Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-06-26
No. 5, relative to the estsblshmsnt Of a mn

val battalion. Passed.
No. Ill, to amend sections IL and 10. rela-
tive to the practice of medicine, surgery and
midwifery. Watts offered amendment
lizhtly modifying one of the sections, and
the bill finally passed.
No. was made the special order for We'd
nesday, Immediately after the valued policy
bill.
Watts called attention to the fact that his
bill, providing for a constitutional conven-
ton, which had been referred to several com
m1ttees for cor sideration, had not been heard
from. and moved that the committee on con-
stituion be instructed to report on 1t We'd
nesday. The motion was set aside.
st. Paul introduced the following hills
without previous notice, under a suspension
Of the rules;
No, 129, to prescribe tax privileges and tax
mortgages; $50, to make Acknowledgements
made before notary public, justices of the
peace, commissioners Of deeds for Louisiana
and diplomatic and consular officers of the
United States receivable as prima facie evil
dence in all courts; 13l, TO amend and re-
enact article 2281, revised civil code OF 1870;
1872, to amend and re-anact article 1913, re-
vised civil code; 1873, TO amend and re-enact
article 1866, revised civil code.
The senate adjourned until Wednesday at
ii O'Clock.
HoUsE-The house came toorder Tuesday
with eighty-two members present and Speak
er Henry in the chair. Prayer by Rev. Mr..
Allison.
Petitions:
From the oyster fishermen OF Burss. Lands
and levees.
From citizens Of De Soto against the re-
peal OF the Sunday law.
Memorial from citizens of New Orleans,
asking the maintenance of the Sunday law.
Message from the senate:
A message from the senate announced that
the senate had finally passed senate bills Nos.
68 93, "a and senate concurrent resolution
relative to the removal OF the remains Of
Hon: Hiram Lott; also, that the senate had
CONQUERED In house resolution No. 8, and had
appointed Sirjaques and Fuller on the COM
and treasurer.
Resolutions on the table:
House concurrent No. 9-That COMMITTEES
OF one from the senate and two from the
house be appointed to investigate II article Al
of the constitution of the State Of Louisiana
has not been violated by the house or senate.
Adopted.
Senate concurrent relative to the Atchafa-
laya levee district Lands and levees.
House bills on second reading reported by
committees:
House bill IS. Dufour's ballot bill, was re-
turned to the calendar.
House bill Al was indefinitely postponed,
Is was also 6S, requiring Justices Of the peace
to keep record Of criminal cases before
them.
House bill IS. to enforce article 237 Of the
constitution, was reported favorably with
amendments. Simon offered an amendment
exempting real estate owned by charitable
institutions.
Mitchell moved to pass the bill to third
reading.
Garyey moved to indefinitely postpone.
The yeas and nays being called, the motion
was lost. The bill was then ordered engross-
ed and passed to third reading.
The bill was the subject Of considerable
discussion at recent meeting Of the corpo-
ration committee, and amendments were
affixed exempting lands given railroads by
the national government and property owned
| by political organizations.
Nos. 100 and III were recommitted to sec
ton A Of the judiciary committee.
House bill 152, the medical bill, was
amended and passed to third reading
House bill i55, relative to burden Of proof
In actions for damages for personal injuries,
| was recommitted.
| House bill 1852, amending section 468, r. s.,
was withdrawn from the files.
House bill 189 was withdrawn on an IN
favorable report by the committee on judi
| ciary.
Senate bills reported by committees:
No. IA, regulating sessions of the civil
courts Of Orleans. Passed to third reading.
The bill Of LANCE relative to. married wo-
men purchasing homestead stock was recon-
mitted to section A, Judiciary committee.
The calendar being cleared, the house adj
| iourned to meet Wednesday at noon.
TwENTY-sIxrH DAY.
SENATE.-The senate met Wednesday at II
| O'Clock, with twenty-three members present,
and Lieut.. Gov, snyder in the chair.
| Bills reported
No. 66-To repeal an act approved July II,
] 1894. entitled ian act authorizing the gov
| ernor ofthe State under certain circumstances
| to permit the lessee Of the State penitentiary
| to employ the convicts on farm or plantation
work, or other work not specified or permit
ted under the existing lease by authority of
! act ia of 1890, and for other purposes 70
penitentiary. Senator Trichell moved the
indefinite postponement of the bill, which
carried.
The Insurance bill Of Baird (senate bill I'D
was then taken up, it being the special order
of the day. The vote stood IL for and 16
against. AS 1t required nineteen to pass, the
| bill was lost.
The consideration of the city charter was
then again taken up. The motion Of Baird
| to strike out sections 80 to IS, inclusive, was
brought mp. and Baird said that he would
/ withdraw his amendment 1t referred to the
civil service, and as many OF the members
! from New Orleans, who had studied the mat
tiers more than he, had spoken to him on the
matter, he would withdraw the amendment.
Sambolas said that he would take the
amendment for himself He was explaining
his views on the matter when asked not to
argue against the matter, as it was satisfac-
tory, and he ceased speaking
The amendment was lost by q unanimous
votes.
The section calling for the reducing Of the
number of recorders courts from six to four
was carried by vote OF ~ to IA. Senator
Sambola made strong appeal to leave the
number as at present, but without avail.
Mr.. Estopinal offered,an amendment as to
the time the new charter should go into
effect. He offered as an amendment that it
| go into effect after the municipal election.
Sambols offered as a substitute for section
122 that the city charter be submitted to a
| vote OF the people Of New Orleans for adop-
| ton or rejection at an election to be called
blythe mayor within thirty days after the
passage of the act.
On motion of Fenner this was laid on the
table by vote Of IS to 6.
The bill was then ordered engrossed and
passed to third reading.
The senate adjourned until IL o'clock
Thursday morning.