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ALEXANDRIIA, LA. SATURDAY, MA Y 3, 1873. T. G. COIPTON, eBdeor amd Co Preprieter. W G.G. HOWARD Pu....Pblisher. O F ' CE: IN HE CORNER OF SECONO AND MURRAY STREETS. VOL. 5.1] [N .3. OFFICIAL JO URNA L OF TNZ State and Parish, ALSO, OFFICIAL JOURNAL OP THE PARISIIHE OF GRANT AND VERINON TE1RMS : TIIE GAZETTE is published Weekly at Three Dollars per annum ; $2 00 for six mouths. One Dollar for Threee months. INVARIABLY 1NV ADTASNCE. ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at the rate ot $1 00 per square for the tblst insertion and 9 cents for each subsequent one. EIGHT lines of brevier ot a space of one inch constitutes a square, and any huner of anlditionaf lines over four counts a~ a square, atnd lees than four as a hall square, PARTICULAR NOTICE. IFrm tl.i. thime until further notice, all ju:.l' inl Advertisena.nt and other public timatter will be set up in brevier type, eight lines of brevier conrltit ute a square, and the space occupied by the heading and anl scriltion of Judicial Advertisemeute count as full lines. All printing fees will be epecitied below the body of the advertise ment, and are due d fter first insertion, and will not be .etfteald if not then paid, so par ties interestled iDay govern themsel ear ac entringly, as the rule will not be deviated from in any case. Don't Kick Before You Are Spurred. We left for Now Orleans on Wednesday the-2.rd of April, and until we were on the way down, did not notice the arti le a the !.ca, of the editorial columns 4 the Demo crrt of that date, den.ting and rep ediating on the part of all, or sundry memblers of tiho Co,ifx exl'iditi,,n any complicity or a itiitclce in the propositiou which in the i -1v1 cf onf ar.ticle in the Gazette of the ttl ,f Aprdl, we stated had been made to t:J. ', .rading over that article, we flud S male no allusion to any one ex , Ltc 'prn.minent ge.utlemau of this of s... trong fusion proclivities," and ".. :,:i: c we might have infered from his cl.,e adl confideutial intercouras with oth..r leading fusioni.std or democrats, that h' had backers In his off, weteever said so. The rueaning of what we diud e ty in!ll.ly this, that e were offered a consi hltr,tbll enso down in cash, and a number of cAh bubscribers, which wonld have m,,rc than quadrupled it, if we would write th' article suggested. We regarded our elitori:al, which we are told has provoked a oi:iderable amount of indignation, as a very moderate and impartial one, and so it aa sonsidered by severalhighly intePi gent gentlmec opposed to nu in politic,, wh, hive spoken to us about it, alnd le are glad it :~s so. We never pretended to say or thinkll, that the 'olore, people in Colf wer.. ,utirely justifiable or cx usablh in thIeir 'oIdtl:ct, andl if w' wcre dt.,pinsd to (coimnll'llt again upon It, we should hc still less disposed to think or say so; but it must iC acknowledged, that setting aside the sloes.nesi of the acts of so called retribu tin, aid the certain ill resulta which it w!l have, not on!y to the actors in them, but to the country at large, that if it (the conduct of the negroes) "was a grevious wrong, ano4t grevineualy has it been an, wered for." The matter, however, is now under process of legal investigation, and its r *nt: al!l will have to abide by. For ,url* Q. ce .ay unheaitatingly, that the r"splnd.iihty and nccountability for these , !ljra'le -enth, do not rest on one aide on - tu,! t.,inktkat weare a~ainjustiablesad ea.cuable! ine lesting the words of the l)emu i. rat, a. tlhe clos of this as well as our last :ar:icle on the el~j:ect L. tkeawfud ca-l a-r.ble re-s.ponetbility Ul te m uilt eleme. L' vhn' Saloon. Our good and c.teemed friend, Mr. Julius Levin, lwt'ed his Ice Cream aild Soda Wate ttloor du Ilngounr absence, ad since our returnri he has several times most ac crpltahl notified us of the fact. Hisestab lihmnent, though not so eoastly. is certman ;y as ctsy and comfortable as canm be found au the city, and his, refreshments fully equal to any obtained there. Levin is a puiblic henefuCtor, and we are extremely sor r: that the stateofthe country preveata him front receiving the encouragement b so IHE BALL IN MOTION. Promi the 1at~ibsehehe Ites of he dth inst.; we learn that a com. premise has