The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-15

/ senate III JOINT convention OF the Senate an0
| House, when less than twenty-six members
OF the House vote on the motion to proceed
| to Joint eHiIventiOn2
El9hteeni h-This question is In substance,
whether the twelve Representatives. from The
/ five dlSfranG5tShed cities had right to pHrti-
Cipate In the ganzatton aud proceedings OF
the House. without summons, When no other
persons held summons for the same seats.
| Nineteenth-Can the House legally organize
under certified roll containing 139 names
only, without admitting the twelve members
| frou the five citieef
| Twentieth--Fhis question i5 In substance
whether Representatives. apparently elected
| from Skoanegen and FarmlDgton, had q
| right to participate in The organization OF the
| House without ummons, when persons sum
moned declined to serve on the ground that
| they were hot elected.
| Twenty first Gan eleven members duly
elected and summoned, and seven other
| members not summoned but appearing to be
elected by plurality OF all the votes RETURN
ed under the requirement of the constitution
and decision OF the court, constitute an or
| ganized legal Senate, provided said eighteen
members each nave received a plurality OF all
the votes cast, and tho official records as we'll
! as the official returns show that fIct2
| Twenty sixty-tWo duly sum
| monsd members elect of the House, together
with twelve members elect not summoned
| from the five cities, and two members elect
non summoned from the towns OF Farming
ton and 5kowheEen, constitute or organize a
legal House OF Representatives when the
fourteen members above enumerated were In
fact elec e0, aud that fact appears by the Off
claI returns and by decision Of the court, no
other persons being summoned for the same
seats2
Twenty -thlrd-Can seventy-six members
elect enumerated In question nineteen, con-
atitute or otganzs Il legal House, together
with nine OTHER members elect, who were in
fact elected, aud appear by the official returns
and by the deusionof the courts to be elected,
though the nine -eats aforesaid are Claimed
by other candidates who were SUNNI Oned by
the Governor and Council, but VINO were not
In fact elected and do not appear to have been
elected by the official returns or decision OF
the court?
Twenty fourth When the terms OF office OF
the Governor and Council have expired, the
actlug President OF the Senate having refused
to qualify duly summoned members elect,
and tbs acting house, made up OF 1ty-two
members legally summoned, and fourteen
others not In fact elected and not appearing
to be elected by the official returns, under the
decision OF the courts, refuse to admit to
seats fourteen memberS elect Espeenied), or
nine additional members elect {specitied in
question ntneteeD), or nine additional mem-
berS elect f-pseitied In question twentyt or
any one OF them, can seyeEty-slX members
specified by QUESTION nineteen, or eighty-fiye
members sptctlsd by question twenty, alter
being called to order by one OF their members,
and the roll OF members elect read, as they
fore a didimas Justice, and thus constitute
aud organize q legal House OF Representa-
tives2
Twenty -ffth-When the terms of Office of
Governor and Council have expired can the
Acting Senate, made up Of twelve members
legally summoned, and eight others sum-
moned but not In fact elected, and not ap-
pearing to be elected by the official returns,
under the decision OF the court, refuse to ad-
NIT to seats seven members who are In fact
elected, ,lnd who appear to be elected by the
official returns and decision OF the court
C4u seven members thus denied seats, acting
with eleyen members elect, duly summoned.
after being ca,,..aoti TO order by one OF their
number and the roll of official returns and
decision Of ths court read, bs qualified before
a didimns Justice, and thus constitute and
organiz,, legal senate
Twenty y-sixth-Wheu a person has received
a summons As member of the House returns
the same to the Governor before the assem-
bling Of the Legislature, and resigns his seat
il 1t competent for him to call and cancel that
resignation, III the Legislature has assembled
aud organizad; or can he be compelled TO at
tend as mAfnbari
Twenty -3evtnth-In case the official returns
of votes for Governor should bs lost, con
cealed or be inaccessible by accident or fraud
Is 1t competent to count ths votes for Gov
ernar by using certified copies of the official
records OF the several cities, towns and planta-
tions in the StAte2
The associate justices will arrive at Bangor
this evening, and the court will convene to-
morrow.