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

Adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, February Q. 1s7el :
Lieutenant-Governor Davis (col.) In the
chair. Mr.. Foote was granted leave Of Alb
REPORTS or COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Taylor, chairman, reported: To
amend section 9S1, Code of 1871, relating %
breaches of injunction and to legAlize Ger
tain publications, recommending that they
do not pass; also to prohibit the sale Of
seed cotton at night; to provide for the ser
vice Of process on partners and joint COM
tractors, with substitutes, recommending that
they do pass also to amend section 2b60,
Code of 1871 In relation to obtaining mon-
Communication that It do not pass.
Mr.. Thompson, chairman pro tsss., To-
ported the petition of Mr.. Thos. Green, ask
ing for relief and for an appropriation Of
$500. The COMMITTEES have instructed mo
to return the petition. recommending that
no action be taken and asking that the COM
mittee be discharged from the further con-
sideration of the same.
Mr.. Smith, chairman pro tenn, returned
House bill, recommending that Ii be re-
agreed to.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
All referred.
By Mr.. Catchings: To change the name
Of the county seat Of Issaquena county from
By Mr.. Mendenhall: To amenk the priv
iiege tax law, approved March. 1sS 1876.
By Mr.. Reynolds To- create q Criminal
Court in the several counties Of the
State.
SENATE BILLS.
To provide a remedy for the substitution
of lost records passed.
To regulate the compensation OF Aheriffs,
lsl1 ~ l.
out ago cents'' per day for feeding prisoners
and insert "35 cents" was taken up.
Mr.: White, (col.) moved to strike out .s35
cents" and insert AS cents; !" tabled by the
following vote:
Yeas-Messrs. Allen, Barry, Ca.licott,
Carter. Everett, FitzGerald, Furlong, Ora
ham, Hooker, Johnston, McCaskill, Mcneil,
Mendenhall, Metts, Morgan, Reynolds,
Sims Smith, Stone, Taylor, Terry, Thomp-
son, Thornton, and futile. IA.
Pratt, Shirley. stewart and WS Ss o'
Absent - Messrs. Chalmers, Fewell.
Foote, Mcclure and Oldham.--5.
Mr.. Reynolds moved to strike out a35
s.not exceeding So cents per day. Mr..
Johnston to strike out 30 cents sand fnsert
40 cents :" adopted Mr.. Thompson moved
to amend by providing that no allowance
shall be made until Boards OF Supervisors
have examined the mittimus and discharge
and shall be satisfied thar the account Is
correct. The bill was ordered engrossed.
Mr.. Reynolds moved to take MP III. b. 70
amend the act funding the floating debt Of
Bolivar county, approved April 9Th, 1874
carried and the bill passed.
LAWS BY APPROVAL.
The Governor informed the Senate that
he had approved the following Senate bills:
70 designate the legal holidays; TO provide
for the discharge of county prisbnsrs who.
have committed their sentences by work on
public bridges, etc. to authorize Lowndesu
county to sell certain uncurrcnr funds: n
amend section 23l2, Code of 1871, in reIatiel 4.
TO acknowledgements of proof OF convey6nce
or deed for lands, etc.
LAWS BY LIMITATION.
The Secretary.of State informed thu Gan.
ate that the following Senate bills had 81
come laws without the approval Of tEa
Governor, by operation of article 4, section
a, of the Consultation, viz: To re0nlafS.
public printing, and to prescribe the duties
and pay OF the public printer; to repeal the
81. 1873. "
Mr.. Hooker, chairman, reported lie pisa-
entatian to the Governor, OF a large nambs
" ''' SPECIAL onDks. ss
To repeal the act to encourage the intro,
duction of machinery and to establish fac
tories, approved April LIST, 1872. The com
mittee's substitute to amend the act refaf
red to, was read, discussed at length
lost by the following vote: ~
YEAs-Messrs. Allen. Callicott, Catch
Furlong, Griffin, Hooker, McCaskill IN
Neil, Pratt, Reynolds, Shirley, sSA1r
Stewart, Stone, Tuttle-15. ON
NAYs-Messrs. Albright, Barry, Cara. =,
erett, Few ,FitzGerald .Grahan&, JohnseEy-
Mendenhall, Nets, Morgan, Oldham, S,.son.
Taylor, Terry, Thompson, Th0rnt6n-IS~s
ABSENT AND NOT VOTING-Messrs. Chal-
mers, Footc, Gray, Mcclure, Whits-5.
Mr.. Allen offered as an amendments 10 the
bill provided that no property of any%par-
son, library of any minister, or picture,
work Of art, or any church edfflce, or schoo{z>
house, or other property, shall here
after be exempt from taxation.nS Mr.. Car
ter made the point OF order that the amend.
was not germane to the subject under CON-
the chair,) .overruled the point. Mr. Few
ell appealed from the decision, pending
which, the Senate adjourned,