Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-06-05
THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE,
TENTH DAY.

non call ln~the house Friday
nVininB showed sixty-three members pres
session was opened with prayer by Rev. Mr..
oingleton, and the journal was adopted with
several corrections.
Introduction of Bills:
House bill No. 20 by Claiborne-Re -Reculatdn0
tne practice Of dentistry and providing for =
board OF dental examiners.
House bill No. rs by Dufour-An act rela-
i've to registration throughout the State; to
PROVIDE for an annual registration In the par
lsn OF Orieansi to amend and re-enaet sec
uons 2, 4, 8, II, IS, %, 2s and Al. and to re-
peal sections 2, 9, 10, il and 16 Of act No. 123
OF 1850, entitled "nn act to provide for the
appointment Of a supervisor OF registration
throughout the State, and to fix their com
pensation, define their duties and powers;
provide for new registration for the parish
OF Orleans; to provide for keeping registry
OF legal voters; to define the duties OF GER
tain officers; to prescribe penalty for viola
tons OF this act, and to regulate the manner
OF registering voters throughout the State
and to provide for the appointment OF special
canvassers"
Bills on second reading referred to COM
mittees: -
House bill No 9 by Bogg-An act author
izlng the governor OF the State to employ a
special agent to represent the State Of Louis
lana in the recovery of land due the State of
or indemnity for such lands as have been
wrongfully disposed OF, and, providing CON-
pensation therefor. Lands and levees
House bill No. 10 by Boggs-An act to
amend and re-enact act No. 40 Of the regular
session OF 1884, approved July 2, 1894, en-
tilted ''an act 10 amend and re-enact section
4of act No.s7 Of the acts Of 1877, approved
March 2l, 1877" Judiciary.
Adjourned.
ELEVENTH DAY.
SESATE-The senate met Monday at II
O'Clock. with Lieut. Gov Snyder in the chair,
and seventeen r10mbers present As thera
was no quorum Mr.. I,yEl moved that the
sergeant go out, get the absent MEM
bers and bring them in.
TR search was productive in the finding of
two more MEMBERS and the senate proceeded
to business. Prayer was delivered by Rev.
Eason. 1t
Notice OF bills
By Liverman-An act relative to pledges Of
movable property; also, an act relative to the
liability OF parishes for damages arising from
defective bridges on the public roads; also, an
act to amend and re-enact section 993 of the
revised statutes, relative to the confinement
in the insane asylum of persons not indicted
or acquitted of crime on account Of insanity.
BY Sholars-To establish within the State
of Louisiana normal industrial school for
the benefit OF the colored race; also, requir-
ing banks and other collecting agents receiv-
ing bills of lading TO shippers order" with
draft attached. to hold for twenty-four hours
the proceeds of collection made on such draft;
also, an act to establish chair of American
history in both the Louisiana State university
and the State normal school at .Natchitoches.
and to fix the salaries to be paid In connec-
ton Herewith.
Bills referred:
Senate bill No. 4 (by Martin)-An act to
amend act No. 112 Of the general assembly Of
1880, relative to public roads. Referred to
COMMITTEES on parochial affairs.
Senate bill No. Cby Mr.. Denechaud)-an
act to amend and re-enact sections /, 2 and 8
OF act No. 81 Of the session OF the general
assembly OF 1894, entitled, ''an act to estab-
lish a naval battalion to be attached TO the
Louisiana State national guard in the parish
OF Orleans. And to amend act No. % OF the
extra session of the general assembly Of 1873"
ETC., approved July 8, 1894 Referred to
committee on militia,
Senate bill No. 6 (by Dawkins)- An Act to
amend and and re-enact sections and 25 of
Act No, 181, approved July IL, 1884, entitled,
"An act to regulate the conduct and main
tain the purity and freedom OF election; to
provide the time and manner OF holding
elections and making returns thereof; to pro-
vide for appointment Of commissioners and
other officers Of elections and define their
powers and duties; to provide for the punish
ment Of officers or other persons who NAV
violate the laws by making false returns or
altering returns, or by refusing or neglecting
or failing to perform their duties; to punish
persons for false, fraudulent or illegal voting,
and to punish violence or intimidation; to
provide for the manner OF entering ON the
rolls of the senate and house of the General
Assembly, and generally to secure and pro-
vide for free, fair and peaceable election
throughout the State and to repeal all laws or
1Nl l,rr. lfwkl~ "a
ferred to committee on judiciary by a vote of
u to 10.
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. s Cby
Sholars) s)-Whereas, on the 9th day of April,
1896. there was disagreement between a
portion OF the officers and cadets and the
president and faculty of the Louisiana State
University and Agricultural and Mechanical
College Of the State, in which there was an
act Of mutiny on the part of the said officers
and cadets OF said university, and whereas
on said occasion thirty-eight officers and
about sixty-flve OF said cadets left said Uni
versity; and whereas through the press and |
by patrons OF said university complaints as
to the management of said institution of |
learning have been and are being made; Be
Il therefore
Resolved by the senate. the house Of rep
resentatives concurring, That the president |
Of the sennte be, and is hereby authorized to |
appoint committee OF two on the part of |
the senate, who with three representatives |
TO be appointed by the speaker, on the part |
Of the house. shall constitute special joint |
committee OF five, charged with the duty OF |
Investigating the causes which led to the act |
of insubordination on the part Of said officers |
and cadets, and TO investigate any other |
causes OF complaint against the manage
ment OF said university which may seem to |
be well founded, and to make a report there |
on withirrten days from the date Of the ap- |
pointment of the committee herein provided |
Tor. and to make such recommendations as |
,fhe necessities OF the occasion may require, |
10 the end that anv mismanagement In the |
conduct Of said university may be corrected |
and its efficiency and usefulness may be |
thereby increased.
senator 8. McC. Lawson offered as sub |
stitute that the chairman OF the committee |
OF public education of the senate, with one |
member 10 be selected by himself and the J
chairman of the committee on public educa-
tion. on the part Of the house, with two /
members TO be appointed by himself, act as |
the committee TO investigate.
The substitute was adopted by vote Of |
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