The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-01-29

Messrs. Gray, (col.) ,Metts, Stone and Tut
tle.-4. -
UNFINISHED BUSINESS. -
The bill to reduce the salaries Of certain
officers and their EN- pfoyees, and to- reduce
the numb Der of employees, caihe up.
Mr.. Terry's amendment, allowing only
81 600 to the Supreme Judges hereafter to be
appointed, offered yesterday, was pending.
Mr.. Reynolds moved to provide that after
the expiration OF the ter1Hs Of all of the
Supreme Judges. the salaries shalf'be 81 O00c
Mr.. Allen moved to table; carried, and Mr..
Terry g. amendment wassadoptedi
Mr.. Barry moved to strike out 500, Lii
brarian's salary, and insert $500. Mr.. Allen
moved to table; carried ~ : !. :.
YEAs-Messrs. Allen, Albright, Callicott,
Garter, Everett FitzGerxld, Graham, > ohm
ston, MeCaskill, Mcclure, MendenhalL Shir-
ley. Smith, Terry, Thompson White-l6.
mers, Fewell, Foote, Furlohg.. Griffin,
Hooker, Mcneil Morgan, Pratt, Reynolds,
Sims, Stewart, Taylor, Thornton-46.
There being tie, the President voted in
the affirmative. - - =
Mr.. Reynolds moved that the. salary of
the Supreme Judges shall be $45OO pro-
vided that at the expiration of the official
terms of all the present judges the salary
shall be $4,000. Mr.. Allen moved TO table.
| YEAs.-Messrs. Allen, Albright, Callicott,
McCaskill, Mcneil, Mendenhall Morgan,
Smith, Stewart, Taylor, Terrys Thompson
| NAYs.--Messrs. Barry, Catchings, Chal-
mers, Everett, Fewell, FITZGERALD, FurlOng.
Griffin. Mcclure, Pratt, Reynolds, Shirley,
! Sims, White-14.
T. Mr.. Jewell moved to reconsider the vote
whereby the amendment of Mr.. White,
made Yesterday, to change the pay OF ths s
to 900 was lost. Mr.. ALLIE" moved to ia
| BILE lost; yeas, IL; nays, IS; and the mo-
ton to reconsider prevailed, and the amend
ment of Mr.. White, making the salary s.,
600, passed and the bill. was ordered en-
crossed.
The House bills for which substitutes have
| been adopted were made the special order
of the day for Thursday at II o'clock.
HOUSE BILLS.
The House bill to repeal the act to regulate
| trials by jury in civil suits, approved Jan
/ p. 1875. was taken up.
Mr.. Sims moved to indefinitely postpe&1
I Lost; yeas, IL; nays, 20; and the bill passed
/ yeas, 90; nays, ~.
/ LAW BY APPROVAL.
j The Governor informed the Senate that
1 he had approve the bill TO amend Sec
i ti,ns 5 and of the act to chang thu. bound
AIRY lines of the counties of Sumner, Choc.
4 law and Winston. approved March 1873
u Law ny LIMITATION.
The Secretary of State informed the Sen,
and q, Of the Judicial Putting bill, 'sp.
proved April Sd, 1874, has become a law by
operation of article 4 section "a Of the CON
stitution, ) =
/ CONFIRMATION.
+ The Senate has confirmed W..P.. King
county Superintendent of Yazoo county.
i REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE.
Mr.. Jewell, chairman of the special com.
mittee to investigate Fl. B. Mcclure, of tho
9th Senatorial District, reported as follows
That they had given due notice to Senator
Mcclure, and that they had, at the begin.
the objection from him that no specific
charges had been made that he could re.
spond to; that the committee understood
that the charges referred to were that sale
Mcclure, while United States officer, hat
been bribed, ETC.; that the committee, with
a view to asoertaining what the charges
were, have taken eS pdrte affidavits. and row
report specific charges, and ask the judg
ment of the Senate upon thesn..7 Signed by
the-committee. The charges reported are a!
follows:
list. That H. 3. Mcclure, Senator from
the 9th District, while KS. Internal Rev.
4 enae Collector and Senator from the 5tt
District, accepted a bride (stating amount
and date) from the Meridian Savings Insti
tuition for making false report tstatins
what the report Was1. SO
ID. That he was indicted by the US
Grand Jury (dafe), and that white bsfns
tried, December 81, 1875, ,hesstole Strtair
promissory notes which were given ilf par
payment for the bride, and which were par,
the evidence in the case. The committee
offered the following resolutions:
Whereas, The special committee, ~ Msssrs
Fewell. Morgan and Everett, l!aye npbFteG
certain charges against Senator II. B. Nc
Clure, and. Whereas said charges are OF
such nature, IT they be true, as would
render III. B. Mcclure infamous a nd up6l
for seat in this honorable body and de-
mand his expulsion therefrom, ''
Resolved, That said charges are referred
back to said committee with instructions to
the same and report the result
of said Investigation with the proof.
Mr.. Mcclure moved to adopt the resola-
| tons. 20
Mr.. Reynolds moved to make them the
special order for tomorrow at IL O'Clock
carried and the Senate adjourned. ...
HOUSE TwENTY-FoURTH DAY.
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