Nays-Chadbourn, Detiege, Eustis, Grover, George, Greene, Kelly, Ogden, Robertson, Steven, Sypher, Wharton, White-13. Absent-Young-1.

The question then recurred upon the motion to adopt the report of the conference committee.

The report was adopted, as follows, on call of the yeas and nays:

Yeas Anderson, Allain, Black burn, Blunt, Breaux, Brewster, Burch, Cage, Chadbourn, Crozier, Dumont, Gla, Greene, Harper, Herwig, Kelso, Landry, Masicot, Pollard, Stamps, Sypher, Twitchell, Weber, Wharton, Whitney-25.

Nays-Alexander, Detiege, Eustis, Grover, George, Kelly, Ogden, Robertson, Steven, White-10.

Absent-Young-1.

Mr. Burch moved to reconsider the vote just taken, and moved to table that motion. The Senate voted to table by the following vote, on call of the yeas and nays by two Senators:

Yeas-Anderson, Allain, Blackburn, Blunt, Breaux, Brewster, Burch, Cage, Chadbourn, Crozier, Dumont, G a, Harper, Herwig, Kelso, Landry, Masicot, Pollard, Stamps, Sypher, Twitchell, Weber, Wharton, Whitney, Young-25.

Nays-Alexander, Detiege, Eustis, Grover, George, Greene, Kelly, Ogden, Robertson, Steven, White-11.

On call of two Senators the Senate went into executive session.

Executive session having been raised, the following members answered to their

names:

Present-Alexander, Anderson, Allain, Blunt, Breaux, Brewster, Burch, Cage, Chadbourn, Crozier, Detiege, Dumont, Eustis, George, Gla, Greene, Grover, Harper, Herwig, Kelly, Kelso, Landry, Ogden, Pollard, Robertson, Stamps, Steven, Sypher, Twitchell, Weber, Wharton, White, Whitney, Young-34.

Absent-Blackburn, Masicot-2.

The President announced a quorum present.

A committee from the House, Mr. Mathews as chairman, announced that the House was ready to adjourn sine die, and requested that the House be informed by the Senate within thirty minutes whether the Senate would concur.

On motion of Mr. Twitchell, the Secretary of the Senate was instructed to notify the House of the Senate's concurrence in their committee's request, that the Senate had no further communications for the House.

Mr. Twitchell introduced the following: Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed by the President to wait on the Governor and inform him that the Senate is now ready to adjourn sine die, and inquire if he has any further communication to make to the Senate.

Adopted.

The President appointed the following: Messrs. Twitchell, White and Young.

Mr. Twitchell, as chairman of the aforesaid committee, announced that said committee had attended to the duty assigned to it, and begged leave to report that the committee was informed by the Governor of the State that he had no further communications to make to the Senate.

Mr. Anderson offered the following:

Resolved, That the chairman of the Committee on Auditing and Supervising the Expenses of the Senate be and is hereby directed to issue to W. H. Green a voucher in compensation for services as reading clerk as the President of the Senate may direct, and the amount of said compensation shall be drawn from the contingent fund of the Senate.

Adopted.

Mr. Herwig, chairman of the special joint committee to examine the books, accounts, etc., of the Auditor and Treasurer, submitted the following report:

NEW ORLEANS, March 3, 1875.

To the Honorable the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House and Members of the General Assembly:

Your joint committee appointed to exam. ine the books, accounts and vouchers, and other official documents of the Auditor and Treasurer, beg leave to report as follows:

Immediately after appointment your committee entered upon the discharge of its duties. It employed experts to aid in the work of investigation. It summoned witnesses and took down their testimony, and has labored diligently and energetically up to the present time, with a determination, if possible, to accomplish the work in hand so as to make a full report before the adjournment of this session, but it is found to be impracticable to do this.

Extensive preliminary arrangements were made by the experts at the commencement of this investigation, looking to a thorough and exhaustive examination into all the irregularities and abuses of authority alleged to exist in the department of accounts.

The work mapped out is not completed, and can not be during the time allotted for this session of the General Assembly. The work done and to be done is of too great a magnitude to be crowded into so short a space of time.

The investigation thus far has revealed many irregularities and abuses of authority by a number of officials, but the information so far elicited would be of no practicable use if made public at this time. Besides, it would not be good policy to put forth an immature and unfinished investigation, for such a proceeding might materially embarrass future operations, and it might unintentionally do injustice to some party or parties who may be only in appearance involved in certain objectionable transactions.