bee% agreed upon by edrmittees of the Republican and Fusion parties of that parish, which only awai a the approval of the Governor which the Times takes for granted, to be carried into full effect and operation. The parochial offices are to be equally divided as follows: Parish Judge, H. '". Myers; Clerk of Iistrict Court, Bossier; Cotr ner, Bredi; two Polioe Ju'ots and Constable Republicans; Sheriff, R. E. Burke; Recorder, Gee. W. Kear ney; three Police Jurors and Con stable Fustonrists. Natchitoches has alwa~ybeen con sidered a strong Itepublican parish, and if the party there tlhiuk it just, advisable and exi*dieut to make a compromise, for the sake of quieting political excitement, we cannot see why the same spirit of concession and compromise should not prevail here also. Not only are men of both parties of intelligence and in tegrity, becoming disgusted with the existing state ot affairs here, but it is also noticed in the No'lh, and having its eflect on the elections there. IRepublican Newspapers, the Washington Rlepublic in ~.?lclar. An editorial in a late number of that journal, amongst the ablest in the country, is full of it and uses the fol lowing warning and imprestive lan guage which certainly applies to the political rituation in this State. The Republican party can afford to repu diate its clishounet followers. 1 he official that wears its garments rtrst toe the mark of honesty or rake a hack s",at. Tho great htdy of the American p-oplo, wc: nevewr more in earnest on this point thanl now. The grade of -tatei-,men that come into pow rr hereafter will be a trifle higher than in the part. The Republican- party is not imnmacu late. It has in its Ianks men who disgrace their manhoonl by acts Ahi.h no Republi cau can justify. If these wordh, are true which, n1 candid and truthfuil man can deny, the trouble which afflicts us at pre sent, may in a great degree be as cribed to the nomlrtation of igno rant, incomletent and unreliable m n tbr office. Mr. Pinchback in his speech here last fall specially warned the Republican party against committing this error, and though hopeless of effecting any good, we have frequently in our ed itorials expressed the simec sentti m!tnts. CW are rhen at this time, in a dilemna which should warn us in future, that as the Republic goes on to ary: Th.-re is enough sterling honesty left t:. till all the offices in the land, and to keep them filled for smnme years to conme, without risking a choice from among the army of Democrats who are at lre- -nt tendering their "honest secrvices" to Uncle 8am. To get out of the dilemma at once is the best way possible, when we cannot repair the arror committed in nominat'itnt , no Himmediate elec tion being looked for. The Repub licans of Natchitoehes have adopted the compromise plan, and as said before we cannot see why the rea sons which influenced them there, should not also have their weight with RIepublicans er,'. The Tele im place of the HeIdge. F.r rea-',r. which conceru hin.--e dalone, Cr,.inm ,silr Hirn h:s for the lresent transfer-dmi l.' , 3:ad pr.annt to the pleln dlid stc:unm Hcnrr ictir. ownfl anld lately ,onirirandol by C('apt. Ualferes. who has never faili to, secure a host of friends in whatever trade he has had a Iboat. Capt. Heinn la taken with him to his new com mand, his three popuflar clerks, Messrs Libarno. Joiffrion and Osgood, three gentle men, who in their several capneities can not be sur:pasmed or better appreciated. As to the two boats, no one who travels, as we have done recently on the Tete, can regret the change. She is certainly in every re spect, one of the finet and best managed boats we have been on since Ithu war. An elegant, roomy and lofty cabin, a t-ble 11 ed each meal with all the luxurnane of the New Orleans market, a polite sad attentive Steward, and capablle and obliging waiters, -bar stocked with the Iett liquors, .e., presided over by an experiencedl and couav taeous adept in his liue,assisted by our good humored young friend who s-rvcd in the same capat ayn the Hodge, a clean neat and cool Berer Shop, where a real tonso rial artist is ready to wait on you;all together iabe up a tout essesble which ought to satisfy the most fastidious and exactirg. Thie T'ete had a fine trip up, which would as Capt. Heinn informed