The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-02-20

Mr. hUFt. chairman oil Special Com mite
TO whom was referred II. B. TO change tn
boundary lines of DeSoto county. hav
given The same careful and deliberate con
/ s'drrarInn. The comm ittee owing To the con
+ fiietihg testimony pr, duced, We're unable L
arrive at any DECISION, aud have. therrfort
instructed me 10 report the Till back to IA
House +" ithout recon mendation. The bill
was taken up. Mr. Allrich moved 30 indefi
nlt>ly pos. pDne the bill. Lost Yeas, 40
nays, 5S; absent, 20; and the bill passed
| Mr.. Mckenzie moved 10 reconsider the vou
| passing the bin and table the motion Car
/ ried.
/ The privileges OF the House were extend
/ ed to Col. w. w Moore of Sharkey county
and Hon. T. ). Gayden, ex-member iron
Rankin county
Mr. Tison moy ed that the special order
the Educational Bill. be postponed until TO.
morrow. Wednesday, February 20. az II
o'clock.
Mr.. Gibson. chairman, reported the prop
er enrolment of a mum Der of bills.
FAREWELL PEARL.
The special order. I'll. b. to repeal the act
creating Pea ] county, approved February
81 1872, came up. The bill returns the ter
ritory 10 the counties from viii, h it was
originally taken, Marion and Hancock. Mr..
Ford Offered an aGditinnal Section. Tequir-
ing the Tax Assessors OF Marion and Han :
cock counties to immt diately assess lands
81 uated in that portion OF Pearl that Will be
returned ID 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, BiZzell.
Brown, Bunch, Carter Catching, Cham ber
balm, Cook. Cunningham OF Monroe. Dab
ney, Davidson. Day, Dean, Dockery, Eaton,
Erwin, Farley, Field, FORD, Gallagher,
Ghols IN. Gibson, Gilmrr. Glass, Goodrum.
Gnr6on, Gwin, Hall, Hampton, Heathman,
Hill. Hogin, HpyIr. Hurt. johnson. hey,
Lewis. Love, McCollum, MeGehce OF Wilkin-
son. Mckenzie, McSwine, NJ CIV horterSM ont
gonerv of Marshall. Montgomery OF Oktib-
beha, Nelson. Niles, Mum, Pegram. Reid
Of Coahoma, Redhead. Robinson, Scott, Sea-
brook. Smith. Spight, STAN per, Showers,
Tucker. Wilson. Yuung OF Calhoun, Dung
of Pamela, and Mr.. Speaher-64.
NAYS - Messrs A!drich, AppleWhite,
Bailey, Bassett, Bean, Biz I, Cameron, Gun
ningham of Marshall, Denham. Henry, Mar
shall of Carroll, Marshall of Holmes Mar
tin, Nets. Miller OF COPiah. Moore, Parker,
Perkins, Pintard, Rtiney, Ramsey. Reed of
Choctaw. Richardson, Roane, Roberts, Seal,
ShandS, Spuks. Street Tarver, Tison, Trest,
Warren and Whitaker-34
Absent and not Noting-MeSsrs. Allen,
Ballard, Causev, Clay, Cooper, DoZier, Ed
wards. Farmer, Hatch, Hicks OF Kinds,
Hicks of Hazoo, Libby, Liddeli, Lusk. Magee
of Franklin, Marshall of Warren, Mclean,
Miller of Pamela, Moody, Wall, Washington
and Wood-22.
Mr.. Pegran, from the special committee
on the Vicksburg compromise bill,reported-
The report was taken up.
II. B. to authorize the city of Nicksburg
to compromise its bonded Indebtedness
Committee amendments adopte I, and the
bill passed a motion to reconsider was
tabled
IMPORTANT REPORTS.
Mr.. SPEAKER-The judiciary Committee
of the III tuse, 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 TO report as follows
1T. The power of the State to tax rail-
roads a. indi iduals are taxed. is settled by
article II. section l3 of the Constitution,
which reads as follows: t.TAe property of
all corporations for pecuniary profit shall
be subject to taxation the same rs individ-
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 lays
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
VI
late and control tariffs and charges OF
your committee, upon an exam
ination, 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
of any company, this right has
been expressly waived or parted with, in
support of which your committee cite the
recent adjudication of the supreme Court
OF the United States in MOwm vs.. Illinois
nttn ia ard ('biparO Rirpti ina nm
and Quincy X. L. vs.. Iowa, 18th Otto, p. los,
and other cases
All OF which is respectfully submitted,
w. +. TUCKER, Chairman.
MIR. SPEAKER-1o our committee who were
instructed to ascertain how many acres of
land subject to taxation are owned by the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad, in Mississippi
and what amount of revenue could be re-
covered to the State by collection of all
taxes due thereon, report as follows That
said lands are found 10 lie in thirteen c0un-
ties of the State. and az variable distances
of from one to fifteen miles from the road
bed of said railroad, and the original num-
Der of acres to have been 49, 100 36. Since
the said land were donated u said railroad
there have been according to reports re-
ceived from the counties, and facts obtained
from examination of the assessment rolls OF
in which said land les.) 63,70S 53
acres sold. In two counties no assessment
of said lands have been made, and the total
now due the counties and State, does not in
clude the Counties of jackson and Winston.
where there were no levIes made. Subj0in
ed is a schedule showing the amounts due in
the different counties for the ears said
lands were taxable, beginning wi IL the year
1874.
J. II. FIELD, Chairman.
II. B. to authorize the Supervisors of Goa
homa county to protect the present line of
levees within its borders. Senate amend
FpA in
Mr.. Marshall of Holmes, chairman of the
special committee upon the treatment of
cOnvicts, reported that it would be necessa-
ry for proper investigation, for the COM
mittee to have an appropriation to defray
the expences of the Committee to the
plantations to be investigated. and asking
for one thousand dollars. Mr. Henry moved
to refer the report TO the committee on
Ways and Means. Tabled. Mr.. Miller OF
Copiah, moved to refer the report to the |
Committee on Penitentiary. Carried.
The privileges of the House were extend
ed TO j. l.. Chapman, Esq. of lssaquena,
John A. Klein, Esq. of warren and Maj
Thos. Il id of Jefferson.
Mr.. HOyle moved that the petition to
abolish Pearl county be spread upon the
Journal. Lost.
5. b. supplemental to the anti-Iiquor law
of Ashland, Benton county. Passed.
Ii. B. to amend the act to incorporate
the Board of Levee Commissioners for the
counties of Bolivar, Washington and Issa-
Quena. Senate amendments concurred in.
II. B. to amend the act fixing the time
and nuEI Der of days for holding the various
Circuit and Chancery Courts. Senate
amendment concurred ia.
Ii. B. to punish certain offenses agains
private property. Senate amendments con-
CURED in.
Ii. j. r. in relation to an error in the
of an act 10 amend an act to
Incorporate the Board of Levee Commits
sioners, for the counties of Bolivar, Wash
ington and Issaquena, approved Nov. q.
1858, and amendments thereto, approved
Jan. q, 1877. Senate amendment concur
red in.
S. B. to amend an act to amend the char