Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-03


| quest was signed by ten members. 81
O'Nelll again moved TO adjourn, and
claimed that it had precedence Of call for
| the previous question.
o'Neill called for the yeas and nays on this
motion.
The previous question was ordered by
vote of So to 81. The vote was then taken
| on the motion TO pass to third reading, and
the motion was carried by a. vote OF 81 yeas
| to 81 nays.
O'Neiil again moved to adjourn. The mo-
| ton was lost.
Trezevant moved to fix the election bill as
special order for Thursday, after the morn
ing hour.
0'Neill suggested that the law required the
| bill to be printed.
Trezeyant explained that the printer prom
ised to have the bill printed Wednesday
evening, and he desired TO have the bill take
| precedent over all other bills, and to fix q
| special hour for its consideration.
O'Neill insisted that the law would not be
complied with, even il the bin was placed on
the desk Friday.
Irrelevant asked O'Nein II he insisted on
the delay of twenty-four hours O'Neill re
piled that he did. He wished to examine the
bill, and would insist on his point OF order.
The original motion was again put, and
/ 0'Neill moved as a substitute that the bill he
made the special order for Friday. He said
he did not move this delay with view Of
defeating the bill, but 20 prepare and offer
amendments. He called for the yeas and
nays.
These being ordered, the sastitute was lost
by a vote of 26 years and 65 nays. and the
| bill be made the special order for Thursday.
On motion Of Dufour, the city charter was
made the special order Immediately alter the
| election law bill Thursday.
O'Neill again moved to adjourn, and the
/ house did adjourn to not Thursday, at..
o'clock.
| THIRTx-sEcoND DAT.
sKNArE.-The senate met at noon Thurs
day, with Mr.. Estopinal in the chair, and
| thirty-two members present.
Special order:
Senate bill 56 by Baird-To exempt persons
/ firms and corporations doing business In the
Incorporated towns Of the State. from the
| payment Of parish licenses. After some uis-
| cussion the bill was passed-yeas "a, nays s.
At the request of Senator Barrett, unani-
nous consent was given to take up senate
| bill 160, to amend and re-enact section 2 OF
act $50 Of 1894, relative to contracts for build
| ings and securities of workmen and furnish
ers Of material Referred to judiciary.
! Senate bills on final passage:
No. 59-Creating in the city OF New Or
leans the fifth city court Finally passed by
vote Of 23 to 9.
No. 121-To regulate the manner Of attach
ing creditors. Lost by a vote OF 10 to 10.
No. 153-Relative to the boards of health OF
Shreveport and Baton Rouge. Passed
Sambola, chairman Of the committee on
militia, reported fayorably on house bills 81
and 68, providing for the appropriat1on Of
the unexpended balances Of 1884 and 1894.
message from the house announced the
passage Of the bill calling for constitutional
convention and several other measures.
Estopinal secured a suspension OF the rules
/ 20. nos1 1ar-f hooa =
The senate then adjourned until Friday at
II O'Clock.
HousE.-The house met at noon Thursday,
with eighty-eight members present. Prayer
by Rev. Klein.
Report Of Joint committee on election:
Trezevant sent up the report Of the CON-
mittee relative to Wilkinson's registration
BILL including several amendments providing
that the bill shall go into effect Jan. 1, 1897;
strikes out completely the poll tax section,
and makes several changes in the details oi
the bill.
House bills on final passage:
No. 138, to authorize and request the gov
efnor OF the State OF Louisiana to purchase
1900 Hardee maps. Passed.
No. 257, Trezevant's caucus constitutional
\ convention bill:
O'Neill moved that the house go into q
committee Of the whole. He wished to offei
/
ing for the submission to the people Of q
propositi0p for an unlimited constitutional
convention In the city Of New Orleans on the
first Tuesday Of January, 1896, delegates tc
be elected at the presidential election mex
November under existing election laws, and
appropriating $4,000 for the expense
thereof.
Then o'Nell again moved that the house *
into a committee Of the whole to consider hi
substitute.
Trezevant moved that the motion be re
jected, and called on the friends OF the orig
inal bill to vote against the motion OF O'Neill
The chair declared the motion Of O'Neil
lost, and that gentleman called for the poll
ing OF the vote. Then he sent up an amend
ment striking out the enacting clause Of th'
original bill. This was rejected, and tn
original bill was placed on. final passage OF
| the motion of Trezevant The bill passed b
a vote of SO yeas, SO nays
: House bill 273, to refund to the purchaser
: OF property under act so, OF 1888 the pur
chase price where the title Hereunder was
/ | nnllity, or where possession of the propert
} could not be secured by reason Of prior pos
session by another person under a valid title
, land making an appropriation therefor
4 Passed,
> The house then took recess until O'Clock
/ I The house met again at o'clock wit
eighty members present.
Wilkinson moved that the rules be sus
pended aud that bills reported by committed
d be taken up and passed to third reading.
The rules were suspended, and at the suf
, gestion Of Dymond the house decided to cor
1 sider all bills carrying appropriations togeti
1 er in committee of the whole without con
sideFing them separately.
These were the appropriation bills consi(
u cred in the committee Of the whole, Claiborr
/ In the chair, and the action subsequent
q taken in the house.
No. "a, making an appropriation for Il
!. purpose Of building and constructing an az
I ditional building for the Institute for II
Q blind. Rngrossed with amendments an
!, passed to third reading.
0 No. go, authorizing the register Of Il
State land Office to make selection Of q
o unsettled or enormously selected land inu
ing to the State under the several congre
sional grants. Passed to third reading.
q No. 276, to pay the expenses Of the Sta
4 Board Of Arbitration. Passed to third rea.
ing
v No. 289, making an appropriation to pg
Il subsistence for State troops during the lab
d troubles. Passed to third reading.
; Trezevant then moved that house bill ~
one OF the revenue bills, be taken up al
v passed to third reading. He explained tn