The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-02-15
8 O'CLOCK, P. NJ.
Bills Passed.

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To grant Lorenzo R. Stewart, late sheriff
of Yallobusfa county, additional time for the
payment Of the sum due by him TO the State,
with Senate amendment. -.
To amend the various acts Of corporation of
the town of Cofeeville, in the county Of Yal-
lobusha, and for other purposes, with Senate
amendment. ., ..--.-, ...-.-.=.=s
The resolution offered by Mr. Pinson in re-
lation to the Senators and Representatives not
being entitletfto receive mileage for their at
tendance on this adjourned session, nor per
diem pay between the 18th day of December
last and the 10th Of January last, was called
up. s..--.. = z.5--s.-4 ,s5-- -st.tss.
Mr.. Chambers amended the resolution by
striking out per diem sss .-~ -E+4
The question was thent taken on the passage
of the resolution.a as amended, and decided in
the affirmative by yeas and nays, as follows:
YEAs-Messrs: Adams, Akers, Bishop, Bell,
Boone, Barksdale, CLARK, Chambers, Culbert-
son, Claiborne, Duncan, Downs, Dantzler,
Dean, Dickins' Evans Graham, GiIstrap, Hen
ley, Hooker, Jones, of Sunfower, Keith Long,
Lake, McAiister, Mcdonald, McWhorter,
Murphy, Reasons, Rulfin, rutherford, Sanders,
Smith of Lowndes, Smedes, Van Eaton, Val
liant, Winburn, West, Wilhams-39.
NAYS.-Mr. Speaker, Ar1nistead, Bugg,
Backstrom, Beaman, Coffey, Ellis of Copiah,
Firth. Gasque, Hill, Hall of Lea<e, Holmes,
Hall ofIauderdaie, Lyles, Love, Martin, Mat
thews, Merinar, McRae, Owen. Purdom Pin
son, Rogers, Reid, Suratt, Shelton, Smylie,
Trotter, Terrell, Tolson, Thomas, Wilson
Wheeler. Wheathersby, Ware, Walworth-36
To loan at interest the fund arising from the
sale of submerged lands in Choctaw county,
with Senate amendment.
To amend an act entitled .an.aet to enlarge
the terms of holding the Circuit Couft of
Madison county, approved Nov. 10, 1858,
with Senate amendment.
To authorize the Board of Police of Coving-
ton county to reduce the price of swamp and
overlooked land in said county, with Senate
amendment
To incorporate the town of Huntsville and
for other purpose, with Senate amendment
To regulate the compensation of the Pro-
bate Clerk in Carroll county in certain cases,
with Senate amendment
10 incorporate the towno Senatobia, in the
county of De Soto, with Senate amendment
Mr. Barksdale moved that the House disa-
gree to the. Senate amendment striking out
the proviso to section one of House bill to pro-
vide for the payment of the Indebtedness of
certain counties Of the Mississippi Leyee Dis
trict
Which was decided in the affirmative, by
yeas and nays, as follows: ...... .
YEAs-Messrs. Armistead, Bugg, Back
strom, Bell, Boone, Beaman, Barksdale,
Cofey, Claiborne, Downs, Dunlap, Dean, Dick
kins, Evans, Ellis of Copiah, Gilstrap, Gasque
Hamilton, Hill, Hall of Leake, Hudson,
Holmes, Jones of Sunfower, Knox, Long,
Merinar, New horter, Murphy, Owen, Rogers,
Ried, Rutherford, Sanders, Shelton, Trotter,
Thomas, Wheeler, West .Williams-39.
NAYs-Mr. Speaker, Messrs. Adams, Akers
Bishop, Clark, Chambers, Gulbertson, Duncan
Denney, Dantzler, Firth, Hooker, johnson
Keith, Lake, McRae, Pipes, Pinson, Ruffin
Suratt, Smedes, Van Eaton, Valiant, Wilson,
Winburn, Withers, Weathersby, Walworth
-28. ,5s,,
To incorporate the jackson Gas Light
Company. ~
A Senate bill to empower the inspectors of
the Mississippi Penitentiary to contract for
and purchase certain lot Of land therein de-
scribed.
A committee of conference was appointed
to act with q similar committee on the part of
the Senate upon the matters of disagreement
between the two Houses upon the following
Senate bills:
PES A bill to incorporate the Holly Springs Life
and General Insurance Company.
A bill to amend an act to incorporate the
Merchants and Planters Insurance Company
of the city of Enterprise, approved Dec. Sd,
1858
s On motion of Mr. Suratt, the House adj
'journed until O'Clock, P. NJ.
7o'cLocK, PM.
House met. s
Senate Bills Passed
To incorporate Independent Fire Engine
: Company No. l, Of the city of Vicksburg.
To authorize - Mckenzie to receive
from the proper authority license to practice
law in any of the courts of this State.
Resolutions accepting the portraits of David
Holmes and Thomas II. Williams presented
by James S. Johnston, Of Jefferson County
To ratify sales of section 16, township 2,
range Ia, in the county Of Clark.
To amend the law relating to paupers.
:. To appropriate $4,000 to the repair and
improvement of the public buildings and
grounds.
On melton; the House adjourned until, to-
morrow morning at nine O'Clock
IL - SENATE. = +sas=ss 1ss@
j. @s~tss - THURSDAY Jan. 26, 1860.
The Senate met.
The journal Of yesterday was read and APP
proved. s = RtsEs c5BtAk
ASIA Bills Passed.
For the relief Of John j. McRae.
To regulate thecontracts of hands on steam
boats ssf7ss
70 amend the law relative to estrays.
Resoluti6nsin relation to the Southern Pa.
cific Railroad. s.
To incorporate the North Alabama Tele- |
graph Company. @
To regulate the collection Of debts against
debtors.
In relation TO the Circuit and Chancery |
Courts in the countyof Lawrence.
For an increase Of the revenue laws Of this
State. sA 4sg
TIE repeal articles 3D. IS and Sc of section
;, chapter IS, of the Revised Code.
To regulate Che. fees Of the Clerk or the
circuit and Ghancery Courts Of Kinds county.
TO prevent the destruction of oysters in
his State.
TO incorporate the .Pickensville Branch
iailroad Company.
In relation 10 the Bank Of Mississippi incor. !,
Grated by act of Feb. &c, 1885, as the Lake / /
Washington and Deer Creek Railroad Bank
~ Company, and whose name and style was
NJ mood, ~ fha Rank of Miscissinn; NV .st -, | 1