The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-04-04
EvENTNG SESSION.
SOCIAL EQcALrrr.


suspended To allow members TO introduce
bills. was lost on the following vote two
thirds vote being required. Yeas oil nays
An act supplemental to an act to author
lie the Board of Supervisors of Madison
county to ascertain the outstanding war
rants upon the treasury of said county, and
10 issue bonds for them, was taken up and
passed.
A number of Senate bills were read and
referred.
An act to provide for the payment of A.
B. Holt, for clerical services in the State
Treasury Department, passed Yeas 49,
nays Is.
An act to authorize the construction of
and use OF railroads ia the city of Column
bus, was passed.
An act TO prohibit the sale of vinous and
spirtu0us liquors within three miles of the
corporate limits of the town of Cato, in
Rankin county, Mississippi, was passed.
coLVAx COUNTY.
After a considerable amount of skirmish-
ing on receiving the report of Committee
on County Affairs recon- mending the pass
age of the bill To create ColiaX county, in
which the yeas and nays were many times
called, Mr.. Street made the following point
of order:
That the bill should not have gone to the
Committee, as motion to reconsider the
vote whereby the bill was referred, was still
pending.
The Speaker ruled that the point was well
taken, and that the bill was not properly in
the hands of the Committee.
Mr.. Barrett moved TO reconsider the vote
whereby an act to create a new county iE
this State. TO be called ColfaX county. and
for other purposes, was referred to the Com
mittee on County Affairs. and on that mo-
ton moved the previous question.
And the previous question was sustained.
and he motion to reconsider was carried.
tn f..hl 10 fh.a 70
commit the bill TO the Committee on County
Affairs.
Mr. Street, at 6 80 O'clock, moved to ad-
jOurn. Lost.
And the motion to table was carried.
Mr.. Barrett moved that the bill be placed
mon its final passage.
Mr.. Land At :O5 O'Clock, moved to ad-
journ. Lost. Yeas 46; nays 81. Absent
.,ad not voting, Is.
Under the operation thereof, the bill being
engrossed, was read the third
time and passed. Yeas "a; nays -.
Yeas-M essrs. Andrews, Armstead, Bar
rett, Bell. Bush, Brooks, Bremen. COrcoran,
Cessor. Carter, Davis of NoXubee, Dixon,
Everett. Fisher, Foley. French, Grig2s,
Green, Griggs, Goar, Handy of COpiah,
Handy of Madison, Howard, Haste, Hous-
ton, johnson Of Kinds, johnson of DeSoto, 4
Jacobs, kendrick, Lindsey, Landers. Me-
Cain. Mckenzie, Mauss, McCawley, Mallory,
Morgan. Martiniere, Nettles, Piles, Reese,
ohadd. Smith of Tunica. Stewart of Holmes,
Stewart of Noxubee Smothers, Streeter,
sullivan, Truehart, Willing, Webster, White
and Wade-54'
Navs-Messrs. Allen, Applewhite, Avery,
Baldridge, Benson, Boyd, Bolton, Buchan-
an, Calhoun, Currie, Curlee, Davis of La
fayette. Evans, Feemster. Ford, Gill, Gaines, |
Hill. Horton, Higgins, Holloway. Hyer, |
Howe. Jones, Kelly, Kimbrough. Leavell,
Land, Leonard, Lopez, Lowry, Mcintosh, |
Mckie, Nets, Nisbett. Potter. Robbins.
Roane, Ross, Smith of DeSotO, Street, Stone, |
Sessions, Sawyer, WroUon and Wharton-49. |
Absent and not voting-l2.
An act to authorize the transfer of suits |
from the counties of Pontotoc, Lee and |
Union in certain cases, and for other pur- |
poses, was passed.
ANsoN COUNTY.
Mr.. Holloway moved that the Committee |
on County Affairs be instructed to report |
the bill creating Arson county.
Mr.. Armstedd, at 80 o'clock, moved to |
adjourn. Lost.
And the motion of Mr.. Holloway was /
carried
Mr.. Willing moved to reconsider the vote |
whereby the Committee on County Affairs |
was directed to report the bill creating |
Arson county.
Mr. Mckenzie moved to lay the motion
to reconsider on the table.
And the motion TO table the motion to |
reconsider was carried.
Mr.. SPEAKER The Committee on County |
Affairs, to whom was referred Act to
create an additional county in this State, to |
be called Arson county, and TO locate the /
seat of justice thereof have instructed me
TO report the same and recommend its pas
sage.
Report received.
MINORITY REPORT.
Mr.. SPEAKER The undersigned, MEM
bers of Committee on County Affairs, beg
leave to dissent from the majority report to
create an additional county in this State, to
be called the county of Arson.
Respectfully.
JOHN G.. MCKENZIE,
j. +. SESSIONS,
JOHN III. MCKEE,
Z. HOWARD.
Report received.
Mr.. Armstead moved that the majority
Mr.. Truehart moved to amend by striking
put majority and inserting minority
Mr.. Holloway moved the previous ques-
ton on the adoption of the amendment.
Mr.. Landers, at 40 o'clock, moved to adj
Juru- Lost.
Yeas 80; nays Sc.
And under the operation of the previous
question. the amendment was adopted.
Yeas IS; nays rs.
Yeas Messrs. Allen, Applewhite, Benson,
Boyd, Bolton, Buchanan, CalhoOn, Cooke,
uric, Carter, Curlee. Davis of Lafayette,
Evans, Feemster, Ford, Grigg, Gayles,
Gaines, GOar, Horton, Howard, Holmes,
Holloway, liver, Jones, Kelly,
Kendrick, Leavell, Land, Leon
lrd. Loper. Lowry, Mcintosh, Mccain,
MCKEE Mckenzie, Mauss, McCawley. Nets,
Martlniere, Nettles, Nisbett. Piles, Potter,
Reed. Robbins, Roane, Ross, Smith CT Tuni-
n, Street. Sessions, Sawyer, Truehart,
" rotten, Wharton, Webster and Walker-5S.
Nays-Messrs. Armstead, Avery, Bush,
Brooks, Everett, Fisher, Foley, Gill, Grace.
Hill, Haste, Howe, johnson of Kinds, John
on of DeSoto, Jacobs, Landers, Mallory,
Reese, Shadd, Stewart of Holmes, Stone,
smothers, Streeter, Willing, White and Mr..
,peaker--3l.
A Absent and not voting-3I.
And the report OF the committee, as
amended, was agreed to.
Mr.. Holloway moved to reconsider the
-ote last taken, and to table the motion to
Carried.
House adjourned.