Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-02-08
APPROVED BY rue oovERyoR.

- AZ z nv M ~ Auk AUh EMMOHa
A message from the Governor an.
ununCed bic Apr val OF ian Act N amend
an Act to provide Tor aud regulate M cus.
tody and control OF the School Land Fund
arising from the Sixteenth section 40 Choc.
taw and other counties, approved April II,
1876" -
HoUsE MESSAGE.
Message from the House stated passage
Of An act making an appropriation 10
pay The salaries Of State and Judicial Off.
GERS.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
BY Mr. McCasEill: To amend the sever.
al Acts In relation 10 the sale OF llguOrs
within i've miles Of the University Of Mis-.
si-siIpt. Referred.
BY Mr Peery: Te repeal section . Of an
Act 70 provide against The evils resulting
from stle Of intoxicating liqu rs in this
state, etc. Referred.
By Mr. King: To mere perfectly secure
the punishment vi the violations OF Grimm.
al Jaws Of this State, and for other pur.
poses. Referred.
SENATE BILLS on THIRD READISG.
Act - amend section 1865. Of the Code,
In relation To cOntesting alleged grounds
Of attachment, Judiciary Committee tub.
stitute was adopted, and The bill passed.
Act ~ repeal sec ions Of the Code in re.
lation togrand and petit larceny. lndein.
itely postponed.
Toe petition OF George N Lindsay, Of
Amitc county, was taken up, and report
OF Com Hit!ee on Claims adopted.
Act in relation to Banks and Banking
was laid on table, subject to call.
II MOBILE ASD OH RAILRoAD MAT.
TER.
Preamble and Resolutions touching the
liability Of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad
COmpang to this State fur taxes and other.
wise, was taken up The Select Commit.
tee reported q substitute, which was
adopted. The substitute Is the same as
the resolutions presented YESTERDAY, with
a slight addition, The resO uti ms will be
found correct In yesterdays prOceedings,j
Mr.. Lanneau opposed the feature OF the
Resolutions providing for a Committee TO
visit Mobile.
Mr.. West said this was ! II to the op.
ton Of the Comm .tiee--and il was not
probable a Committee would be appointed
who would make such visit unless it was
necessary. lie had already expressed his
desire not to be appointed on the Commit.
tee. Those who knew him would certainly
not Ink that he was opposed 10 any eE.
terprise In the state. But he desired that
this Road should comply with its charter
and the laws Ot the state. AS a railroad
AANh III bNA NAEANuN "a NLNNAnA NhNh
the Mobile 4 ohio Roau was earning : per
cent dividend, and liable TO pay taxes on
its lOad.bed and ands But the rad was
p y Ing interest on a bonded iudebt dnesS
larger than the cos; VI the construction 1T
the road, and II tue bonds Of the Company
ha been slld ior 80 cents on the dollar,
the ~ cents lost should not be accounted a
part III the cost Of building the road.
Upon the adoption Il the SUI stitute the
Lhair tMr licy mold being attorney Of
the ROAD, declined to indicate the Com.
m,ttae, ani the following gen lemen were
appointed at Mr Vests suggestion:
Messrs Bills and A RCaitcr.
OTHER BILLS pI.rosED r..
Act to divide the cpunty OF Pamela Into
tao Districts, Passed.
Act to allow the people q SuniOwer
G. unity t. locate their couny site.
Passed.
Act u elect an addit onal Justice Of the
Peace in smith county. AmeudCmntS
adopted and bill passed.
EXEMPTIONS OF PROPERTY by PERSONS
LEAVING n TATE.
Act To amend section 9l43, chapter :, Re.
Sised Culc, as rel ties 0 exemptions OF
property by debtors leaving the state.
hr Ferry called Tor the reading II the
minority report Of the Committee on Agri.
culture. (Mr Terry ~ Chairman OF the
Committee, and made a minority report,
as ;l OWL
MIR Presldent-- am cousirain d to dis.
agree lin the majority, as lhis bill il al
Ia ovation upon a time.hnnurcd Ir1Yisir II
NJ the exemption laws NJ tne state, aud
would work n great h Ifdship upon wi lows
and orphans. and have a tendency. t.
force parties 10 ma In the State against
their " shes, ar else 1t wUu d cause them
to e nc al their purposes and priyi J sell
.urh exempted properly, pocket thu pro.
c eds, and leave the tate by the public
highways. Besides this, there is sucn wig.
ilancc on the part ( creditors on account
NJ the strin ency Of the times that there Ia
no necessity 0t his Legislature TO shut
down 30 tightly upon III" unfortunate
poor man Of the state. Let us season
" tice with mercy.
Mr. Terry proceeded ~ make a Yey
able speech In opposition to the bill.
Extended remarks were also made by
Messrs. Allen and Morgan. In favor OF the
bill. aud by Messrs. Lanneau, King, and
81 bs IN opposition TO ii.
Tue eloqusnce and arguments OF the op.
posers Of the bill met With most favor, Tor
II was lost on its third reading by the FOL.
iOw ing vote:
YeaS-Messrs Allen, Barry, Bills, CALI.
colt, Carter lst District, COwan, Griffin,
Reynolds, NNnce-l3.
Nays-MessrS Carter 9th District, Cur.
rle, DOwd, Fewell, Foote, Furlong, Cages,
Gibbs, Gilbert, King, Lanneau, peery,
Rogers, Terry, West-l5.
Absent and not voting: MessrS Bridges,
Parish, Fltz Gerald, Hooker, Montgomery,
Oldham, Pratt, ThompsOn-1.
The senate then took q recess until
" o'clock pm. e..
Hendricks Sound on the Silver oues.