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Mr.. Cage moved the adoption OF the amend,
ment, and demanded the yeas and nays.

Ieas-Messrs. Cage, Ducros, Ellis, Fonte-
not bar land, Gla Harding, Harper, Stamps,
Nays-Messrs. Breaux, Benners, Bowden,
DeBouchel. Heron, Kelly Mitchell Norwood,
perkins, Sandiford, Scanland, Steven, WALES,
Wells, Wheeler, Williams, Zacharie-17.
Absent-Messrs. Bryant, Cahen, Delahous-
save, ,Kenner, Landry, Merkei, Richardson,
Texada-S.
And the amendment was lost.
Mr.. Ellis moved that the bill be referred 20
the Committee on the judiciary.
By a rising vote of II yeas to 10 nays the
motion was lost.
Mr.. Williams offered the following amend
ment to the bill:
Add to section three the words, provided
said levy shall not exceed three mills on the
dollar for any one year.
Mr.. Ellis moved that further consideration
OF the bill be indefinitely postponed, and de-
manded the yeas and nays.
The roll being called resulted as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Bowden, Bryant, Ellis. Fon-
tenot Harding, Harper, Scanland. Stubs,
Nays M less Breauz, gBenners, csge, De- De
Ola, Heron, Kelly, Kenner, Landry,
Mitchell, Norwood, Perkins, Sandford,
Steven, fexada, Wales, Wells, Wheeler, Will
liams. Zacharie-23.
Absent Messrs. Cahen, Merkel, Richard
son, Stamps.
And the motion to postpone was lost.
Question required on the amendment offer
ed by Mr.. Williams, and it was adopted.
MIR. Garland In the chair
On motion Of Mr.. WALES the bill was taken
as engrossed and passed to its third reading.
On motion of Mr.. Wales the constitutional
rule was suspended and the bill read the third
time.
Mr.. Wales moved that the bill be finally
passed.
Mr.. Cage demanded the yeas and nays.
The roll being called resulted as follows
Yeas-Messrs Breaux, Benners, DeBou-
chel, Delahoussaye, Ducros, Garland, Heron,
Kelly, Kenner Perkins, Steven, Sutton,
Texada, Wales, Wells, Wheeler. Williams,
Zacharie-18.
Ellis FontenQt. Harding, Harper, Norwood,
Absent~Messrs Cahen, Ola, Landry,
Merkel. Mitchell. Richardson, Sandford,
Stamps-8.
And the bill was finally passed and its title
adopted, and the same was ordered to be sent
to the House for concurrence.
Mr. WALES moved that the vote just taken
be reconsidered and on his own motion the
motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR.
The following message was received from
his Excellency the Governor:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
State of Louisiana.
New Orleans. January Is. 1879.
| To the Honorable Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatives In General Assembly convened:
| have the honor to submit herewith ac-
count of my disbursements OF the Governor q
| contingent fund.-
Also, account OF disbursements of militia
| fund under appropriation In act No. %, ap-
| proved March 80, 1878, and unexpended bal
ance under appropriations in act No. 98,
| approved April a., 1877
| The vouchers for expenditures are held
subject to your inspection wherever called
| for.
80 FRANCIS 7, NICHOLS,
Governor
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.
House OF REPRESENTATIVES. }
State Of Louisiana.
New Orleans, January 10, 1879.
To the Honorable the President and Members
l am directed to inform your honorable
body that the Speaker OF the House has signed
Enrolled bill No. %,
IAN act to provide for convention to frame
new constitution Of the State, and making
an appropriation to pay the expenses Of the
same"
And asks the signature of the Lieutent Gov
ernor and President OF the Senate to the
same.
G. M. PEGUES, Chief Clerk.
On motion of Mr.. Cage the rules were sus-
pended to take up at this time the Cover
nor's message containing the report of the
Consolidated Planters Association.
On motion of Mr.. Harding two hundred
copies of the report were ordered printed for
the use Of the Senate.
On call Of Mr.. Steven the Senate went into
executive session at 80 o'clock p. m.
Executive session was raised at 80 o'clock
p. m.
1.-The President of the Senate in the chair.l
On call of the roll the following Senators
answered to their names:
Messrs. Breaux, Bowden, Bryant, DeBou-
chel Delahoussaye, Ducros, Ellis, Fontenot,
Garland, Harding, Heron, Kelly, Kenner,
Landry, Merkel. Mitchell, Norwood, Perkins,
Sandiford, Scanland, Steven, Stubbs Sutton,
Iexada, Wales, Wells, Wheeler, Williams,
Absent-Messrs. Benners, Cage, Cahen, Ola,
Harper, Richardson, Stamps.
Mr.. Breaux obtained the consent OF the
Senate to withdraw from the files of last ses-
sion Senate bills Nos. 14S and 81.
Mr.. Mitchell offered the following resolution,
which lies over under the rules.
Be 1t resolued By the Senate of the State of
Louisiana, That the President of the Senate
appoint committee of three Senators to ex-
anime into the relations between the State of
Louisiana and the North Louisiana and Texas
Railroad Company, and report to the Senate
what legislation, II any, is needed in the
premises to protect the interests of the State.
On motion of Mr.. Ellis the Senate then ad-
journed until Monday, January 90 1879, at
II 80 o'clock a. m.
JOHN CLEGG,
Secretary Of the Senate.
Thirteenth Days PrOcs edings.
SENATE CHAMBER. STATE OF LOUISIANA
New Orleans. Monday January 90. 1879 !
The Senate was called to order at II o'clock
m. by Hon. Louis A. Wilt, Lieutenant Gov