The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-31
SEN -TWENTY-FIFTH DAY.
Tuesday, January 80, 1877

Tuesday, January 80, 1877.
Senate met pursuant to adjournment:
President Sims in the Chair; roll called
PRESENT -Messrs. Allen, Barry, Bills,
ell, FitzGerald, Foote, Furlong, Griffin,
Johnston, McCabe, McCaskil, Mcneil, Mem
denhall. Metts, Morgan, Oldham, Pratt.
Reynolds, Shirley, Stewart Taylor, Terry,
Thompson, Thornton, Tuttle-30.
ABsENT-Messrs. Albright. Chalmers,
| Currie, Gray, Hooker. Smith White-7
The Senate took up the unfinished bust
ness of last evening-the bill to prevent
the carrying OF concealed weapons. Mr..
Fewell objected to third reading, because
the bill was not engrossed, and it lies over
| s. b. to authorize re-assessment of real
estate in Warren county passed
| By MIR. Morgan To amend the Liquidat-
ing Levee Commissioner; amended and
| passed.
III. b. to fund the debt Of Washington
county amended and passed.
| The Senate concurred in the House amend
ment to the bill amending the Chancery
Court law
III. B. to authorize the Supreme Court to
| appoint its officers.
! THE GRAY CASE.
Mr.. Catchings, chairman, reported as fol-
! lows:
Mr.. PREsIENT: The Committee appointed
to investigate the charges against VIM
Gray, Senator from the 10Th District, report
that they preceded Immediately after their
| appointment to inform them selves in the
| premises, and to that end placed themselves
In communication with Capt. Lawrence
Jones. of Lexington, KY, and Capt. Jno
Shields, OF Greenville, Miss. To the former
gentleman, the committee are under obliga-
tons for prompt and valuable services. He
!urnlshed Us the enclosed certified copies o
indictments pending against sand GRAY
Capt.. Shields would have furnished US with
copies OF indictments pending against GRAY
In washington county, but before he could
do so, Gray rendered his resignation, and
not desiring to put the State to any further
| expense, we at Oace wrote Capt Shields
that 1t was unnecessary to take any further
steps
We recommend that the ACCOMPANYING
document be spread upon the journal of the
Senate, and the resignation of the aforesaid
Gray be accepted, and the Auditor of Pub-
lie Accounts be instructed not to issue a
warrant in his favor for his salary for the
present year.
| THE DOCUMENTS.
| An indictment found by the grand iurv
of Fayette county Kentucky, against VIII
liam Gray, charging him with grand lar
ceny of one hundred and ten dollars.
the property of the Independent Colored
Baptist Church. of Lexington, Kentucky !:
also an indictment against VIM. Gray (col. !
by the same grand jury, charging him with
obtaining money under false pretenses, by
stating to the trustees of the Ipdepondent
Colored Baptist Church that certain print
ing for an excursion cost more than it real
ly did, and thereby. obtained twenty dollars !:
also an indictment like last, charging him
with obtaining from other parties on the
same pretence thirty dollars.
By Mr.. Reynolds: A resolution embodv-
ing the recommendation of the committee !:
adopted.
By Mr.. Foote: To authorize re-assess
ment OF lands in Sharkey county passed.
BY Mr. Thompson: To amend the char
ter OF McComb City, and to create the