The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-19
mittee on Railroads. submitted the following


New Orleans January 16. 1879.
At meeting Of the Committee on Rail
roads
House bill No. 20,
San act to amend and re-enact sections
and Of the act charteTing the Alexandra
and Arkansas Railroad Company"
Was taken under consideration, and, after
some discussion, the committee decided to re-.
port favorably upon the bill and to recon-
mend its adoption, and the chairman was di-
rected to inform the House OF this action OIL
0 s. M. POTTS, Chairman.
The report was received and adopted.
Mr.. Hammond asked and obtained leave OF
absence for the members OF the special COM
mittee Of the House In reference to State
Printer for this day and tomorrow.
Leave was accordingly granted to Messrs.
Hammond, Landry, Ross, Parmelee and
Nettles.
Mr.. LiddelI, chairman, on behalf OF the
Committee on Corporations, submitted the
following report:
To the Honorable Speaker and Members Of the
House of of Representatives.
Your Committee on Corporations beg leave
to report favorably on
House bill No. 81, entitled
''An act to incorporate Protector Fire Com
pany No. OF the city Of New Orleans"
And recommend that the bill do pass.
NJ. J. LIDDELL,
Chairman Committee on Corporations.
The call of committees being concluded,
Mr.. Lyons moved that the special order Of
the day be taken up, being
House bill No. 1O3,
can act to repeal act No. Is of the Isegisla-
ture OF 1863 entitled An act to increase the
revenues Of the State, and to authorize the in
corporation and establishment of the Louis
lana State Lottery Company, and to repeal
certain acts now in force; also to abolish the
Louisiana State Lottery Company; also to
repeal act No. 8 Of the Legislature OF 1874
entitled AN act relative to the unlicensed
sale OF lottery tickets In the city Of New Or
leans, and comforting on police courts the
power to suppress the same;' also to repeal
act No. 10 OF the Legislature OF 1874, entitled
An act relative to crimes and offenses; to
declare the sale Of Illegal lottery tickets or
The drawing of any lottery misdemeanor,
and to provide for the punishment of the
same, and to regulate the evidence to be re-
,eived upon the trial of such olfenses also,
10 prohibit lotteries and the sale of lottery
tickets; to make it misdemeanor to set up
)r promote lotteries or to sell lottery tickets,
Or aid therein, directly or indirectly; to pro-
vide punishment therefor, and to regulate the
evidence to be received upon the trial of such
)ffenses.
Mr. Gearey moved that the House do now
adjourn until IL: 80 a. M, January 10.
By rising vote of 10 yeas to 40 nays the
notion was lost.
Mr.. Gearey moved that the further consid-
,ration of House bill No. 103 be postponed
Until Monday at o'clock D. m.
On which motion the yeas and nays were !
'alled for win 5ise following result:
reas-Messrs. Board, Brown on VI jefferson, |
arron, Carter, Carville, Como, ColemafH, Da- |
IN OF Iberville, Demas, Frazier, Geaesy !
orne, Mckee, Potts, Robson, Smith of
t. Mary, Warmoth, Welsh, Weightnlan-22
Nays-Messrs. Allen, Armstrong, Arnauld,
arthelmy, Brent, Billieu, Bienvenu,
BS"1se9bs sv sasSnn T Esd kSe
etiege, ,Decuir, Dupaty, Ducote, Durio.
ms, Hay, Hill, Hightower, Holzhalb, Jeffries,
enkins, Jones, Lauer, Lott, Lyons. Martin
Ionc nc: MurreiI, MeElroy, Neaie,y, Netties,
Bryan, Parmelee, Pope, Rabouin, Reaney,
edon, Renwick, Ross, Ryland, Sharp,
mart, Stechmann, Scott, Schumpert, Vance,
eazy, Vidrine, Walton, Watson, Wise,
The motion to postpone was lost. II
The bill was taken up on second reading.
Mr. Cunningham offered the following
nendment:
SEC Z. Be IL further enacted, etc., That
)thing herein contained shall be taken or
'nstrued to prohibit or declare criminal ,
binary rallies, such as are usually gotten
} for the relief and benefit Of charitable and !
,nevoent institutions. Il
Mr.. Detiege offered the following SUBJ
ltute for the amendment of Mr.. Cunning
IN:
&c 5. After the words ''by proper authority"
st line, insert provided that nothing In this
t shall be construed as to apply to any be-
violent purposes, nor for the maintenance
any public charitable institution"
The substitute and amendment were sue
ssively laid on the table. 6
Mr.. Lyons moved that the bill be adopted :
whole on its second reading.
Mr.. Detiege moved as an amendment that 5
9 bill be read section by section.
BY rising vote Of Is yeas to "a nays the $
otion was lost, and the bill was adopted as
whole on its second reading.
IN the motion OF Mr.. Lyons it was Ardered
1T the bill be considered as engrossed for !
Ird reading.
Mr.. Lyons moved that the further consid-
ltion OF the bill be postponed, and the bill
lde the special order Of the day for o'clock
M, January 18.
lr. Demas moved to amend by making the .
the special order OF the day for Monday
/ o'clock,
Which was lost
The motion of Mr.. Lyons was carried.
NOTICE OF BILLS
Ehe following named members gave notice
1T they would at some future day introduce
3 following entitled bills, as follows:
BY Mr.. Allen I
An act to purchase an official map Of the
IRISH OF Livingston and make appropriation :
: the same" f
BY Mr.. Allen
AN act to annex a portion of Ascension