us. been much better, but for some underhand proceedings practiced against him; but, despite of all and any such opposition, we predict for the Tete, all the sccess that is pogible at present. - Particular notice is calkl to oar YeW-" Adve"rtesn'.eMa Pblbe PrlatlUg. The Rspdss Gazette has been .esleted as an Oelal Jearnal o thse . ate of Loisi aia, to pulMish the laws enacted at the late mssions, eatra and regular of the Iegisla turs, and a contract to that effect, signed by the proprietors and the authorities de signated by law for that purpose, and also Omcial Jonrnal for the parishes ofRapides, Vernon and Grant. In ftnre a larger edition will be publish ed, and copies from the time of the com tmencement of publbshing the laws kept or. band, so that new subecriber' from this time during the ye a-. will obtain them complete. In a shot time, we expect to enlarge the paper -on -ilerably, so that our patrons will have as munch miecelaeeous reading matter as before we commenced the publication of the laws. It is our in tention to do every thing we can consistent. ly. in our linmited sphere of action, to bring about a better :tate of feeling in this com munity, and t adlvi R . that a spirit of con. ciliation and mutas I conceesin bhe adopt ed, a policy which the columns of the Ga zette will prove, we have frequently ad vocated before, ald in short to urge upon all to carry out the, trite meaning of our motto let as hare Peace. Dr. J. III. Portet. Some short time since. we published a card of M. Legras, Esq., our popular and ethcient tax collector, de scribing the won derful alleviation he ha 1 experienced from excrutiating and incessa.nt pain caused by Chronic Rhumatism, by the Magnetic treat ment of Dr. J. M. Porter, of New Orleans. Mr. Legras is truely a walking certiicate of Dr. Porter's undeuni ble, though mysteri ons powers, and in our recent vi--t to the city, we saw several still more astonishing ones, individuals who assured us that they had been helpless crip1 les, or bed ridden subjects, and were then aplprently almost well. Our own intirmity of deafne-s is al most as well known here a" that under which Mr. Legras has been !abuoing for years past, and yet in two visits to the doctor, and undergoing his treatment, we et* rren* ced so much benefit, that we are certain that if e could have stayed ten days long er we should have been very materia:ly tc lieved. We don't pretend to account for a mystery which is no new thing, we could if we have time and space, quote from histo ry, to prove such things lhave happened before in different ages of the World, all we can do is to speak of what we have seen, and unto testify that which we do know xcellser.-We call particular atten tion to the card of Messrs. Win. M. Surls & Co. and Win. . Suis, Esq., of their Mail and Stage Line, andu their Livery and Sale Stable. Excelsior, seems to be the mot to adopted by these gcntlnmen, as sypplica blo to all the appointments of the two en terprises. Their stages, horses and carri ages of all kinds are of the very best de scriptions, all showiug that they have coma to stay and mean to go ahead. As to the sctedulue of their mail service, we wish it could have been so arrtraged as to have a mail arrive on Wednesday, for atlthough a tri-woekly mail is amp.: for the place, we would like to have'it n; are evenly dis tributedl through the week. SC' As might have been txpected Gov ernor Kellogg has commissioned the p;arish officers of Natchitoches, agreed upon by the join t committees of Republicans and FusioniLts-- Us ,art we sincerely hope. ©' We see by the E.unday's RepuMlican, that our editorial on the Grant difficulty has been partially copied in that patkr. We feel honored, but wonu d have prefered that the entire arttele ahou hI have been repro duced: As to the committee of Respectable., we only rcfered to oane; though perhapl one may constitute a comnmittee. Gemeral Marry T. Hlyl-.