The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1878-02-03
HOUSE, OF REPRESENTATIV YES
SATURDAY. February 2. 1873.

House met pursuant to adjournment
Mr.. Speaker PERCY in the Chair. Roll call
PREsENT.-Messrs Aldrich, Allen, A pple-
white, Augustus, Bailey, Baker, Bassetf,
Bean, Bird, Brown, Bunch, Cameron, Car
ter, Catchings. Causey, Chamberlain, Cook,
Denham, Dockery, Dozier, Eaton. Edwards,
Erwin. Farmer Farley, Field, Ford, Gala
CHER, Gholson. Gibson. Gilmer, Glass. Cor
don, Gwin, Hall. Ham pt0n, Hatch. Heath
man, Hicks of Yazoo, Hill, Hogin, Hoyle,
Hurt, johnson, Key, Lewis, Liddell, Lusk,
Magee OF Franklin, Marshall of Carroll,
Marshall Of Holmes, Martin, McCollum, Nc
Gehee of Wilkinson, Mclean, McWhorter,
Metts, Miller of Copiah Montgomery of
Marshall, Montgomery OF Oktibbeha,
Moody. Nelson, Niles, Mum, Parker, Pc
gram, Perkins, Pintard, Ramsey, Read OF
Choctaw, Reid of Coahoma, Richardson,
Roane, Roberts, Robinson, Scott, Seabrook,
Seal, Stands, Smith, Spight, Spinks Stow
ers, Street, Tisou, Trest, Tucker, Wall,
Whitaker. Wilson, Wood, Y oung of Calhoun,
Young of Pamela
ENT-Messrs. Ballard, Bizzell, Clay,
Cunningham of Marshall, Cunningham of
Monroe Goodrum, Henry, Hicks of Kinds.
Libby, Love, Marshall of Warren, Mckenzie,
McSwine, Miller of Pamela, Moore, Rainey'
Redhead, Stamper TaIver Warren, Wash
ington.
Leave of absence granted Messrs. Clay,
Warren, Mckenzie, Henry and Moore.
By Mr.. Lewis. A joint resolution pro-
posing an amendment to the Constitution.
article 6, section 20, in relation to vacancies
in county offices. Referred.
BIZ Mr.. Shands. Making an appropriations
of SO 800 to pay the January salaries of
State officers. Yeas, 9S; nays, none; absent,
p.
By Mr.. Pegram. A joint resolution to
sub nit to the people an amendment to arti-
Gle l, section Is, of the Constitution. provi-
ding for poll tax as prerequisite to voting
Mr.. Gibson, chairman, reported a number
of bills properly enrolled.
The report OF the Railroad Committee
Mr.. Metts, chairman, made heretofore, was
taken up.
III. B. to amend an act to authorize pur-
chasers of railroads under mortgages to
organize into companies, with committee
amendments providing that the Legislature
shall retain the right to regulate tariffs ::
Mr. Whitaker offered an amendment, land
prescribe q uniformity of charges" Adopt
ell. Mr.. Tucker moved to recommit;
Messrs. Dabney, Johnson, Whitaker and
| Tison opposed the motion; Messrs. Tucker.
Roane and Spight favored the motion.
Motion tabled, Mr.. Pegram moved to
make the report the special order for We'd
| nesday at u o'clock Lost. Mr. Tucker
moved to substitute the amendment by the
| following; To prevent by legislation any
uni Just discrimination in the tariffs i'm pos ed
upon freight and passengers over their line
OF road owned by such companies; Messrs
| Tucker and Percy Mr.. Street in the CHR }
| favored the amendment; MeSsrs. Gibson.
| Pegram and Gholson opposed the amend
ment; Mr.. GhOlsOn called the previous
question, and Mr.. fuckers amendment was
| lost. Mr.. johnson called the previous
question on the committee amendment and
the amendment was adopted. Mr.. Miller
of COpiah, offered an amendment: Mr.
j
johnson moved to consider the bill en-
crossed and put it upon its passage. Car
| ried. Mr.. Spight made the point of order
hat the bill was not in fact engrossed
Sustained, and the Clerk was ordered to
engrOss the bill.
APPROVED.
The Governor, through Mr. d. w. Rice,
Assistant Private Secretary, informed the
House that he has approved the following
bills:
II. B. to incorporate Zealay's Seminary
for young ladies in Jackson.
I'll. B. to create an additional Justice of
the Peace in District No. l, Washington
county.
III. B. to incorporate the colored Orphans
Home of Natchez.
III. B. to authorize the payment of inspec-
tors AID clerks at the general election in
1877, and future elections.
IT, b. to authoriZe Supervisors of Smith
county to have the records of deeds re-
indexed.
ID. b. to create an additional Justice of
the Peace and Constable in Tate county.
ID. b to repeal so much of the law as Ii
ccnses gaming.
ii. B. to amend the act to prohibit the
sale, within certain honrs, of seed cotton,
corn, wheat, and cotton gnned but not
baled. Approved March 10, 1876
III. b. for the relief of j. ID. McDavitt,
citizen of Lincoln cOuntv