The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-22
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
OF THE
cTwTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
SENATE.

SEN ATE.
Twelfth Days Proceedings.
sFNATE CHAMBER. STATE OF LOUISIANA, /
New Orleans, Satui day. January Is. 1879.
The Senate was called to order at IL o'clock
81 by Hon. Louis A. Wilt, Lieutenant Gov
amor and President Of the Senate.
On call Of the roll, the following Senators
answered to their names:
Meesrs. Breaux, Bowden, Ducros, Ellis,
Garland, Ola. Harding, Harper. Heron,
landlord, Scanland, Stubbs, Wells, Wheeler,
Zacharie-2O.
; Absent-Messrs. Benners Bryant, Cage,
Cahen, DeBouchel, Delahoussaye, Fontenot,
!. Merkel, Norwood, Richardson, Stamps, Ste
zen. Sutton, Texada, Wales, Williams-16.
On motion Of Mr.. Harding the reading OF
The journal in detail was dispensed with.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Mr. Breaux. on behalf of the Committee on
the Judiciary, submitted the following re-
port which was received and lies over under
the rules:
70 the Honorable President and Members Of
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom
Senate bill No. IS, being
M IAN act TO define and prevent vagrancy,'
beg leave to report the same favorably.
The need of such bill Is very widely felt
throughout the State, and there Is now no
statute upon our statute book under which
cases such as those suggested In this act can
" Respectfully submitted,
GUS. A. BREAUX,
Acting Chairman.
Mr.. Stubbs, on behalf Of the Committee on
the Judiciary, submitted the following re-
mort which was received and lies over under
the rules:
Rooms OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY. !
New Orleans, January H. 1879.
To the Honorable President and Members of
the Senate:
Your Committee on the Judiciary, having
had under consideration
House bill No 10,
"To provide for supplying the loss OF public
records in Jackson parish,
Have directed the undersigned to report
iavorably thereon, with Recommendation
n that it pass.
FRANK ?. STUBBS,
For Committee.
Mr.. Ducros, on behalf of the Committee on
the Judiciary, submitted the following re-
port, which was received and lies over under
the rules:
To the Honorable President and Members of
the Senate:
The Judiciary Committee, to whom was
referred
Senate bill No. 40, entitled
"An act to fix the compensation OF jurors in
criminal cases in the different courts OF the
city Of New Orleans which have criminal
jurisdiction"
Do report adversely to the bill, inasmuch
IA i'm their opinion no compensation should
ha oil q q N
Orleans, where locomotion Is so easy, cheap
and speedy.
NJ am instructed to report unfavorably on
Senate bill No. 80, entitled
"An act to amend an act to re-enact sec
ton OF act as OF the regular session OF 1873, 7
For the reasons, that In the opinion Of the
Committee the compensation allowed to
jurors by the act sought to be amended by
the bill under consideration is sufficient in
amount to defray their necessary expenses,
and that the General Assembly should be
averse to all changes in legislation not abso-
Respectfully, your obedient servent.
p. A. DUCROS. JR.
Mr.. Garland, chairman OF the Committee
on Auditing and Supervising the Expenses of
the Senate for the Extra Session of 1878, sub
mitted the following report, which was re-
ceived and referred to the Committee on Fl
nance:
COMMITTEE ON AUDITING AND SUPERVISING J
Expenses of the Senate, \
New Orleans. January II, 1879.
Your committee, organized at the last SEES
sion of your honorable body, to audit and
supervise the expenses of the Senate, beg
the said session the sum OF nine thousand
nine hundred and ninety-nine dollars and
forty cents OF the sum appropriated. as per
detailed statements made part OF this report,
and as per vouchers, also made part thereof.
Your committee exhausted all the ten
thousand appropriated for said purpose
{sixty cents excepted), leaving certain claims
unpaid which had been contracted and ap-
4 proved by the committees ofprevious sessions,
and which now remain as debts against the
Senate
Your committee would respectfully recon-
mend that these claims be considered In cal
culating the next appropriation for the ex-
penseS OF the Senate.
And your committee prays to be discharged.
HENRY l.. GARLAND,
chairman OF Committee for Auditing and Su-
pervising Expenses Of Extra Session 1878.
MI Perkins, chairman of the Committee on
Public Lands and Levees, submitted the fol-
lowing report which was received and lies
over under the rules:
Rooms COMMITTEE ON LANDS AND LEvEEs.
New Orleans January 49, 1879. !
To the Honorable President and Members Of
the Senate:
Your Committee on Lands and Ievees. to
whom was referred Senate bill No. As, beg
leave to report same unfavorably, and recon-
mend that further action ON the bill be indefi-
nitely postponed.
Your committee, to whom was also referred
House bill No. so, Joint Resolution relative to
cleaning out the mouth OF Vermillion river,
beg leave to report the same favorably.
L.. G.. PERKINS,
Chairman of Committee.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
Mr.. Stubs obtained unanimous consent to
introduce. without previous notice,
Senate bill No. 81, entitled
IAN act to amend and re-enact article No. Oil
OF the Code Of Practice, so as to give reason
able delay within which petitions for rehear-
ing may be filed at the country terms Of the
Supreme Court"