-This hihgiy distinguisLhed gentleman, formerly a gallant and trusted offler of the C'onfet erante rmny, and at prosen an eminet menaber of the New Orleans bar, is stop ping at the Exchange Hotel. OF TIIE State of i'mtisiana4 PUBLISHED BY AUTHIORITY. AN ACT telative to the otlice of A ttorny Gn eral, and directing the disco utinuanca- .., cer tain pnroceedinge before the iuprlemet Court of the Ustted Sta tes. Seetieo 1. Be it enacted by the Senate andt House of Relpresenta tives of the State of Louisiana in General ' sat:nably counvcu ed: Whereas, The Hon. A. P. Field has been duly promulgated as having been eleetd to the oflce of Attorney General of this State; and, whereas, such promulga tion is by law made en idence of title to said office against all pirnons until after judicial deciseon adverse to the same; and, wheresa,the said F'ieldl has been duly con missiontedl as the Attorney General of this State; and, whereas, othlr persons are claiming to represent the State of Louisi ana in judicial lroceedini.. That the said A. P. Field, and his legal s5ucc.ibuos, aund those acting under him ocr themr, he alone authorized to institute o.r continue in the name of the State of Louinianu any suit or judicial proceieding; and all other persons are prohbiited from doing the same, provi ded that nothing herein shall be: costrta ed to prevent the executive ofthe tatte from directing the institution of any pro ceeding in the State courts which in his opinion his duty as executive may render neecemary. Soc. 2, Be it further enacted, etc., That the said A. P. Field is authorized and in-. structed to discontinue any and all pro cc.r!e.nEa ias.tiate, ir. 'hc ripreme Court of the United States b" H. N. Ogdea or say other person in the name of the said State. ue. 3. Be it further eacted, etc., That this act shall take eect from and after its binud CHAe W. LOWIELI Sei of the Hooe of Rpmentativs. sLt A b. fAREIS, Lieutenant Goverr and Preident of the Senate. Approved December 18, 1f79. Bigned I-. B. 8. PINCHBACK, Acting Governor of the State of Louisi ana. A true copy E. B. Ma .rz, Assistant Secretsa of State. NO.2. AN ACT To establish an additional district court for the parish of Orl.ans; to define and limit the jurisdiction, and to determine the powei thereof: to provide for the transfer ofeitain cases now depending before certain other district courts for said parish to the court hereby created; to authorize the Governor to appoint a judge and a clerk for said court, and to provide a court room for said court; to abolish the Seventh and Eighth District Courts for the parish of Orleans. and to provide for the transfer of the recotrds and suits in said Seventh and Eighth District Courts to other courts in said parish. Section 1. Ie it enactedl by the Senate tan House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana is General Assembly conven ed, That there shall be, and is hereby es tablished, an additional district cotirt for the parish of Orleans which shall be known and designated as the Superior district court fur the parish of Orleans. Sec. '2. Be it further enacted, etc., That the Superior District Court hereby created snail have exclusive juriediction in and for the parish of Orleans to issme writs of in junctions, mandamuses, qtto warranto, and to entertain all proceedings, and to try all cases or actions in which the right to any office, Stateb patCih] or municipal, is in any way involved. The said Superior District Court shall also have exclusive origrnal jurisdiction in and for the parish of Or leans, overall cases or proceedings in w' ich the State of Louisiana. the annic pal cor poration of the city of New Orieans, the Board of Metropolitan Police, the Board of School Directors for the city of New Or leans, or any corporation established by act of the General Assembly, and domiciled in the parish of Orleans, shall be a party, or be interested, where the amount in des pute shall exceed the sum of one hundred dollars, and said court shall have appellate jurisdiction from the justices of the peace in the paris, of Orleans, in all cases In which the State, the city of New Orleans, the Board of Metropolitan Police, the Board of School Directors, or any such corpora tion aforesaid shall be a party or be inter ested, and shall lusve power to issue writs of prohibition, iujunction, mandamus and oertie-rari it aid of such appelate jurisdio tion y provided nothing in this act shall be tbistrued to in any manner limit or efecd the juridictiou and power of the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana to issue, hear or determine any and all writs or or ders which by the constitution