The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-05-26
HOUSE.

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Mr.. Davis presented petition of citizens
Of Marshall county, protesting against divi-
| sion of said county.
GENERAL RAILROAD BILL.
On motion of Mr.. Lynch, the House went
! into Committee of the Whole to consider
| an act to provide general system of Rail
| road interpretations.
! The Speaker having resumed the Chair
the Committee, through Mr.. Warren, report
! ed the bill back with amendments recon-
mending that it do pass as amended.
Report received.
Mr.. Sessions offered the following amend
ment to Sec. p: And provided further
That the officer of any Railroad shall have
power to assign passengers who hold first
| class tickets to any f1rst-class passenger cars
| on the train.
Mr.. Lynch moved to Law amendment on
the table.
Lost: Yeas a. nays 4s.
Mr.. Davis moved to reconsider vote last
| taken.
Mr.. Hemingway moved to lay motion to
reconsider on the table. Lost: Yeas. SO !;
nays, 10, then the amendment was tabled.
Yeas: Balch, Barrows, Boulder, Bowles
Campbell, Darlington, Charles. Clarke, Cog
geshall, Davis, Foote, Foster. Handy, Har-
ring ton. Head, Henderson, Holmes, Jacobs
Johnson, Jones, of Marshall, Loomis, Lynch,
Mayson, McNees, Mitchell. of Holmes
Moore, Morgan, Newson, Norris, Osborne
Parker, Piles, Scarborough, Spelman, Sites
Nnlle, WhIlng, WOOD, OF 1aZOo, 4eOman,
Mr.. Speaker-4O.
Nays: Bolton, Boyd, Chandler, Collins,
Conner, Currie, Dansby, French. Gegan.
ellis, Greer. Hart, Hatch. fairfield, Hem
mingway, Hodges, Hudnall, Jones, Lang
ford, Lewis, Maxey, Mckenzie, Mister
lips. Pitman. Roane. of Calhoun, Sessions
stiles, Street, Warren, Wells, Williams.
Wood, of Pontotoc-37.
Absent and not voting, IS.
hnn~ "a IL
was agreed to, and the bill read third time
and passed. by the following vote:
YEAs--Ralch, Barrow, Boulder, Bowles
Campbell, Darlington, Charles, Clarke.
COggeshall, Davis, Foote, Foster, French.
Handy, Harrington, Head. Henderson.
Holr,cs, Hodges, Jacobs, johnson, Jones,
of Marshall, LOOMS, Lynch. Mayson, Nc
Nees, Mitchell of Holmes, Moore, Morgan.
Newsom, Niles, Norris, Osborne, Parker,
Piles, Scarborough. Spelman, Sites. War
rem, White, Willing. Wilson, Wood of va
zoo, Yeoman. Mr.. Speaker-45.
NAY>,-Bolton, Boyd. Oh 4Ddler. Collins,
Conner, Currie, Dansby, Gegan, ellis, Greer,
fairfield, Hatch, Hudnall, Hemingway.
Johns, Langford, Lewis, Maxey, Mckenzie.
Mister, Mitchell, of PentOtoc. Nabers. Owen.
Phillips, Pitman, Roane. of Calhoun, Roane.
of Pike, Sessions, Stiles, Street, Wells.
Whiting, Wood. of Pontotoc-34.
Absent, not voting, 26.
Mr.. Roane. of Calhoun, offered the follow
Provided further, That nothing in this
Act shall be so construed as to prevent Rail-
road Ticket Agents from selling tickets with
Numbers thereon corresponding with the
numbers of the seats in first and second
class cars, to which cars the passengers
purchasing such tickets may be assigned by
the Railroad Agent or Conductor.
Mr.. Moore moved lsy the amendment
on the table. Carried.
YEAs.-Balch, Barrow, Boulder, Bowles.
IA. nk.alI IL 1oli
Dansby, Davis, Foote. French. Handy, Har-
rington, Hatch, bead, Henderson, Hodges,
Holmes, Jacobs, johnson. Jones, of Mar
shall. Landon. LOOMS, Lynch. Mayson.
McNees, Mitchell, of Holmes. Moore, Nor
gan. Newsom. Norris, Osborne. Parker,
Piles, Spelman. Sites. Scarborough, War
rem White. Willing. Wood of Yazoo, Y co
man, Mr.. Speaker-44.
NAYs.-Bolton, Boyd, Buchanan, Chan
dler, Clark, Conner, Cunningham. Currie-
Hemmingway, HudnaIl, Langtord, Lewis,
Maxey. Mckenzie, Mister, Mitchell, of Pom
totoc, Nabers, Niles, Owen. Phillips. Pltman,
Roane of Calhoun Roane. of Pike, Sessions,
Stiles. Stone, Street, Vaughn, Wells, Viii
ting, Wood. of Pontotoc-3S.
Absent nOt voting. %.
PROTEST.
The following was ordered spread upon
the journal:
The members whose names are hereto sub
scribed do respectfully enter Their serious
protest against the passage OF that portion
OF clause 10. section a. of a bill entitled an
act to provide for a general system of rail-
ROAD interpretations, which reads as follows,
to-wit: And provided further that no dis
tinction or discrimination shall be made
among passengers paying the same rate OF
fare, and for their dissent and protest assign
the following reasons LIST. Ii initiates Sc
riously against the work of reconstruction
I'd. 1t is held Ia just adherence by our con-
stiruents. Sd. It is not desired BY the great
majority of coiored people. 4th. II win in
eyitably produce confusion and strife and
thereby defeat the very end for which gov
ernments are founded and we protest against
other parts OF said bill for the reasons: Ssh.
That they are so far rs they affec railroads
already chartered, unjust If not illegal. and
so far as they apply Go companies hereafter
20 be chartered are suicidal In their chaIac-
ter.
IN. Langford, Thos. p. Conner,
RasseIas Boyd, n r. Wells
w W. Hart Eli PHILLIPS,
w. L. Hemingway, n. *. Mister,
Henry Pitman, 3. Currie.
1.To1sns: Il. s. MareV.
n WcKenzie. Geo. ID. fairfield,
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