The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-24

| Donhee ulil NO. 33,
An act to provide for an interpreter Of th
Superior Criminal Court"
Was taken up under the report Of the Com
mittee on Finance, recommending that tn
bill be referred to the COMMITTEES on tn
judiciary.
On motion OF Mr.. Ducros the report Of tn
committee was adopted, andithe bill was q,
referred.
The report Of the COMMITTEES on Election
In the contest OF Guichard We. Steven wa.
taken up.
On motion Of Mr.. Williams the report lie
over.
Senate bill No. 40. entitled
"An act tn fix the improvisation OF Jurors
In criminal cases In the different courts Of th,
city OF New Orleans which have crimina
Jurisdiction"
| Was taken up under the unfavorable repor
Of the Committee on the Judiciary.
| On motion Of Mr.. Merkel the bill was lait
ON the table subject to call.
On call OF Mr.. Harding the Senate wen
into executive session at 10 o'clock p. m.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Executive session was raised at | 80 o'clocl
p. M, and on call OF the roll the following
Senators answered to their names:
| Messrs. Breaux, Benners, Bowden, Bryant
Gage , Hshen DsBSuehe psa 1,Is pu
Harper, Heron, Kelly, Kenner. Merkel
Sandiford. Scanland. Stamps, Steven, Stubts
Texada. WALES, Wells, Wheeler, Williams
Zacharie-34.
Absent Landry, sutton,-2.
Mr.. Texada In the chair.
Mr.. Bowden moved that the rules be sus.
pended In order to take up at this time HOUSE
bill No. 100. received this morning.
Mr.. Cahen demanded the yeas and nays
The roll being called, resulted as follows:.
Yeas Messrs. Bowden, Ducros, Fontenot,
Heron, Kelly, Norwood, Perkins, Richard
son, Sandlford, Scanland, Steven. stubbs,
Texada. Wales, Wells, Williams, zaoha-
Nays-Messrs. Breaux,. Benners, Bryant,
Cage, Cahen, DeBouchel, Delahoussaye, Ellis,
Garland, Ola, Harding, Harper, Merkel,
Mitchell, Stamps, Wheeler--16..
Absent Messrs. Kenner, Landry, Sutton-5.
And the rules were not suspended.
On motion Of Mr.. Mitchell the rules were
suspended In order to take up at this time
the following resolution:
Be 1t resolved By The Senate of The State of
Louisiana, That the President OF the Senate
appoint COMMITTEES 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.. Mitchell the resolution
was adopted.
On motion OF Mr. Harding the rules were
suspended and
Senate bill No. 4, entitled
"An act to fix the salaries OF the Crescent
City Police force OF the city Of New Orleans,
and requiring the City Council to provide a
special fund for the prompt payment Of the
same, and authorizing any person to proceed
by writ Of mandamus or Injunction to carry
out the provisions of this act"
Was taken up and made the special order
for tomorrow at o'clock p. m.
The hour Of o'clock p. m. having arrived,
Senate bill No. So, entitled
IAN act to define and prevent vagrancy, -
etc,
Was taken up on Its second reading, the
bill being the special order of the day for
that hour.
Mr.. Mitchell moved TO reconsider the vote
by which
Henate bill No. 40.
IAN act to amend and re-enact section "a OF
act No. 90 Of the extra session OF 1877, ap-
proved April 20, 1877. autho.ing the appoint
ment of tax collectors for the parish OF Or
leans, and fixing their number, compensation
ard rate OF commission for collecting taxes
and licenses"
Was indefinitely postponed on yesterday.
Mr. Perkins moved to lay that motion on
the table, and demanded the yeas and nays.
The roll being called, resulted as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Breaux, Bowden, Ducros,
Garland, Heron, Kelly, Kenner, Norwood,
Perkins Richardson, Scanland, Stubbs, Tex
ada, Wales. Wells, Wheeler, Williams, Zach
ai Ne,s Mossrs pannora prvor+ c..o "a
hen, DeBouchel, Delahoussaye, Ellis, Fonte-
not Ola, Harding, Harper, Landry. Merkel
Mitchell, Sandiford, Stamps. Steven, SUIT
tOn-18.
And the motion to lay on the table was
lost.
The question required on the motion to re-
consider, and Mr.. Bowden demanded the
yeas and nays:
The roll being called. resulted az follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Benners, Bryant, Cage, Ca
hen, DeBouchel, Delahoussaye, Ellis, Fonte-
not, Ola, Harding, Harper, Landry, Merkel,
Mitchell, Sandiford, Stamps, Steven, Sutton
10.
Nays-Messrs. Breaux, Bowden. Ducros,
Garland, Heron, Kelly, Kenner, Norwood
Perkins, Richardson, Scanland, Stubbs, Texa-
da, WALES, Wells, Wheeler, Williams, Zach
arfe-18.
And the motion to reconsider was lost.
THE President of the Senate In the chair.]
Consideration was resumed Of Senate bill
No. 50.
On motion OF Mr.. Stubs, the bill was taken
up section by section.
Section was read.
Mr.. Kenner moved to amend section by
striking out all after the word themselves"
In line 16, to the end OF the section.
Mr.. Harding offered as substitute for
section the following:
SECTION |. Be 1t enacted, ETC., That the City
Council OF the city OF New Orleans and the
police juries Of the respective parishes shall
be and are hereby authorized to enact and