or by the existing laws, said court has authority to issue. hear and determine; and provided further, that this act shall not be construed to prevent the Second District Court for the parish of Orleans from exercising all the powers granted by section five of act No. 2, of the special session of 1+70, ap proved March 16, 1870, or the Third Dis trict Court for the parish of Orleans from exercising the powers' granted in section seven of said act; and provided still furth er, that this act shall not be held to deprive any judge or court of the power to issue injunctions, to stay the execution of any order of seizure and sale, or any writ of execution or possession granted by such judge or court, and shall not be hehl to de prive any judge or court of the power to is sue the writ of injunction to stay the exe cution or" enforcement of any judgment rendered or order of seqnestration. attach ment or provisional seizure, made by such judge of court. The power reserved to the Secnd anrd Third District Courts to issue writs of mandamus and injunctions in aid of their special jurisdiction, and the power reserved to each of the district courts to is sue writs of injunction, to stay proceedings in said courts, as herein set forth, shall be exclusive of the Superior Disttict Court he7eiu created. See. :1. Be it further enacted, etc., That in any case in which an injunction shall is sue from the Superior District Court here be established, against any party or par ties to any suit or proceeding, depending before any other district court, of said par iSh, except the Probate Coutrt, it shall be the duty of the judge and clerk of such court in which such suit or proceedinllgs is depending to imnmediately transfer the re cords of such suit or proceeding to the said Sulperior District Court, which shall be vested with power to hear and determine se-rd cause as if theame had been original ly brought in scid huperior Court. Im mediately upon the paecagn of this act it shall be the duty of thejudges of the Third, Fourth, Fifth aud Sixth District Courts for the parish of Orleans to transfer to Superior District Court for the parish of Orleans all suits or preaceedings., the jurisdiction over which is, by this law, vested in sai.l 8u perior District Court5 The said Superior Court for the parish of Orleans shall be and is hereby vested with jurisdiction over all such suite or proceedings so to be trmneferred, and with the sacme power to hear and determine such suit and proceed ings so to be transferred, as if the same had been originally brought in said Superior District Court. All suite or proceedings depending in the Seventh and Eighth Dis trict Courts for the parish of Orleans, the jurisdiction over which is by this law vest ed in the Snperior District Court fo' the parish of Orleans, whether determined or not, are hereby tranaferred and declared to be pendmliag in said Superior District Court from and after the passage of this act. The said Superior District Court is hereby de clared to be and is hereby vested with jurisdiction over all such suits and proceed uings as if they had been originally lrought in aid Superior District Court' and shall be proceevedl with in said Superior District Court, and tried and dtermined, and p,_ Ce. issued andl executed therein alm by said court in the same manner as ifsuch suite or proceedings had been commenced originally in said Superior District Court for the parish of Oneuans. The judge of Superior District Court for the parish of Orleans aall have power and athority, at the insutance of any party interested, or at the mstance of the Attorney General of the State, to direct writs of asandans and in Junction to the clerks of aid other district c-,urte, to the parties to any suit or saite anad their atterneys, or to any person oar persons interfering, in all cases in which it easy be necesary or expedient to protect thejurislietoau of sid epenrir District Court as conferred by this act. Incase any snt or proceedlng over which the aid Su Ierior District Court shall have exeluaive jurisdiction, shall st any time hereaftr be dependin in any other disriaet court fir tA prh, of Orlens, and the ge of said ", L: sl~a! negl~et, or refuse to sI!,a an ing, is the said kpetor District Court, then a.d i. that case either