The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-02-07


,nr"I-r ~ which he hSS prrsil.d over this
donse during the present session.
LIE Speaker hsVin called Mr.. Clifton TO
the Chalr' the resolution WAS eloquen;ly adj
- sated oy Messrs- Turl-y 1ud Dsnsou
| heSSr-- Young amt 4 a &. (coiorr,I mem
r from Washington AMI WxrreR) *
| pressed their gratitude the Speaker and
. % the members of the House generally for
the imparIialitv. kindn - and courtesy
which fad been unif ,rinily shown the col
lred members during the lat session and
the present. DR.. Young remarked that he
came her. with some doubts lug ring i'm
ais mind, As to the disposition 81 the ma
| lori TO accord justice. WhllSr he Is a Re-
publican, he held THAT ii man il p4re, con-
| >lStent. honest. h- was the man tor position,
| regardless of politics He assured the IN m
| bers that il they would continue ID keep
2Ith with the colored people. they had
| heretofore done no foreigner. no northern
man. no western man, no Garrett Dagger,
could ALLEVIATE the colored peope of this
state from their trllow-citiZ-us at the white
race. You. said ha, have the brains, the
power and the money to do As yoa please.
| only continue your Kind treatment, and
| show my people that you IN. an Ia do right,
| aud all will be we'll Mr.. Carter laid special
| mphaSiS on the liberal action OF tile House
| toward the Colored Normal Schools. Both
| .peakers were frequently applaudel. Mr..
| Jacobs, OF adams, and NJ. Mallory, of Lee
| npre, (b"th Colored.) also eXprt ssed their
thanks TO the Speaker. and to the mem bers
| generally. The resolution TO Speaker Street
was then unanimously adopted by rising
vote.
a message from the Governor announced
| approval of the flowing Acts:
/ An act for the relefof e. b. Curlee.
To create a Board ofPilot Commissioners.
| for Shin Island lIarbor, and other purposes,
| in Harrison county.
| To amend the charter of the town of
! Booneville and Tor othrr purposes.
| TO repeal an act TO prohibit the sale of
Vinous aud spirrtuous liquors in Beat No.
| ) of Leakc county. Mississippi, except so
| ar as the same relates to Walnut Grove
| Precinct.
To enable the Board Of Supervisors of
| Clay county to complete the record of
| deeds for said county, and for other purpo-
| sCS.
To authorize purchasers of railroads un-
der foreclosure mortgages 10 organize as
| tUcO porated bodies.
T. amend an act entitled an act TO incor-
| porate the town of French imp, in the
county OF Choctaw, appr owed February 9th
| 1854.
f. regulate the order of issuance and of
| payment of certain warrlntS.
| To amend an act entitled an act to author
| iZe the Board of Supervisors to employ some
suitable person to index the books and re-
file the papers of the Circ uiL Clerks office,
and for other purpose approved March %,
| lS72
Authorizing the Board OF Supervisors of
Adams county, in this State. 10 sell ii, in
will thereby be promoted, certain railroad
stock belonging to said county.
| To fund the outstanding debt of Wash
| ingtOn county, To provide Il revenue there
| tor. and for other purposes.
To repeal the acts heretofore passed in
| cooperating the town of Wesson. and to de-
fine the boundaries, and TO reincOrporate
| said town,
For the relief of r. j. Williams.
For the relief of G.. N. Gallaspv, Tax Col
! lectOr of Newton county.
Supplemental to and amendatory OF an act
| to inco porate the town of Sarcpta, in the
county of lafayette, approved Februa-
! ry 4fh, 1882.
To incorporate the Mississippi Improve
ment Company.
To provide for the registration of voters
in the city of Jackson, aud tor other pur-
psses,
To authorize the Board of Supervisors of
AlcOrn county to appoint cotton weigher
for the city OF Corinth, in said county.
To amend section 1897, of the Revised
Code OF 1871, in relation to corporations.
To change the name of the city OF Shields
borO, and To amend the charter tncorporat-
ing the same.
To extend the provisions of an act emit
tied an act to authorize the Board of Super
visorS of Iaulerdale county to cause
registration of outstanding warrants of said
county, and for other purposes, approved
Mar IA Dist. 1876.
In relation To county finances.
For the relief of John Clark and other SUI
reties on the bond of John Brown, eX-Sher
if OF, and Tax Collector of Coahoma coun-
ty.
To repeal an act entitled an act to amend
an act entitled an act to fund the floating
debt OF Bolivar county, and to issue sink
ing fund bonds, approved April 9Th, 1874,
which passed the House of Representatives
March IA, 1876, and the Senate, March l6,
1876, over the Governors veto and for 9TH
err purposes.
For the relief OF certain tax payers in this
State.
county.
In relation to injunctions restraining the
collection oil taXes.
To re i'm burse the county of Marshall
cost incurred in a certain case in the
courts.
To amend an act entitled al act to create
an additional county in this State to be call
ed Sharkey county, and to change the boun-
dairy lines of Warren, Washington and
ISsaquena counties, by limitation March %,
1876.
To authorize the Board of Supervisors OF
Alcorn county to build and keep up levee
across Tuscumbia Bottom, and for other
PURPOSES.
To Incorporate the town of Walthalli in
the county of Sumner, State of Mississippi
T. repeal the fourth section of an act to
facilitate the construction of the Selma, Ma
rion and Memphis Railroad, approved March
10th, 1872.
A memorial to the Congress of the United
States in relation to the post at Pascagoula.
To change the time and number Of days Of
holding the Chanccry Court in Amite and
Franklin counties.
To amend an act entitled an act to en-
courage the introduction of machinery, etc,
approved April l, 1872. and to amend all
acts extending the provisions thereof.
To amend the laws in relation TO public
education.
Amendatory and supplemental to an act
for the relief of the holders of certain Tazoo
county warrants, approved January %
1877.
Authorizing the Governor to appoint an
additional Justice of the Peace and Consta-
BILE Marshall county.
To extend the provisions OF an act entitled
an act to Incorporate the Aberdeen Guards,
etc approved January 10. 1877, 10 the Dixie
Guards, of Crystal Springs. Miss.
To regulate the meetings of the Board of
Supervisors of the county of Monroe.
To assign District Attorneys to duty in
the Judicial Districts of this State.
To repeal an act entitled an act to amend
an act to incorporate the town of Walden,
in the county Of Carroll, approved March
9th, 1919.
To authorize the Board of Supervisors of
Noxubee county to purchase certain lands,
and for other purposes.
To amend and cOnstrue an act entitled an
act to authorize the board of Supervisors OF
Kemper county to cause registration of
the outstanding warrants of said county.
and for other purposes, approved April 10,
1876.
Toexempt the lands outside the levees in
| Tunca county from levee taxes.
For the relief of w L. Hunt, Sheriff of
Washington county.
| To prohibit the sale of vinous and spirit
uous liqnors within three miles of Baileys
Camp Grounds, in Marshall county.
| In relation to the appointment Of County
| Superntendents of Public + lucation.
To provide for the collection OF u school