The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-19
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
Observation-Disclosures DAY.
FRIDAY. February Is, 1876.


Mr.. President Stole in the chair. Prayer
BY Rev John Hunter, d. d. Absent, s..
Leave of absence was granted 10 Mr..
Hooker.
Mr. Everett moved to reconsider the vote
by which the bill for the relief of Mrs. A
E Mcdaniel was lost; carried, and the bill
passed-yeas, 16; nays, ID; absent, g..
REPORTS OF. COMMITTEES.
/ Mr. Taylor, chairman, reported Senate
bills: To amend the law N relation to pro-
ceedings by mandamus; to amend section
/ l455, Code of 1871, in relation TO attach
lnelits Tor debts not due-with amendments,
and recommended that they do pass: also,
! to alter the practice of courts of law, III
/ suits upon notes, ETC.; aud to amend the
/ laws with reference TO the liabilities OF
married women-without recommendation;
/ also, III. b. To require witnesses to testify III
certain caseS-wIth amendments, and rec
commended that they do pass.
| Mr. McCaskill, chairman, reported: HI. B.
/ to enable Supervisors TO correct assessment
rolls of 1875; 5. b. directing how the pro-
ceeds OF lands redeemed shall be disposed
! OF; III. 3. to defray the expenses of the
House Investigating Committees; Ill. >. r.
! to ascertain the amount of taxes collected,
etc, recommending that they do pass; also
5. B. to create Deer Greek County, recon-
mending that it do pass.
Mr.. Carter, chairman, reported: S. B. to
amend an act TO create the Board OF Pilot
Com missioners OF Pascagoula Bay, APPROX
ed, March 18th, 1873; also I'll. b. to amend
section 2377, Code of 1871, in relation TO
public roads, recommending that they do
pass.
Mr.. Chalmers, chairman, reported reso-
luton that the Senate take proper order
upon the communication from the House
impeaching I. w. Cardozo: Superinte ndent
| of Educ ton.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
All referred.
of claims, ETC., and the levy OF taxes by Su-
perviSOrS.
i BY Mr.. Foote To revive the act to estab-
fish the Wahalak Agricultural District, so
far as it relates TO fractional township y,
range 10, east, Kemper county.
By Mr.. Reynolds: To re-establish the
records, ETC., of A. Kellum, Esq, Justice of
the Peace in District No. 5, Monroe county,
passed.
By Mr.. Chalmers: That the Senate will,
! at II O'Clock, receive the impeachment man
ayers of the House in the Davis case.
Adopted.
SENATE BILLS
To facilitate the construction of telegraph
lines, and to amend the act creating
the Board of Pilot Commissioners, were
passed.
III. B. To enable Boards of Supervisors to
correct assessments OF 1875.
THE IMPEACHMENT
Managers for the House in the Davis case
made their appearance at the bar, csc rted
by the House of Representative and were
received. They read the articles of i'm peach
/ ment and then withdrew.
4 By Mr.. Taylor: Resolved that at lO15
O'Clock, A. M, to- morrow, the Senate will
proceed 10 consider the i'm parchment of A
| X. Davis, Lieutenant-Govrrno of Missis
Sippi; at which time the oath shall be admin
istered by the Supr' me or any Associate
! Justice of the Supreme Court, 10 the preSi-
ding officer and To each Senator, and the
Senate will at the said time, receive the
managers of the House. and,
Resolved, That a copy of the rules of trial
be delivered to the Chief-Justce, TO each
member of the House, and of the Senate :
adopted.
By Mr.. Taylor: That committee be ap-
pointed to request the attendance of the
Chief or an Associate Justice, Tomorrow ::
adopted Comm ittee-Messrs. Taylor and
| Barry.
III. B. to require witnesses to testify in
certain cases. The committee amendment
was adopted, and the bill passed. I'll. B. to
protect the crops in certain Supervisors
districts was amended and passed
| Leave of absence was granted Mr.. AL
| bright.
SENATE BILLS.
Directing how the proceeds of lands re-
deemed from the State shall be disposed of
passed. To amend the laws with reference
to the liabilities of married women, passed
yeas, IL nays, s absent, ) To amend
the act in relation to the proceedings by
mandamus, passed.
To amend section 1867 Code OF 1871 re-
| lating to attachments for debt not due-the
com mittee's amendment was adopted. and
the bill passed.
| THE PENITFNTIA RITZ
III. B. to amend the act for the regulation
ana control of the penitentiary, approved,
March %, 1872, was taken up. 1t provides
for the election of the Superintendent and
| three Inspectors: by joint session of the
| Legislature, on Monday, March 1st. Mr..
Johnston moved that the bill lie over. Mr.
Carter moved to table; carried; yeas Is,
nays 10, absent s, and the bill passed
| 1EAs-Messrs. Allen, Callicott, Carter,
CatchingS, Everett. Foote, Furlong, Gra-
| ham, McCaskill, Mendenhall Nets, Nor
gan, Reynolds, Stone, Taylor, Terry, Thorn
ton-17.
NAYs-Messrs. Gray, Griffin, Johnston.
futile, White-10.
ABSENT AND NOT VoTING-Messrs. AL
bright, Barry, Chalmers, Jewell, FitzGer-
aid, Hooker, Mcclure, Oldham, Sims,
ThOmpSon-l0.
H. B. To incorporate the French Camns
Educational Association. The committees
amendment was adopted. and the bill was
lost on its passage.
H. B. To amend the charter of TAYLOR
Depot passed.
II. B. To authorize Madison county to sell
the poor house passed.
H. B: To repeal the anti-lquor law of
Masonic Institute Rankin county passed.
Pending the consideration of Hl r.. the
charter OF Okolona, the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE-THIRTY- NINTH DAY.