The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-11-22


and on motion of Mr. Carter amended by
excepting from its provisions the coun
ties of Greene, Perry, jackson, Jones.
Hancock fsn ~ Tunica, Tishemingo, Law
renee, Itawamba, Chickasaw and Co
ahoma.
Mr.. Murray offered resolution tend
ing the thanks of the Legislature to the
Mobile & Ohio railroad for tickets fur
nished and money refunded by Hon. A.
Murdock, director of said road,
Mr.. Webb of Amite, from aselect com
mittee reported back to the House a
hill to incorporate the Commercial Ex.
press with sundrJ Senate amendments
and recommended that the House do
not concur in said amendments, which
was received and agreed to.
On motion of Mr.. Beauchamp the
House bill regulating practice in the
probate courts were taken from the table
and after the adoption of an amends
ment offered by him was passed.
On motion of Mr.. EasterEng, the
House took up the special order for II
O'Clock to-wit:
Senate bill to be entitled an act to
amend the exemption laws OF this State.
Mr.. Lyles offered al amendment
which was adopted exempting the hbra-
ries of all persons.
Mr.. Barry offered substitute for the
bill which was laid on the table.
Mr.. Burress offered to amend by strlk-
ing out the words ''to the head OF every
family being white person and house
keeper" which was lost.
The lst section was then on motion OF
Mr.. Eosterling adopted as amended.
Several amendments were then offered
to the I'd section which were laid on the
table, and on motion of Mr.. Milton, the
2di section was adopted.
The Sd, 4th, 5th, 9th and 7th section
were then adopted without amendment.
Mr.. Murdock offered the following
amendment by way of additional section.
Be it further enacted that this act shall
not apply to judgments or DEGREES here
tofore rendered by any court of record of
this State.
Mr.. Suratt moved to lay the amend
ment on the table, which was decided IN
the affirmative by yeas and nays, called
for by Messrs. Carter, LabauVe and Lyles,
yeas 48, nays &c.
The question recurring on the passage
of the bill, it was decided in. the atirma-
tive by yeas and nays crlled for by MessIs.
Labauve, Seal and Carter, as follows:
Yeas-Mr. Speaker, Messrs. Beau,
champ. Blanchard, Boddie, Bewden,
Bowen, Brown, of Issuquena, Brown OF
Yalobush, Brooks, Bridges of Choctaw,
Bridgers of Tallahatchie, Burton, Came
ron, Caperton, Cromwell, Daniel, Easter
ling, Gillstrap, Grace, Graham, Griffin,
Hamilton, Hanson, Henly, Kennedy,
Kendall, Lewis, Levers, Liddell, Luse,
Lyles, Mabry, Manning, Marahle, Merrill,
Milton, Morphis, Morris, McLaurin, Nc,
Neil, McRaney, McWhorter, Murray,
Pennybacker, Philips, Phipps, Pound,
Reid, Robertson, Shannon, Simrall, Su
ratt, Wall, Walker, Webb of Amite,
Webb, of Franklin and Williams.-58.
Nays-Messrs. Acker, Arnold, Barry,
Boone, Brown of Kemper, Burress, Car
ter Dotson, Duff, Ellis, Foxworth, Ores
ham, Hillyer, Irby, Labauve, Mayson,
Meares, McInnis, McRae, Murdoc<, Nye,
Owen, Peace, Powers, Seal, Tankersly
and Thompson.-27.
| Mr.. Labauve offered the following reso.
| luton
Resolved, That the committee on mill
tary affairs be requested to inform the
| House why militia bill has not been
introduced before now.
On motion of Mr.. Murray, the resolu-
| ton was laid on the table.
Mr.. Beachamp introduced a bill to au-
thorize and require a term of the High
Court of Errors and Appeals, to be held
! at Columbus, Lowndes county, which
was referred to the judiciary committee
4 House adjourned till 3 o'clock.