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

| House bill No. 29p. entitled
An act making necessary appropriation TIC
remove the archives OF the State TO Baton
| Rouge,
| Beg leave 90 report the same, by major
| ity, favorablyt
Respectfully submitted, .....
w. A. ROBERTSON,
Chairman Of Committee.
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING.
Mr.. Cunningham obtained unanimous con
sent to take up and consider at this time the
bills reported by the committees ON the Judi
ciary and Finance this day.
House bill No. $40,
An act TO provide for the stamping or ex
Of Louisiana, In accordance with the ordi
nance relative to the State debt,
Was taken up, with the amendments re.
ported this day by the Committee on the
Judiciary.
The bill was read the second time and In full
On motion OF Mr.. Cunningham the amend.
ments proposed by the committee were
adopted.
Hon. wynne Rogers In the chalr.l
RECEPTION or DAN RICE.
On motion of Mr.. Detnas Mr.. Hlce was In
vited TO seat on the platform.
On motion of Mr.. Marston an informal re-
Gees Of ten minutes was ordered.
CONSIDERATION OF HOUSE BILL NO. 24p RE-
sUMED.
On motion OF Mr.. Robertson the bill was
ordered read third time.
THE Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate In the chair.
House bill No. $50,
An act to amend and re-enact act No. 10 of
acts of 1877. approved February 90, 1877,
Was taken up, under the favorable report
of the Committee on the Judiciary.
The bill was read In full
Mr.. Settoon offered the following amend
ment, which was agreed TO:
At the eud Of section add. Provided that
any person or persons who shall be bona fde
owner or possesspr OF any tract OF land sit
uated within said parish, for longer period
than ten years, shall make an affidavit before
any Judge. clerk of court or Justice of the
peace of said parish, describing the land and
the time OF his or their possession Of the
sanis as nearly as practicable. attested by the
declaration under oath Of two ffeeholders and
residents of said parish, declaring the same
faets, which affidavit and attestation, upon
being duly recorded In the Office of the clerk
OF the district court of said rarish, shall have
the same force and effect. and answer In lieu
and stead of the Judgment contemplated In
this section.
On motion Of Mr.. Robertson the bill was
ordered read q third time.
House bill No. 2as,
An act TO empower the Governor to contract
for the employment of special counsel In GER
tain cases now pending In the Supreme Court
Of the United States. and which are or may be
pending or which he may deem proper to In
stitute or prosecute or defend In the courts Of
this State or of the United States TO stipu-
late for the payment Of certain fees contin-
gent upon the success therein, and to appro-
pirate $4,000 for the payment, costs of court,
and for the travelling expenses of the said
special counsel when employed. on purely
contingent fees.
Was taken up, under the favorable report
Of the Committee on the Judiciary.
The bill was read the second time and In full.
On motion Of Mr.. Robertson the bill was
ordered read a third time
Senate bill No. 172,
An act to amend act No. 30, to regulate and
ietine the duties and powers of administra-
iors, executors, curators and syndies, ap-
proved March IL, 1856, and to regulate the
iepoeits Of funds held by receivers and COM
nissioners acting as llquidators.
Was taken up, the Committee on the Judi
,iary having reported favorably thereon by
substitute.
The substitute was read In full.
On motion of Mr.. Watkins the substitute
Was accepted In lieu of the original bill and
becomes
Senate DILL No. 23t.
An act TO repeal sections 1463 and 1906 of
,he Revised Statutes of March ID, 1870, and
article 1850 of the Revised Civil Code in re-
guard to the deposit of certain funds In
State banks.
On motion of Mr.. Watkins the bill was
ordered to be engrossed and passed to it's
bird reading.
House bill No 299,
An act making the necessary appropriation
% remove the archives of the State to Baton
Rouge,
Was taken up. under the favorable report |
II the Committee on Finance
The bill was read In full.
On motion of Mr.. Robertson the bill was or |
lered read the third time.
House bill No. 240,
An act making an appropriation to pay |
alance of salaries due parish judges for the |
tear 1879,
Was taken up, under the favorable report Of |
he Committee on Finance, with amendments
this day.
The bill was read the second time and In full. |
MIR. Robertson moved the adoption of the
amendments proposed by the committee and |
the yeas and nays.
The call having been sustained, the roll was |
allied. With the following result:
Yeas-Messrs. Ably, Augustin, Campbell, |
Demas, Estopinal, Fontenot. |
lagan. Harris. Lucas, Newton. Nunez, Perry,
ollock, Robertson, Rogers, Stewart, Steele |
ettoon, SHINES. Story, Walton %.
Nays-Messrs. Burlington, Leake. Luckett
[arston, Vance, Watkins-6.
Absent-Messrs. Brian, Cahen, Dayey,
oster. Kidd, Montan, Muir, Parlange-s.
And the amendments proposed by the COM
ittaa were adopted