The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-16

Resolved. 1. That commit.ee ~ three be
appointed 10 go TO the Senate. and az The bal
thereof in the name of the House OF Repre-
sentatives, and of all the people of the State
of Mississippi, to impeach the said Alexan-
der h. Davis, of high crimes and misde-
meanors in office, and acquaint the Senate
that the House of Representatives, will, in
due time, prefer articles of impeachment
against him and make good the same; ana
that the said committee demand that the
Senate make an order requiring the said Al
ex ander Il. Davis TO appear and answer the
same.
Resolved, I'd. That committee of five be
elected by the House to prepare articles OF
i'm parchment against the said A. K. Davis,
Lieutenant-Governor, and report the same
to this House, and that said committee have
full power and authority to send for persons.
papers records and kilograms, and take tes-
timony. Adopted by the following vote
YEAs-Messrs. Aldrich, Amacker, Baily,
Bount, Boyd, Bridges, Brown, Byrd of
Franklin, Campbell, Carter of Holmes,
Causev. Grassland, Clifton, Cochran, Crum,
Dear, benson, Drake, Dyer, Erwin. Fairly,
Featherston, Floyd, Fortune, Garrett, Gay
den. Gibson, ellis, Gowan, Guthrie. Guy
ton, Hall, Harper, Hebron, Hicks. Horton,
Huddleston, Hudson, Jagers, Jarnigan,
Jayne, Johns, johnson of Itawamba, john
son of Winston, Jones of HindS. Lester,
Massingale, Miller, McCargo, Mccormick,
McInnis, MeNair, McNiece McLaurin OF
Jasper, McLaurin of Smith, McWhorter,
Nelson, Nichols, Parker, Pennington, Per
CIV, Pound, Powell, Reynolds. Rogers,
Rowan, Stands. Shattuck, Shelby, Shrock,
Southworth. Spight, Stebbns, Sykes, Tison,
Troup, Tucker, Turley, Warren. Watkins,
Wilkinson, White, Vaughan, 1ellowley,
Mr.. Speaker-S9.
NAYs-Messrs Brown, Edwards. Jacobs,
Jenkins, Jones of Issaquena, Monroe, Oy-
erton, IOung.-S.
ABSENT AND NOT VoTING--Messrs. Bird
of Lawrence, Carter OF Warren, Cessor,
Chiles, Clay, Dabney, Hogan, Hussey, Leigh,
Mallory, Meade, Millsaps, Muldrow, Par
sons, Riley, Sanderlin, Saunders, Trice,
Vaiden--19.
| Committee under the first resolution
Messrs. White, Hall and Jayne.
! Leave of absence was granted Mr. Barks-
| dale.
LAWS BY LIMITATION.
| The Secretary of State informed the House
that the following House bills have become
laws without the approval of the Governor,
! by operation of article A, section "A, of the
Constitution To repeal the act to regulate
| trials by juryfn civil suits, approved Janu-
airy p, 1875; for the relieffof the taxpay-
ers OF Bolivar county; to repeal the anti
liquor law of Macon; to properly construe
the law with reference to the rights of mar
red women; to amend the charter OF SEN
atobia; to repeal the anti-liqu0r law of
BroOkSville, NOXubee county; TO repeal the
anti-lquor law of districts and 5, of
I4eake county; and to repeal the anti-liquor
| law of Fulton.
REPORT OF SELECT COMMITTEE.
The select committee to inquire into the
action OF the Board OF Centennial Managers
and the disposition of the appropriation OF
$4,000, submitted the report OF the acting
Secretary and Treasurer, showing the
amount expended, what for, and the amount
| on hand. The committee recommend an
additional appropriation of $4,000, aud tn.
passage OF an act increasing the Board to
zine mem hers. Signed. & Byrd, chairman :
w G. Warren aud j. B. lrllowey. The
report was received, aud the committee bills
TO secure the proper representation at the
Centennial celebration. and to provid for
the representation OF the State at the Cen
tennial-were made the special order for
the 18th inst,
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY.
The following is the report to the Select
Committee:
JACKSON, Miss, February 18th, 1876
Hons. G. Byrd, j. B. Yellocley and ". c
Warren, Committee House sRepresentdtiUes
GENTLEMEN: Other and eXacting duties
have delayed attention to the matter tor
which your Com mttee was raised, o-Yit
to ascertain how much of the State appro-
priatiOn for Centennial purposes has been
drawn, how much expended, how much on
hand, etc.
BY request Dillon. II. nj. Street, Secretary
and Treasurer OF the Centennial Board. |
have been acting for him, and have drawn
the appropriation, disbursed what has been
paid out, and conducted all correspondence
pertaining to the representation of orr
State at the Centennial Exhibition
The amount realized from the appropria-
ton, including interest on the bond portion
is $5,066 90. OF this there was dispursed a:
F Premiums on products, implements.
etc., at State Fair - 6 COG 70
Now on hand, Bonds due Jan. l.
1873 ............. 1,5Oe 0C
Bohds due Jan; l, 1879 ...-........ 80 OC
warrants lot Bono. ............. 16 &C
Cash interest on Bonds &c az
Warrants issued 1875 2e73 "a
Cash for Warrants sold at par. 81 80
The total amount of warrants, bonds and
currency uneXpended ($4,459.5O) is on de-
post in the Capitol State Bank in this CITY