The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1878-02-19

buhcn. CanseY. clay. GitIn'r, tJooiFhfd,
Hampton. Heath,nan, Hicks of Y4z,n,
Johnson. Lewis, Libby, Love. Lusk, Mcgee
of Franklin, Marshall OF Holmes, Metts.
Miller at Pamela, Moore, Seal, Spight and
Wall--22
Reconsidered and tabled.
BIENNIAL ELECTIONS.
The House joint resolution providing for
an amendment to the Constitution for bi-
ennial elections, passed its second reading
Yeas, %; Nays, Messrs. Denham aud Num-
2; Absent, 30
THE EDUCATIONAL BILL.
The school bill reported by the House
Committee on Education, was "a EN- up.
Mr.. Tson moved that the bill be considered
in
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
which was carried.
Mr. Gibson in the Chair-The educational
bill was considered at length, many amend
ments were offered and acted upon. AT l 40
P. NJ, the committee arose and asked leave
to sit again at 10 O'Clock A. M. tomorrow.
REPORT.
The following report was received and
spread upon the journal:
Mr.. SPEAKER-Y our committee to whom
was referred the resolution providing for an
investigation of all the affairs of the Board
of Levee Comm ssioners District No l,
have made careful investigation of the
books, papers and records OF said Levee
Board, and beg leave to make the following
report: They tind that Sl0H,936 81 IN
| bonds of Levee District, No. l, bearing s
| per cent. interest. were put in circulation,
as shown,by Schedule A and B attached TO
this report, and that of this amodnt, 100
| were cancelled by the Treasurer
of said Board, "a shown by the
| register of cancelled warrants, and
los. 800 were cancelled by State Treas
| II II in all n
these bonds cancelled as will be shown in de-
| tail bv reference to Schedule Chereto attach
| ed From Schedule K it will seen that the to-
| tai number of bonds issued in PAYMENT OF Or
| ders or allowances entered on the minutes
| of said Board OILY to the sum of $370,7SO OF.
and of this sum Si30,900 were allowed by
the Board at a meeting held in the Peabody
| Hotel in Memphis. in the State of TenneS-
| see, but the minutes of these meetings are
| not signed by the President of the Board,
and $l605l6 of said $3707S0 OF were allow
| ed by the Board at meetings held III Men,
! phis Tennessee. thu minutes of which meet
| ings were signed by the President of the
Board, and $47,033 67 of said $37O,700 OF
were allowed by the Board at meetings held
| in Austin. in the county of Tunict, in this
| State, but the minutes of these meetings at
Austin are not signed by the President OF
| the Board. This leaves only the small
| amount of $32 $50 40 in bonds of the entire
| issue of 81, 936 81 which were regularly
| issued by the Board in pursuance of orders
| entered on their minutes signed by the
President at meetings held at the place OF
domicie Of said Board, as fixed by law.
From the foregoing it will be seen that
| there remains outstanding. 1864, 436 81, III
bombs of said District No l, which, with tn
| coupons attached, amounts TO the sum OF
S. 800 976. but your committee had no means
of ascertaning whether or not any part Of
the aforesaid $32,33040, sn bonds, which
| alone seemed to have been issued in accord
| ance with the provisions of the act of March
| II. 1871. authorizing said Board to issue
| bonds, are contained in this outstanding in
| debtednesS.
From the foregoing statement of facts i
is manifest that many, if not all, the bond:
| now outstanding have been issued in total
| disregard, if not in violation, of the act ere
ating said Board and empowering it to issue
| bonds.
| SPECIAL ORDER.
Mr. Street. chairman Special Committee
reported the salary bill, as ordered to bt
prepared as agreed to in the Committee o
| the Whole some DAYS since. as follows, viz
| For Governor, $4,000; Governors Private
Secretary, $1,000; Lieutenant-Gov
the same salary or per diem allowed by law
to the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives; Secretary of State, $4,000; one Clerk
81 600; Auditor, $4,000; Deputy Auditor
ST. ,250; four Clerks, $1,000 each. Provided
that all fees and perquistes allowed the
Auditor shall be paid into the State Treasu
ry. the Governor to be allowed to EN- ploy
additional clerical force for Auditor, to bt
paid out of said fees, ETC.; State Treasu
rer, $4,000; one Clerk, 81 250, and one
Clerk, at 81 900; Attorney General, $4,000
Supreme Judges, Sd 800; Provided, the
salaries Of the present Judges shall not
be effected by this bill; Circuit Judges
$4,000 each; Chancetlors 50 900 each: Dis.
| A noah md
qusites hitherto collected by District At
torneys to be paid into the County Treasu
ries Superintendent of Public Education
$4,000, and shall not be allowed a clerk
Librarian, $500: Superintendent of the
Penitentiary, $780, Superintendent of the
, Lunatic Asylum, $4,000; superintendent
of the Blind and Deaf and Dumb Institutes
each
Mr.. Gholson moved to amend the Gov.
ernor's salary by inserting $4,000. Mr.. Red.
head moved to table. Carried. Yeas 81
nays, 81; absent, &c. Mr.. Street moved to
place the bill on its passage Carried, and
the bill passed, RECONSTRUCTED and tabled.
Mr.. Tison, chairman Committee on Ways
and Means reported number of bills anC
resolutions. The report was taken up.
Ii. c. r. appropriating 81 900 to have the
remains of Ex-Governor John j. McRes
brought to this State and inferred at the
Capital, committee amendment striking
out 1000 and inserting $3.50. Mr.. Tison
favored the amendment and opposed tht
solution. Mr.. Hatch said:
Mr.. SPEAKER have mace it {. point to
speak as little as possible upon this floor
and l hope for that reason, the House will
excuse me for few minutes while give
my views in support of the resolution offer
ed by the thoughtful and distinguished gen
tleman from Clarke. | shall not attempt tc
amuse the House with rapsOdies of senti-
ment, or gather the most beautiful flowers
that bloom ia the EdenS of fancy and offer
them as tribute TO the memory of Missis-
sippi's dead Governor, John j. McRae. The
remains of this eminent and distinguished
man now lies in distant land, far from the
home of his friends and from the field o.
; his magnificent services and splendid abil-
ties. Here he lived, and here rived all thai
he held sacred and dear in his heart; here
he was respected, loved, honored idolized
No man ever made better citizen, no man
: ever filled the elevated nnsitinn which h.