The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-08
HOUSE-FIFTY-FIRST DAY.

TUESDAY, March 9TH. 1876
| Mr.. Speaker Street in t. e chair. Present
80. absent IS. Leaves of absence were grant
| ed to Me$srs. Yellowley and Young (coi.)
| also to the managers of the CardOzo i'm
| parchment trial.
| Mr.. Shelby, chairman. reported the bill
Ito protect the public health" which pro-
vides for quarantine system for the sea-
| shore counties. and r. commended that it do
pass; and the bill passed.
Mr.. Tucker, chairman on the part of the
| House, of the Joint Special Committee, to
| ascertain what further legislation was nee
| essary, reported the following subjects of
general legiSla ion. as the most pressing
and important, left for the consideration of
this Legislature: 1st. The School bill. I'd.
Registration. Sd. The Court District bill .
4th Revenue bills. 9TH. congressional Dis
trict bill. 9th. Lien Law. eth. Biennial
Elections. Sth. Senatorial Districts. 9th
App0rtiOnment of Representatives. And
reported further that bills upon the subjects.
one to sixth inclusive, are pending either in
the House or SenRe, and recommend that
these bills be considered TO the exclusion of
all others, until Chey become laws; and also
recommend that the last three subjects be
referred to the Judiciary Committee to re-
port by bills or otherwise; agreed to.
SPECIAL ORDER.
The Educational bill came up. Mr.. I'll
sons motion to strike out section L. Mr..
Gu thrie moved to table: carried. Mr.
Tison offered a substitute. Mr.. Street
offered an amendment to section of the
substitute. Mr., Jarnagin moved to post
pOne until Friday at 10 O'Clock, and that $50
copies of the substitute be printed On a
division Of the question the printing of the
substitute was ordered and the motion to
postpone was lost. Mr.. Street moved to
postpone until tomorrow evening at 10
O'clock carried.
Mr.. Turley, chairman, reported the Texas
and Pacific Railroad resolutions with the
recommendation that the substitute be
adopted.
The substitute was adopted and the reso-
buttons passed. Ieas 40, nays %, absent IL
all the Republicans present voting yea
Mr., Gowan, chairman of special commit
tee 90 digl>ion of Holmes county into two
Judicial districts Reported. Recommending
that the bills on the the subject be referred
TO the judiciary Committed, adopted.
The following committee OF conference to
the Senate amendment to H. b. to incorpo-
rate the Marshall county manufacturing
company, was appointed Messrs. Feather
ston, Rogers and Guthrie.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
BY Mr.. Percy; To carry into effect Sec
ton 6, of al act to create Lehore county,
etc; referred.
By Mr.. Guthrie: To amend section 2346,
Code of 1871, in relation to roads, ferries and
bridges; referred.
By Mr.. Wilkinson: To prohibit the sale
of liquors within three miles of Atlanta.
ChiekasaW county; referred.
BY Mr.. Shelby: To declare Bogue Phalia.
in Bolivar county, navigable; referred.
The bill to authorize the hiring out of
prisoners in Jail. The committees report.
recon- meHding that il 10 nat pass vas In
definitely postponed.
Mr.. Spight moved to call up the bill to
amend the charter of Ripley. The COM
mittee's amendments We're adopted and the |
bill passed.
THE VETOED BILL.
The bill to protect agriculture and to |
change the criminal laws was taken up and |
the veto message was read. Mr.. Baker |
moved that the bill pass, Notwithstanding
the veto. Mr. Powell moved to postpone |
until Monday ne9t; carrie4.
THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT BILL.
The Senate bill to re-organize the Con- |
gressiOnal Districts was taken up. The |
dation that it do pass. Mr.. Guthrie moved /
to consider by districts carried. Mr.. Tison
moved To recnmmit to a special committee
of one from each district. Mr.. White moved !
make it the special order for Tuesday next
at ii o'clock; lost. Mr.. Street moved to |
table the bill lost. Mr. Tison moved TO
postpone until Tomorrow. Mr. Percy
moved TO table; carried. Mr.. Street moved
TO take recess until 3 30 o'lock lOsr. Mr.
Iison moved to strike Colfax county ONT of
the LIST district. Mr.. Percy moved to table
carried-yeas As, nays 81, absent SO. Mr.
Splght moved to refer to the Committee on
{ ederal Relations; pending which motion
Mr.. street moved TO take a. reeess until IA
o'clock; carried .'V
NIGHT SESSION.
Mr.. Speaker Street in the chair
REra L.
was taken up, and after being considered at
great length, was passed. The motion tn
able the motion to reconsider was carried
yeas, 81; nays. 30.
WHEN the Times has finished in
'tructInng Us what We should say about
he Davis impeachment trial. we will ho