The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-04-07

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The rules were suspended and the bill was In
trpduced
pension of the rules In order to- take the hil
up and refer II TO n committee. He called at
tentton to the fact that there was II me TO pass
the bill If this was done. Otherwise 1t would
The motion to suspend the rules for the pur-
pose indicated was ruled out of order. and the
bill went on the calendar.
| THE NEW BASIN CANAL BILL
was taken up on its third reading. Some die.
cussion ensued az TO whether an amendmen,
fixing the rate on lngs ut twenty ye cents hau
been adopted few daya before. To settle the
| question the bill was again placed on liz sec
| pud reading and the amendment Inserted The
bill WAS then ordered to be engroased ana
| passed To lts third reading.
THE CoioBED UNIVERSITY BILL
was then taken 10 the amendmentss of the
| Committee on Education adopted. and the bill
| passed TO tts third reading.
| UNDER A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES.
An act to regulate the number of employees
| OF the register of eonveyanoes FIR the pariph Of
Orleans, and to tx their salaries" was ordered
| to be engroseed and passed to tts third reading
AN act to fix the salaries Of The deputies,
sheriff for the parish OF Orleans, was amended
by raising the humber Of DEPUTIES and clerks 7,
IAN act relative to the powers and duties Of
clerks of DISTRICT courts aud their deputies
cepted" "a SENATE hil). was passed to Its third
reading.
IAN act relative to the appointment of com
missioners to superintend the repairs of the
State House ut Baton Rouge. and defining their
duties and powers Ia Senate Did. passed It's
third reading.
the payment Of taxes In cases of overflow. gen
eral conf .gratton, general destruction OF crops
or other public calamltiee, as provided for tn
article 2l2 of the constitution passed Its final
reading.
AN act to authorize the police jury to pro
vide for the funding Of the hoating and out
standing Indebtedness of the parish of East
Feltcana! to verify the legality Of said indebt-
edness aud ascertain ita amount. and &c. pro-
vide for the payment OF the principal and In
terest thereof by special tax for that purpose.
and to limit the rate of interest on said indeb.
edness." was, ordered to be engrossed and
AN act to carry out the provisions Of articles
2l9 and 22o of the constitution ia relation to re-
cordiug bomesteada and exemptio ns" "a Senate
bin. was passed to is third reading.
THE LrCHNsE BILL.
The license blu was taken up Hs unfinished
business.
Representative Ogden of Dosser. moved that
the amendments adopted In committee of the
whole be adopted by the House. and ON this mo-
zion called the previous question.
Representative Harris made the point of or,
der that the amendments had not been reported
70 the House. and could not be considered until
Ii was 80 reported
The Speaker overruled the point of order
and an appeal was taken, The Speaker was
sustained by the Houae-yeas 40, nays 80.
Representative Ogden renewed his motion.
Representative Robertson INQUIRED of kepre-
and desired to shut out further amendments to
the bill
to prevent The general lottery bill from belps
injected into license BILL and TO prevent the
necessity for an extra session by the defeat of
The yeas and nays were then demanded on |
the call for the previous question, resulting:
;, Yeas Aiken. Attain. Armstrong. Atkins
grove. Davidson. bebe. bevereauS, blcker SON
pudenhefer. Essex, Farmer, Faulkner. Franz.
Frazier. dar,ner, Hathaway, Heidenhain. Iyea.
Latten. Lucke. Lyons. Mllaudon. Nixon Nor
gan, Mcdonald, Ogden OF ssier. Phillips, Pol
ard rr H. a Q sr11 wESShs wsGh"e,der
Yell, Young Of Iberia Young of st.
Landry-4p.
uase bssa .1s HeG gaSe sasa Rp H
peg Harris. Henry. jackson of Natehitoches,
phs fs %DHgs nobsrson
Shepherd. Talton. Vaughan, Vincent. VOORHEES,,
Wise-3s.
% s hd oS sags
~ Yeas = YHitkeu4 Allan, Armstrong, Atkins.
grove, Grain. Davidson. Deibel, Devereaux.
Dickerson. Dudenhefer. Essex Farmer. Faux.
,er Fs fao, gardner HathaTay Heidenhan
Nixon, Morgan, MCCULLOUGH. Mcdonald. og.'
sa Of R RSsser cb Rhp s Rhst%
ferret, Weems, Williams of TER bonnie Yell,
i9 M Of Iberia s , Young Of T. Landry;
iarr Henry Jackson q 5oF
rion; Kirk, Kleigpeter, Lancaster, Legendre
'aarca. Ph,pps. Pope Richardson. II bertson,
hepherd. Talton, Vaughan. Vincent. VOORHEES,.
Representative Robertson. in explanation of .
ts vote. stated that he voted against the en- Z
rossment OF the bill becaus 40 the whole pro- ,
ceilings e., 1 r.. were irregnar and contrary to all
An act to amend and re-enact article 500 of 7
rossed and passed to Its third reading !
An act to regulate the number OF employees /
the clerks of the city, courts of the city of c
ew Orleans, and TO fix their salaries" passed
8 final reading-yeas 70. uays0 b
THE REVENUE BILL.
On motion of Representative Farmer the rev. +
ents, and by a vote Of 55 yeas to is nays the !
nendments were concurred In. 4
BILLS ON SECOND AND THIRD READINGS.
I'D Representatives in Congress to secure a =
l6icient appropriation to improve the naviga-
on OF Red river In the Commercial interest of Il
e States of Arkansas Texas and Louisiana
Id the Indian Nation" passed Its final read t!
p. II
Joint resolution requesting our Representa- o
yes and inetructing our Senators In Congress 3
obtain suitable appropriations for the i'm 81
'ovement OF the navigation of West Pearl p
YER" passed It's final reading. b
Joint resolution asking for an appropriation Il
Congress- for the purpose of making the a,
mite river from .Thompsons bridge to its u
outh .navigable for fiat aud keeboats. for K
fling logs, etc. with view to facilitate com tt
cree In the Florida parishes Of Louisiana"
used its f1nal reading.
An act to regulate the system of piotaee of NJ
9 port Of New, Orleans: to, amend existing
VS. relating thereto; to define the Qualilca-
ms required of pilots" etc. was ordered TO be
crossed and passed to its third reading, s.
1877, and to provide for the appointment of a G.
eistrar of voters for the paris b of Orleans and
rks, OF registration throughout the State"
ssed It's 6nal reading RI
The poll tax bill was taken UP with the Senate
1andments, which were conourred In.
The coal oil bill was ordered to be engrossed r,
d passed to its bird reading, ~
Davidson moved to adjourn |
asmuch as this was Confederate decoration J,
y. Lost-yeas 2s, nays 81 10
An act TO repeal act No So apnrovad Anril