The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-28
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
OF THE
SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
seventeenth Days Proceedings.
H,usE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
State o. Louisiana.
The House was called to order by th
Speaker at ii 80 a. m. Present:
Hon. J. @. Moncure, Speaker, and Messr.
Allen, Armstrong, Arnauld, Barthelmy, Bi
lieu Board, Bower, Bourgeois, Brown {
Tensas, Brown OF jefferson, Carron, Garter
Catville, Coco, Coleman. CordiIl, Davidson {
Frazier, Fitzgerald, Guidry, Gordon, Harl
Hasam, Hawkins Hay, Hite, Hightowei
Holzhalb, Jeffries. jenkins, Jones, Landry
Iauer, Lott Lyons, Martin Of st. Landry, Mar
McElrpy. Mckee, Nealey, Nettles, QBryan
Parmelee,. Pope, Potts, Rabouin, Keaney
Redon, Renwick, Robson, Ross, Ryland,
Sharp, Smart. Smith of jackson, !, Smiti
OF st. Mary, Scott, Schumpert Iorrey
Vance, vidrine Walton, Watson. Wise, Young
Seventy three members and quorum.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Tardy
The adoption Of the Journal was poetpohed
until Monday.
On the motion of Mr.. Walton,
House bill No. 100,
sJoint Resolution to adjust the Indemnity
due to the State of Louisiana. accruing from
sale Of swamp lands by the general govern
ment,"
Was taken up,
And on his further motion, under suspen-
sion OF the rules, the substitute was read and
placed upon the calendar, becoming
House bill No. 1877,
IAN act to adjust the indemnity due to the
State Of Louisiana, accruing from the sale Of
swamp lands by the general government
local officers since 1S49 and 1850; to obtain
from the general government the final adj
justment Of the Houma conflicting claims,
the settlement Of all controversies In regard
to shallow lakes, etc.; to appoint an agent,
appropriate $500, and fix the compensation
and declare the disposition Of said funds"
Under further suspension Of the rules the
bill was passed to Its second reading.
Mr.. Fitzgerald moved that the rules be
suspended 80 as to take up
Senate bill No. 8, entitled
'An act to incorporate the New Orleans
Board Of Underwriters,'
And to place the same on It's first and
second readings, with view of its reference
to the Committee on Corporations.
The motion was carried and the bill was re-
ferred to the Committee on Corporations
Mr.. Smart, for Mr.. Bridger, chairman Com
mittee on Enrolment, reported as properly
enrolled,
House bill No. rs,
"An act to provide for supplying the loss of
public records and other papers consumed by
the burning of the courthouse In the parish
of jackson"
Mr.. Ryland called up
House bill No. "A,
San act to provide for the establishment
OF boards Of medical examiners In the country
parishes; to define their powers, and to pun
ish by fines or imprisonment, or both, any
person who shall be found practicing medicine
or assuming the duties of physician without
certificate Of qualification from said board |
OF medical examiners"
The bill was taken up on Its second reading. |
On the motion Of Mr.. Ryland the following
amendment was adopted:
In section 3. after the words medical
school Of New Orleans" strike out the words
"from any other competent medical author
medical college"
JOINT SESSION.
message having been received from the
Senate informing the House that that body
was ready to meet the House In Joint session,
as required byl law, to ballot for United
States Senator,
The House being ready to receive the SEN
ate, the President and members Of that body
were announced.
The General Assembly was called to order
by Hon. l.. A. Wilt, Lieutenant Governor
and President of the Senate and the roll
being called the following Senators answered
10 their names:
Messrs. Benners, Delahoussaye. Ducros,
Fontenot Garland Harding, Heron, Kelly,
Kenner, Mitchell, Norwood, Perkins, Sandi-
ada, Wales, Wheeler, Williams, zacharie -
Twenty-one Senators present
The roll OF the House being called the fol-
lowing named members answered to their
Hon. j. G. Moncure, Speaker, and Messrs. Al
len, Armstrong, Arnauld, Barthelmy, Brent,
rensas, Brown Of Jefferson, Carron, Carter, {
Uarville, Coco, Como, Coleman, Cordill, David
son of Iberville, Demas, Decuir, Ducote, Durio, ]
Frazier. Gordon. Hammond, Hasam, Haw
Jones, Lauer, IiddeIi. Lott, Martin Of st. Ian, s
Try, Munday, Murrell, McElroy, Mckee,
Nealey. O'Bryan, Parmelee, Pope, Potts, 6
Rabouin, Redon, Renwick, Robson, Ross,
Ryland Sharp. Smart Steele, stechmann,
,chumpert, Taylor, Torrey, Veazey, Vidrine,
Walton, Watson, Young *
Sixty-nine members present.
The following nominations were made:
John Yoist. a
L. b. Watkins.
+. s. Goode. r
j. Mccall
b. A. Martel
The roll of the Senate was called, when y
Senators Ducros, Kelly, Mitchell, Sandford d
ana scanland voted for the Hon. L. B.Watkins
IS votes. o