The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1878-03-03
BILLS PASSED.

SHdTkey county, anu 10 cHdnSe Cne OOinud-
ry lines OF Warren, Issaquena and Wash
ington counties, was passed. after the al OPP
ton OF an additional section offered by Mr.
| Parish.
H B. 23S, for the relief of VIM. Ander
son Of Carroll county.
| ;. b. 1856, for the relief ID. n. Quinn of
! LeflO county.
| Ill. B. 49S. to change the time of holding
the Circuit Court in the county of Chicka-
saw.
! Ii B 5l2. in relation to the Okolona Say
! ng's Bank.
| Fl. B. 52I, to prohibit the sale of malt and
| intoxicating liquors, within the town or
| Paris, Lafayette county.
DISTRIBUTION OF THE COMMON SCHOOL
| Mr.. Lanneau, from the committee Of con-
! ference on I'll. B. l7S, to provide for the dis
! tributon of the Common School Fund, re-
ported the following substitute tor section
| two:
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the
distribution of said fund for the present
year shall be made according to the mum
| Der of educable children in each county as
! enumerated ny the assessors in 1877, revised
and corrected by the State Board OF Educa-
| ton Said Board shall without delay, care
| fully examine said returns, and in all cases
where the same are believed by said
| Board to be be materially erroneous, either
| by reporting too large or too small mum
| Der OF edueabe children, they shall so re-
| wise and correct the same by comparison
with the population, and by the use of such
| other Information as may be accessible, As
to provide for fair and equitable distIibu-
| ton of the fund. For counties where no
! returns were made for the year 1877. the
| said board may adopt as basis of distribu-
| ton, the returns OF some previous year,
| revis I'd and corrected as hcfeinbetore pro-
Vided for other counties.
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| taken up, being the bill 20 amend an act
regulating the tax on privileges The fol-
! lowing amendments were adopted:
By Mr.. Reynolds. On each foreign or
home Insurance company, $500 90.
| By Mr.. Gibbs. BY striking out So 90 and
inserting $40 90, in first section, as to in
surance agents.
By MIR. Reynolds, By striking out $50 90,
in paragraph 10, and insert 500 90, which,
on motion of Mr.. McCaskill, was laid on the
table.
Ir. F,tzGerad moved to amend para
sert SIS co. and adding each practising
physician $40 90, which was laid on the
table, on motion Of Mr.. Barry.
By Mr.. Barry. On each and every livery
stable in city or town of ten thousand IN
habitants, SIS 90.
By Mr. Lee By striking out paragra phi
% and inserting: On each bank in towns
| over tour thousand and under five thousand
inhabitants, $500 90. In cities over five
! thousand aud less than ten thousand inhab-
ltantS, $3.50 90. In cities of over ten thou
sand inhabitants, $1,000.
| Mr.. King offered the following amend
ment:
SEC. -. Be it further enacted, That the
! first section of an act entitled an act to reg
| nate railroad taxation, approved February
%, 1875, be,and the same IS hereby ,ameude
so as to read us follows: That every rail-
| road pOmnanV whose line il in w hole in
part in this State shall pay to the State
Treasurer on the warrant Of the Auditor on
or before the 3lst Gay OF December, in each
and every year, privilege tax of one hun
Gred dollars per mile upon each mile of such
com pany'S railroad and branches in this
Stare. except that upon narrow gauge rail-
roads, the privilege tax shall be but fifty
dollars per mile. and the said privilege TAX
shall be in full of all State and county
taxes, fifty per cent. OF which said privilege
tax, shall be placed to the credit of the
counties through which said railroads may
pass, to be drawn by the County Treasurer
of the counties in proportion to the number
of miles of said road in said respective
counties, provided that lands owned by rail
roads, and not used in operating the rail-
roads, shall be taxable as other property
Mr.. West offered the following amend
ment to Mr.. Kings amendment:
Amend by adding: And "municipal,"
after county in the 10Th line. Also am end
by striking ont 500 90 per mile in 18th line
aad insert So 90. Strike out $50 90 per
mile in the 18th line, and insert $37 So
On motion of Mr. Barry, the amendments
of Messrs: King and West were tabled. The
bill was then passed
THE TEMPERANCE BILL.
On motion of Mr.. Reynolds, S. B. 264, to
prevent the evils of intemperance, was
called from the select committee.
Mr.. Lanneau moved to Indefinitely post
pone the bill.
On motion of Mr.. Reynolds, the motion
OF Mr.. Lanneau was tabled, and the bill
passed.
Mr. Parish, for Committee on Claims
reported substitute for S. B. 24O, for the
relief of w. B. Mccormick and Henry V.
Keep.
Mr. McCaskill. chairman, reported favor
ably on 5. b. 261, to reduce the judiciary
expenses of the State, was amended in sew
eral particulars and passed
Leave of absence was granted to Mr.
Pratt for to-day, and to Mr.. Allen and the
oergeat-at-Arms from day to day.
Mr. Vance offered a Joint resolution.
which was adopted, providing tor fuller
index to the Journals OF the Legislature.
I'll. j. Res. No. 10. to provide by constitu-
tionaI amendment for biennial elections,
passed its third reading by vote of Is to G.
REPORTS ON EDUCATION.
Mr.. West, from Committee on Education.
recommended the passage oNS. B. 49, to re-
duce the official bonds of the members of
the State Board and State Superintendent
of Public Education; and reported adverse
ly on ). B. Al, to provide for the election of
Snperintendents of Public Education by
the people; also adversely on S. B. 146, to
establish in each Senatorial District one |
Graded High School-a bill having i'm view
the accom- plishment of the same objects
having already passed the Senate. In refer
ence to the petition of the State Normal
School at Holly Springs, the committee sug-
gested that the appropriation asked for be |
included in the general appropriation bill, |
and the attention of the House Committee |
on Appropriations had been called to the
same. The committee recommended the
passage of an act to amend the law in refer
ence to publications, approved April Is,
1876. o'
Recess until O'Clock P NJ.