoussaye,
Ducros, Ellis, Fontenot, Garland, ella, Hard
ing, Harper, Heron, Kelly, Kenner, Landry,
Norwood, Perkins. Richardson, Sandford,
Stamps, SteveA Stubbs, Sutton, Texada,
Wales, Wells, Williams. Zacharie- SO.
Absent = Messrs. Merkel, Mitchell and
Scanland-3.
A message from the House was received
through its Chief Clerk, Mr.. G. M. Pegues an
the final passage Of and asking the
concurrence OF the Senate In
House bill No. %, entitled
can act toprovide for convention to frame |
a new constitution Of the State, and to make |
IN appropriation to pay the expenses Of the
same"
On motion OF Mr.. Heron the rules were
and House bill No. % was taken |
up and read the first time.
Mr.. Heron moved that the constitutional |
rule be suspended and the bill read second
time.
Mr.. Cage demanded the yeas and nays.
The roll being called, resulted as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Breaux, Benners Bowden,
DeBouchel, Ducros. Ellis FOntenot, Garland,
Harding, Heron. Kelly, kenner, Merkel.
Norwood, Perkins, Richardson, Sandiford,
Steven, Stubbs, Texada, Wales, Wells, Will
iams and Zacharie--4.
Nays-Messrs. Bryant. Cage, Cahen, Ola,
Harper, Landry, Stamps, Sutton and
Wheeler-9.
Absent Messrs. Delahoussaye, Mitchell
and Scanland-3.
And the rule was not suspended.
The President laid before the Senate the
petition OF Ant. Dubuclet for relief, for the
sum of $143 80, alleged to be due him as Re-
ceiver Of the State Land Office.
Received and referred to the Committee on
Claims.
On motion Of Mr.. Texada the Senate ad-
ourned until Tuesday, January IA, 1879 at II |
o'clock a. m. JOHN CLEGG,
Secretary OF the Senate.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.