The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-05

Of an act entitled, An act to incorporate the
town Of Jeannerette In the parish OF Iberia,
They report favorably, with amendments
striking out the last four lines in section 1.
Your committee also report favorably on
Senate bill No. rs, entitled
An act to amend and re-enaet the title and
sections 2 and 20 OF act No. II, approved
March H. 1873, entitled An act granting. cor
town Of Napoleonville, In the parish of As
sumption, and to provide for the government
OF the affairs thereof"
Also report favorably on
| Senate bill No. 80, entitled
"An act to amend the charter Of the Cres-
cent Mutual Insurance Company OF New Or
leans"
Your committee also ask to return House
bill No 1873, without action.
| Your committee further report 1aV0raDly,
with amendment, on
Senate bill No. Al. being
San act to incorporate the town Of New
Iberia. In the parish Of IBERIA fix Its bounda-
res, provide for the government Of the same,
and to repeal all laws or parts of laws incon-
| sistent herewith
They also report favorably with amend
ment,
Senate bill No. 81, being
IAN act to incorporate tho town OF Frank.
| lin, In the parish Of st. Mary, State Of
| Louisiana; to fix its boundaries, to provide
for It's government and TO repeal gil laws or
parts OF laws In conflict herewith
/ IOuE CbIIitilbbbb ttisO lbpoAb tunD naVJ h"'S
considered
| Senate bill No. AZ, being
IAN act to incorporate the town OF Donald
sonvlIe to fix its boundaries, to provide for
its government, and to create q mayors court
| for the same"
And report the sam G favorably with amend
meDts
Respectfully submitted,
MI LTDDELB,
+ Chairman Committee.
| Mr.. Hammond chairman, on behalf Of the
Committee on Contingent Expenses, submit
| ted The following reports
| TO the Honorable Speaker and Members OF the
House Of Representatives:
| Your Committee on Contingent Expenses,
| to whom were referred various resolutions
| from the House, have the honor to report as
| follows:
Unfavorably on the resolution Of Mr.. Hart,
| increasing the salaries Of the porters OF the
| House, and recommending In lieu thereof the
| following substitute:
That the chairman of the House Committee
on Contingent Expenses be and he is hereby
ordered to pay the sum OF two dollars per
diem to each Of the seven porters employed
In the service OF the House during the session
Of 1879 for time actually served.
On the resolution OF Mr.. Taylor, referring to
the clerk OF the Sergeant-a Arms, your COM
mittee report favorably with the following
amendments, tO-wt:
Strike out the word and figures January 10"
and Insert in lieu thereof the word and figure
January s.; and also, after the words "at
the rate of, strike out the figure "5' and In
sertin lieu thereof the figure a" and strike
out the name Of the clerk, adam Schmitt,"
and leave the space to be- filled by the word
"the''
On the resolution Of Mr. Hart, referring to
the pay OF the policemen employed in the
service OF the House, your committee report
favorably, with this provso, that the same
shall not DO paid If the said officers are actu-
ally receiving their pay from the city Us
policemen.
On the resolution OF Mr.. Redon, concerning
the late Sergeant-at-Arms, your committee
report favoraDly, In conformity with the
provisions of the law OF 1878, act No. AZ Of
that years regular session.
And, in addition, your committee also recon-
mend the adoption by the House Of resolu-
tion for the pay OF two experts and one steno-
grapher, employed by the special joint com
mittee to Investigate the accounts OF the
State Printer; provided, the said pay Is scaled
In accordance with the law regulating such
premises aud now in force In the district
courts of Orleans.
Respectfully.
Chairman House Committee on Contingent
Expenses.
On motion of Mr. Hammond the resolution
offered by Mr. Taylor relative to the pay Of
Adam Schmitt, clerk OF the Sergeant-at-
Arms, was taken up under suspension OF
the rules.
The amendment offered by the Committee
on Contingent Expenses was adopted on the
motion to adopt the resolution as amended
Mr.. Ryand called for the yeas and nays,
pending which call the Senate was announced
JOINT SESSION.
A message having been received from the
Senate informing the House that that body
was ready to meet the House in joint session,
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. Witt, Lieutenant Governor
and President of the Senate, and the roll
being called, the following Senators answered.
to their names:
Messrs. Breaux, Benners Bowden, Bryant,
Cage, Cahen, Delahoussaye, Ducros, Ellis,
Kelly, Kenner, Merkel, Mitchell, Norwood,
Perkins, Richardson, Sandiford, Scanland
Steven, Stubs, Sutton, Texada, Wales
Wells, Wheeler, Williams, Zacharie.
Thlrty-two Senators present.
The roll Of the House being called, the fol-
lowing named members answered to their
names
Hon. J. G. Moncure, Speaker, and Messrs.
Armstrong, Arnauld, Barthelmey Brent
Bridger, Billieu, Bienvenu, Bord, Bower,
Bourgeois, Brown OF Tensas, Brown of Jeffer-
son, Carron, Carter, Carvifle, Coco, Como
Coleman, Cordill, Cunningham Davidson Of
Red River, Davidson of Iberville, Demas,
Decuir, Dupaty, Ducote, Durio Frazier
Fitzgerald, Gearey. Guidry, Gordon, Guber-
nator, Hammond, Hart, Hassam, Hawkins,
Hay, Hill, .Hite, Hightower, Holzhab,
| Jeffries, Jenkins, Jones. Landry, Lauer, Lid
dell, Lott, Lyons, Martin of Claiborne, Mar
quez, Nixon, Munday, Murrell, McElroy,
Mckee, Nealey, Nettles, OBryan, Parmelee,
| Pope, Potts, Rahouin, Reaney, Redon, Rem
wick, Robson, Ross, Ryand, Sharp, Smart,
| Stechmann, Smith Of Jackson, Smith of st.
Mary, Scott Schumpert Taylor Torrey,
Vance Veazey, Yidrine Walton, Warmoth,
| Watson, WelsD, Wise, Young.
Eighty-nine members present.
The President of the Senate announced that
the object ofthis joint session of the General