Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-02-22
Lost by q vote of Is 10 IL.
THE ABATEMENT ACT.
HOUSE

HOUSE.
House met; Speaker Percy in the
Chair. Prayer by Rev, j. T. Zealy.
Roll called present LOT, absent IL.
Leave of absence granted Messrs.
Love, Causey aud Hick', Of Yazoo.
THE MoTFrr REGISTER BILL.
On motion Of Mr.. Street, Senate bill
IAN Act regulating the sale of vinous,
%spirituous, and malt liquors, prescrib-
ing a Uniform license therefor and i'm.
posing a county privilege tax thereon,
and for other purposes" was taken up
and referred to the Committee on
Ways and Means.
PASSAGE OF BILL TO RECoDIFY THE LAWS.
On motion Of Mr.. Tison, Senate bill
"an Act TO revise and codify the laws Of
this STATE was taken up,
Mr.. Street moved TO make the bill
special order for February 2lst. Lost.
Mr.. Tison moved that the bill be
read third time and put upon its pas
sage. Adopted. The bill was passed BY
q vote OF Oh 10 IA.
(Thia is the bill which authorlz 4
Judge j. A. P Campbell TO perform
this work tor a compensation Of $l,-
j00.)
BIENNIAL ELECTIONS.
House Joint Resolution 10 provi e
By Constitutional Amendment for bi.
enuiAI cl '%cjious, was taken up and
passed It's second reading by a voc oil
9j 10 ,.
TIE SCHOOL LAWS.
Ac. TO establish a uniform system OF
fee schools in this State.
House went into Committee Of the
Whole on this bill, Mr.. Gibson in the
Chair, After considerable time spent
therein, the Committee reported pro.
gress and asked leave to sit again to.
morrow, at ~ am. Agreed TO.
LEvEE DISTRICT ne. l-REPoRT OF THE
INVESTIGATING { MMITTEE.
The Cohmittee to investigate the at.
fats OF Levrc District No. |, made q re
por', ~ fol owe:
Mr.. S. eaker-Your Committee to
whom was referred the resolution pro.
viding for an investigation of all tho
affairs Of the Board OF Levee Commits.
sioners District No. l, have made a
careful investigation Of the books, pa.
pers, and records of said Levee Board
aud beg leave TO make the following re-
port:
"They find that $l.0i7 1851 in
bonds of Levee District No. l, bearing
5 per cent. interest, were put In circu'
lation as shown by schedule A and 1
attached 20 this report, and that OF this
amount S74, 100 were cancelled by the
Treasurer of said Board as shown BY
the register OF cancelled warrants, and
$l0S,sO0 were cancelled by State Treas,
urer Hemingway, making in all $685.,
800 OF these bonds cancelled, as will bC
shown in detail by reference to SEIZED,
ule Z, hereto attached.
"From schedule Z It will be seen tha.
the total number Of bonds issued IN
payment OF orders or allowances en-
tered on the minutes OF said Board
amount only 10 the sum Of 1870, 7S007
aud OF this sum $780, 800 were allowed
by the Board at meetings held in thu
Peabody Hotel in Memphis, In thu
State of Tennessee, but the min
utes of these meetings are no
signed by the President of thu
Board aud Sl60,jl6 of said $370,7S0 OF
were allowed by the Board at meet
Jugs held in Memphis, Tennessee, thu
minutes of watch meetings were signe(
by the President of the Board aut
SAT 1888 81 OF said 0,7S0,07 were al
lowed By the Board at meetings helC
In Austin in the county OF Tunica, il
this State, but the minutes of thest
meetings at Austin are not signed BY
the President Of the BoSrd this leaveI
only the small amount of 1872. 800 40 il
bonds OF the entire issue of $l,047,
1853 which were regularly issued b!
the Board In pursuance OF orders en-
tered on their minutes, signed by tht
President at meetings held at the placr
of the domicile Of said Board as iixet
by law.
From the foregoing statement |
will be seen thai there remains out
standing $S6I,l36 81 in bonds of sal,
District No |, which with the coupon
attached amounts 10 the sum of II 1855,
916, but your Committee had no mean
of sscertaining whether or not an
part of the aforesaid 1872, 330.40 II
bonds, which alone seemed to havl
been issued in accordance with the pro
visions Of the Act of March II, 1871
authorizing said Board to issue bonds
/, are contained In this outstanding in
debtedness.
, "From the foregoing statement o
/, facts, 1t is manifest that many If not al
the bonds now outstanding have beel
issued In total disregard If not in vic
lalion Of the Act creating said Boar,
aud empowering it to issue bonds, AM
your Committee recommend such &C
tion on the part of the Legislature a
, will enable the holders Of said bonds Il
ascertain what part If any of the sam
f are invalid, and this is the more neces
sary from the fact that the revenu
, arising from the tax, which is payabl
: in these bonds, does not exceed $4,000
per annum, and this tax will expire b.
Q Limitation of law in five years thus |
? will be perceived that there remain
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