The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-14
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
or THE
FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
-oF THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Forty-ninth Days Proceedings.
House OF REPRESENTATIVES.
State Of Louisiana,
New Orleans. Friday. March ~. 1880.
The hour to which the House adjourned
having arrived, the clerk called the House tc
order, and In the absence OF the Speaker,
called Mr.. Cosgrove to the chair.
Present-Messrs. Archer, Allan. Atkins.
Athens, Barry, Basktn. Billiu, Buchanan,
Devereaux, billiard, Deibel, Essex. Farmer,
Franz, Frazier. FeaZel, Gardner, Gibson, Col
Z son, He'll, Hathaway. Haney, Heidenhain,
1 Henry. Ives; jackson OF Natchitoches, Jack
Kirk. Lancaster, Landry, Legendre, Letten,
Lyons, Lucke, Miilaudon, Nixon. Morgan,
Norel, Mnnday, Mccullough, Mcdonald, Nc
Dowell, McLeroy, Pearce, Phtpps Phillips.
R Ro sSFs 9 sbspsssa
DIR, ~. Clair. Talton, varnado. Vaughan.
4 !erret, Vincent, VOORHEES,, Weems, Wise. vii
Hams Of Morehouse, Williams OF TerrebOnne,
Yell, Young Of Iberia, Young OF st. Landry
Assertion. r. N. Ogden, Speaker, and
NeSerS. Armstrong, BulOw, Cade, Grain,
Oayolle, Davidson, Dickerson, Dudenhefer.
Faulkner, Harris, Herring, .Kleinpeter, Ma
honey, Mccain, Newsom, Ogden, Strlngfel-
1ow-16.
The journal Of Thursday, the eleventh in
slant. was read, corrected and adopted.
Leave of absence was granted Mr.. New
som for few days, Mr.. Armstrong for one
day, Mr.. st. Clair for two days, Mr.. Duden-
hefer for one day. Mr.. Mahoney for one day
and Mr.. Pollard for one day.
PETITIONS. MEMORIALS AND RESOLUTIONS.
memorial was received from s. L. James,
relatlng to the Louisiana State Penitentiary.
80 The memorial was referred to the Commit
tee On Penltentiary.
- Mr.. Henry offered the following resolution:
y Resolued, That the Committee on Public
Lands be instructed to inquire into the status
OF title Of those lands within this State which
have been heretofore granted BY the United
States W the State Of Louisiana to the use OF
railroad corporations, or directly 30 such cor
porattons, with view to ascertain whether
some measures may not be taken Tor the pro-
lection OF citizen settlers upon such lands by
acts to quiet their titles In proper cases, and
TO reserve to such citizen settlers upon any
grants made to railroad companies who shall
have not complied with the conditions Of the
grant, the rights OF presumption and home
stead, before the re-grant OF the same land to
any other railroad or other corporation shall
take effect.
Lies over.
RESOLUTIONS ETC, FROM THE TABLE.
The following resolution, offered by IMr.
Aiken:
In view OF the fact that certain important
matters affecting the financial condition OF
the corporation 81 the city Of New Orleans
are involved In the old charter OF the New
Orleans Gaslight Company, and call for
sp r. y - Resoised that the comm,ttea m
Liquidation Of City Debt be and are hereby
directed to examine into the clause OF rever-
sion referred to In the charters OF that COM
Pany under the original grant. and that
papers.
Was taken up.
On motion the resolution was referred to
the Committee on City Debt.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
y. Kavanagh, chairman, on behalf OF the |
csuittee on Claims, reported as follows:
ucsnp eaker and Members Of the House OF
1AL lsentatlvee: /
tertio smmittee on claims beg leave to re- |
out shetows on the aforementioned bills |
s IL Doll dosi No 90, being
angular the relief OF johnson Armstrong. |
loTa; NJ. 1s4.
6fnaournr the relief OF Thomas l.. Max
l
fO,k cou12212 IS to pay the judgment and |
nrcnouned by said Thomas Il. Maxwell |
reference State Of Louisiana, In suit No.
himself 70 Fourth District Court for the
GONE 20 asans, the provisions OF article 48
0Doltste osSitutlon having been complied
Il !; H Hsth \ its reference to the Committee
he aUesti ,tions.
WSss6sr ii Of Thos. Mcintyre and p. J.
as did
court wou OF P. Mcnamara,
,ee Soyezd its reference to the Committee
RI Rfs; ,smorial Tor relief Of w. X. spearing,
ths mmend its reference to the Committee
dfo Judiciary.
account Of New Orleans waterworks.
Recommend Its reference to the Committee
I Contingent expense account OF the Office Of
Secretary OF State,
Favorably.
! On petition of J. s. Copes,
Recommend Its reference to the Committee
70 Public Lands.
House bill No. 22S.
An act to make an appropriation to pay
James Graham for legal services rendered In
the collection OF State taxes In suit No. a, 566
Of Superior District Court,
Recommend It's reference to the Committee
on the Judiciary.
All OF which Is respectfully submitted,
NJ. ID. KAVANAGH,
Acting Chairman.
.3 NOTICES OF BILLS.
The following named members gave notice
that they would. at some future day, intro
duce bills on the subjects named:
By Mr.. Billiu-
An act to regulate the system Of pilotage of
the port OF New Orleans; TO amend existing
laws relating thereto; to define the qualifica-
lions required Of pilots and to repeal the first
section of act No. 63. IAN act to amend and
re-enact section 27Os OF the Revised Statutes"
ETC., approved April 10, 1877; and also to define
the duties OF the board OF examiners.
By Mr.. Williams, OF Terrebonne-
An act to amend and re-enact section of
act No. 7, passed at the extra session of 1877. |
By Mr.. Haney-