The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-03-19
SENATE


SENATE BILLS.
An Act entitled AN Act 90 repeal arf,-.
creating liens and mortgages for supDI..
this State; passed.
! The following protest was ordered ....
upon the journal
! We, the undersigned Senators. cp,e,.-.
| protest against the passage of tlr I.r.
the following reasons:
!. Because the effect of the b.u isfo.,
enpt all agricultural products irom
! operation Of judgment liens.
?. Because 10 protects those Lodr
mortgages on crops to be- raised durirgH
! present year, and at the same time de.tr-
! the lien given to the laborer for wsr.
such crops. a.ld to this extent di-crmIBas
| against the laborcr.
II. CASSIDY, Jl.
WIN. GRAY.
! The Senate went into executive .,s...
and after certain proceedings bad tbsr-
! the doors were thrown open.
TNTRODuoTIoN or BILLS.
The following were referred:
| BY Mr.. Cray --Au Act tO iuDOru0fsfpr .
| Grocnville Gas Light, Coal aud Coke Con.
pany.
b. Mr.. CuIIens--Au Act to prohitfn
retailing of viuous and spirtlous orml
! liquors in the hamlet ut IIeuuudc. la
\ Union county, Mississippi, in lcs. QHlute
than one gallon.
! BY Mr.. Caldwell--An Act to author.leus
/ Board OF supervisor of HIND, county 20
remedy certain Inconvenience arsiueUu.
/ of the Kinds county funding BILL and 'r.
| Other purposes; passed.
BY Mr.. sullivan An Act % nuth0rztu
additional representative iu the LygisIuur
| for the county of ColfaN. which WAS ra.
rules, was read second tiuie. uud rrleU.
to the > judiciary Committee.
BY Mr.. Sullivau--Au Act tI amend Be-.
tiou 1919 of the Revised Code ct 1871, infs
latiun To- Ihc sole ot land under ur.cr-- lror
Justice Courts, which was reaI FIRST tm.
and under suspension OF tue rules, vi.
read second time and referred o. the judi
ciary Committee.
BY Mr.. Gleed-An Act 20 authorize c0u-
" treasurers 10 pay out the school teacher
funds on presentation OF JChO0l teacher
warrants Of their county.
PREsENrATIoN on PETITIONS.
A petition from the members of the r
ion Press Association memoraliZing t0.
gress on the postal laws, was presenfDib
Mr.. Bennett, read and referred 20 the Goa.
mittee on Federal Relations.
REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON CFWm
GATES or INDEBTEDNESS.
Mr.. PRESIDENT The Select Joint Com
mittee appointed TO investigate and a,eH
tdil u ttILiHtAlt5 OF luhtDltNNt~rf hNNN
as AlcOrn money, have not been counter
ieited, and also as to the whereabouts of M
plates upon which it was printed, beg less
TO report that they have taken the tcstmO1
of several experts in the art of detcciu
counterfeit currency and who have handle
great amounts of the issue iu question. Al
these witnesses agree that there d. no cOuf
tericit issue; they furthermore agree thl
it Is possible that there may have been cH
tiiicates issued illegally; that ifso, such i.I.
gal issue was printed upon the origin.
plates, and Is On every particular exact
like the original. The investigation as
where the plates are now, has only cXtrud6
10 telegraph Information. A Telegram N.
sent by His EXcclleucY, Governor Amr-,
the request Of your committee, ou thc 2.
inst. 10 the Continental Bank Note Con
pany. New York, as follows:
'What amount OF Mississippi ccrtitcaH
Of indebtedness have ever been printed B
your company; at what times aud Wh'
amounts each, and by whose orderf WEI
the plates upon which Id was printed It
IN your possession Have they ever Dec
in your pOssessionY II 50, when and whe
are they now 4"
To which, on the OH inst. was rccciy,
the following reply:
''Forty-tiye thousand, four hundred au
Sky sheets, each containing one or two,
three and a i've dollars certificate, amount
ing TO five hundred thousand and sixty Dol
lar-, ~ numerous shipments between Sep
l2th, 1870, and Jan. 10Th, 1871, work done b
order of II. MusgroVe. Auditor OF Publ
Accounts. The plates have always RENAME
ia our possession"
From which our committee conclude
that there ha- been 30 Illegal issue
CONTRIBUTING. The fact that thl- circuIa
ting medium j. placed Ina vaults of safe d'
post for ten months OF the year and tue
thrown out upon the market iu such quauo
ties and being of such immense bulls, Na
given rise 10 the apprehension That cher
was more Of I'D the market than wa. a0
thorized by Iaw.
There was originally SjODOO authorize
and issued-S20 $50 has been cancelled 1000
is nOw in the vault, OF the State Treasury.
The amount of 1921, $50 remains iu circuU
ton, which as fast as ir Is brought 90 =.
State Treasury is exchanged for state war
rants. II is receivable and payable as S.a'
warran and occupies exactly the SAME
status under the present law. Thus Its che
culatiou is kept up.
Your committee has no recUmmendatluh
to make .n the premises.
Respectfully,
w III. H. IIsON,
Chairman on part Of House
&. A. SULLTvAN,
Chairman on part OF Senate
SENATE BILLS.
An Act In relation TO State and Count
Boards Of Equalization passed yeas J
nays 3.
Adjourned.