The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-22
To the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr.. Potts
House bill No. 1877

SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.

SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY,
On motion Of Mr.. Lyons the special orde,
Of the day, being
House bill No. 1O3,
"An act to repeal act No. rs of the Legisla
ture OF 1868, entitled An act to increase the
revenues OF the State, and to authorize the
incorporation and establishment of the Lou.
isiana State Lottery Company, and to repea
certain acts now in force;' also to abolish
the Louisiana State Lottery Company; also
to repeal act No. 9 OF the Legislature OF 1874
entitled An act relative to the unlicensed slea
Of lottery tickets In the city of New Orleans
and comforting on police courts the power &c
suppress the same; also to repeal act No. 1C
of the Legislature Of 1874, entitled AN act
relative to crimes and .offenses to declare
the sale OF illegal lottery tickets, or the draw
ing of any illegal lottery misdemeanor, and
to provide for the punishment OF the same,
and to regulate the evidence to be received
upon the trial Of such offenses; also to pro-
hibit lotteries, and the sale of lottery tickets
to make 1t q misdemeanor to set I'D or pro-
mote lotteries or to sell lottery tickets. or aid
therein, directly or indirectly; to provide
punishment therefor, and to regulate the
evidence to be received upon the trial Of such
offenses."
Was taken up on it's third reading.
The bill was read third time, and on its
final passage the yeas and nays were called
for with the following result:
nYeas-Hon. J. G. Moncure, Speaker, and
Messrs. Armstrong, Arnauld, Brent, Billeu
Bienvenu, Bourgeois, Bower, Brown Of Ten
|eas, Carron. Carter, Coco, Cordill, Cunning
ham. Davidson Of Red River. Dupaty. Durio,
Gearey, Hammond, Hart, Hasam,
Hay. Hill, Hightower. Holzhalb, Jeffries,
Jenkins, Jones, Lauer, Liddell, Lott, Lyons,
Marquee, Nixon, Munday, Murrell, McElroy,
Mckee, Nealey, Nettles. O'Bryan, Parmelee,
Pope, Potts, RabouiD, Reaney, Redon, Rem
wick, Robinson, Ross, Ryland, Scott, Sharp,
Smart, Steele, Stechmann, Schumpert, Taylor.
moth, Watson, Welsh, Wise, Young-64
Nays-Messrs. Barthelmy, Bridger, Board.
Brown OF Jefferson, Carville, Como, Coleman
Davidson of Iberville, Demas, Deculr, Ducote,
Frazier, Gordon, Gubernator, Hawkins, Hite,
Landry. Scratchley, Smith of St. Mary,
Weightman-2G.
The bill passed.
The title of the bill was adopted.
Mr.. Lyons moved that the vote by which
the bill was finally passed be reconsidered,
and on his own motion tie motion to recon-
slider was laid upon the table.
The Speaker announced that In accord
ance with the resolution of the House, adopted
January II, In reference to Rule No. IS, he had
appointed the two committees therein named,
as follows:
Committee on Agriculture and Immigra-
tion-W. G. Martin of Claiborne, Joseph M.
Allen, w. G. Ross, r. n Armstrong, G. II.
Walton, Y. Vidrine, r. Ducote.
Committee on Commerce and Navigation
o. Rabouin, chairman; Joseph D. Taylor,
Kenner Scratchley, F. B. Coco, W. McKee,
Thos. NJ. Frazier, G. Decuir.
Mr.. Potts moved that the rules be sus-
pended in order to take up House bill No. a.
On which motion the yeas and nays were
called for.
Pending the motion to suspend the rules,
on the motion OF Mr.. Murrell the House
adjourned until Monday, January 20, at II 80
o'clock a. IN.
G. M. PEG UES, Chief Clerk.