The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-06
HOUSE-FOURTH DAY.

Friday, Jan. 9th, 1877.
House met pursuant to adjournment
Speaker Street in the Chair; the following
mem bers answered to roll call:
PREsENT-Messrs. Aldrch, Bailey, Baker,
Bean, Bell. Bount. Boyd Bridges, Brown,
Byrd of Franklin, Bird of Lawrence,
Carter Ct Holmes, Causey. Crosland,
Clay, Clifton, Cochran, Dear, Den
son, Edwards, Fairly, Featherston, Flovd
Gayden, Gibson, ellis Gowan, Crit
fin, Guthrie, Guyton, Hall, Harper, Hebron
Hicks, Hogan, Horton, Huddleston. Jagers,
Jarnigan, Jayne, Johns johnson of Winston
Jones OF Kinds, Jones of Issaquena, Leigh
Lester, Liddell, Massingale, Miller, Mllsaps
Monroe, Muldrow, Mccormick, McNair
Men eice, McLaurin of Jasper, McLaurin
of Smith. McWhorter Nelson, Overton
Parker. Pennington, Pound, RaiDes. Rogers
Rowan, Sanderlin, Stands, Shrock, Steb-
bins, Tison, Trice, Troup, Tucker. Turley
Warren, Watkins, Wilkinson, Vaughan
Yellowley, and Mr.. Speaker-72.
ABsENT-MesSrs. Amacker, BarksGale
BasSet Campbell, Carter of Warren, Cessor
Chiles, Crum. Dabney, Drake, Dyer, Erwin
Fortune. Garrett, HudsOn. Hussey, Jacobs
Johnston, Mallory, Meade, McCargo, Mich
| oils. Parsons, Percy, Reynolds, Riley, Saun.
ders, Shattuck, Shelby, Southworth, Spight
Sykes, White, Young-34.
Leave of absence was granted to Mr.
Drake.
The Senate sine die resolution was post
poned antil Wednesday next.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
By Mr.. Tison: To extend tne corporation
of Bennington. Lee county; passed.
By MIR. Guthrie: For relief of Cclyer
Page, Hogue Il Co.; referred.
By sir. Bird of Lawrence: For relief OF
A. {. Fairman, of Lawrence county re
ferred.
BY Mr.. Stebbins: To require the sheriffs
TO visit each voting precinct for the collec
ton OF taxes; referred.
By Mr.. Hicks: To incorporate Benton.
1aZoo county; passed
by Mr.. Guyton: To reduce the expenses
of the judiciary of the various counties and
to provide against malicious prosecution
referred
By Mr. Clay: To abolish the office OF
liquldating levee commissioner referred
BY Mr. Jarnigan: 10 amend section
], l67, of the code OF 1871; referred.
By Mr.. Johns: To change the time of
holding sales in the chancery clerks office !:
referred.
BY Mr.. Byrd of Franklin: To amend the
act TO authorize the sale of swamp LANDS
III franklin county; referred,
BY Mr.. Leigh: To regulate the compen-
SAXON OF county treasurers; referred.
By Mr.. Harper: For the relief af tho
Mississippi Female seminary; passed.
By Mr.. Leigh: To amend the act regulat-
ing the com pensation of the members of the
Legislature; also, to authorize the supervi-
sors OF Lowndes county to compromise GER
tain liabilities; both referred.
By Mr.. Muldrow: To regulate the COM
Pensatlon Of sheriffs referred.
BY Mr.. Turley: To regulate contracts be
tween employer and employee; referred
BY Mr. Guyton: To amend section 177e
Code of 1871, in relation to notices for de-
vorces; referred.
PROTEST.
The undersigned, members of the lower
branch of the Legislature, hereby enter orr
protest against the precipitate passage of n
NO. B, san Act to regulate the issuance
ana payment of certain State warrants. for
the following reasons, to-wit:
lst. While We are not now, and navar
have been, opposed 10, but have ever VOL
unfairly obligated ourselves to faithfnllv
guard and protect the interests of the COW,
mon schools in this State, and TO hold -
cred the E, common school fund. We voted
specific sum to be Appropriated Is mentiona ~