The weekly clarion., 1876-02-09

l. LauderdaIe county, WHICH became law
hv limitation, February 10, 1915; referred
SENATE BILLS.
To amend section 410, Code of 1871. re-
Iatino to appeals TO the supreme Court; IN
definitely postponed.
For the relief of George Ann Morrison,
minor. was indefinitely postponed; yeas,
9o navs o. absent. s. Mr.. Sims moved TO
reconsider; carried, and the bill was re-
mitted.
To confer upon the Mayors of incorpo
rated towns Jurisdiction as justices OF the
1 Peace; passed. To facilItaee the cohstruc,
/ tion of telegraph lines; Mr. Graham moved
| to re-commit the bill to the judiciary Com
/ mittee: carried. To repeal the act 10 AID
4 in the construction of the tIckSburg anu
: Nashville railroad Mr.. Furlong moved to
ra-commit to the judiciary Committee !;
ezrried. To amend section 1l21, Code of
! 1871. relating to petitions by guar lians fer
/ saIe of land; Mr. Albright (col) moved to
re-commit to the Committee on Claims I;
carried. To exempt from taXation all ooll-
cations for the payment of money given
/ for the purchase of lands; indefinitely post
Doned. The bill for the relief Of James E.
| Barley was indefinitely postponed
| THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
| The Joint resolution amending the Con-
! stiluti6n. to abolish the office OF Lieutenant
! Governor (see amendment elsewhere) passed
| its second reading by the following vote:
| i
Catchings. Everett, Fewell, FitzGeTald,
! Foote FurlOng, Graham, Griffin, Hooker,
| McCaskiH. Mcclure. Mcneil, Mendenhall,
Morgan, Oldham. Reynolds. Shirley, Sims,
Smith, Stone. Taylor, Thompson, Thornton,
Tuttle-27.
NAYs-Messrs. Albright, Stewart-2.
| ABSENT AND NOT VoTING-Messrs. Allen,
Chalmers. Gray, Johnston, Metts, Pratt,
Terry. Whites.
HOUSE BILLS.
To incorporate Cantap H. and L. Co.,
Mr.. McCaskill moved to indefinitely post
| pOne; carried.
The bills TO repeal the anti-liquor laws
| of Brooksville of Supervisors Districts ,
and 5, Leahe county, and of Macon were
passed.
To amend section 2,7SG, Code of 1871, re-
peali-g the section allowing 5000 20 citi-
| Zens for making arrests; to secure and per-
feet judicial records, and to enable litigants
| to dispense with professional jurors; were
seyerally indefinitely postponed.
To amend certain laws in relation to
habeas corpus. The committees amendments
was adopted, and the bill passed.
To amend the corporate laws of SenatO-
| bla; passed.
lation to persons upon whom fines, forfeit
ures, penalties and amercements have been
imposed; passed.
To properly construe the law with refer
ence TO married women; passed.
To amend section 1907, Code of 1871, re-
Qurng lawful fences to be only five instead
of six feet high, was lost on its passage.
Several other House bills We're considered
and recommitted.
EXECUTIVE BUSINESS.
The Senate confirmed the appointment of
the following officials:
TRUSTEES ALCoRN UNIvERsuY-H. w.
Warren, of Leake county; j. j. Smith. of
Claiborne county; Geo. w. Boyd (col }, of
Warren county, and j. Tarbell, OF Kinds
county.
The Senate has refused to confirm the
following;
TRUSTEES ALCoRN UNIvERsITY.-A. T.
Morgan OF Yazoo county, ii. ii. Trueheart
(col,) of Holmes county.
TRUSTEE DEAF AND DUMB INsTITUTE.-J.
w. Hough, of Kinds county.
TRUSTEE OF BLIND INsTITUrE.-A. q.
Packer, of Holmes county.
Adjourned.
HOUSE-TWE WENTY- -EIG HTH DAY.
SATURDAY, February 5. 1876.
No session.