The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-02-02

at a total cost of $4,000 to $4,000 per an
mum.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
HARPER, Chairman.
HOUSE-TWENTY-TH DAY.
MONDAY, January 81, 1876.
Mr.. Speaker Street in the chair. Present,
SO; absent, 80.
Leave of absence was granted Mr.. Bas-
sett.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
To prohibit free passes or free tickets to
public officers on the railroads in this State,
1t provides: Sec l. IL shall hereafter be-
unlawful for any Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, Auditor, State Treasurer, Secre-
Supreme, Circuit or Chancery Court,
District Attorney, member of Board of
Supervisors. members of the Senate or
House of Representatives, TO take, ac-
cept or use any ticket for free passage
toSuch person granted or givenDy any
railroad tram inthis State, in virtue OF
any leave granted by any officer or railroad,
or TO use any ticket, WI itten or verbal, hith-
erto granted Section 2. That any such "tfi :
Ger who shall hereafter accept any ticket,
etc, for free passage to himself or to any
person, or who shall use for himself or for
any other person Il ticket hitherto given
shall be guilty of a misdemeanOr for each
illegal nse and on conviction, shall be fined
HoC less IMAM POW. OectIon D. EhdcLlng
clause.
Mr.. Tison's motion to indefinitely post
pOne, pending.
Mr.. Spight moved to recommit; lost.
Mr. Stebbins moved that the law shall
not prevent officers who are delegates to
any religious or charitable institution from
accepting free pass or a reduction of the
price of tickets; adopted.
Mr.. Spight moved that this act shall not
be so construed as to allow any editor, while
a member of the Legislature, to use his pass
as such editor on any railroad.
MIR. Powell moved to table; lost, and the
amendment was adopted-Yeas 81, nays 80,
absent "a.
Mr.. Clifton moved to table the motion to
indefinitely postpone; lost, yeas 40, nays AZ,
Mr.. Blount moved to table the bill; car
ried.
YEAs-Messrs Bean. .Blount, Brown,
Carter of Warren, Causey, Cessor, Chiles,
benson, Fortune. Garrett. ellis, Hebron,
Hogan, Horton, Hassey, Jacobs, jenkins,
Jones of Issa4uena, Mallory, Massengale,
Meade, Millsaps. Monroe, Muldrow, McCar-
go, McNeice, McLaurin, of Jasper, McLaur-
In OF smith, McWhorter, Nihols Parsons,
Parker, Percy, Rogers, Saunders, Shrock,
Spight, Tison, Tucker, Turley, Watkins,
Wilkinson YouDg-46.
NAYs-Messrs. Amacker, Bailey, Banks
dale, boyd, Bird of Lawrence, Campbell,
Carter OF Holmes, Grassland, Clay, Clifton,
Dear, Dyer, Erwin, Fea:herston, Floyd,
Gayden. Gibson, Gowan, Guthrie, Guyton,
Hall, Harper, Hicks, Hnddleston, Hudson,
Jarnigan, JAYNE, McNair, Pennington,
Powell, Rey doldS, Rowan, Stands, Shat
tuck, Stebbins, Sykes, Trice, Warren and
Vaughn-39.
ABSENT AND NOT VoTING-Messrs. AL
drich, Baker, Bassett, Bell, Bridges Byrd, of
Franklin. Cochran, Crum, Dabney, Drake,
Edwards, Fairly, Jagers, Jones, of Kinds
Leigh, Lester, Miller. Mccormick, McInnis
Nelson, OvertoL, Pound, Riley, Sanderlin,
Shelby, Southwortf, Troup, White, Walden
and Yellowiy-al,
Mr.. Cessor (col.) moved to reconsider and
table the motion. The motion to table the
motion to reconsider was lost; yeas, AZ;
nays, 43; absent, 81 and the motion to re-
consider lies over.
ePECIAL ORDER.
The bill to repeal the laws donating the
Trust Funds to the railroads was taken up.
Mr.. Campbell moved to amend by repeal
ing the lay transferring the indebtedn ess
of the Mss. Cen. X. r. TO tie Greenville q
Columbus r. r.
%tr. Gibson moved to table the amend
ment.
Mr.. Clay moved to rect.n,nl nit the bill and
amendment TO the Committee on E1@1eatioh'
Carried.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Dyer. for committee reported an act
entitled an act to authorize J. nj. Major to
establish and keep ferry across the ITALIA
hatchie river. approved March Sd, 1873, with
A substitute for the bill to in
corporate the "French Camps Educational
To amend an act to ineorpo
rate the town of Seooba. in the county of
Kemper, approved April 9th, 1873; To au-
thorize cities and towns of 2000 or more in
hsbitants to organize fire companies; that
they do pass.
The bill to incorporate French Cam ns Ed
ucational Association was recommitted.
The other bills were passed as recommended
by the committee.
Mr.. Rogers, chairman, reported the cot
ton weighers' bill, which passed.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
All referred.
BY Mr.. Erwin: For the relief of the tax
By Mr.. Mallory: To repeal the anti-liquor
law of McNutt, Sunfiower county.
Bv Mr.. Huadleston: To amend chapter
81, Code OF 1871, in relation to the partition |
of lands.
BY Mr.. Campbell: To amend the charter
Of Satartia.
By Mr. johnson of winston: To change
the boundary lines OF keshoha and Win
stOn.
By Mr.. Stebbins: For the relief Of Cbas.
B. Cooper, of Madison county.
By Mr.. Shattuck: To protect the citizens
n the Supervisors Districts in Wilkinson,
where timber mas become scarce: also to
the Circuit Clerks 60 appoint dep
lties in certain cases,
BY Mr.. Percy: A mem oriaI from the
citizens of Issaquena county upon the IeTee
tax.
BY Mr.. Reynolds: To reduce and equal
re salaries of the County Superintendent
II schools.
Mr.. Reynolds, chairman, reported the bill
o reduce the salaries of State officers. which
vas made the special order lor Wednesday
{ IL O'Clock.
BY Mr.. Guyton: A petition from certain
itizens of Alfalfa on the school fund.
LAWS By LIMITATION.
The Secretary of State informed the
louise that the following house bills had be-
ONE laws by action of article 4, section "A. | !
f the constitution: To ascertain the out
sanding Indebtedness of Yazoo county: to =,
mend laws in relation to working roads in :
Lolmes and other counties
SENATE BILLS.
To amend section 1912, code of 1871, in re-
tion 70 acknowledge of deeds, etc:
I'D to provide for h6ldiBg the circuit court
jefferson county were passed To amend r
ction 631, code Of 1871, in relation to trials
cases in circnit courts was indefinitely t
Several Senate bills read and referred.
By Mr.. Tison: An affidavit TO suppsrt the d
aim Of r. G. Cobb, Of Lee county, re-
Leave Of absence was granted to Mr. Dab /.
y. Adjourned. IL