The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-23
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE.
sENATE-FoRrY-sEC SECOND DAY.

TUESDAY. February % 1876
Mr.. President Stone in the chair; absent
five.
The bill to allow Supreme Judges to re-
tire from the duties OF their once on accou"V
of age came up as unfinished business from
Yesterday. MrTaylOr moved TO make tue
salary $4,000. Mr.. Johnston moved 10 strike
out ~3'' and insert 10" Mr. Morgan
moved to table; carried. Mr.. Taylors
motion was adopted; yeas u, nays 8, absent
Z. Aud the bill passed by the following
vote: C,,or,
Everett, Fewell, FitzGerald, Furlong, sra
ham, McCaskin, Mendenhall, Morgan. Old
ham, Pratt. Reynolds, Sims. Stone. Taylor,
Thompson. Thornton and Tuttle-D.
NAYs-Messrs. Albright, Calllcott, Foote'
GRAY. Griffin. Johnston. Metts, Shirley,
smith, Stewart, Terry and White-12.
ABSENT AND NOT VoTING-MesSrs. Allen
Catchinos. Hooker, Mcclure and McNeil-o.
Mr.. Furlong moved TO reconsider and
table; carred-veas 20, nays IL, absent D.
Mr.. Thompson gave notice OF the intro
duction of bill.
By Mr.. Jewell: That the Keeper of the
! Capitol be requested to Immediately exam
| inc the South wing OF the capitol and par
! ticularly the roof and walls OF the Senate
| chamber and report their condition. the re-
| pairs necessary, and the estimated cost;
adopted.
| BY Mr.. Foote; To provide for the collec-
ton of nsolvent taxes.
Mr. Pratt called mp the motion to recon
slider (made February ~ the vote passing
| the bill IN relation to the transportation or
passengers on freight trains; Mr.. Reynolds
moved to table the motion to reconsider
carried; yeas, D; nays, 10.
The Senate bill in relation to the official
bonds OF officers, with House amendments,
was taken up; the amendments were all
cOncurred in except one.
HOUSE BILLS.
! H. J. r. to ascertain the amount of taxes
collected by the several tax collectors
passed.
To incorporate the Marshall county man
ufactufing company passed.
To prohibit the sale of liquors il Hickory
Flat, Benton county, passed.
To furnish certain books to Claiborne
county passed.
To change the boundary lines of Benton
county This bill restores to Marshall
county a township of land that was, against
the wishes of the citizens, taken from Mar
shall and added to Benton, to make Mar
shall county Republican and was in 1871
passed as a party measure of the Radicals.
Mr.. Terry moved to place the bill on It's
passage. Mr. Albright (col.) moved to re-
fer; lost. Mr.. White (cOl.) moved to recon-
slider the vote just taken; lost Mr.. Gray
(col.) moved TO indefinitely postpone. Mr..
Jewell moved to table; carried and the
bill passed-yeaS, a nays, Albright, Gray,
Pratt, Shirley and Whte-5.
In relation to setting on fire woods, etc
the Senate in listed upon its amendments
Conference Comm ittee-MeSsrS. Carter and
! Smith.
The Cotton Weghers' bill-the Senate
insisted upon its amendments. Conference
. COmmittee-Messrs. Catchings and Morgan
A large number of House bills were read
and referred.
Mr.. Reynolds called up the motion to re-
consider the vote by which the bill to pro
2 hibt trafficking in corn and cotton at nigh
failed to pass, and the vote was recon-id
cred, and the bin went over for engross-
mPnt.
BY Mr.. Chalmers: To extend the priv
leges of the Senate to Gen. Wade Hampton
The bill to create Deer Greek county was
taken up. Mr.. Foote moved to make it the
l special order for Thursday, oath, at II
f o'clock; carried.
To alter the practice in courts of law or
suits on promissCry notes, etc. Mr.. McCas-
kill moved to make it the special order fOl
Thursday, Oath inst, at u o'clock; carried
To prohibit certain officers from purchas-
ing stationery, etc, at the expense of the
State was indefinitely postponed.
l The Senate insisted upon its disagreem ent
= to the House amendments to the Senate Sal
airy Bill-COnference Committee-Messrs
: Terry and Taylor,
, The Senate concurred in the House
amendments to the bill re-establshing
2 stock laws in certain sections of Lownde:
county.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
By Mr. Griffin: To re-incorporate Nat
chez; referred.
By Mr., Everett: To repeal the law re-
pealing section 2SSS, code of 1871, in rela-
ton to magistrates fees; referred.
Several other Senate bills were read by
title and were placed on the calendar. Ad-
journed.