The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23

any person Indicted or charged with the
perpetzErion Of any felony; which said re-
ward shall be paid out OF the Treasury OF
Tie county in which such felony Is charged
% have been committed, unless otherwise
directed by the Governor; and the Board
of Supervisors shall order a warrant on the
Treasury of the county for the payElente ~
such rewards as are to be paid out OF the
County Treasury, on due proof OF the servi-
ces rendered.
this Act shall take effect and be ia force
from and after its passage.
To this bill Senator Gibbs offered an
amendment, as follows:
Be it further enacted, That in order to
enable the Governor TO carry out the pro-
visions OF this Act the sum OF $4,000 or
so much of the same as may be necessary is
hereby appropriated out of the monies OF
the treasury. not otherwise appropriated ;
and the Auditor of Public Accounts is here
by authorized 10 issue his warrants on the
Treasurer, on the reQuisition OF the Govern
or; and said approprieti ton shall be accom-
ted for as other expenditures are required TO
be accounted for.
The following was the vote on the
amendment:
YEAs-Messrs. Abbott, Ballard, Dowd
Gartman, Gibbs, Gleed, johnson, Miles
Millsaps, Packer, Paine, Pierce, Smith
Stringer, Warner and WiIliams-l6
NAYs-Messrs- Bennett, Castle, Duncan
Lyles, Seal, Stone, and Watts.
1t will be seen that all the Republicans
voted for the amendment except Mr..
Bennett, and all the Conservatives Fotec
against it except Mr.. johnson, of Carroll
On the final passage of the bill the vott
stood as follows:
/ Yeas-Messrs. Abbott, Ballard, Caldwell
| Dowd, Gartman, Gibbs, Gleed, johnson
Little, Leachman, Miles, Millsaps, Packer
Paine, Pierce, Smith, Stringer and VIII.
| Nays-Messrs. Bennett, Castle, Duncan
Lyles, Seal, Stone, Stricklin, Warner anC
| Watts-9.
All the Republicans voted for the bill
except Messrs. Bennett and Warner
and all the Conservatives voted against
it except Mr.. johnson, whose constituents
we opine, will be amazed to find him il
such company.
PROTEST AGAINST THE BILL.
| Messrs. Duncan, Lyles, Castle, Watts
| Stone, Strcklin and Bennett were allowed
to spread upon the Senate Journal the fol
lowing protest against the passage of S. b
1872:
| We, the undersigned members of Senate
do enter this solemn protest against the pas
| sage of Senate Bill No. 1872, entitled Ear
Act to provide for the prosecution of offend
ers in other counties than those in which
| offences are committed"
First, Because we believe the said Act i:
plain violation of Section z, of the Bill o.
Rights of the Constitution of the State o.
Mississippi. in this that it provides for the
indictment and trial of pretended offenders
lin other counties than those i'm which
the offence was charged to have been com.
mitted.
Second, Because we believe it Is a viola
this. that it invests the Chief Executive of
empowering him to change the venue in
criminal cases.
Third, Because it Is dangerous innova.
State, who, in all criminal prosecutions, are
entitled to a speedy and public trial by ar
| impartial jury of the county where the of
| fence was committed
Fourth, Because it is an outrage upon the
inherent rights of every American citizen
| direct insult to the Judiciary, an unwar.
lished practices and usages of all civilized
nations; because we regard the punish.
ment of good law-abiding citizens of an en-
tire county for the offences committed by 8
few bad men, as an unjust and unprecdent.
ed usurpation of legislative power, and
many, because we regard the APPROPRIATION Of
fifty thousand dollars as profiigate expend.
| iture of the peoples money.
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