The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-19
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
OF THE
SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA.

Ninth Days Proceedings.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
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/ The House was called to order at II 80
o'clock a. M, by the Speaker. Present:
Hon. John G.. Moncure. Speaker, and
Bower, Brown Of Tensas, Brown OF
jefferson, Carron, Carter, .Carville Coco,
CPRRo ea RSsr bsvson IF paas
Decuir, Dupaty, Ducote, Durio, Fitzgerald,
Gearey, Guidry, Gordon, Hammond. Hart,
Hasam. Hawkins, Hay, Hill, Hite, Hightower,
Ho!zhalb, Jenkins, Jones, Landry, Lauer, Lid
quez, Murrell, McElroy, Mckee, Nealey. Net
| ties, O'Brien, Pope, Potts, Rabouin, Rea-
ney, Redon, Renwick, Robson, Ross,
Ryiand,. Sharp, Smart, Steele, Stechmann,
Schumpert,. Taylor, .Torrey Yeazey, Vidrine,
Walton, Welsh, Weightman, Wise and Young.
Eighty members and quorum.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Tardy, Of the Epis-
| copal Church.
The journal of the fifteenth was adopted as
amended.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
SENATE CHAMBER.
New Orleans. January 16, 1879.
| To the Honorable Speaker and Members OF the
House OF Representatives:
/ am directed to inform your honorable
| body that the Senate has concurred in
IAN act to provide for a convention to frame
| q new constitution for the State, and making
an appropriation to pay the expenses OF the
Respectfully JOHN CLEGG,
Secretary OF the Senate.
PETITIONS, MEMORIALS AND RESOLUTIONS.
On the motion of Mr.. Ryland, and under a
suspension Of the rules, the following resolu-
| ton was adopted:
RESOLVED, That the Sergeant-at-Arms be In
structed to prevent the passage of vehicles
along st. Louis street, In front OF the State
House, during the daily sessions OF the House.
Mr.. Rabouin asked and obtained leave to
withdraw certain papers filed with bill No.
203 OF the regular session of 1878.
Mr.. Lyons moved that the Concurrent
Resolution offered by Mr.. Martin, of Clai-
borne, January 10, Sin regard to donation of
United States land for educational purposes"
be taken up.
Under suspension of the rules the Con-
current Resolution was adopted, as follows:
Be 1t resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives. Of The State Of Louisiana, in
General Assembly convened, That the United
States Senators from this State are requested,
and the members Of Congress are requested,
to use their best endeavors to obtain from
Congress a further donation Of the public
lands of the United States in Louisiana to
said State for educational purposes.
1 Be further resolued, That copy OF this
rsoution be sent to our Senators and Repre-
sefiatives In Congress.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
SENATE CHAMBER,
| New Orleans, January 49, 1879. !
To the Honorable. 81 SPEAKER and Members of the
| House of Representatives:
| am directed to inform your hGsss2sraDlees!
body that the Lieutenant Governor and Pres
ident Of the Senate has signed duly enrolled
Senate bill No. 2, entitled
Joint Resolution relative to the improve
m ent OF the navigation OF Bayou Teche,"
And request the signature Of the Speaker OF
the House to same.
Respectfully,
JOHN CLEGG,
Secretary OF the Senate.
JOINT SESSION.
message having been previously received
from the Senate informing the House that
that body was ready to meet the House in
Joint session. as required by law, In order
that the journals of both houses of the Cen
eral Assembly might be compared with rela-
ton to the votes cast by each house for a
Senator to represent the State Of Louisiana
In the Senate Of the United States, for the
term commencing March 4, 1879,
The House being ready to receive the Sem
ate, the President and members of that body
were announced.
The General Assembly was called to order
by Hon. L. A. Witt, Lieutenant Governor
and President Of the Senate, and the roll
being called the following Senators answered |
to their names:
Messrs. Breaux, Benners, Bowden, Bryant, |
Cage, Cahen, DeBOuchel, Delahoussaye Ellis, |
Fontenot, Garland, Ola, Harding, Harper,
RerFG k ssnSX Kanpsr Landry
ven, Stubs, sutton, Texada, Wales, Wells, |
Williams, Zacharie-31.
The roll OF the House was called, when the |
following members answered to their names
Hon. j: G. Moncure Speaker, and Messrs.
Brent, Bridger, Bienvenu,. Board, Bower,
Brown Of Tensas, Brown Of Jefferson, Car
Cunningham, Davidson of 1berville, Detiege,
Decuir, Dupaty, Dueote, Durio, Estopinal,
Fitzgerald, Frazer, Gearey, Guidry, Gordon
Gnbernator, Hart, Hasam, Hawkins, Hay,
Jones, Landry, Lauer, Liddell Lott, Lyons,
Martin OF st. Landry, Martin OF Claiborne,
Marquee Murrell, McElroy Mckee, NeaIey.
Netties, O'Brien, Pope, Potts, Rabouin, Rea-
ney, Renwick, Robesop, Ross, Ryland, Sharp,
Smith Of st. Mary, Scott, Schumpert, Taylor,
Iorrey, Vance, Veazey, Vidrine, Walton, War
moth, Welsh, Weightman Wise, Young.
Eghty-two members present.
The object of the joint session was an
q ounced by the President of the Senate, and
The General Assembly proceeded to ballot
'or Senator to represent the State of LOUISE
ana in the Senate of the United States for
the term commencing March 4, 1879.
The following nominations were made:
Hon. j. Floyd King, of Coneordia.
Hon. Jules 7. Pecot, of Orleans.
Hon. J. Massie Martin, of St Landry.
Hon. z. Bermudez O. Orleans
Hon. E. John Ellis, Of Orleans
Hon. 1. W. Patton, of Orleans.
Hon. w. B. Spencer, of Orleans.
Hon. r. FL. Mari, of Orleans.
Hon. Taylor Beattie, of Lafourche.