party to mNsh a prmsssdlg, may cause to be tled in the said Sperior District Court certified or sworn espies of the citation or citations, or petition and pleading exeluaive of mass othet eat the same in all respects as if sucheatt or proceeding had been originally instituted or commenced in suchk uperior District Court. See. 4. Be it further enacted, etc., That all acts of the Geueral Assembly regulating the practice in the district courts of the arish of Orleans, xcept s far as they may be i consistent with this act, or contrary to its provisions, shaUl apply to and bind the judge and clerk of the Superior District Court of the parish of rlsas. The judge of said Superior District Court shall be a member of the board of district judges for the parish of Orleans, organized by act No. 59, of the seseion of ld72, proved April X3, let7J. The judge of the Superior District Court shall have power to establish and ordain rules of court in rela tion to the tial jurisdiction of said court; provided, that hb u,.h rule shall comflict *ith a law ot the State. Where the rules of the district courts for the par ish of Orleans do not conflict with the rules so to be adopted by said j4iige', they shall have force in sami .perior District Court. Sec. 5. Be it furfler enacted, etc.. That the Superior District Court for the parish of Orleans sthall occupy the courtroom, clerk's office and chambers now occupied by the Eighth District Court for the parish of Orlean, auleass the city of New Orleans. with the concurrence of the judge of said Superior District Court, shall provide an other courtroom pad offices, in said new court may hold court in any other con,, if for any reason, it is imqotsible or incon venient to occupy said Eighth District court roose Sec. & Be it further enacted, etc., That the Offces of judge and clerk of t eo Super ior District Court for the parishof Orleans. hereby established and organized, shall be deemed to be vacant as in case of original vacancy. The Governer shall at once til such vacancies by appointment, under the provisions of the act of tie General Assem bly approved August twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. and enu titled . an act to determine the mode offill ing all vacancies in all offices for which provision is not made in the Constitution." After the expiration of the commissions so to be issued, the said offices shall be filled by election, in the same manner and at the same time that the other district judges throughout the State shall be elected. The judge of said court shall receive the same salary recei'vd by other judges of district conrts. The clerk of said courtshall have the same powers as other clerkof district courts, and shall receive the same emolu ments. The judge of the Superior District Court shall have the right to name the minute clerk ofsaidcourt; and may-appoint a stenographer who, with the minute clerk, shall be under the immediate direction of the jndge. The minute clerk and the sten ographic writer shall be paid by the clerk of said court such salaries as the judge of said court shall fix. Sce. 7. lie it further enacted, etc.. That lthe Pct of the Gcueral Assembly, approved March 16, 1tl70, entitled "an act to estab lish as additional districteourt for the par ish of Orleans, to define the jurisdiction thereof, and reorganize and determine the jurisdiction of the existiag seven district courts for the parishl of Orleans," beand the same is hereby repealed, in so far as it establishes and organizes the Eighth Dis trict Court for the parish of Orleans : it be ing the intent and purplosee of this act to abolish the said Eighth District Court for the parish of Orleans be mid is hereby bohished. All suits or p oceedinag, adl the records thereof, now depending in said Eighth District Court for the parish of Or leans, which are not, by the provisions of this act, transferred to the Superior Dis transferred to the Fifth l)istrict Court for the parish of Orleans, and the said suits or proceedings are declared to be pending in said Fifth District Court from and atierthe passage of this act. The records of all its heretofore brought in said Eighth District Court, whether determined or not, and not hereinbefore transferred to said Superior District Court, are hereby transferred