The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-02-13

and ammunition ne snail be, aEad - ae1eigs,
authorized 10 issue his warrant upon The
pr oppr officer having in charge such arms
: 9a.pmangs ana ammuI.iflen u al STATE. re-
qu.rih him 10 deliver 70 sueh applicant sEc.s
+ arms. equip and Ammunition. It Ia Il
I possession, at his com z5i-aEld. ProyI Ietl,
fuat no such warrant sha lee issued aAf.l
! such applicant sail f.e, or 10 be fled
I in the Office of the Secretary OF he Sat. a
! good and sufficient ooni IN q sum double the
amount in value Of the arms, equipments AMI
ammunition applied FOR, ,ndi Toned Tor their
safe-keeping and livery TO the proper
authorities when required on the approval Of
I the Governor.
/ SIC. 8. Be it further enacted, That the
Home Guards organized under the provi-
sions of this Act shall be required TO drill at
least six times in each year the time aAd
! place Of drill TO be given by the comma nding 2
officer Of said company.
SEc. g. Be it further enacted That this Act
take effect and be in force from and after its
passage.
ArPRovED, February 8, 1873.
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION to insert in
the Constitution the Amendment thereto,
adopted by the people at general election
held on the sixth day of November, 1917.
WHEREAS. Ii appears by the report Of Sc
lect Joint Committee Of the Legislature ap-
pointed at the present session, hat the Amend
ment of the Constitution, providing for Bieu-
NAL Sessions of the Legislature, submitted, in
pursuance of Article XIII Of the Constitution,
was adopted at the general election held
the 9th sixth day of November, IN the year
of our Lord eighteen hundred and seventy
seven therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate the House Of Repre-
sentatiyes concurring, That the said Amend
ment be- and the same Is hereby, inserted ill.,
and henceforth forms a part of the Constitu-
tion Of the State adopted in Convention, the
fifteenth day of May, Ammo Domini eighteen
hundred and sixty weight, and ratified by the
people the first day of December, Ammo Domi-
nj eighteen hundred and sixty-nine.
AMENDMENTS ".
As a substitute for Section (6) Six, of Article
a. Four, of the Constitution:
The Legislature shall meet at the seat of
Government the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in January, II the year A. b.
1878, and blenniaIly thereafter, unless sooner
convened by the Governor. The time and
place of meeting may be altered by law"
b il further Resolved, That this resolution
take effect and be in force from and after its
passage.
Passs the House of Begresent MT, Jan
Speaker of the House Of Representatives,
ATTEST: GEO. NJ. GOVAN,
Clerk of the House Of Representatives.
Passed the Senate inuary 10, 1875;
WIN. H. SIMS,
President Of the Senate
ATTEST: D. p. PORTER,
Secretary of the Senate.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION in refer
ence to the archives Of the late Confederate |
Mississippi.
WI. REAs. 1t is the sense of this Legislature
that it is due alike to the dead, to the living, |
and to posterity that the State of Mississippi |
should collect and preserve among its arch |
ives, in some permanent and enduring form, a |
record of the part taken by her sons in the |
late memorable and unhappy struggle between |
the States, far as the evidence OF the same. |
now rapidly perIshing, may be attainable; de-
string only to secure and preserve memorial |
of the ability, courage, and constancy of the |
soldiers Of Mississippi, which have become a |
part of the common but priceless heritage Of
the American people; therefore,
Be il Resolved by the Senate of the State of |
the STATE of Mississippi, (the House concur |
ring) That our Senators and Representatives /
in Congress be, and they are hereby, requested |
TO make application to the proper authorities /
for permission for some suitable person, here |
after to be appointed by this State for the pur-
pose, if permission should be granted, to make |
copies of such portions of the archives Of the |
laie Confederate States, in possession of the |
Government may relate to the State of |
Mississippi, or any of its officers and soldiers |
engaged in the war between the States.
Be it further r Resolved, That the Secretary of /
State be, and is hereby, required to transmit a /
copy of these resolutions to each of our Sena-
tors and Representatives in Congress.
Adopted 5y the House Of representatives, |
,, 1873.
Speaker of the House OF Representatives.
Adopted by the Senate, February l. 1878.
WM. II SIMS.
President of the Senate.
APPROVED, February s, 1878.
RESOLUTION instructing
our Senators and requesting our Represen-
tatives in Congress, to vote for the Acts re-
monetizing silver and repeating the Re-
sumption Act.
WHEREAS, In the Judgment of the Legisla-
ture of the State of Mississippi, and the
people whom they represent, the Acts now
pending before the Congress of the United |
States remOnetizing silver and repeating the |
Resumption Act viii restore public confidence |
and relieve the existing public distress, and !
will not violate the faith Of the General Gov
ernment nor impair the National credit.
1st. Be it Resolved by the Senate of the State
of Mississippi, (the House of Representatives
That our Senators be instructed
and our Representatives requested, to vote for
the Acts remOnetizing silver and repeating the
Resumption Act, and TO their efforts to
secure their passage.
ID Be it further Resolved, That the Seere-
tary of State transmit Immediately, n copy
of these resolutions to our members of Con-
gress.
. Adopted by the House of Representatives,,
February 4, 1873.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
adopted by the Senate y January ~; 1873
President of the Senate.
APPROVED, February s, 1878.
JOINT RESOLUTION instructing the United
sentatives in Congress from the State of
Mississippi, relative to the Port of Vicks-
burg.
WHEREAS, The City of Vicksburg, in the
County 0S Warren, in this State, is the geo
graphical and commercial center of the larg-
est and most fruitful cotton growing region
in the Southern States, comprising as that
region does, all North Louisiana, all the allu-
vial lands of the Mississippi river, in the
Western portion of this State, all the valleys
of the Yazoo, Tallahatchie and Sunfower
rivers, Deer creek and Big Black, well as
all the fertile lands of the interior of Missis
sippi
WHEREAS, The recent changes in the cur
rent of the Mississippi river and the now
rapid formation of sand-bars opposite to, and
near Vicksburg, threaten to destroy its
landing and its water front, and practically
TO close that city National Port of Entry,
and thus materially to impair and injure the
agriculture, navigation and commerce of this
State and of the whole Mississippi Valley; |
WHEREAS. Such results, it they shall occur,
cannot be regarded otherwise than as Nation
al disasters; and,
WHEREAS Ii is believed that the iudicous
expenditure of a comparatively small sum of
money by the Federal Government, would
effectually restore and preserve the Port of
Vicksburg aud protect its commerce, navi-
CATION and other interests, thus imperiled,
from all injury by the causes to which wo
1st. Resolved by the Legislature of the
State of Mississippi, That orr Senators in
Congress be, and they are hereby instructed,
and our Representatives in Congress be, and
they are requested to use their best efforts 10
obtain from Congress at the earlies practible
day, suitable appropriation, to be expended
in such manner as may by Congress be deemed
wisest and most etfectual for the preservation
and protection of the water front, landing and
Port of Vicksburg
I'd Be it further Resolved, That this me-
mortal and these instructions do not extend
TO any plan that will impede or injure the
ne "a tom of the HAZO0 river