The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1878-02-20

OF evidence in certain cases, recommend it
do pass
At 40, the Senate took recess until
80 O'Clock.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
TUESDAY,, February, 10, 1873.
House met pursuant to adjournment.
Speaker PERCY i'll the Chair. Prayer by
Rev. j. T. Zealy, ID. d Roll call:
PREsENT-Messrs. Aldrich, Allen. Apple
white, Augustus, Bailey, Baker, Ballard,
Bassett, Bean, Bird, Bizzell, Brown, Bunch,
Cameron. Carter, Catching, Causey, Cham
berlain, Cook, Cooper, Cunningham of Mar
shall, Cunningham o! Monroe, Dabhey,
Davidson, Day. Dean, Deeham, Dnckery
Field, Ford, Gallagher, Gholson, Gibson,
Gilmer. Glass, GOodrum, Gordon, Gwin,
Hall, Hampton, Hatch, Henry, Hicks OF
Kinds, Hill, Hogn, HOyle, Hurt, Johnson
Key, Lewis, Lddell. Love, Marshall OF Car
roll, Marshall of Holmes. Marshall of War
rem, Martin. McCollum, McGehee of Will
kinson Mckenzie, Mclean, McSwine, Nc
Whorter, Metts, Miller of Copah, Miller OF
Pamela, Montgomery of Marshall, Mont
gomery of Oktibbeha, Moody. Moore, Neil
son, Niles, Mum, Parker, Pegram, Perkins,
Pintard. Rainey, Ramsey, Reed OF Cnoctaw,
Reid of Coahoma, R~dhead, Richardson,
Roane, Roberts Robinson, Scott, Seabrook,
er, Showers, Street, Tarver. Tson, Trest,
Tucker. Wall, Warren, Washington, Whit
aker, Wilson, Wood Young of Calhoun, and
Young of Panola-ll3.
sENT-Messrs. Clay, Dozier, Heathman,
Hicks of YaGoo, LIBBY, Lusk and Magee OF
Franklin-7.
Leave of absence was granted TO Mr.. Hicks
of YaZOO.
Mr. Hurt, chairman ofSpecal Com mittee
to whom was referred III. B. to change the
boundary lines of DeSOto county, have
given the same careful and deliberate con-
sideratiOn. The committee, owing to the con-
| fiicting testimony produced, were unable to
arrive at any decision, and have, therefore,
| instructed me to report the bill back to the
! House without recommendation. The bin
| was taken up. Mr. Aldrch moved TO indeti-
nitcly postpone the bill. Lost. Yeas, AZ F;
nays, So; absent, 20; and the bill passed.
Mr.. Mckenzie moved to reconsider the vote
| passing the bill and table the motion. Car
| ried
| The privileges OF the House were extend
| ed TO Col w. w. Moore of Sharkey county,
aud Hon. T. S. Gayden, ex member from
| Rankin county.
Mr.. Tison moved that the special order
the Educational Bill, be postponed until to-
morrow, Wednesday, February 20, at IL
| o'clock.
Mr.. Gibson, chairman, reported the prop
er enrolment of a number of bills.
FAREWELL PEARL.
The special order, III. B. to repeal the act
creating Peal county, approved February
q, 1872, came up. The bill returns the ter
ritory TO the counties from which it was
originally taken, Marion and Hancock. Mr.
Ford offered an additinnal section, requir-
ing the Tax Assessors OF Marion and Han
cock counties to Immediately assess land,
situated in that portion of Pearl that will be
returned to those counties. Mr.. Seal moved
to table the amendment Lost, and the
amendment was adopted. Mr.. Perkins
moved to table the bill. Lost. Mr.. Ford
moved to put the bill on its passage. Car
ried, and the bill passed.
/ YEAs-Messrs. AUGUSTUS, Baker, BZzell
Brown, Bunch, Carter. Catching, Chambe
lain, Cook, Cunningham of Monroe. Dab
ney, Davidson, Day, Dean, Dockery, Eaton,
Erwin, Farley, Fled, Ford, Gallagher,
Ghols IN, Gibson, Gilmer, Glass, GoOdrum.
GORDON, Gwin, Hall, Hampton, Hcathman,
Hill, Hogin, Hoyle, Hurt, johnson, Key,
Lewis, Love, McCollum, McGehce OF Wilkin-
son, Mckenzie, McSWine, Nc WhOrter, Mont
gomery of Marshall, Montgomery OF Oktib-
beha, Nelson, Niles, Num-, Pegram, Reid
CT COahOma, Redhead. Robinson. Scott, Sea-
brook, Smith, Spight, Stamper, Showers,
Tucker, Wilson. Young of Calhoun, Young
of Pamela and Mr.. Speaker-64.
| NAYS - MeSSrS. Aldrich. .Applewhite.
Bailey, Bassett, Bean, Biz 1, Cameron, Gun
ningham of Marshall, Denham Henry, Mar
shall of Carroll, Marshall of Holmes, Mar
tin, Metts. Miller of Copiah, Moore, Parker,
| PERKINS, Pntard, Ralney, Ramsey. Reed of
Choctaw, Richardson, Roane, Roberts, Seal,
Shands, Spiuks. Street, Tarver, Tison, Trest,
Warren and Whitaker-34.
Absent and not Voting--Messrs. Allen,
Ballard, Causey, Clay, Cooper, Dozier, Ed
wards. Farmer, Hatch, Hicks OF Kinds,
Hicks of Yazoo, Libby, Liddell, Lusk, Magee
of Franklin, Marshall of Warren, Mclean,
Miller of Pamela, Moody, Wall, Washington
and Wood-22.
Mr.. Pegram, from the special committee
on the Vicksburg compromise bill ,reported.
| The report was taken up.
ID. b. to authorize the city of Vicksburg
| to compromise its bonded Indebtedness
| Committee amendments adopted, and the
| bill passed motion to reconsider was
tabled
IMPORTANT REPORTS.
| Mr.. SPEAKER-The Judiciary Committee
| OF the House, to whom was referred the
House resolution requiring your committee
to Investigate the question of the power of
| the State 10 tax railroad corporations the
same as individuals, and to regulate
| their tariffs and charges in response to said
resolution, beg leave 10 report as follows
lst. The power of the State to tax rail-
roads as individuals are taxed, is settled by
article II, section Is of the Constitution.
which reads as follows: 1.-THE property of
all corporations for pecuniary profit shall
be subject TO taxation the same as indiyd-
uals." This article of the Constitution is in
the same language as nsed in the Constitu-
ton in existence at the date of the adoption
OF the present Constitution. and only laws
down the general rule that when they are
| taxed, the same rates assessed to individuals
shall be applied, and under which their
property may be exempted from taxation
If the State, by reasons OF public policy, de-
eide so to do.
I'd. As to the power of the State to regu-
late and control tariffs and charges of
railroads, your committee, upon an exam
nation, have no doubt 1t is set
| TIED beyond dispute that this power
belongs to the State and can be exercised in
all cases except where in the charter, or
charters, of any company, this right has
been PXnr9SSlu Waiuad orr tod