The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-29
HOUSE or EsENTATTyEs.
WEDNESDAY. .Janunry 2a. I

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The House called to order al IA m
Apeaker Osden IN tho chair md eighty eight
mamhars present.
Prayer was offered by Rev Dr reroiyal
Tho rules were suspended in order to take
up NJ his time. on Its eeepud raaiing nnder
| favorable ranprt of Tho committed House bill
| No. "a entitled An hnt making approprtat ions
| 20 dafraV the expsnseE Of the General Assem-
| bly, Of The State Of f,miisianh t. pay the aetnnl
travelling espenssa and per diem NJ the nom
| hers. tho salnti of tho oifiners and ON ul"vna
mud otha' expenses thereof, for tho session
oemmaneing January ~. 1880 : tI'he bill M
propriateH t'a 500 for tho nae Of the House. aud
| f2a, ,odo for tho use pf tho Senate
Tho House resolved itself into eommltteo ef
! lte whole. with Representative Kavanaugh In
wi i the recommendation that II he ndopfad
phG 1sn"mn'naS't9n a .h h'i w"s eononrsd In by
groeaed mud pnaaet to Its third reading.
PETITIONS MKMonrALs AND nEHoIuTGoNs
| A petition was received from Il Wood Perry
| cernmiRsloner from Louisiana to The Paris E<
| position. naki Ing hat some proviaipu bs mndG
to refund him tho monay expended In going 10
and returning from enid exposition and other
nhrssRnty aEpahRns thereby incurred
/ By Repro santAttvs q ,RpravA@ A resolution
| requesting tbs Att rneV a"norRl 10 inform the
| House o. tho present status n fhn cHRe pandng
| nj Monroe. La entitled Tho state of IoutRi-
am VS. The North Louisiana and Toxins Rntl-
rnhi COMPANY" and whnt arc tho prpRpeota Of
| n Hpsedy sattlnmant of the sam" md how much
he thinks the State WILL flnhlly realize thero-
| from.
Hv Representative vincent-A resolution 10
Instruct the judiciary COMMITTEES to report n
bill provtdtng thnt ralIroai eompHpias In tho
Htate shali To made to puy for NIL stock killed
by thrm.
HY Representative FanzaI 4 petition from
Dnuial NJ Erunson. Tho rendine Of tho peti
tlon wna dispensed with. and It wa9 referred to
tho COMMITTEES on Glnims
Nv Representative Cnaprovn resolution
that no anmrnitee Of tho House be inerepgsd
without \ ha done Mt tho request 0f tho chnr
man of snoh hommittnes or aomo member
IL
Tho rules were au pended Al yens to 10 nays
md tho resolution was adopted.
HEsoEUTtoNs FROM TuE' TAEGE
Rv Reprehon atIye MeDonald Tint thu Com
mittee on Iirutdnfing tho Cty Debt bs increasrd Il
from eleven TO tltean me mbara to be appoint
ed hv tho Hpnaker within two days nfter the
adoption Of ,his resolution. Ruled out Of order
undsr tho resolution Inst adopted
Tho resolution fixing the per diem Of the
doorkeepefs nj ~ wna ndopted
by REPRESENTATIVE Young That tho Commit
tan on ReRlstraion bn required to report Mt nu
early day bill TO put In iorca nrtieln 2os Of tho
cpnstu Ion and b. repeal all laws In conflict
th"rowifh. Roforred to the Committee on
,giatratlon.
By Representative MeT.eroy y-That II Ia the
seuse Of hiR House tn i no bill shntl be printed
except those reported on favor5bly by tho vn-
riOns standing or susrill COMMITTEES or such ns
nre off red by thsm: md when sn h bills are
ptinted. no grentsr numb shat b9 printed
thAu VIII Rupply memb 'rR OF tho House with
ono eopY thoreof: eXeaut thht the House may.
by n suee i two thirds vote order certain other
DillR printed. AIFsf some dl HGu7SlDH tfiB TESD~
ntton WIS ru d out Of order. h'cause 1t con
filcrd with eartain rules og tho H0use. An ap-
poa b"inR tken from the decision of tho Chair
1t was sustained by n unanimous vote
by Representative Morel-Tnat tho Commit
toe on City Deht be- authortzI ii to send for per
sons and papers. and to aamnlRtsr onths ex-
anime Witnesses and have full Accsss at MI
times 10 the books Of the municipal corDora-
tlon # the city OF New Orleans Adopted.
BY preSentative Cnrlsy-ThHt tho Commit
tee on RnilrOnds be and they are hereby instruct
cd to examine Into aud report whether tho Now
Orleans. Mobile and Chattanooga Railroad
Company have viola 81 their charter. They
shall also have power 10 report by bill or other
wise. Adopted
BY Representative Dsvereaux-That the Com
lttee on Railroads hs Increased from nine to
eleven members. and that the Speaker appoint
the same.
On motion OF Representative Pope. Chairman
OF the Committee on Railroads the resolution
WAS adopted.
REPORTS or COMMITTEES,
The Committee on tho Judiciary reported
back uufnvorabiy House bill No. l. Introduced
by Representative Dudeuhefer. prohibiting
sailors OF foreign vesse,s from working On the
whMrves of New Orleans, This committee bIsed
It's report on the constitution Of the United
OF all com mercial matters asd for the further
reason that the bill would violate treaties
alreadY made between the government OF the
United States and foreign countries.
Ihe Speaker announced az additional men-
ber5 OF the Committee on Railroads Reoresen-
tativas D5yeteaux and Henry. and Representa-
tive Qainn. OF Orleans. Ia place OF Representa-