Tensas gazette., 1896-07-10
10. JOSEPH. La, FRIDAY, JULY 10. 1896
HOUSE bills on final passare.


Before the vote was taken it was decided TO
limit all discussions of bills to five minutes
for each speaker for the remainder Of the
session. House bill then passed with n
yeas.
House bill 14-An act providing for the
cancellation OF legal mortgages In certein
cases, and for the security Of minors and In
terdicted persons. Passed.
House bill l5-An act to amend and re-
enact article 1888 of the revised civil code.
Passed.
House bill 56-An act making it a misde-
meanor Tor any owner, lessee, proprietor or
manager Of any theatre, hall, place, opera
house or building where theatrical or other
performances are given, and where an ad-
mission fee is charged, to permit any person
or persons to wear during the performance
in such theatre, hall, opera-house or build
ing.' hat sufficiently high so as to obstruct
the view of persons sitting behind, and pro-
viding penalty therefor. The bill was
amenied to provide that no hats should be
worn at all, and that the managers of thea
tres shall provide receptacle for the hats
and an attendant free Of charge to the pa
irons Of the establishments included in this
act. Passed-61 yeas, 21 nays.
The house adjourned at IL AS to meet Tues
day at 10 o'clock.
THIRTY-FIFTH DAY.
sENATE.-The senate was called TO order at
10 o'clock Tuesday by Lieut.. Gov. Snyder,
with twenty-one senators and a quorum pres
ent. Prayer was offered by Father Vender
Heyde, Of st. Joseph's Catholic church.
Lawrason called for an executive session.
When the doors were opened the journal Of
Tuesday was adopted.
specialAprder:
House I'll 257, calling constitutional con-
vention, was called up as the special order
Estopinal moved its final passage. Watts
moved to lay on the table.
Defeated by vote of to "a. The bill was
then passed'1nally by vote Of 25 to z.
The senate again went into executive ses-
sion and confirmed the appointments OF the
following police jurors Of the parish Of st.
Landry: J. P. Saizan, ward L; Robt. Lafleur,
ward 8; Olive Manuel, ward s.
The Joint committee on elections reported
fayorably on house bill 274, the election law.
The rules were suspended and the bill was
passed to third reading
On motion Of Estopinal the general appro-
priation bill was taken up under a suspension
of the rules and considered item by item. An
amendment was carried allowing the State
university and agricultural and mechanical
college $3500per annum for repairs.
The item for insurance Of the Natchitoches
normal school $1100, library $3.50, fencing
$500, and repairs to walls, plastering and
foundation Of old buildings were stricken out
and in lieu thereof was substituted an appro-
priation Of S7880 for additions and improve
ments Of the normal school and the repair Of
the walls and foundations Of the old convent
building, TO be expended only upon the ap-
proval Of the governor and auditor. This
was carried by a vote OF 28 to 5.
On motion Of Lawrason the election law
vuaa NADIA tho cuaofal nrtior for WQinpo1au
Immediately after the morning hour.
Further consideration of the appropriation
bill was discontinued and a recess was taken
until pm.
Consideration of the general appropriation
bill was resumed.
Dawkins after a hard fight in which he was
assisted by Sholars, succeeded In obtaining
an increase in the appropriation for the new
buildings OF the Ruston industrial school
from $4,000 to s75O0. Sholars offered q new
item appropriating $2500 per annum for the
support of the normal and industrial school
for colored youth at Monroe and supported
his amendment with vigorous speech. 1t
was laid on the table, however, by yote of
II 10 Q, on motion Of EstopiDal.
Sholars also offered new item appropri-
ating $10, 900 per annum for the Charity
title Of the property is vested In the State.
Lost. Yeas 9 nays 20.
Howell offered an amendment increasing
the appropriation for the current school fund
from $500. 90 to SAC, 900.
Elliot offered a substitute which was
voted down and Howells amendment was
tabled on motion Of Estopinal by vote OF
16 tot.
On motion OF st. Paul, the appropriation
for an in1rmary, sewerage and other i'm
provements, to the Soldiers Home was in
creased from s25O0 to $4,000. The bill was
then adopted as a whole on motion Of Esto-
pinal, and passed to third reading. Ad-
journed.
morning at 10I5 o'clock, with Speaker
Henry in the chair and eighty-four members
present. Prayer by Rev. Allison. The jour
nal was adopted with corrections.
Resolutions from the table:
By Guby-Calling house bill 8, the anti
options bill, from the agriculture committee,
was brought up and again returned to calen-
dar, subject to call.
House concurrent resolution ~, authoriz-
ing the governor of the State of Louisiana to
sell certain property OF the State situated In
the city Of Baton Rouge at public or private
sale, dxing the minimum price and the terms
of sale thereof, etc. Adopted, on motion OF
Wade.
Resolution by Dymond, under suspension
Of the rules, relative to the closing OF the
Baptiste Coulet canal near the mouth Of the
Mississippi river, becomes house concurrent
resolution IL. The resolution was adopted,
leaving the entire matter in the hands Of the
board of State engineers.
House bills on final passage:
Under the order OF unfinished business the
following house bills were placed on final
passage:
No. II, an act to protect the dairy In
forests Of this State by preventing the perpe-
tration Of fraud in the adulteration of dairy
products; to provide penalties for the viola
ton of this act. This bill prohibits the adul-
teration of butter, but does not affect the sale
Of oleomargorin, not sold as butter. A motion
to indefinitely postpone the bill, by Mesties,
was lost and the bill passed.
House bill 90, an act to repeal an act ap-
proved July IL, 1894, entitled San act author
izing the governor Of the State, under GER
tain circumstances, to permit the lessee OF
the State penitentiary to employ the convicts
on farm or plantation work or other work
not specified or permitted under the existing
lease by authority of act IA of 1890, and for
other purposes" The bill prohibits the en-
ployment OF convicts on other than public
works.
Gilmore sent up resolution that the cells
and buildings Of the State penitentiary are
unfit for use and comfort and providing for
the abolition of the cells and the construc-
ton Of new buildings,
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