The Daily clarion., 1876-04-12
LAWS RY APPROVAL.

The Governor informed the House that he
has approved the following House bills:
To change the name of Colfax county 70
CLAY to prohibit the sale of liquors within
three miles of Atlanta, Chickasaw county );
to amend the charterof the University OF
Columbus: to create an additionat Justice
of the Peace in Vicksburg beat. Warren
county: to authorize the appointment OF
| commissioner to IA AXE settlements with the
| late Tax Collector and Treasurer of DeSoto
county to define the remedies in Courts OF
| Equity: to amend section 1912, code of lS7l
/ and the act amendatory thereto, approved
/ February 8, 1876, in relation to acknoWl-
| edgment of deeds and mortgages; to repeal
certain parts of al act incorporating the
| Homochitto and old River Navigation
J. COMPANY: to repeal the anti-liquor law of
! Meadeville, Franklin county; to authorize
! Kemper county to register outstanding
/ warrants to amend section 2O93, coue OF
| 1871, in relation to the support of convict
patients in the Lunatic Asylum; to amend
! the charter of State Line. Wayne and Green
/ counties; to amend the act to protect crops
! in certain districts Of Warren county !;
! to abolish the office of cotton weigher,
| and provide for bonded Welghers
! and to prescribe their duties, to au-
thorize YaZoo and Franklin counties to
| com promise certain doubtful claims due
! said counties; to incorporate the French
| Camps Educational Association; to incor-
| porate Houlka Grange, No, l35, Chckasaw
| county; for the relief of John Brady; to
| incorporate Meridian Oil Mills; to reduce
taxes and for other purposes; to repeal the
anti-liquor law of District No. 2, Deake
county; in relation to certain delinquent
revenue; to incorporate Waynesboro; TO in
corporate Lebanon High School in Lafayette
county, and to provide for the collection
of the 10TH Section Fund In township
g. range 4 west, Kinds county.
THE PENITENTIARY BILL
S.B. to lease the Penitentary was again
taken up, and considered at great length
section by section, and the bill passed.
AFTERNOON SESSION. 4 u .r1
BY Mr.. Shelby: Granting leave of alb
sence to Charles Clark, Chancellor of the 4th
District; passed.
S. B. for the relief of JAS. D. Stewart and
Geo. w. Ballentine and their sureties passed.
S. B. TO authorize ChOctaw county to issue
bonds to pay its indebtedness to Winston
county passed. ...... III -
LAWS BY APPROVAL.
| The Governor informed the House that he
had approved the following bills, viz: To
| provide for and regulate the control of the
! 10th Section School Fund of ChOctaw coun-
| ty to make the county of Warren in this
| State separate Court Districts a Joint res
olution in relation to the Texas and Pacific
Railroad, and joint resolution to amend
Art. ". Sec. 6, of the Constitution, (abol-
! ishing the Office of Lieutenant-G to
| be submitted to the people. a.aas-
| S. B. supplemental to the court district
| law, was indefinitely postponed.
| S. B. to incorporate the Winona Female
College.
S. B. to authorize Amite and Pike coun-
ties to bond outstanding teachers war
rants passed.
S. B. for the relief of r. E. Smith passed
S. B. for the relief of Mrs. Fannie E.
Dean, of Madison comfy passed
S. b. for the relief of j. w. Dwyer, late
Treasurer of Coahoma county, with amend
ments passed.
S. B. to authorize Scott county to make
certain allowances passed.
5. Is. to amend the act to reduce the ex-
penses ofthe Judiciary department. passed.
5. B. In relation to allowances to be
made by county officers, with amendments
passed.
S. B. to amend an act to authorize Issa-
quena county to provide for the payment
OF the outstanding Indebtedness on account
OF the school teachers fund passed.
QUITMAN COUNTY. 4a
Mr.. Hall called up his motion to recon
slider the vote whereby S. B. creating Quit
man county passed; carried; and the bill
was indefinitely postponed.
a large number of Senate bills were read
and referred. Adjourned.