Therefore your committee would respectfully ask to have its authority and powers continued during the recess of the General Assembly, for the purpose of

continuing the unfinished work in
hand, and thus be enabled at the
commencement of the next session to make
a full and complete report, as the law con-
templates that this committee should do.
E. F. HERWIG, Chairman;
W. W. WHARTON,

J. A. MASICOT,
THOMAS A. CAGE,
CHARLES W. LOWELL,
ROBERT F. GUICHARD,
F. R. WRIGHT,

A. B. LEVISEE,

OSCAR F. HUNSAKER.

The report was taken up by unanimous consent and adopted.

The name of Mr. Chadbourn was called under the Whitney resolution. He called up House bill No. 169, to be entiled an act to provide for the assessment of property in the city of New Orleans, defining the duties of State assessors, fixing their salary, commissions and necessary expenses, and prohibiting the city of New Orleans from making assessments hereafter, and repealing all laws or parts of laws conflicting with this act.

The bill was read the first time.

Mr. White moved that the constitutional rule be suspended for the purpose of reading the bill the second time.

The constitutional rule was suspended by a four-fifths vote, and the bill was read the second time.

Mr. White moved that the constitutional rule be still further suspended to put the bill on its third and final reading.

The constitutional rule was suspended by a four-fifths vote, the bill was read the third time, and finally passed.

The title was then adopted.

The President announced the appointment of the following Senators as the com. mittee on the part of the Senate, under rections three and four of House bill No. 175: Messrs. Herwig, Wharton, Masicot, Twitchell and Burch.

Mr. Chadbourn called up House bill No' 14.

The bill could not be found.

Mr. Chadbourn asked to withdraw the call.

Mr. Wharton made the point of order that the Senator from St. Charles having ealled up House bill No. 14, and the call received by the Senate, he could not withdraw that call and call up another bill.

Mr. Whitney in the Chair did not sustain the point of order.

Mr. Wharton appealed.

Mr. Cage moved to lay the appeal on the table.

Yeas-Brewster, Burch, Cage, Chadbourn, Crozier, Detiege, Dumont, Gla, Landry, Masicot, Pollard, Stamps, Whitney-13.

Nays Anderson, Alexander, Allain, Blunt, Breaux, Eustis, George, Greene, Grover, Harper, Kelly, Ogden, Robertson, Steven, Sypher, Twitchell, Weber, White, Wharton-19.

Absent Blackburn, Herwig, Kelso, Young-4.

The question recurred on sustaining the Chair.

The Senate voted to sustain the Chair on call of the yeas and nays, as follows:

Yeas-Anderson, Allain, Breaux, Brewster, Burch, Cage, Chadbourn, Crozier, Detiege, Dumont, Gla, Harper, Landry, Masicot, Sypher, Twitchell, Whitney, Young-18.

Nays-Alexander, Blunt, Eustis, George, Greene, Grover, Herwig, Kelly, Ogden, Robertson, Stamps, Steven, Weber, Wharton, White-15.

Absen-Blackburn, Kelso, Poliard—3.

Mr. Whitney in the chair, then called upon Mr. Chadbourn to call up another bill. Mr. Chadbourn called up House bill No. 32, to be entitled an act to incorporate the First Regular Baptist Church of the town of Gretna, parish of Jefferson.

The bill was indefinitely postponed, on call of the yeas and nays, by the following

House bill No. 135, to be entitled an act to reorganize the offices of the city attorney and city surveyor of the city of New Orleans, and defining their duties and providing for the appointment of the respective officers, and to amend and re-enact section thirty-one of the city charter.

The bill was read the first time.

The motion to postpone indefinitely was tabled by the following vote:

Yeas-Alexander, Allain, Breaux, Brewster, Burch, Cage, Crozier, Deteige, Dumont, Gla, Greene, Masicot, Pollard, Stamps, Sypher, Twitchell, Weber, Whitey, Young-19.

Nays Eustis, George, Grover, Kelly, Ogden, Robertson, Steven, White-8. Absent-Alexander, Blackburn, Blunt, Chadbourn, Harper, Herwig, Kelso, Landry, Wharton-9.

