The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-01-29
Mississippi Legislature.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES DAY.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. IS, 1875.

he has approved the following bills:
A bill to be entitled an Act in relation to
elections for municipal subscriptions to the
Greenville, Columbus and Birmingham
Railroad Company
An Act in relation to elections.
The privilege tax bill was passed, by the
following vote:
YEAs-Messrs. Bridges, Carter. Cullens,
Graham, Holloway, Mcclure, Mcneil. Men
denhall. Packer, Price, Smith of Claiborne,
Steele, Sessions, Taylor, Thornton, futile,
Warner-l7.
NAYs--Messrs. Allen, Albright, Barrow,
Bennett, Caldwell. Campbell, Everett Fur
long. GleeG, Gilmer, Henderson, Shirley,
Smith of Bolivar, Stone, Stuart, Williams,
White-17, the President voting in the
affirmative. A aN
SPECIAL ORDER.
In relation to State Police force, was taken
up and the substitute of Mr.. Gray was
ad ,pted: and under a suspension of the
rules the substitute was read afirst and sec
Ond time, and on its third reading Mr.. War
ner, moved to amend section l by inserting,
after 2lSS, the words Revised Code of 1871 -
Also insert. after 2216, the words "ReYised
Code of 1871" carried.
Mr.. Gray moved to amend by inserting as
section the following:
Section 5, Be it further enacted, That any
person having possession of arms. or other
military property heretofore distributed as
| the property of this State, who shall fail or
refuse to deliver the same at the time and
place designated by the Quartermaster
General, shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meaner, and on conviction thereof by in
dictmcnt in the Circuit Court, shall be fined
not less than one hundred dollars, nor
more than five hundred dollars, or impris-
oned in the county jail not less than three
months nor more than six months or by
both such fine and imprisonment. And all
w commissioned G officers
of the militia, to whom State arms or other
property were diStri buted, shall be held per-
sonally liable for the value of the same, and
on failure to deliver such arms or other
military property to the Quartermaster
General within ten days after publication
of bis order for that purpose, suit shall be
forthwith instituted against such person or
persons by the District Attorneys OF the
| Judicial District in which such persons re-
side for the value of such arms and proper
ty, on demand of the Quartermaster Gener-
! al requesting such proceedings.
Amend further by inserting present Sec
| ton as section 6. Carried.
Mr.. Gray moved that the rules be sus-
| pended, and put the bill on its third read
ing. Carried.
Mr. Price moved to amend by striking
out in lines one and two in the third Sec
ton, the following words: "Be and is here
by required" aud insert as follows: "Shal
have full power"
/ Mr. Everett moved to amend the amend
ment to section 3 by striking out the follow
ing words: "Of not less than two regiments
Of ten companies, each of the maximum
standard, and should the COMMANDMENTS
Chief deem it necessary, he may at any
time purchase and equip four or more Cat
ling guns, and organize a corps of select
officers and men by details from the infant
ry force provided for in this section to sen(
with the said guns"
Mr.. Gray moved to lay the motion on The
table. Carried as follows:
Yeas.-Messrs. Albright, Barrow, Cald
well, Campbell, Cullens, Gleed, Gray, Gil
mer, Mcclure, Packer, Price. Shirley
Smith of Bolivar, Smith of Claiborne
l Stuart, Tuttle, Williams, White-lS.
Nays-Messrs. Allen, Bennett, Carter
Everett, Fullong Graham, Holloway, Hen
dersOn, Mcneil, Mendenhall, Steele, Stone
Sessions, Taylor, ThOrntOn-15.
And recurring on the motion Of MI
Price, it was carried.
Mr.. Carter moved to amend section :
e line 3D. by striking out the words ''preven
| or. "
Mr.. Gray moved to lay the motion on tn
. table; carried
Mr. Gray moved to amend section 3 b
e striking out the letter "e," last letter in tn
= word corpse, Tin the fifth line; carried.
Mr.. Sessions moved to amend by new sec
ton, as follows:
Be it further enacted, That this Act sha
e be so construed as to only authorize tn
q COmmander-in-Ch to call into activ
service the two regiments authorized b
this Act in cases of invasion or instruction
a and the militia of this State shall at no time
t whether in active service or not, receive an
! mpenSatiOn.
Mr.. Gray moved to lay the amendment o
the table. Carried as follows:
= YEAs-Messrs, Albright, Barrow, Bridge
/ Caldwell, Campbell, Cullens, Gleed. Gray
E Gilmer, Mcclure, Packer, Price, Shirley
Smith of Bolivar, Smith of Claiborne
= Stuart, futile, Williams, White-l9.
S NAYs-Messrs. Allen, Bennett, Carte
= Everett, FurlOng, Graham, Holloway, Hen
derson, Mcneil Mendenhall, Steele, Ston
Sessions, Taylor, Thorntou.-15.
Mr. Gleed moved the previous question
Lost.
Mr.. Steele moved to amend section b
m the following proviso: Provided, That
no case shall the militia Of this State /
called into active service, except as a poss
to aid the civil authorities of the State i
enforcing the laws, and then only on til
requisition of the judiciary of the Circu
i Court of the District in which they NAV
= required, and to be under the command
= the civil officer to whom they may be OF
= dered to report.
z Mr. Caldwell moved to amend the amend
:, 'ment by striking out all after the wore
! Sin enforcing the laws" Amendment az
cepted.
Mr.. Caldwell moved to lay the amend
r ment on the table, which was carried by I'll
S following vote:
n Yeas-Messrs. Albright, Barrow, Bridge
Caldwell, Campbell, Cullens, Gray, Glee,
Gilmer, Mcclure, Packer, Price Shirle,