Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-03-08
Mississippi Legislature Forty.
kevenIh Day.
JACKsON, Satnrday, March 2, lsi

JACKSON, Saturday, March ,, 1873.
Senate met; Licutenant.G Governor
Sims in tie chair, Prayer by Rev.
DR.. Watkins.
Roll called present %, absent 8.
Mr. Il ynolds, from Conference Com.
miltce OH the School Bill, made n re-
port. (5ce House proceeding Re-
port received and adopted.
Senate bill 90 provide for the settle
ment of y controversy in regard 10 Il
certain construction Ievee tax in ShAr'
key county," Passed.
House bill, "lO create an additional
county in this State, to be called
Sharkcy county, amI to change the
| boundary lines 0f Warren, I%ssSquena
and Washington counties" was taken
up.
Mr.. Parish offered an amendment,
a. nn additional sec ion,
Several bills Of II local character
were passed.
DISTRIBUTION OF THE SCHOOL FUND.
The Conference Committee male the
following report:
The Committee OF Conference m
House bill IAN Act to provide Tor thr
distribution OF the Common School
Fund of the State, have agreed on
The following substitute tor section 2:
"SectiOn =. Be il further enacted,
That the distribution OF said fund for
the present year shall be made accord.
ing 10 the number of educablc children
IN each county AZ enumerated by the
Assessors in 1877, revised aud correct
cd by the State Board Of Education,
Said Board shall, without delay, care
fully examine said returns, aud In al
cases where the same are believed by
said Board TO be materially erroneous
either by reporting too large or toe
small q number OF educAble children
they shall so revise and correct thu
same, by comparison with the popula
ton and by the use Of such other infOr
nation az may DO accessible, as TO pro
vide for a fair and equitable distribu
ton Of the fund. For counties wheru
no returns were made for 1877, tn
said Board may adopt as the basis o
distribution, the returns Of come pre-
|, vious year, revised and corrected a
hereinbefore provided for othe
counties" X. PALMER LAEEEAU,
: Chairman OF part OF Senate.
} II. N. STREET,
Chairman on part Of House.
TAX ON PRIVILEGES, ETC.
! An Act to amend IN Act 10 regulat
the tax on privileges and TO provide
uniform license system, approve
! March ls', 1875. This bill, being III
. special order, was discussed 1t length
and q number of amendments adopted
The bill passed.
Tine Senate took recess until 4 pm
/. SENATE-AFTERNOON SESSION
FRIDAY, March /, 1878.
Q TREsPAss By STOCK IN WARREN COUNT
Senate agreed TO the appointment I
e a Committee Of Conference asked f
by the House on Senate amendment
r. 10 House bill TO protect the land owl
ers OF Warren county from trespass
If stock, etc, end Messrs. Cowan, Flu
long and Barry were appointed
Q. Committee on part oil the Senate.
I. PASSAGE OF REVENUE BILL-NOTABI
t. SPEECH OF HON WARREN CowAN.
II, The consideration of Revenue b
r. was resumed In Committee of Ii
m Whole. After considerable time, Il
10 Committee reported the bill back
q the Senate, with fifteen amendments,
III of which were adopted.
ID Mr.. Rogers moved 10 amend sectit
40 40 by striking out 18th December 81
le insert let February, which, on motif
lg of Mr.. Allen, was laid on the table
a. q vote of l6 to 10.
o. Mr.. Montgomery moved to amel
ft section 43, by striking out ell after
In words (which conveyance" Tabled