The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-05
bis own molten the motion to reconsider was
laid upon the table.

House bill No. $50,
An act to levy, collect and enforce payment
OF an annual license tax upon all persons, as
sociationg Of persons and corporations, pursu-
Ing any trade. profession, vocation, calling or
business, except those who are expressly ex-
empt from suoh tax by articles 2o6 and 207 of
the constitution,
Being the second special order, was taken
up on second reading.
On motion Of Mr.. Odgen the House resolved
itself into committee of the whole to take
into consideration the above entitled House
bill No. $50.
HOUSE BUSINESS RESUMED.
The committee. Oh rising, reported through
It's chairman, Mr. Billiu, that they had had
under consideration the above entitled House
bill No. $50, and reports progress and asks
leave to sit again.
Mr.. Bllliu, chairman, on behalf of the COM
mittee appointed to receive Gen. Grant, re-
ported that Gen. Grant was present, and
asked that he should be received by the
House.
Speaker Ogden, on behalf OF the House OF
Representatives. welcomed Gen. U. y. Grant,
and spoke as follows:
teuLlGUUeH Oh Tie beU5THl ASSEMBLY,, nave
the honor 10 present to you one of Americas
greatest SONS.
General Grant-It becomes my duty, as well
as my pleasure, as Speaker of the House Of
Representatives. OF the State OF Louisiana. to
welcome you. sir. In the name OF our people,
to this their Legislative hall. The blood
stained cloud which for years had yelled the
better sentiments OF the people North and
South, has passed away, and, trust, forever,
and In It's stead the brighter rays Of fraternal
love, rejecting confidence and earnest friend
ship, warm the heart of every patriot, unlim-
tied by geographical lines or narrowed by
sectional prejudice.
There is not to-day In the heart OF any man
within the hearing Of my voice anything but
feeling of loyal love aud deep devotion to
the American Union. We can, therefore, cir,
recognize In you o son Of our common mother.
And as SONS of one common Union we CAP,
together with the entire American people, re-
jolce at the honors laid at your feet-honors
that stir with loyal and patriotic emotions
the heart Of the nation In the name, there
FORE of the Representatives Of the State of
Louisiana, whose people speak to-day through
me, ] again welcome you to our legislative
hall.
Gen. Grant replied:
Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of The House
of Representatives IL rather an unusual
thing for me to attempt to say anything In
public halls; but am delighted to hear such
generous sentiments as were uttered by your
worthy Speaker, as they are my own.
/ have always thought that differences be-
tween common people which have been
once settled should be forgotten. shall al-
ways be pleased to see anything which will
advance the prosperity of Louisiana. SO long
as the States stand together no foreign nation
can conquer or break up the Union Ii such
an attempt should be made / believe that the
bravest defenders of the Union would be found
In the men before me- Nothing can affect
one State without affecting the other, and
what benefits one portion OF the country will
also benefit the other portions. Gentlemen,
thank you for this very cordial welcome, and
feel not only grateful for Il, but for all the
kind attentions shown me since my arrival
here.
On motion Of Mr.. Atkins a recess was taken
for thirty minutes.
HOUSE BUSINESS RESUMED.
The House was called to order at IL As.
Present-Hon. r. N. Ogden, Speaker, and
Messrs. Allain, Archer, Armstrong. Atkins,
Barry, Baekin. Billiu, Buchanan, Bulger.
Bulow, Butler, Cade. 0arron, Cayolle,. Cos
grove, Drain, Curley, Davidson. Delbel Deve-
reaux, Diekerson. billiard, Dudenhefer, Essex.
Farmer, Faulkner, FeazeL Franz, Frazier,
| Gardner, Gibson. Golsan, Hall, Haney. Har-
rls, Hathaway, Heidenhaln, Henry, Ives,
Jackson of st. Mary, Jackson of Natchitoches,
yoifrion. Jones, Kirk. kleinpeter, Lancaster, lancaster,
Millaudon. Nixon. Morel Morgan. Munday.
Mccain, Mccullough. Mcdonald Mcdowell,
| McLeroy, Newsom, Ogden of Bossier, Phillips.
Phipps, Pollard, Pritchard. Richardson,
herd, st. Clair, Talton, Varnado, Vaughan.
| verret, Vincent, Voorhies, Weems, Williams
of Terrebonne. Williams of Morehouse,
| Wise, Yell, Young Of Iberia-s7.
| Absent-Messrs. Aitken, Herring, Kava-
nagh. Landry, Pearce, Pope, Quinn, String
| fellow. Young OF st. Landry-9.
| on motion of Mr.. Farmer, and under q sus-
pension of the rules,
! House bill No. 257,
| An act to enforce the provisions OF the ordi-
nance OF the constitution, enticled Loan by
Fiscal Agent, and to provide for the payment
of the certificates of Indebtedness Issued for
said loan, and to appropriate $4,000, or SO
much thereof as may be necessary for that
purpose,
| Was taken up on third reading.
| The bill was read In full.
The roll was called on 10 final passage of
the bill, and resulted % follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Allan, Archer Atkins, Bar
ry, Baskln, Billiu. Buchanan, Bulger, Bulow,
Butler, Cade, Carron, Cayolle, Cosgrove,
Grain, Curley, Davidson, Devereaux, Dicker-
son, billiard, Dudenhefer. Essex, Farmer,
Faulkner, Feazel, Franz, Frazier, Gardner,
Gibson, Golsan Hall, Haney.. Harris, Hatha-
way, Held1enhain, 1 Henry, Jackson Ss ,eE, Of st.
Jones. Kavanagh, Kirk, Keinpeter, Lancas-
ter, Legendre, Letten, Lueke, Lyons. Maho-
ney, Millaudon, Nixon, Morel, Morgan, Mum
day, Mccain, Mccullough, Mcdonald, Nc
Dowell, McLeroy, Newsom, Ogden Of Bos-
sier, Phillips, Phipps, Pollard, Pritchard,
Quinn. Richardson, Robertson, Roche, Shalt
Vaughan. Verret, Vincent. Voorhies, Weems,
Williams of Terrebonne, Williams Of More
house, Wise, YELL Young Of Iberta-84.
| Nays-None.
Absent-Messrs. Aitken, Armstrong, Deibel,
Herring, Ives, Landry, Pearce, Pope, Schnei-
der, Stringfellow, Young OF st. Landry-11.
And the bill was finally adopted.
The title was adopted.
MIR. Robertson moved to reconsider the
vote by which the bill was finally passed, and
on his own motion the motion to reconsider
was laid on the table.
On motion of Mr.. Robertson and under q
suspension of the rules,