[155] Feb. 23. See also issue of Feb. 25.
[156] Another social equality bill, passed by both houses in the extra session of 1870, was returned by the governor on the first day of the next session. Sen. Jour., 1870, 290; House Jour., 327; and Sen. Jour., 4.
[157] House Deb., 1869, 195.
[158] Sen. Deb., 1870, 29.
[159] Ann. Cyclop., 1869, 396, gives 55 but I think it in error as the Debates give 59.
[160] House Deb., 1869, 191.
[161] In the absence of the Senate journal or debates for 1869, I have had to rely upon the brief legislative report of the Commercial Bulletin, Feb. 17.
[162] Session Laws, 1869, No. 118. See the act in full.
[163] New Orleans Commercial Bulletin, Mar. 17, 1869.
[164] February 23, 1869.