Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-01-25
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL.
MIsSissipPi LegislntuFe-ThIF.
teenIh Day.

/
teenth Day.
SENATE.
JACKSON, Miss, Tuesday, Jan. y, 1878.
chair.
Prayer BY Rev. DR.. W. Il. watkins.
Roll call - Present: Messrs. Bills,
Bridges, CalicOtt, { Arter 1t District, car.
ter oLn District, CuTTle. DOwd, Parish,
Fcwell, Fitz Gerald. Foote, FuIlOng,
GAY les, Gibbs, Gilbert, Griffin, Booker,
jackson, Lanneau, Lowrance, McCasklll,
Montgomery, Morgan, Oldham, PteTy,
Pralt, Reynolds, Rogers, Terry, ThOmp.
son, Vance, West Absent; Messrs. Allen,
Barry, Cowan, King.
Journal Ofyesterday read ard approve &,
A Message was received from the House
announcing action On number Of bills
and resolutions.
GRAND AND PETIT LARCENY.
Mr. Gayles gave notice ni tue introduce
tlOn Of Oi!l 10 amend the laws OF 1876 in
relation ~ the crime OF grand and pstit
larceny.
RLPoRT Or RAILROAD COMMITTEE on
FREE PAs,Ea.
Nr. Fu'long, from committee on Rail-.
roads, reported consideration pl an Act
- prevent railroud IN 'tais from rendering
tree passes, aud mt mOers ol the Lcgisla.
iurc lr IN aCcCl ling the same and rC.
turned II withOutItc mm"ndat!rn
rAY OF LIEUT. NAHT COVERS n.
Mr. McCaskill offered "a Joint Etsou.
ton Tor the pay Of Livutcnanl-GoYernur,"
which was passed, (Ine resolution d"es
not change the pay oi this ,ilicinl-whiC0
is $50 per annum-hut allows him 10 draw
his pay the same as mt mhcrs OF the Leg
isl'lnre WTe nov Above, u draw tueir
pGy,J
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
BY Nc Bills: To provide against and pre-
vent ,hc killing and maimlng ol stock
upon Railroads in the st tie OF Mlssiltippi,
and f,r other purposes. Referred to Com.
mitt'G on Railroads.
BY Sr FOOte: To authorize change Of
venue in certain cases in tue ChaGcery
| courts Oi this state, Referred.
| BY Mr.. llOOkcr: To provide for an addi.
! 0ral Istice Of the Peace anil Constable
| in Supervisors III triCt No, ,. In Holmes
county. Referred.
| BY SIR. Glbcrl: TO amend an Act TO pro.
vide tDr the approval Uf official bonds Of
! county officers, 80 far as the same applies
\ u nc counties Of Marion, Pv,ri, Hancock,
4 larrisO Jackson, Perry, Greene, Jones
| Smi b anl tO>instpu. Referred.
| ~ Mr. Fluta: 10 investigate the con.
| ditl ~ oi LCye. District 80. =, and 10 sus.
| pend the COLI c'"r # LcVce taxes tn rein.
! Rei",T"t
skNeT. rlls ~ THIRD READING.
Actn an, nlsec. 1l5; ot de, In refer.
euce tue statute Il iimi'atl ms, as u
non.r II onts and persr ms out ni the Sta'e.
/ Amendments tecOmm nded by Judic arg
/ Commit. c adopted, ana bill passed
! Apl nmnnl charter tt ApOODu
! Ke pr 'punty, and for other purposes,
4 ncn1ment ot judiciary Committee
ad pied, and bill passed.
pUSI,HING MI,DEMgANORs.
Act to regulate criminal procedure in
Gel tain cases Of mi,demcanOr in this stat ,
wa., on motion oi Mr., West, referred to a
Messrs. West, tojte, Griiln, i. Carter,
and Lowrance
Tho Judiciary 20 m tee had reported
adveTsel to the passage Of this bill.
Mr.. FoOte advocated It's passage dc
said its p incipal object was - bring
offenders 70 speedy uitland punishment
and not allow the u - I'LL Jails, as was nov
the case, at the ex ense OF the, seyera
counties; aud that when COnVic cd Of mis-
dcmeanOrs the culpTits should be pun
lshed not by Imprisonment alone, but by
working IN tue public roads, streets. etc
This plan would benefit the fublic, and
prisoners th mselYcs would probably pre-
Ter II,
Mr.. Morgan, hartman Of the judiciary
Committee said there was nothing new In
the Jill-that all il. provisions were
already In the Code or Statutes, and that
the BIZ rds II supervisors had power u
punish offenders by working them IN
roads, etc, and for lnCse reasons the com
mitt?e had reported az inst its passage.
ELI wHITNEY's CLAIM.
The Committee on Llaims reported a
substitute enti led an Act 70 IICYlde fol
the payment VI a certain Judgment recoY'
cred against the state by kli Wnilnet y
whlcn MAS passed b. ayoIe OF 20 yeas 10 ?
na!s.
THE PAY or MILITIA.
"AE Act to amend an kct In rela ion tu
the pay Vi Militia,n was taken Up The
following amendment n cOmmende9 b! lhg
Committee on Militia, was adopted: Pm
the blank IN second line Of second ,ccii ~,
by inserting tue words live inOu,aui.' ~
The bill, IS aM nded, " IS passed D. 4
vote Of a yeas 10 3nays.
(rhis Oul apprDpria'es tive thousand
dollars for pay Di &iilClA. ! Will give {
Governor en- OrpIrtuni y,aHd 1.-The sincw-
pl war ri sUp?ressins no = IN that pIr
ton of ,pc s:Ur aliu1vd To in his mes
sdgc.J
FREE Passes oN RAILROADS.
The report Of Commit con Railroads
.eturing this b u without reGOmmcnda
ion, was taken up.
NJ. Griffin hoped the bllI would pass
he pad an tXug't from paper published
IN MS county read b. tue secretary. TLt
, Iuapcr uratlllv 'ayOred the passage uf III.
Uiil N Grinn sid his constituents DE-
sIralI IFS FLssds and at any rate lie wIshCt
+ 10 IA. hius. Il n -At on the record,
Mr. Reynolds moved to strike olt tn
: preamble, US 4, WAS rClle 5tIOn Un lh,
Legislature.
Mr., PrQlt said iult H. would be wei
; enough to Indefinitely postpone the biz, AZ
, there was 10 necessity ior II. he had b. q
herc fr three sessions, and had never OeyI
/ rendered pass.
NJ Fewcll 1porsed the bill; the news
plper- bad sd."cdted its passage, AMI hC
! thought y. L.I luture should MT b,
. bgN,yI,d y tanse penn!-lliners. II,
= nal d4c,iuc! u free pass himself, art
thnuGll the gles.ipn shOald b. lett " III,
I.Ju-clcNgy q, each memO r
MIR Morgan said II would be takin
pretty high ground for the Legislature {,
it solve that they were incOrru, liDc, an,
4 "a, Telprc tree 70 ncCcpt p.s-e.; that i
smack, Il II tie Ul Pnlrlsceism u say ma
pur cpnscicuc , would not allow Us to b.
influenced, aud that it would be better NJ
O. 4 . Nai