The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-10
HOUSE-FOURTH DAY

Friday, Jan. oh, 1877.
House met pursuant to adjournment
Speaker Street in the Char; the following
members answered to roll call:
PREsENT-Messrs. Aldrich, Bailey, Baker
Bean, Bell, Blount, Boyd. Bridges, Brown.
Byrd of Franklin, Bird Of Lawrence,
! Carter IF Holmes. Causey, Cr0sland,
| Clay, Clifton, Cochran, Dear, Den
| sAn, Edwards, Fairly, Featherston, Floyd
Gayden. Gibson, Gilis Gowan, Crit
fin, Guthrie, Guyton Hall, Harper, Hebron,
! Hicks, Hogan, Horton, HuddlestOn, Jagers,
Jarnig ,Jayne,J ohns, johnson of Winston,
Jones of Kinds, Jones of Issaquena, Leigh,
! Lester, Iiddell. Massingale, Miller, MIlsaps,
/ Monroe. MuldrOw, Mccormick, Men air,
/ Men eice, McLaurin of Jasper McLaurin
| of Smith. McWhorter, Nelson, Oyerton.
| Parker, Pennington, Pound, Raines. Rogers,
| Rowan, Sanderlin, Shands, Shrock, oteb-
| bins, Tison, Trice, Troup Tucker, Turley'
Warren, Watkins, Wilkinson, Vaughan,
YeloWley, and Mr.. Speaker-72.
| ABsENT-Messrs. Amacker. Barksdale,
| Basset, Campbell. Carter of Warren, CeSsor,
Chles, Crum. DIbney. Drake, Dyer, Erwin,
| Fortune, Garrett, Hudson. Hu>sey, Jacobs,
| Johnston, Mallory, Meade, McCar@o, Mich
oils, Parsons, Percy, Reynolds, Riley, S4un-
derS, Shattuck. Shelby. Southw0rth, Spight,
, Sykes, White, YOung-34.
Leave of absence was granted to Mr.
! Drake.
pOnod Intil Wednesday next.
| INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
By Mr.. Tison: To extend the corporation
| of Bennington, Lee county; passed.
| BY Mr. Guthrie: For relief Of Cclver,
| Page, Hogue & Co.; referred.
| BY Mr.. Bird. of Lawrence: For relief of
| a. G. FairmaD, of Lawrence county; re-
! ferrod.
| BY Mr. Stebbins: To require the sheriffs
! tn Wis oh yorH "a
ton OF taxes; referred.
| BY Mr.. Hicks: To incorporate Benton,
Yazoo 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
| liquidating ieVee commissioner; referred.
BY Mr.. JaFnigan: To amend section
| ,l67, of tho 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
| in Franklin county; referred.
BY Mr.. Leigh: To regulate the compen-
SatiOn of county treaSurerS; referred.
BY Mr. Harper: For the relief of the
Mississippi Female seminary passed.
By Mr.. Leigh: To amend the act re@ulat-
ing the com eusaton OF the mem bers OF the
Legislature; also, to authorize the superyi-
sors of LowndeS county TO compromise GER
tain liabilities; both referred.
By Mr.. Muldrow: To regulate the COM
pensation % sheriffs referred
BY Mr. Turley To regulate contracts be-
tween employer and employee; referred
BY Mr.. GuytOn; To amend section 1916
Code of 1871, in relation TO notices for de-
VOrceS referred.
PROTEST.
The undersigned members of the lower
branch of the Legislature. hereby enter our
protest against the precipitate passage OF ii.
Is No ., ian Act TO regulate the issuance
and payment of certain State warrants for
the following reasons, to-Wit:
lst While we are not now, and never
have been, opposed o. but have ever vol
unfairly obligated ourselves TO faithfully
guard aud protect the interests of he com
mon schools in this State, and to hold sa-
cred the common school fund We voted
against the section for the reason that no
specific sum to he appropriated Is mentioned
in said section, and the officers from whom
we are to learn what deficiency may be
necessary have not yet handed IN their re-
norris and we believe that all leglSla5to II.
which looks to an appropriation OF the
money belonging to the taxpayers. should
be characterized with calmness ana Pru-
dence, and with the necessity made manifest
through the official reports.
ID We are opposed 70 the passage of
the third section in which it is proposed TO
| olive preference to the warrants of the Luz
| matte Asylum above the warrants OF all
other institutions whether benevolent,
charitable, or other character, belonging 10
| the State; for the reason that we believe
| hat snch discrimination will have 4 d.
| rect and immediate tendency TO depreeate
t the value of the warrants of all other such
| institntiOns, as wei as TO deprecate the
vaIue of other State warrants, now at q
| nominally par value. For the above fea-
! sons and for the general reason that we
/ have no report of the financial condition OF
| the various State funds from any depart
meht of the State government except
/ through the Executive, we enter our pro-
/ teSt AGAINST the precipitate passage OF The
| hill and request it be spread upon the
| journals.
a. j. Baker,
/ d. G.. GuytOn,
WE. Tucker,
L. McLaurin,
A. &. McNair,
E A Rowan.
Qr Mr. Jones of Kinds: 4 resolu-
CLINTON requiring an equal distribution oI
/ stationery on hand adopted
Pr Mr. Featherstona A concurrent reso-
! sion for a committee to report amend
naents TO the court district law; taoAed-
yeas 40, nays, 20 ,,5
nv Mr.. Hicks: To repeal an act dihSiiu
;ng the charter of YaZoo city passeI,
a. M Shrock: A petition OF A. T. Lew
81 IN relation to the killing OF stock oy
| railroads.: also petition OF = u. CooA' IA
relation TO swamp lands; both referred.
Ry Mr.. Huddleston: To repeat sectlo H.
1881. Code II. in relation TO tue sup -
If naupers by towns, so far as IL reiates -
towns in Scott county referred; also 10
authorize the supervisors OF scott county
-, ,,sa certain funds for county purposes
nassefl also to amend the game law SO Tar