The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-24
HOUSE-FIFTEENTH DAY.
Thnrsaar. Jan. ISL. ls17


House met pursuant to adjournment:
Speaker Street in the Chair; he following
members answered To roll call:
PREsENr-Mes.rs. Aldrich. Amacker,
Baily, Baker, Bassett Bean, Bell, Blount,
BritreS Byrd Of Franklin, Bird of Lawrence
Cam pb II, Carter OF Holmes. Carter of War
rem CauSey, Cro-lnd, Chiles, Clifton,
Cochran. Crum. Dtbucv, Dear, benson,
Drake, Erwin. Fairly, FeathcTston, FLOYD
Fortune, Garrett, Gayden, Gibson, ellis
Gow1u. Griffin, Guthrie. Hall, II Ip per,
Hebron, Hor.on, Hudson, Hussey, Jacobs,
Jagers, JaruiIan, Johns. Johnson Tia
wanda. johnson of Winston. Jones OF Kinds
Jones OF isSaquena, Leigh, Lister, Llddell,
MasSjngale, Meade, Miller Monroe, Mni-
drow McCargo, Mccormick. McNair, Ne
Neise, McLaurin of Jasper, McLaurin OF
smith. McWhorter, Nelson Nichols, Over
tom Parsons. Parker, Pennington, Percy,
Pound, Raines, Reynolds. Riley Rogers.
Rowan. Sauder!in. Sanders, Shattuck, Shell
by. Simpson. Shro-k, Snuthworth, Spight.
Stcbbinz, - ke-, Ti-on, IrouD, IWiey,
Warren. Wa kins, Wilkinson, White,
Vaughan, YellovleY. Young-99.
ABsENT-Mcssrs- Bovd, Brown, CPs. or.
Clay. Dyer, Edwards, Guyton, Hicks H"-
gan, Huddleston, Jayne, Mallory. Mulsaps,
Stands, Tricc, Tucker-l6.
Leave of absence was granted MessrS. Hui
dleston, Jayne, Brown Hicks and b ,yd:
By Mr.. Amacker: To change the name
of the Marshall County Manufacturing
Company; passed.
BY Mr. Drake: To- amend section 1l4l,
Code OF 1871; referred.
BY Mr.. Bell: To amend the act author
ling the registration OF hemper county.
outstanding warrants; passed.
Bv Mr.. Griffin For the relief of "A. j.
Ramsey of Harrison county: referred.
Bv Mr. Erwin: For the relief of ThoS. p
Harvey, OF Lowndes county; indefinitely
postponed.
BY Mr.. McNair: To amend section 2691,
Code 1871; referred.
By Mr. Hudson: to amend section 1877,
Code 1871. and to amend the act amending
section ll59 Code 1871; referred.
BY Mr.. johnson of Winston: To lncor-
porate Plattsburg, Winston countyi refer
BY Mr. Bell: To improve the peniten-
tiary; referred.
By Mr.. Clifton: To make an appropria-
ton for printing; referred.
BY Mr.. + srtune: III. j. r. to amend the
Constitution, section q article .; referred
By Mr. Shelby: II. j. Il. granting leave
of absence 10 Chancellor Charles Clark;
passed.
The House amended the Senate amend
meut to regulate the order OF issuance OF
certain warrants.
SENATE BILLS.
The following wero passed:
To protno1c agriculture and stock raising !;
to change the time OF holding Circuit Court
in Lawrence county
4 number of Senate bills read and refer
red.
HOUSE BILLS.
TO REQUIRE Sheriff. to visit the different
precincts for the collection of taxes; Mr..
McNair. to amend section providing that
the mobilization of notices shall be paid for
nv the counties. Mr.. Cochran to amend the
amendment by providing that the amount
paid shall not exceed twenty dollars
MIR Guthrie to table the bill and amend
mentS: amendments tabled. The motion TO
-. n
The following were indefinitely post
poned. ..,, -.
sell cigars on Sunday to amend ehdpeer 90
article /, Code leIl ahena tne NJ Il lo'S
to provide for the approval of official bond
ana to prevent the carrying oil intoxicating
liquors to places of worship.
The revenue bill was made the special
order for TO morrow at lOie O'CLOCK; car
Nv Mr.. Muldrow To authorize Oktibbeha
county to issue warrants in certain eases !;
By Mr.. Drake: To amend section of the
fee and salary law oflS66 so FAR as 1t relates
to publishers; referred.
Nv Mr.. Gibson: To authorize Alcorn
county TO appoint a cotton weigher; passed
Mr.. NuIdrow called from the Committee
| the Senate bill to re-adjust the appoftnn-
ment of senators and Representatives. Nj.
| LEIGH moved 20 ro-commit the bill; carried
n b. To regulate jurisdiction of justices
of the peace: amended and passed.
The privileges of the House were extend
| ed to II ). Mcmillan of Lawrence comfy
BY Mr. Featherston: The memorial OF
the Press Association; referred TO the COM
mittee on printing. Mr.. Blount moved 10
reconsider the motion referring the Dill to
the printing committee; carried, and the
memorial was referred to a special commit
tee. Gessrs. Spight, Stebbins GIlliS Ger
retl and JACOBS.
The special comn. ittee on portef''
through their chairman, Mr.. eilfton, re,
ported-the report was received ana agreed
10, n, T,,l;oiar,-
committee, reported that the committees
we're unanimous In the opinion that a per
SON cannot hold the office of Justice OF the
| Peace and be a member of the Legislature
ut the same time. The report Is an aole
one, but its length prohibits its publication
Nv Mr.. Meade: That the committee APP
pai6tcd to prefer charges against non.
! Fred Parsons he instructed TO inquire II ne
has not since his election Is meihoer oI
the House. accepted the oihce CT 9usIlce Vi
| the Peace; adopted. -,
Bv Mr. FeatherStOn; a resolution reIa-
tivt TO the publication of the testimony ia
kei. in the impeachment of Adelbert Ahies ;
referred. ,,,o-
BIZ Mr.. Jones; TIC provide for the reno
val Of county SuperieteIdents OF Educa-
| ton referred. Adjou rl.ed.
GEN ATE-SIXTEENTHDA DAY.