to said Fifth District Court, All suits or pro :eedigs sol transferred shall be proceeded with in saidl Fifth District Court, and tried and determined, and process and Judgment issued and executed therein, and by said court, in the same manner as if the s.ame had been commenced originally in sahi Fifth District Court for the parish of Or leans. Sec. S. Be it further enacted, etc., That the Seventh District Court for the parish of Orleans be and is hereby abolise. All suits aud proceeding now depending i said Seventh District Court for the parish of Orleans, which are not by the provisions of this act transferred to the tuperior Dis trict Court herein establishedkare hereby transferred to the Fourth Dirtrict Court for the parish of Orlueans. ias hereby vested with jurisdiction to hear and deteamnlue such suits and proceediungs as if the sanie had been originally brought in said Fourth District Court, uand the said snits or pro ceedin_ are declared to depending in said Fourth District Court from and after the passage of this act. The records of all suits or procee-iings heretofore brought in said Seventh District Court, wbhethr de termined or not and not hereinbeforetrans ferred to said Supeltrior I)istriet Counrt, are hereby transferred to said Fourth District Court, and all proceedings so tssrret shall be proceeded within maid Fourth Die trict Court, and tried and detersmined, and process atnd judgment imued mand eaeented thereain and by said Fourth Dietriet Ceort, in the samin manner am if thelasme bad been commenced originall in said Fourth Die trict Court for the parse Ot Orleas. Sec. i. Be it further mesated, etc, That all laws or parts Io law n onlcdit with this act be nd the saute are hereby repeal ed, as they an son&et, and thim act shall havi foree ud edBeet om sad aAer it (Signed) CHIAB. W. LOWELA, Speaker of the House of Represmsative,. (Sig81ned) A. HABIIS, President of the Seate and Acting Lieau tenant Governor, Approved, Deeember 11, 1872. (siged) P. B. 8. PINCHBACK, Lienteunat Governor snd Acting Oovernor of Louisiana. A true copy: GEORGE E BOVEE, Secretary of Stas. hO. 3. JOINT REBOLUTION. Extmniing the time of the extraordinary sesion *f the General Assembly. Whereas, The preclamaenti of hia his ox alIency th eoasr ge·jtayns, conven ing the General Assembly in extraordinary session Desemnber . IWS ltait the term thereof to the period often days and Whereas bJsto referred to te Oeaera Assembhly by the reSpeetive mases of Acting Uevenor P. B. . Pinehbeak de mand lanmediate attention and action, and for this and other necoaesry purpses ari ig frome the revelson " ete alt8 C. Warmoth and his haettor at Ieem Halt, makes an ertensi,n f the se.so Le I qf i thp 84'e of lnnitjM, in As.e, bly ,savened, That the~pr eat .eion of the faeral Awcmlbly be a is. .eeardinU to ths lrovisions of tbh law by which the mas i eouvened, thu,, t . teod W and ncluclleg the first Mondiv, 1 January, 1 73, at twelve o'clock M., h4le. the business on hand being flnisahel sa General Assembly should adjourn at an eas* lier day, and that this Joint resolution thall take eofeet from and after the approval of the Governor; (8 ee) CIIAS. W. LOWELI., 8 tif ethe House of Representatives. (Mgned) A. It. HIARRIS, President of the 8cnate, Acting Lieuos n. iAnt Governor. Approved December 10, 1472. (~ignel) P. B. S. PIN.'IIBACK, Lieutenant Governor, Acting G(overnut. , the State of Louisiana. A true copy : e*,Hs E. BovrEE, Secretary of State. . NO. 20. * AN ACT To pro idi for and regulate the clerical force in the Auditor's office, to fix thtit salaries and to providle for the mandr and conditioni nader which the chief clerk can act as Auditor, and for other purposes. Sections 1. 