The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-03-21
M[ississippi Legislature.
SENATE.
sIxTY-FIRsr DAY.


By Mr.. Allen: Resolved by the Senate.
the House coneurring. That the President
81 the Senate and Speaker of the House be.
ana they are hereby instructed TO adjourn
their respective Houses sine die, on We'd
nesday, the 9th day of March, 1872.
II IN.
Mr. Caldwell moved to amend by making
it A pril 9Th.
Mr.. Sullivan moved TO amend by making
It the second Thursday in A priI.
Mr.. Gray moved to refer the whole matter
| TO Committee on Unfinished Business.
The motion to refer was lost.
1eas-Messrs. Barrow, Bennett Bowles,
Campbell. Gibbs, GRAY, Packer, Paine,
Pierce, Williams and Warner-ll
Nays-Messrs. Abbott Alexander. Allen.
Cassidy, Castle, Hardy. Holloway, johnson,
Little, Millsaps, smythe, Steele, Sullivan
and Stone-l4.
llYan, Mr.. stone moved 10 lay it on table.
Carried.
Recurring on the amendment of Mr.
Caldwell, Mr.. Abbott moved TO strike out
April 8, and insert April I'd.
Mr.. Smythe moved TO indefinitely post
pone the amendments TO the resolution.
Mr.. Sullivan moved to indefinitely post
| pone the whole matter.
Mr.. Abbott moved to table the motion.
Lost.
The motion TO indefinitely postpone the
amendments, WAS lost.
And recurring on the motion to make il
April 5th,
Mr. Sullivan moved to strike out April
| 9TH" and insert april 1Sth.''
Mr.. Stone moved TO table. Carried.
Mr.. Bennett moved to refer the whole
matter 10 select committee of three. Lost.
And the amendment of Mr.. Caldwell to
insert April 5" was carried, and the reso-
luton as amended, was adopted.
! by Mr.Steele: An act to locate the seat of
| justice of Scott county.
Referred to Committee on County and
County Boundaries.
Mr.. Sullivan moved to call the bill TO au-
thorize a new assessment of lands in the
counties of Clark jasper, Pike, Oktibbeha
and DeSotO. Carried.
The amendment of Committee was lost.
Mr.. Smith moved to amend as follows:
Provided, That the aggregate assessed
value of the real estate in each of said coun-
| ties, shall not be reduced below the present
valuation.
Mr.. Sullivan moved to table the amend
| ment. Lost.
Yeas, 10; nays, Is.
Recurring on the amendment, Mr.. Hardy
| moved to amend the amendment by strik
| ny out the word aggregate"
Mr.. Bennett moved to indefinitely post
pone the amendment. Carried.
| And the bill passed.
Yeas Ii nays, IL.
BY Mr.. Paine Resolved, That the Public
Printers of the StatI be, and are hereby re-
quested and required TO furnish the Senate
what is styled Co. in the election of Kim
ball, Raymond Il CO., as Public Printers,
in Joint Convention of the Legislature on
the 18th day of January, A. D., 1872.
Adopted.
BY Mr.. Morgan: Resolved, That the
President is hereby instructed to appoint Il
select com mittee OF three (3) on the part OF
the Senate, which committee is hereby in
structed forthwith TO prepare and submit
to the Senate a bill to provide for the letting
of the public printing To the lowest bidder,
for period OF two years.
Mr.. Gibbs moved to refer the resolution
to a select committee appointed previously
Lost.
Mr. Abbott moved the previous question;
call sustained, and under the operation
thereof the resolution was lost.
Yeas-Messrs. Alexander, Allen, Cassidy,
Castle, Duncan, Hardy, Holloway, Morgan,
Smvthe, Steele, Sullivan, Smith and Stone
-13.
Nays-Messrs. Abbotts Barrow, Bennett
Bowles, Caldwell, Gibbs. Gray, johnson,
Little, Millsaps. Packer, Paine, Pierce, VIII
liams and Warner-l5.
Mr.. Morgan gave notice that he would, at
an early day, Introduce a bill in relation 10
the resolution.
| BY Mr.. Duncan: An act to amend section
| PA and 2445, article z, amending the In
surance laws.
| Referred to Finance Committee.
BY Mr.. Cassidy: Whereas, Section 1899 of
the Revised Code of 1871. requires the State
superintendent of Education to prepare dnd
submit to the Legislature on or before the
| 18th day of January in each year, report
embracing all matters relating to his office;
and
Whereas, no such report has as yet been
submitted to the Legislature as required by
said section of the Code. although at least
| one month has elapsed since the time fixed
| by law when such report should have been
submitted.
Therefore, Be it resolved by the Senate,
That the State Superintendent of Education
be, and he is hereby, respectfully requested
to furnish the Senate, at the earliest possible
moment, the reasons for this delay sub
hitting said report, and the Secretary of
the Senate is hereby directed to furnish the
State Superintendent with a copy of this
| resolution. Adopted.
An act to incorporate the Holly Springs
Street Railroad and Cooperative Manufac-
turing Company, was passed.
To authorize the Boards of Supervisors
of Lee county to sell county property,
passed.
An act to amend and extend the provisions
of section H59 of the Revised Code of 1871,
was taken up and passed.