The Daily clarion., 1876-01-25
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURES.
sENATE-SEVENTEENTH DAY.
MONDAY, January "A. 1876.

Mr.. johnston moved to take UP ;. B, to RI
peal sections l, ,, 3, 4, and of the Judicis
Printing Act, approved April 3, 1874; car
ried, anu the bill was taken up. Hous
mendment-Provided, Nothing in the ac
shall invaldate publications already ordere
or commenced. The Senate concurred i
| the amendment.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
The bill to regulate the public printing
and TO prescribe the duties and pay of th
Public Printer:
! Mr.. Barry's substitute for section 2. offer.
ed Saturday, providing for the publication
| Of 1000, copies, at S275 per page, for al
pages, in one copy
Mr.. Allen moved to strike out 1000 anC
insert 500
| Mr. Reynolds called the previous question
and the amendment was adopted, and the
substitute was adopted as amended, by th,
| following vote:
YEAs.-Messrs. Allen, Albright. Barry
Carchings, FeTell, Mcclure, Mcneil, Men.
denhall, Morgan, Pratt, Shirley, Sims
Smith, Stewart, Stone, Taylor, Terry
White.--l8.
Nays Messrs FitzGerald, Foote, Fur
long, Hooker, Johnston, McCaskill, Metts
| Thompson, Tuttle.--9.
Absent and not voting-Messrs. Carter
Everett, Graham, Gray, Griffin, Oldham
and ThOrnton-7.
Mr.. Morgan moved to strike out So 75
and insert 81 %.
MIR, Reynolds moved to strike out "of the
one thousand copies; adopted.
Mr.. Mcneil moved to insert in the distri-
button clause "two copies to the Library
of Congress-
By Mr. Furlong: zone copy to each of
gress from this State; adopted. Yeas %:
NAYS s.
By Mr.. Catchings: One copy TO the
clerks of the Federal Court adopted.
Mr. FeWell moved to strike out section g.
which provided that the reports of State Of
ncers and institutions should not be pub
llshed, except by order of the Legislature:
carried.
Mr. Fewell moved to amend section 4.
which provided for the payment for adyer-
tlscments such as proclaim ations and notices
oil public nature, by State officers. at tsixty
cents per square, minion type, for first in
sertlOn, and forty cents for each subseouent
Insertion, as follows: ST. 90 for each one
hundred words, first insertion, and fiftv
cents for each subsequent insertion. lost
yeas, IL; nays, IL. ~
Mr.. McCaskill moved to strike out " sixtv
cents" and insert seventy five cents" and
strike cut forty cents" and insert fifty
cents; tabled.
MIR. Allen moved to reconsider the motion
ta6iing Mr.. Fewell's amendment.
Mr. Furlong moved to table the motion
Carried, and section was adopted.
Mr. Stone moved to strike out section G. |
whlch provided against paying for any pub
nc newspapers furnished the Legislature. |
Carried by the following vote:
EAs.-Messrs. Albright. Everett Faw- |
al, Foote, Furlong, Hooker, Mcclure, Me-
NeIi Oldham, Smith. Stewart, Stone.-I2
NAYS M Mtssrs. Barry, FitzGerald. John /
Ton, AlcCaskill, Mendenhall, Meuts. Moroan
'9y noluS' shirley, Sims, Terry, Thorn pson.
There being tie vote, It.-Goy. Davis
'ottd yea, and the motion prevailed
MT. stone moved to strike out sections 7
ection 'inS
Mr.. Allen offered the following new Sec
ION as section 3: That for the several an
ual reports of State Officers, etc., now re-
ulreG TO be made to the Governor or the
the public printer shall be al
owed for 800 copies of each of said renorts
z 70 per page for the number of pages in
ne copy or each report.
Mr.. Smith moved to amend so that dophlo
Ie com pehSatlon shall be allowed for rule :
nd figure work "i0
'rt So 90; lost anu IN
Mr.. Allen moved to table the bill subiect :
call carried. '
We session. " O>0'o- /
Mr.. Stone moved to suspend the rules 90 i
10 allow the Committee on Elections to .
port; carried. ''''0i' " a
REPORT OF COMMITTEE. a
Mr. 1 reynolds, chairman, REPORTED as fol- a
MR.. PRESIDENT: The majority of tbo Il
'nLhlttee on Registration and EIections n
whom ttu was referred for investigation the I'll
aICeI oi Cne contest between Jas. r. Chal- az
ers ana Nj. B. Sullivan, each claimino to B
We been legally elected State Sansto. W. CT
'nl the 18th District, have instructed me al
"a make the following report: - tu
Tue returns show that M. B. SulIiv., 10 Sc
.E9u Ie'7I; lUS5 votes and Jas. r. Chalmers eoz hi
iWitt a certificate of election te
=. 'IIln on thlr6y days after the election to-
{ On the Goth day of Novem bon o,oH' 1ot 10 tb
aImers gave Sullivan notice in 81 loio :,
! - ne would contest his claim to a sea+ +;
senate; which written notice contr;I al,
.etalled statement of the grounds ofnnou hi
lnaimers proceeded then to take .oOti tn
ny, Ewing the ten days notice To Sniii- an
nv M" eo ene Jaw requires, and the testi-
ny so taken was placed in the bar5e vs. on
committee as soon as the matte VI of
y, test had been referred to them. Vi an
~ ~, W tne 'th day of January, 1876. a yvr;t.o, mc
iim1acIon ii't was prepared by this commit :
; inhlorlnlng no both Chalmers and SnHivan Su
o,ie ia5ler OF contest had been referred int
5eln; ana that the committee wonid Gu Gu a
oo MONDAY in January, 1876 at .Gscil,son GI, On
s., In the Judiciary Committee roa1' aeHson, tbi
senate, a proceed to investigate said cor =
, anu Inviting them toobe present or tbat 90.
:; either in person or by counsel a. 'iia' t vol
MS MS written notification was nersono,,. at. at
;eu upon Sullivan, by the FSh,evasily SheUis @ @tol
var ,'a county, on the IIth JaIl VI M naC
oary, 1876, and service of tho oaS So ol reg reg
acknowledged by Chalmers 'aLie olle
'tn gay of the same month =. on anc
. aa5 anu pace appointed, the comn,it. .ne W.T. W.T.
anu proceeded investigate the matter te1
in addifippn Tdf present and offered some evi tior
ess!on OF the committee. Mr. pG S,,,1;r ~ e9o 20
hut but present although he was in this S1p foT
y, ouG message from him was SeIi,, III e,lls I3r
ers, to the effect that he nN eeeu tle
: IAN ana would not be present thai dan nn- sons
y ,,a' !. ne might come up the next dot ua5 VI
lao hereafter Therupon the com ua5 5,it 1r war
uJo1rned,t TO meet again on the f1In,,.ir cry,
hiesuay; y at t31a o'clockP. NJ. Al tho s;I 80
rmeeo the committee again assamhlad eillp 1u tha
niers was present, both in narsn.l sne
,nnSe Mr. Sullivan was not sUn nrasnt anu ne ne Il
',;t. nas ne IN any manner representa- Th Inc
lllITPp iraI, III,