1k it enacted by the Renate sas House of Repree:utatives of the Stateef Louisiana in G;eneral Assembly convenfd, That for the better organization and more efficient working of the State Auditor' otffice, the clerical fo.rco allowed thereu, and the conmlensation to each clerk or a. sistlnlt in said office, shall be and the sae is hereby constituted a.s follows: One Audsito)r's solicitor, four thousand ifi hutldred dollars. One chief clerk, three thousand dollars. One inilwctor, two thouisand two ham dred and fifty dollars. One first hook-keeper, two thousand oae humndred dollars. One assistant book-keeper, one thonussd eight hundred dollars. Two assistaut book-keepers, three thee. sand dollars. One voucher and coupon clerk, one the,. sand eight hundred dollars. One corresponding clerk, one thousan eight hundred dollars. One tax anid assessment rolls clerk, one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars One registrar ;:ad warranut clerk, one thousandl seven hundred and fifty dollart One bond and general clerhb one thou. sand two hundred dlollars One mesoteger and porter, seven hundred and twenty dollars. See. 2. B.' it further enacted, etc., That ,vbenever it shall become necessary, by ie. son of sicks:ets or otherwise, that the 8tats Auditor should be abi.N't from the office, he may deputize his chief ',:rk to art la his stead, and sign his (the chief clerk's) name as actmin auditor, anjd such act shall be as valid as it signed by the Auditor him. self, provided, that the tiovernor and Stage Treasurer shall be notified of such autheA. ty vested in the chief clerk, which shall n1 exceed ten days at any one time, unles permiassin for an absence of longer time is grueted by the Governor; and provided further, that the chief clerk so deputized to act shall have given his bond in the same amount and in I hle manner as is now reqluired by law to Iw given by the Audi. tor of Public Accounts; and provided, said chief clerk, while aeting as Auditor of Public Accounts, shall not be entitled to receive any additi, 'dI compensation salse. for. Sec. 3. I1.E it further enacted, etc.. Thst all laws or parts of laws in oundict or in. conuistant with this act be and the same are hereby r.picaled, and that this act shall take eflf't fromu and after its passage. (Signed) CHARLES WV. LOVWELL,S Speaker of the lHous. of Representatives. (Signed) C. C. ANTOLNii, Lieut:uent Governor and President of the Senate. Approved February 7, 1573. (bigued) WILLIAM P. KELLOGO, Governor of tha .tate of Louisiana A true copy : WII.LAM WEras, Assistant Secretary of State. No. 21. AN ACT r Making an appropriation of f,:,. tboumel five bundred dollars for the paynteo of the per diem of members and emupleysd the board of returning of1,ern of ld?, and the contingent expenses thereof Baeclio 1. Be it enacted by the Seats and House of Representatives of the fSe of Louisiana, iu senerml Asembly eosa*i ed. That the sum of four thosnud Aehe. drel dollars or so much thereof as may he nesessry, be and the s.me is hereby qs propriated out of any moneys in the stl Treasury not otherwise appropriated fr the purpose of laying the per diem of ths members rand the eclmloyes of the board returunig officers for the time of serviceib the year 1i72, and the contingent cxpens thereof. &oc. 2. Be it further enacted, etc., T • the Auditor of Public Acconunts be mad he is authorized and directed to issue his w. rants on the State Trseaurer upon _t vouchers drawn by the secretary ofts board of returning oflterfs and approved the presidenut thereof. 5ee. 3. Be it further enacted. etc., the per diem of tho member of the of retu ning ofihers shall be the mssi the members of the General Assembly B the time of actual servioes rendered, l that the per diem of the clerks shall ib lt dsllars. .rc. .. Be it fnrther eaeted, etc. 'MI this met rbhll take eleet asd he L e , free anmd [after] its paae. (inod) ClAML W. LOWEI4 .peuer of the Hoaue ofRepresentat ives ..glid ) C. C. AirOINS, Leutenant Governor and Prsideasrt sfth Senate. A true copy: WILLIAM WEEKS, - Amistant Secretary of Stats. Received in the ,ilcc ofMecretaryoff" Februar- 7, zSR7. The act having beon pnrsse .4 to hb ./Gvernor of the State of L~.o an for his approsval, and not havingl tLs rtarned by tukrn to the tiouse of tih Q s eral Assembly iu whilch it originated, ib in the time presribed by the eoaaitaS of the State of Louisiana, has beoooae sULr without his approval. WLLAM WEEUe Asistant Secretary of Itia No. & / AN ACT To amed sand re enact seetions two "A three of act No. 10, entitled an act 3iT ug an appropriation to pey thesI sad pe" dsie of the members, mlEiWm oloursm and employee, and the notLagel expenses of the extra session, moas and comanceed December 1, 1. of tS Third Generalm Amssembly of the 5te5 d Louiiana, by appropriating and provY i:':gfor "heb~!ct r··,, ,.':·-.::.-,, ch':;sn