Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-03-26
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and the morning session was oc.
oupied In It's discussion without
fnal action.
Bills to be intrOducsd;a
Gibbs, to incorporate . ferry
privilege from Vicksburg To- De-
soto. bog .
Stricklin to charter q railroad
from the Tennessee line by Kos
to Ship Island. ..1bl Je.t
% Millsaps, 10 secure labOrers their
wages and Landlords their wages.
Hardy, TO locate the seat OF JUS
tice Of Scott county.
Parker, to incorporate railroad
from Oakland on the Mississippi
and Tennessee road to Canton or
Jackson. lt9't nofH
Morgan, TO incorporate q new
county to be called Revels.
q BY Mygatt, 10 grant u new char
ter to tho City Of ViGksburg,. 90 q
substitute for the present charter.
MOrgan's one hundred thousand
dollr secreta service app ropriatiOn
resolution was called up and after
a stormy debate, was referred TO
the judiciary Committed Do
In the House sundFy bills, the
purport Of which has already been
reported, were introduced. n H.h
Willing introduced o bill TO in
corporate the Grand Conclave of
Seven Wise Men.
Bills TO be introduced,
By French to incorporate The
Natchez q jackson raflroad, and to
give aid to orphan asyiumss
LandOn, to amend the charter Of
the YicksbnTg and Meridiad rail-
road, -,4..I. Ans,
Vaughn, q new county Of Clay
Of parts of Pohtotoe, lafayette
and Calhoun. .lrV ~ ra7WiN
L9ldpn, introduced d resolution
directing the Commissioners Of
Public Works 10 makea thorough
investigation of the condition OF
the levees on the Mississippi river,
amount Of lands reclaime d, lAndS
forfeited for taxes; how much
levee has been constructed and the
feasibility of a uniform and con-
solidated levee system In c0nnec.
ton with other repairs in the
State. ,..
Capt. Myers is improving.
Gen'l. J.. q. Weber, is appoint.
ed Mayor of Vicksburg. Gov. Al.
corn's first appointment.
Jason Niles, Il Is believed, will
be appointed to the Supreme Bench
in place of Judge Shackelford.
Judges Brown aud PeytOn viii
probably be retained.
Jackson, M1ss., March 10, 1870
In the Senate a number Of bills
heretofore noticed, were intro,
duced. -
Duncan gave notice of introduc
Of q bill to repeal an act to RlteI
the practice in Chancery.
A message was received from thC
Governor, which was considered IL
executive session.
In the House, Cunningham intro
dOced a bill to abolish COUNTY
| Courts rs.. tI ,-. a.r,J-
Hardy introduced q bill for tn
encouragement Of labor.
Fl Vaughn introduced a bill 10 en-
a new county of Webster. r.s',f
! A resolution p0stponing deRnitl
action IN the formation Of new
cOuntIesI and the changing oFc6aA.
~ boundary i,nep, until the voiet
of the people interested could ~
heard, was introduced, and made
the special order for next Tuesday
The Postmaster is to furnish eacl
member with postage, not TO ex
coed one dollar pc: week A nc,
little job, amounting III the'aggFe
gate TO five hundred and twenty
dollars per month, and a prOspec.
Of six months here, will make liit
people pay the snug sum of three I,
tour thousand dollars for priyat,
correspondence. Congress OugbI
10 extend the tracking privilege L
this august body and save the poo.
pie such OnerOns expense.
The original copy Of the new
Constitution that should have beer
fled with the secretary Of State
can't be found, and committee Il
appointed to unearth the same OF
prepare another copy. il'rn
john Williams, Of Madison, wal
elected State Librarian on the irsI
ballot, receiving 10 votes.
The committee appointed some
days ago 10 designate the number
and kind of officers requisite Il
take care Of the Legislature made
report to-day, and show that ONLI
THIRTY-FoUR are requisite, exclu.
sive OF the President and Speaker
Besides those reported by the com,
mittee an indefinite number o.
clerks to committees are being
appointed but the State pays thl
bill, and the paper the warrants
are printed on Is cheap.
The Legislative committee 10 In
vestigate the escape Of Yerger arr
prosecuting their Investigations
1t is believed that Sheriff Lake vii
be exonOrated.
JACKSON, March q = Senate
The Presidents of the different rail
roads in the State were invited Il
seats on the floor Of the Senate.
A resolution was adopted, for
bidding any bills to be ~contractcI
the Senate, without the consent o
that body. lpt
A resolution was introduced rel
alive to the election Of the. Commits
siOner of Emigration and Agricul
ture.
Gibbs gave notice that he woulI
introduce q bill to incorporate thI
Vicksburg, Canton and YazOO rail-