Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-17
THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE,
rErRrr-Nrxrn DAY.

| Martin moved that the vote by which house
bill 2g2 failed to pass Friday be reconsidered.
This Is the revenue bill, with the >poolsoon;
/ tai bill annexed.
Estopinal moved the final passage. II
| passed BY a vote Of II to q
House bills on final passage;
No. 234, creating board Of health for New
IBERIA. Passed.
No. 27f, creating commission for the port
OF New Orleans Passed-yeas 20, nays 0.
No. 200, authorizing Lafayette to issus
bands for waterworks and electric lights.
| Passed ~ -
The senate then adjourned until IA o'clock
L Tuesday.
HoUsE-The house met Monday evening,
with sixts -eight members present and Speak
er Henry in the chair.
M0rey moved to reconsider the vote by
| which the following house bill failed to passs
| No. 226, making It a penal offense for any
Individual, firm or corporation to manufac-
/ turs or sell in the State of Louisiana any
pants or other clothing unless on the buttons
! thereof the words convict made are stamp
ed In legfbe characters, etc The motion
fail ID and the bill was not again taken up.
| Resolutions on the table:
| House resolution 8. that the chairman OF
| the committee on contingent expenses OF the
house Is hereby authorized and direrted TO
transfer to the credit OF the senate the sum
Of $500 out Of the surplus remaining In the
| hands OF said committee after paying the ex-
! penses of the house. There was some dis
cussion on the resolution, and motion to
indefinitely postpone failed to obtain. Wade
| then moved the passage OF the resolution
and the resolution was adopted.
House concurrent resolution 20, transfer
ring balance OF direct tax fund to the public
| schools. There being some question as to
whether the above carried an appropriation,
the resolution was laid over.
House bills amended by the senate and
adopted by the house;
House bin A; house bin Sc, the high hat bill,
amended to exempt opera bonnets, provided
| the same do not obstruct the view OF persons
sitting behind.
Claiborne, OF house Judiciary committee,
section A, reported as follows: On senate
bill so, fayorably; senate bill l5S, unfavora-
bly,.
House bills on final passage.
No. $40, relatiye'to the oyster trade. With
drawn
No. s1s, to regulate the system of pilotage
ut Calcasieu river. Passed.
The substitute bill for the Sunday law bills
Of Messrs. Deggan and Berthelot, filed by the
| Judiciary committee, was returned to the
| calendar on the motion of Dufour.
Senate bills on final passage:
When this order was reached Dufour moved
that the house take up all senate bills amend
| ed by the house.
The first bill agreed on and passed was to
amend and re-enact act 165 Of 1894. Sandlin
moved its indefinite postponement. He
Withdrew this motion, and the bill being
| placed on final passage failed to obtain by a
vote of As to IS.
No. 90, ito protect" lessees Of public ferry
privileges ON the Mississippi river, etc. The
bill failed to pass by vote of 4s yeas, 81
nays.
Veto message:
A message was received from the governor
returning without his approval, house bill 8,
| by Mr.. Henry. relative to the liquidation OF
the floating debt OF New Orleans. The rea-
| son given was the faulty construction OF the
act, and 1t not being In accordance with arti-
Gle As Of the constitution The veto was
sustained.
A message from the senate announced the
/ passage OF senate concurrent resolution 10.
relating to the sale Of old machinery in the
State penitentiary; also, that that body had
| assed house bills POI and 29S, the license
bills. On motion Of Irrelevant the bills were
made the special order for Tuesday after the
/ morning hour.
| The senate also announced that the leu
tenant-governor had signed the senate reso-
/ buttons, relative to the State exhibit at the
Exposition at Omaha, and to provide clerk
for the acknowledgement. The speaker sign
cd the resolutions.
| Senate bill again on final passage:
No I25, to provide for the drainage Of the
city Of New Orleans. to establish the drainage
commission OF New Orleans. to provide ways
/ means and funds for such drainage. to pro-
vide for the issue and payment Of bonds. and
70 direct the cooperation OF the board OF
commissioners OF the Orleans Levse District
Passed-6s yeas, 5 nays.
The house then adjourned to meet at II
am. Tuesday.
FoRr1ETH DAT.
SENATE. The senate met at noon Tuesday
with the lieutenant governorin the chair, an6
twenty-three members present.
The clerk read the numbers OF batch o.
senate bills that had been amended and
passed by the house.
Gage moved that the rules be suspended
1 and these bills be taken up at once.
Senate bill 95 was first considered, and the
amendments raising the salaries OF the stem
ographers of the criminal district court from
600 to S125 per month, was CONQUERED in.
Senate bill 80, Sims jury bill, was passed a
amended.
A message was read from the governor an
nouncing that he had signed the senate con
current resolution providing for an exhibit
at Omaha, and the city charter bill.
Senate bill ITO, relative to a soldiers home
was passed as amended.
Senate bill 125, providing for the drainage
of New Orleans. Passed as amended.
|. House bill 81, amending act 166 OF 1894
| Amendments coneurred in.
House bill 80, for protecting lessees Of fer
ries. House amendments were concurred In
House concurrent resolution II, memorial
izing the government to appropriate SIC, O0(
for the improvement OF Bayou Vermillion
Adopted.
House bills on final passage:
No. 1855, TO authorize any minor to subscribe
for, withdraw or transfer stock OF building
homestead or loan associations, etc. Passed
No. 209. adopting a scale for sawlogs
Failed to pass by vote OF IA to 2.
Eo. 213, TO protect the oyster industry
Passed.
A recess was then taken.
No. 227, making abandonment cause o
divorce, and regulating the ownership o
property acquired during that period Ther'
was a spirited discussion on this bill, and
motion TO indefinitely pestpone stood 10 K
13 The chair voted against indefinite posi-
ponement. The bill failed to pass, however
by vote OF 10 to ia
No. 269. to make the 9Th day OF April, tn,
anniversary OF Shiloh, a legal holiday
Passed.
No. 316, authorizing Franklin to issu,
bonds 20 establish weterworks Passed.