The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-08
Legislature, Id line 8, was stricken out, and
the words General Assembly" inserted In

On the motion Of Mr.. Semmes the word
law at the end Of the article, was stricken
nut and the word IT. inserted In lieu thereof.
Article II was adopted as amended.
Article 10 was read.
Mr.. Cunningham moved to amend by In
serting between the words Constitution
md "by" the words "or by law" The
amendment was lost.
Mr.. Pardee moved to amend the article by
adding ut the end thereof the words "the
failure of the Governor to send into the Sen
ate the name Of any person nominated for Of
flee as herein provided, shall be equivalent
to rejection"
MI. Poche offered the following substitute
for the amendment which was accepted and
adopted:
The failure Of the Governor to send ~ Ter
confirmation the name Of any person appoint
ed by him during the recess 81 the Senate
shall be considered us q rejection as hereln-
above provided. !.
The article was further amended by adding
In line 8, after the word (which" the word
"shall."
Mr.. Davidson, 81 Iberville, offered the fol
lowing substitute for the article
The Governor shall have no power to ap.-
point any person or persons TO office, except
II case OF any vacancy caused py reslgnag, u
then the Governor shall appoint q person TO
perform the duties of the office thus vacant,
and the said appointment shall not extend
beyond sixty days. during which time the
Governor shall order an election to I'LL said
vacancy.
On the motion Of Mr.. Robertson the substi-
tute was laid on the table, and the article was
adopted as amended.
Article IA was read.
On the motion Of Mr.. Lyons article IA was
amended ~ follows:
Add at the end Of article IA the words: HE
shall be eommander-in-chiefo OF the army aud
when they shall be called into the actual SER
vice Of the United States
The article was adopted as amended.
Article is was adopted.
The following amendment was offered by
Mr.. Moore, Of Lafourche:
Strike out the word therein" In line 16, and
Insert III Meu thereof, Tor recommended BY
special message after the General Assembly
shall have been convened"
BY rising vote Of 43 yeas to As nays, the
motion to amend was lost.
On the motion OF Mr.. Stevenson, the article
was amended by striking out In line II the
word Elk" and insert In lieu thereof the
word limit"
On the motion Of Mr.. Favrot, the article
was further amended, as follows:
Insert In line s, after the word "houses,
the words ''as to the time OF adjournment"
On the motion OF Mr.. Robertson, the article
was further amended, as follows:
He shall take care that the laws be faith.
fully executed
On the motion Of Mr.. Parlange. the article
was amended, us follows:
AT the end of section 1G add, land any legis.
lative action had after the time so limited. OF
as to other objects than those enumerated liz
said proclamation, shall be null and void"
The amendment was adopted.
Mr., Robertson offered the following amend.
ment:
line, the words Tor the Senate for executive
business only" ea
On the motion Of MIR. Todd, the seventh
eighth, ninth and tenth lines were stricken
out.
onthemot Of Mr.. Richardson, the article
was further amended by adding at the enc
or line is, provided 1t shall not exceed TWEEN
| ty days."
Article 1G was adopted as amended.
Article " was read, and on the motion 0
Mr.. Blanchard was amended as follows:
Erase the word "shall'' and the word "but
In line 4. In line erase the words The shal
n word aPReas In nil line erase tie words sha
I have" and In line . erase the word "they,
and In place Of 1t insert sits"
Mr. Pardee offered the following amend
ment: @E
| III line ~, strike out the word "ten" and In
gert the word '.five;" In line SO, strike out tn
word thirty" and insert the word five"
Mr.. Lyons offered the following as a sui
stitute:
In line ~, strike out the word item and In
sert in lieu thereof the word five"
In line 50, after the word "shall; !" insert IA a
word mot and strike out ell OF the articl
after the word Flaw" IN line 80.
The question being divided the first an
second parts OF the above amendments wer
successfully adopted.
On the motion to adopt the article q
amended the yeas and nays were called 70
with the following result:
Yeas-Messrs. Allan, Babcock, Baskin, Bel
Blanchard, Bobie, Breen, Bridger. Byrn
Carey, Chaffe, Chiapella, Claiborne, Collln'
4 Davis, Demas, Denis, Dickerson, Dillart
j Easterly, Edwards, ELAN, Estopinal, Fault
Forman, Gardner, George, Girard, Gl
Grimes, Gueringer, Hazard, Henry OF Can
eron, Henry Of Natchitocnes, Houg9h, Ho wei
chan, Kidd, Kirkman, Knoblock, Lagan, Lane
Landry. Leake, LeGardeur, Jr, Loan, Lot
Luckett, Lyons, Marshall, Matthews, Millar'
Moreland, Moore Of Lafourche, Munday, M.
hogaez b NH1 qfaeR ~
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