Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-03-08
HOUSE
TUESDAY, March ), ls7s.
.ouse me al 3 o'clock pm.

AO
TUESDAY, March ), lsis.
House met al 3 o'clock pm.
VETO MESSAGE.
A message from the Governor an.
nounced his disapproval OF House bill
40, 10 incorporate the town of Minier
City. Section , of the bill requires a
residenc" Of six months within the
corporate limits 81 a condition prece.
dent to voting, aud declares that the
AldcrmCn shall ue real egtate owners
Section > ot %artic'r : Of the Constitu.
ton declares thai residence OF six
month, in the S'arr nd one month IN
the county, shall b" = 'icient 10 qualify
such per.nns to W" At any election
and section II Of pgrls,o OF the Con.
slituiion declare. nat ma property
qualification tor ',igib,li'y to Office
snail eve, De rrql.ccd." Section / OF
the Dill confer, A.pon the Board OF
Mayor and Aldermen the power 10 ap.
point a Marsha and 10 remove him al
. pleasure, and declares that said Mar.
,hal have the power OF q Constable OF
said county Of Lcfore. The Governor
held that this conflicts with section %,
article 6 of the Constitution, which dc.
clares that Constab,es shall be elected,
and fixes the term OF Office at two
years. The BIZ! was indefinitely post.
poned.
MtscsLLANEous MATTERS.
Senate Joint Il solution %, in rela.
tion TO taxing Insurance companies.
Passed.
House bill ilj, 10 amend lie rules Of
practice and procedure n criminal
cases. Senate amendments coucurred
in.
Senate bill 372, 10 encourage the in.
PRODUCTION OF insurance companies into
this State. Mr.. Street moved to reject
the bill. Mr.. Marshal. OF Warren.
moved 10 table the melton. Lost, and
the bill vas rejected.
THANKS TO THE SPEAKER.
Mr.. Whitaker ctTercl the following
resolution, which was unanimously
adopted
Resolved by the House OF I,,prescn.
tativrs, That The unanimou, thanks OF
his body be, and they are hereby, ten.
lrtri TO the Hon. W. \. Percy, tor hi
!a.;Liul, intelligent, un,iring aud i'm
partial discharge Of tue high and re.
.pousjbIe trust, Of the Office Of Speaker
OF hi. House; and IS an humble lriJ,
Ute Of our appreciation Of the s1tua,
we u hcsifa'ing!y bear testimony 10
his pre-cmiu-nt ability, his wise and
sagaciJus stltesmauship, his unilg-
ging zeal in the discharge OF Guty, biz
lofty integrity OF character, ard that
uniform kindness and courtesy which
has endearcd him to US all and entitled
him TO our everlasting gratitude.
THANKS or THE coLoRED MEMBERS.
Mr.. Hicks, of Kinds, offered the fol.
lowing, which, on motion Of Mr.. Ap.
plewhite, was adopted and ordered
spread upon the journal:
Resolved, That we extend our hearty
thanks to the Hon. w. A. Percy,
Speaker OF this House, for the uniform
kindness and courteous treatment ex'
tended 10 US, the colored members oil
this House, during the present Session,
and we avail ourselves of this occasion
to express our grateful appreciation OF
the able and impartial manner in which
he has discharged the delicate and re.
spOnsible duties Of presiding officer Of
this House.
Resolved further, That we take
pleasure in saying that we have re-
ceived nothing but kindness at the
hands Of each and every member Of
this House, which we will hold in ever.
lasting remembrance, aud hope that
the good feeling between the white and
colored races in cur beloved State may
be perpetual.
THANKS TO THE cOLoRED WEINBERG.
Mr.. Miller, Of Copiah, offered the fol-
10 wing, which was unanimously adopt
ed:
Resolved by the House of Represen'
tatives, That the unanimous thanks OF
this body be, and they are hereby ten
dared TO the colored members for their
uniform courtesy, and manly, digniied
devotion to public duty during this
session, and that we congratulate the
people of the State upon the selection
OF Representatives so worthy from that
race, and upon the arrival of that hap
aV AAAak TO- $500 AaAsVu AfAAw and