The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-03-24
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
OF THE
FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
or THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Pifty-sixth Days Proceedings.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,, j
State Of Louisiana,

Fifty sixth Days Proceedings.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,, ii
State Of Louisiana,
New Orleans Saturday March 20. 1880.
The House was called to order at ii a. m.
Presentation. r. N. Ogden, Speaker, and
Messrs. Allan, Archer, Armstrong, Atkins,
Baskin. Billtu, Buchanan, Bulger, Bulow,
baVn B Gadf 6s Gsl1 06se Ess
Farmer, Faulkner, Feazel, Franz, Frazier,
Gibson, Golsan, Hall, .Haney, Harris, Hath
away, Heidenhatn, Henry, Herring, Ives.
nashs0R nasb, Rak Fl K kePstss a s0s esndre sG Is
Munday. Mccain. Mccullough, Mcdonald,
McLaroy, Newsom, PHILIPPE. Phipps, Pollard.
Roche. shaitfer, Shepherd, st. Clair, 1alton,
Vaughan, Verret, Vincent, Voorhies, Weems,
Williams Of Morehouse, Wise, Young of
Iberia, Young OF st. Landry-76.
Absent-Messrs. Atken, Barry oayolle,
Devereaux, Dlckerson, Gardner, jackson OF
Natchitoches, Lancaster, Landry, ALyons,
Morgan Mcdowell, Ogden OF Bossier,S SPearce.
Pope, Schneider, Strfngfellow, Varnado, VII
lans OF Terrebonne, Yell 20.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. DR.. Perci-
val.
The journal Of Friday, March 10, was read,
corrected and adopted.
ROLL CALL FOR INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
In accordance with the rules, the roll was
called for the introduction Of bills, etc. The
following named members introduced bslls
entitled as follows, which we're read by their
titles for the first time and placed upon the
calendar for second reading:
By Mr.. Allan
House bill No. 294,
An act making appropriation to pay George
Wales his mileage and per diem as Senator
from the Fourteenth Senatorial District Tor
the 1.ssion and extra session Of 1877.
By Mr.. Frazier
House bill No. 295,
An act authorizing a. commission to be ap-
pointed, who shall be a court OF arbitration,
with power to decide on all civil cases, when
the matter In dispute shall not exceed the
sum of fifty thousand dollars, and from whose
verdict there shall be no appeal by the con-
testants.
By Mr.. Jones
House bill No 296,
An act to make an appropriation Of the SUM
of eight hundred and seventy-fve dollars and
forty-five cents, to make up the deficiency OF
the appropriation of the year 1879, to pay as
SCISSORS for enrolling the militia In the year
1878.
By Mr.. Munday-
House bill No. 297,
An act for the relief Of Thos. FL. Wynne..
By MIR. Richardson
House bill No. 29S,
An act authorizing Frank Huguet, of East
Baton Rouge.
By Mr.. Robertson
House bill No. 299,
An act making the necessary appropriation
to remove the archives of the State to Baton
Rouge
By Mr. Henry
House bill No. 300,
An act for the postponement OF the pay
ment of taxes In case Of overflow, general
conflagration, general destruction OF the
crops. or other public calamity, as provided
for in article 212 OF the constitution.
On motion Of Mr.. Hathaway
House bill No.97,
An act requiring all stores, shops, gro
ceries, saloons and all places OF public
business which are or may be licensed under
any law OF the State Of Louisiana, or under
any municipal or parochial laws, except those
herein exempted, to be closed on Sundays,
and forbidding all giving, trading, barter1ng
and selling on said days; declaring II mis-.
demeanor to violate the provisions OF this act,
and to fix penalties for all violations Of the
same; to exempt from the provisions OF this
act drug stores, apothecaries' shops, public
and private markets, bakeries, livery stables.
railroads, whether steam or horse, hotels.
boarding houses and steamboats,, and to re-
peal all laws or parts OF laws contrary to and
inconsistent herewith,
Was taken up on It's second reading, under
the favorable report of the Committee on
ParOchial Affairs, with the following amend
ments:
On motion OF Mr.. Atkins the amendments
recommended by the committee were
adopted.
On motion Of Mr.. Hathaway the first sec
tion was adopted.
Mr.. Heidenhain moved to strike out the en-
acting clause OF the bill.
On motion Of Mr.. jackson, Of st. Mary,
and by rising vote OF sixty-two yeas to nine
nays, the motion to strike out the enacting
clause Of the bill was laid upon the table.
Mr.. jackson, Of st. Mary, moved to recon-
slider the vote by which section one Was
adopted
On motion of Mr.. BiIliu, and by rising
vote OF 43 yeas to II nays, the motion to re-
consider Was laid upon the table.
Section two was read.
On motion OF Mr.. Munday the section was
amended In line 2, by inserting after the word
"act'' the words 'for each offense."
On motion OF Mr.. Hathaway section waa
adopted as amended.
Section 3 was read.
Mr.. Dudenhefer moved to amend, In line 8.
by striking out the word mot"
On motion Of Mr.. Quinn, and by rising
vote OF "a yeas to2 nays, the amendment WAS
laid upon the table.
Mr. Buger moved to strike out the words
"barber shops"
,nIa4 hot toI.