The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-19
HOUsE-FIFTEENTH DAY.
Thursday, Jan. 18th, 1877.

thursday, Jan. IStIi, 1911
House met pursuant to adjournm ent;
Speaker Street in the Chair; he following
members answered co roll call:
PRESENT-MessrS. Aldrich, AmackeF,
Baily, Baker, Bassett, Bean, Bell. Blount,
Bird ges, Byrd of Franklin, Bird of Lawrence,
Campbell, Carter of Holmes. Carter of war
rem, Causey, Crosland, Chiles, Clifton
Cochran. Crum. D tbney, Dear, Denson'
Drake, Erwin. Fairly, FeatheIston, Floyd'
Gowan, Griffin, Guthrie, Hall, Harper
Hebron, Horton, Hudson, IIussey, Jacobs
Jagers, Jarnigan, Johns, johnson of lta-
wanda, johnson of w inston. Jones OF flihus'
Jones of Issaquena, Leigh, Lester, L'daeii'
Massing gale, Meade, Miller, Monroe Mni-
drow, McCarQo, Mccormick. McNalr Nc
Neise, McLaurin of Jasper, Nc Laurln OF
Smith. McWhorter, Nelson Nichols, over
ton, Parsons, Parker, Pennington, fercy,
Pound, Raines, Reynolds. Riley, Rogers
by, Simpson. Shrock. Southworth, Spight'
Stebbins, Sykes, Tison, Troup, Turkey
Warren. Watkins, Wilkinson, White,
Vaughan, YellowleY. Young-99
ABsENT-Messrs- Bovd, Brown, Cessor'
CLAY, Dyer, Edwards, Guyton, Hicks Ho-
gan, Huddleston, Jayne, Mallory, Mllisaps,
Shan Is, Trice, Tucker-l6.
Leave of absence was granted MeSsrs. Hud-
dleston, Jayne, Brown Hicks and Boyd:
By Mr. Amacker: To change the name
of the Marshall County Manufacturing
Company; passed.
Ry MI. Drake: To amend section 1141,
Code of 1871; referred.
By Mr.. Bell To amend the act author
izing the registration of Kemper county,
outstanding warrants; passed.,
By Mr.. Griffin: For the relief of A. y.
Ramsey. of Harrison county; referred.
By Mr.. Erwin: For the relief OF Thos. I,
Harvey. of Lowndes county; indefinitely
postponed. 49,
BIZ Mr.. McNair: To amend section 2G91
Code 1871; referred.
Rv Mr.. Hudson: to amend section 1897,
Code 1871, and to amend the act Amending
section 1859, Code 1871; referred.
Ry Mr. Johnson of Winston: To incor-
porate Plattsburg, Winston county; refer
red.
By Mr.. Bell: To improve the peniten-
tiary; referred.
Bv Mr.. Clifton: To make an approprla-
| ton for printing; referred.
| By. Mr.. 1rtllne: II. j. r. to amend the
| Constitution, section 81 article o; referred.
| By Mr., Shelby: Ii. j. r. granting leave
| of absence to Chancellor Charles Clark
| passed.
The House amended the Senate amend
ment to regulate the order OF issuance OF
| certain warrants.
| SENATE BILLS.
The following wero passed:
To promote agriculture and stock raising
to change the time OF holding Circuit Court
| in Lawrence county
A number of Senate bills read and refer
| red
HOUSE BILLS.
To require Sheriffs to visit the different
precincts for the collection of taxes; Mr.
| McNair to amend section providing that
the publication of notices shall be paid fol
| bv the counties. Mr.. Cochran to amend the
amendment-hy providing that the amount
paid shall not exceed twenty dollars
| MIR. Guthrie to table the bill and amend
ments; amendments tabled. The motion tC
table the bill was lost and the bill passed.
The following were indefinitely post
poned.
To allow druggists and hotel-keepers to
sell cigars on Sunday; to amend chapter Sc
| article l, Code 1871 amend the Act OF 1876
to provide for the approval of official bond
and to prevent the carrying ofintOXicating
| liquors to places of worship.
The revenue bill was made the special
order for to morrow at 101a O'Clock; car
| ried.
BY Mr.. Muldrow To authorize Oktibbeha
county to issue warrants in certain cases
passed.
/ BY Mr.. Drake: To amend section 8 of the
fee and salary law of 1866 so far as it relates
to publishers; referred.
By Mr.. Gibson: To authorize AIcorn
county to appoint a cotton eigher; passed
Mr.. Muldrow called from the Committee
| the Senate bill to read ust the apportion
ment of Senators and Representatives. Mr.
| Leigh moved to rc-cOmmit the bill; carried
FL B. To regulate jurisdiction OF justices
of the peace; amended and passed
| The privileges of the House were extend
ed to Ill. ). McMi of Lawrence comfy.
BY Mr. FeatherstOn: The memorial OF
the Press Association; referred to the COM
mittee on printing. Mr. Blount moved IL
reconsider the motion referring the bill to
the printing committee; carried, and the
memorial was referred to special commit
tee-Messrs. Spight, Stebbins, ellis, Ger
retl and Jacobs
The special committee on porters
| through their chairman, Mr.. Clifton. re.
ported-the report was received and agreed
to.
MIR. job rs, chairman of the Judiciary
mlttee, reported that the committee
were unanimous in the opinion that a per-
son cannot hold the office of Justice Of the
| Peace and be member of the Legislature
| at the same time. The report is an able
one, but its length prohibits its publication
| at this time.
BY Mr.. Meade: That the committee an
pointed to prefer charges against Hon,
| Fred. Parsons be instructed to INQUIRE if he
mas not, since his election as member OF
| the House. accepted the Office of Justice of
the Peace adopted.
BY Mr.. Featherston; A resolution rela-
| tive TO the publication of the testimony ia
Ken In the impeachment of Adelbert A mes
referred. 0'
BY Mr.. Jones: To provide for the ramo-
val of county Superietendents OF Ednca-
ton; referred Adjourned.
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