The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1867-02-14
HOUSE JOURNAL.
SATURDAY, Feb. 9, 1867.


House met pursuant to Adjournment.
Journal of yesterday read and approved
| Mr. Irby by leave introduced a bill to in.
| corporate the President and Directors of the
! Southern Asylum, which was referred with.
| out reading to Committee on Corporations
Mr. Murdoch from the Committee on Ways
| and means reported back the communica.
| ton of j. Benton of Yalobusha county, and
asked to be discharged from further consid-
| Grafton of same. Report received and agreed
| to.
Mr. Murdoch from same Committee report
ed back House bill for the relief of Noah
Vernon, late Sheriff of Tippah county, and
| stated that, in the opinion of the committee
the present law provides for the ease, and
would recommend that said bill do not pass,
which report was received and agreed to and
| bill lost.
Mr. Murdoch from the same committee re-
ported back Senate bill to be entitled an act
to apply the monies for license to retail vi
nous and spurious liquors within the corpo-
rate limits of the town of Pontotoc, Ponto-
toe county, for a limited time, to repair the
Pontotoc Male Academy, with amendments
thereto, aud recommend that the bill as
amended do pass
Report received and agreed to and amend
ments adopted as follows
Amend by additional section,
Sec g. Bolt further enacted, That moth
ing contained in this act shall be construed
to deprive the State of its tax-and make
present section three read four, and bill pass
ed.
Mr. Caperton from the Committee on
Propositions and Grievances reported back
bill for the relief of D A Brawden, a citizen
of Pamela county, and asked that the com.
mittee be discharged from it's further con-
sideration as it involves judicial question
that might be left to His Excellency the
Governor, and would furthermore ask that
the Clerk of the House read the petition of
said citizens that the House may take such
action as may be deemed necessary.
Report received and agreed to.
Mr.. McRae moved to refer the bill to the
Judiciary Committee, which motion was
lost. The. question recurring on the passage
of the bill it was decided in the affirmative,
by yeas Al, nays 20.
Mr. Simrall from the Committee on the Ju-
dietary to whom was referred petition from
the Board of Police of Tunica county and
others, asking increase of salaries of Circuit
Judges also a bill to increase the salary of
the Judge of the third. Judicial District, re-
ported back same with a substitute bill and
recommended its passage. Report received
and agreed to and bill made special order foI
to-day IL o'clock, lin Committee of the Whole
Mr. Murdoch from the Committee on Ways
and Means reported back Senate bill to
amend the vagrant laws of this State, APP
proved Nov. "a, 1865, so far as the same pro-
vides for levying poll or capitulation tax
on freedwOmen and minor freedmen, with a
Recommendation that the same do pass
Report received and agreed to and bill
passed. -
Mr. Murdoch from same committee repor-
ted back House bill to limit and assess the
tax to be paid by Express Companies and
asked that it do not pass. Report received |
and agreed to and bill lost
A message was received from the Senate
announcing the passage of sundry Senate |
bills.
: Mr. Acker from select committee to whom |
was referred a petition from sundry members |
of the Board of Police OF Monroe county, |
asking transfer of the decisions of the |
High Court of Errors and Appeals now in I
the Probate Clerks Office of said county to /
the Of11ce of the County Attorney, have re-
ported the same back and asked that the
prayer of said petitioners be not granted,
chat whether as a loan or a gift of the said
citizens, it would in some. degree defeat the
object for which they were donated Re-
port received and agreed to and bill lost
ted back bill to remove the civil disabilities
IF Nary Ellen Blake, a minor of Kinds coun-
", and for other purposes, with corrections,
Ind recommended the passage of the same.
Report received and agreed to and bill |.
passed.
Mr. Acker introduced bill to amend the .
criminal laws of this State, which was read
~ title, and referred to the judiciary Com
nittee. s.a !
Mr. Griffin introduced bil1to prevent the
Practice of carrying weapons in this State, i
which was read by title, and referred to the
Judiciary COMMITTEES j
Mr. Griffin introduced bill to amend art.
~, sec SO, of chap. "a, of Revised Code
was referred, after its first /
eading, to the judiciary Committe. Ia
Mr. Griffin introduced bill to amend sec. Q
, ehap. li,of an act to amend the Probate I
'ourt laws, approved Nov. 90. 1865. which
vas referred to the Judiciary Committee. le
Mr Slower introduced bill to amend art. b
=, sec 4, chap. 40, of the revised Code-of p
lvorces and alimony which was referred
9 the Judiciary COMMITTEES.
Mr. Slower introduced bill to amend the Il