On call of the yeas and nays the Senate refused to suspend the constitutional rule, four-fifths not voting in the affirmative: Yeas-Anderson, Allain, Blunt, Breaux,

Detiege, Dumont, Gla, Greene, Harper,

Mr. Crozier called up House bill No. 97, to be entitled an act to provide a salary for the criminal sheriff of the parish of Orleans, and for the clerk of the First District Court, and of the clerk of the Superior Criminal Court of said parish, and to authorize said sheriff and clerks to employ deputies at public expense, and providing for the payment thereof, and fixing rate of compensation for feeding prisoners.

The bill was read the first time.

The constitutional rule was suspended by a four-fifths vote, and the bill was read the second time.

The bill was adopted on second reading. The constitutional rule was suspended by a four-fifths vote, the bill was read the third time, and finally adopted, on the call of the yeas and nays, as follows:

Yeas-Anderson, Allain, Blunt, Breaux, Brewster, Burch, Cage, Crozier, Deteige, Eustis, George, Gla, Greene, Harper, Herwig, Landry, Ogden, Pollard, Robertson, Stamps, Steven, Sypher, Twitchell, Weber, Wharton, White, Whitney-27.

Nays-Chadbourn, Grover, Kelly, Young

-4.

Absent-Alexander, Blackburn, Dumont, Kelso, Masicot-5.

Mr. Burch moved to reconsider the vote just taken, and moved to lay that motion on the table.

The motion to reconsider was laid on the table, as follows:

Yeas-Anderson, Allain, Blunt, Breaux, Brewster, Burch. Cage, Crozier, Detiege, Eustis, George, Gla, Greene, Harper, Herwig, Landry, Masicot, Ogden, Pollard, Stamps, Sypher, Twitchell, Weber, Whar ton, White, Whitney, Young-27.

Nays-Chadbourn, Grover-2.

Absent-Alexander, Blackburn, Dumont, Kelly, Kelso, Steven, Robertson-7.

Mr. Young moved that the Senate now adjourn sine die:

Two Senators called for the yeas and nays.

The Senate refused to adjourn, as follows: Yeas-Anderson, Allain, Burch, Cage, Crozier, Detiege, George, Gla, Landry, Masicot, Ogden, Pollard, Stamps, Young14.

Nays-Blunt, Breaux, Chadbourn, Eustis, Greene, Grover, Harper, Herwig, Kelly, Robertson, Steven, Sypher, Twitchell, Weber, Wharton, White, Whitney-17.

Absent-Alexander, Brewster, Kelso,

Blackburn, Dumont-5.

Mr. Anderson made the point of order

that to-day was the fourth of March, a dies non; that no legislative enactments would be legal.

Mr. Whitney, in the chair, ruled the point of order well taken.

The President in the chair.]

Mr. Weber made the point of order that if it is illegal now to pass bills, it has been So since twelve o'clock midnight.

The point was sustained by the Chair. Mr. Wharton rose to a privileged question and asked if House bill No. 14 had been found.

The President answered that he was informed by the Secretary that the bill was not in his (the Secretary's) possession.

Mr. Young moved to adjourn sine die. The President ruled the motion out of order, as no business had been transacted since the motion had been voted down.

Mr. Wharton obtained the floor and offered the following motion:

That the Secretary of the Senate be directed to receive from the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives the original House bill No. 14, which the Chief Clerk has now in his possession, and tender it to the Secretary in presence of the Senate.

The President directed the Senator to

submit his motion in writing, and directed the Secretary to read the same.

Messrs. Anderson and Young objected to the reading of the paper.

The President overruled the objection, and the paper was read.

Mr. Wharton moved the adoption of his motion.

Mr. Young moved to adjourn sine die. On call of two Senators the yeas and nays were ordered.

The Senate refused to adjourn by the following vote:

Yeas-Anderson, Allain, Burch, Cage, Chadbourn, Crozier, Detiege, Dumont, Gla, George, Landry, Masicot, Stamps, Whitney, Young-15.

Nays-Blunt, Breaux, Eustis, Greene, Grover, Harper, Herwig, Kelly, Kelso, Robertson, Steven, Sypher, Twitchell, Weber, Wharton, White-16.

Absent-Alexander, Blackburn, Brewster, Ogden, Pollard-5.

The President tendered his thanks to the Senate for their courteous conduct toward the Chair by a short address.

On motion of Mr. Young the Senate voted to adjourn.

The President then declared that the Senate of Louisiana had adjourned sine die. P. E. BECHTEL, Secretary of the Senate.