The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-01-26
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE.
DAY.
MONDAY, January II. 1876.

ried ami the bin was taken up. Hous,
mendment-Provided, Nothing in the ac
shall invalilate publications already ORDERED
or commenced. The Senate cOncurred il
the amendment
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
The bill to regulate the public printing
and to prescribe the duties and pay of the
Public Printer
Mr.. Barry's substitute for section 2 offer
ed saturday, providing for the publication
Of Loo, copies, at $275 per page, for all
pages, in one copy
Mr.. Allen moved to strike out 1000 and
insert 800
Mr.. REYNOLDS called the previous question,
and the amendmen was adopted, and the
substitute was adopted as amended, by the
following vote:
YEAs.-Messrs. Allen, Albright, Barry.
Catehings, FewelI, Mcclure, Mcneil, Men
denhall, Morgan, Pratt, Shirley, Sims,
Smith, Stewart, Stone, Taylor, Terry.
Whte.--lS.
Nays-Messrs FITZGERALD, Foote, Fur
long, Hooker, Johnston, McCaskill, Nets,
Thompson, Tutte.--9.
Absent aud not voting-Messrs. Carter
Everett, Graham, Gray, Griffin, Oldham
and ThOrnton-7.
Mr.. Morgan moved to strike out 81 IS
and insert 50 ..
Mr., Reynolds moved to strike out s'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: "One copy to each of
the Senators and Representatives in Con-
grese from this State; adopted Yeas p:
nays s.
BY Mr.. Catchings: One copy TO the
clerks of the Federal Court adopted.
Mr.. Fewell moved TO strike out section 3.
~hlch provided that the reports of State Of
hcers and institutions should not be pub
Ilshed, except by order of the Legislature:
carried.
Mr.. tewell moved to amend section d.
which provided for the payment for adver-
tlSements such as proclaim atoms and notices
oil apubllc nature, by State officers, atsixtv
cents per square, mlnion type, for first in
sertion, and forty cents for each subseouent
insertion, as follows: ST. 90 for each one
hundred words, first insertion, and fifty
cents for each subsequent Insertion: lost
yeas, ii nays, II.
Mr.. McCaskill moved to strike out sixty
cents" and insert seventy five cents" and
strike cut forty cents" and insert . ftv
cents; tabled.
Mr. Allen moved to reconsider the motion
tabllng Mr.. Fewells amendment
Mr.. turlong moved To table the motion.
carried, and section was adopted
Mr.. stone moved to strike out section 6. |
which provided against paying for any pub- |
lie newspapers furnished the Legislature |
Carried by the following vote:
EAs.-Messrs. Albright Everett. Few
ell, Foote, Furlong, Hooker Mcclure. Me
Nell, Oldham, Smith, Stewart, otone.--l2
NAIs.--MeSsrs: Barry, FITZGERALD, John
ston, McCaskill, Mendenhall, Metts. Morgan.
-l2. 0'A P'0n'
There being tie vote, Lt.-Goy. Davis
voted yea, and the motion prevailed.
Mr. stone moved to strike out sections
anu ana insert the repeating and enac ling
Mr.. Allen offered the following new sec
tloh as section 3: That for the several an
huai reports of State Officers, etc. now re-
quired TO be made to the Governor or the
l. Legislature, the public printer shall be al
~ ' LOT oOo copies OF each of said reports
y 20 per page for the number of pages in
one copy OF each report. ,
, MF smith moved to amend so that double .
Ihe com pensation shall be allowed for rnle {
and figure work. 'A i"io
Mr. Allen moved to table the bill subiect |
to call carried. wv
Mr.. stone moved to suspend the rules 90 +
Is 10 allow the Committee on EIections 10 =
report; carried. ~
REPORT OF COMMITTEE. s.
Mr.. Reynolds, chairman, renortad &c fol a
OwS: Poi0O" do lol- O
MR. PRESIDENT: The majority of tba IL
committee on Registration and FIect;onS n
y whom was referred for investigation the u
natter Vi tIe contest between Jas. r.. CbaI- ~
ave H., vi D. sullivan, each claiming TO d
aye peeh legally elected State senator CT
onl ihe 18th District, have instructed me- al
make the following report Al Gu
Tue returns show that NJ B. SulIiva, 49, so
e IS! 1855 votes and JAS. II. Chalmers So- hi
V Wi1 nolds certificate of election tie
Itnlh thirty days after the election 20
,lt; On the 10Th day of Noven' be LII Io 10 tb
manners gave Sullivan notice in w,;t 80 ST
iat ne would contest his claim m a go. y
u senate which written notice conta;noa al,
~ ''"iieo statement of the grounds of con hi
Una Hmai ll proceeded then to take testi- tn
ony, giving the ten DAYS notice 70 Sill an
VI when the law requires, and tho tonti ,
IL SO taken was placed in the hands OF on
-, oohhltIee as soon as the mattar ~ ~
, nr ;, mad been referred to them, y ~
,tifc .aG 'th Jay OF January. 1876. written mo
e intoro,iW wa prepared by this commit Z
-. NOR nc mlhg both Chalmers and SnI;1,a c.
az the matter of contest had bean rot gu
q "a =, ana that the COMMITTEES wonid W IL -
iSS Vhua[ IN January, 1876. at .TacI,so,, va =
. Sann.e judiciary Committee roon, - mi
It, and proceed TO investigate said con r
ne. ei,han i them TO be present at that
ny, e''her In person or by counsel az ''iat vot
-rn aS written notification was parsou.n. AZ at
,Iivar upon sullivan, by the Shepia - h 81
mar o1veg-nty, on the Ilth daT =. roer
Is acknowledUed 0e VI the same thel
Ith day of The $50 Nhdiihers, on and
ne and place annointlS Hnohth' AT the wri
L and Proceeded - $50, tue committee cert
almerS was nraSan+ - s = aee the matter. trat
session of 10 to that already placed in to +
: ~. vi Inc committee Mr. Snlli,,a, ooo :
ht present, although he was IN th an 20
Cbalmarnlie message from him was delivered tba
h and to the effect that he was up- sons op
that he | mug not be present that day, Of .
S hereafter. Therapon the comm' or wa war
dnesds,. ~ 10 meet again on the followino So I,
ointeS y ia at s1a o'clockP. NJ At the time ON on
liner , .ne committee again assemhIaa tha
counsel Mr. Snni oo'h ia person and he is
was he i'm snv n,as'. an was not present, The
mlttee waited na,;l represented. The opin
eh time, nc anna,s ciock p NJ. st exec
e by Mr. Sull;vapp" e az "nce having been the I
voted - oi any sort Whatever, illeg
ment SnalIhers to proceed with his ar -"
some m a.