The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1878-02-08

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State, ana that it nav b. abolished, u the
Legislature - wills ~ the n- es>itv and
the poHct # tits con 81. the alsp - me
OFst Judge ana viii 3eeida Ter irsel. The
que>ttoa may ar1Ses what Viii become OF me
territory il rhis county Is &c siished: Can
I ~ ne So appropriated a. &. avusJ viola zen
81 he constitution IL, Increasing the area st
oiher counties beyond the COlstitutiu-aI
! llnit2 81 625 square miles? Naturally Cilr
territory OF Pearl would resolve itself into
It's original elements. and return TO the par
ent counties, hancock and Marion. and ir is
70 ne presumed that "A bill TO abolish If in
! PRODUCED, Will so provide. Each of these
| counties now contain large excess over
o2o square miles, and any addition thereto
would De violation OF neither the let
ter nor the spirit of the CONSTITUENCIES
| peclally so in this instance, az the original
| boundaries OF Hancock aud Marion would
| De restored as they stood and were recog-
nlZed, when the present Constitution was
adopted.
With the facts connected with the history
| OF Pearl county your committee has moth
ing TO do, but matter OF information it
might be well 70 state. that Incidentally to
| this tnVeStig CATION. your committee has learn
ed that Pearl county has neither built a
! Court House a jaii,nor Clerks nora Sher-
| III Office, nor a single bridge since its or
| ganIzation some six years ago. Twelve
months since the records of the county were
I burned and she has not since been able 10
! purchase books to supply the loss The
county IS now without Court House, with
/ out Jail, without Clerks or Sheriff7S
office, without records, and is considerably
/ IN DEBT for its current expenses.
| Having performed the duty imposed.
| your committee beg 20 be discharged from
! the further consideration of che subject.
W. T. TUCKER, Chairman.
| The House took up , b. - authorize the
! Alabama Central Railroad to build and oD-
| crate road in this State, with the refusal
! of the Senate TO cOncurin the House amend
! ment, limiting the franchise to 80 years.
| Mr.. Metts moved that the House receed
! from the amendme nt. Carried.
BY Mr.. Spighr. NOTICE of a resolution 90
amend the rules 50 as TO have the House
convene al 9 30 O'Clock, A. NJ ms tead OF 10
! O'Clock as now.
! By Mr.. Moody. A memorial relative to
! the division 0f Pamela county into two
| Court Districts. Referred.
SPECIAL ORDER.
| At 10 80 O'Clock. the House took up the
| Special Order, II. B. 10 amend them eXemp-
/ ton laws Of the State.
Mr.. Street offered an additional section:
! That so much OF this act as Increases the
! amount Of provisions and DrOyender here
/ t0fore EXEMPT shall only apply 10 cases
where the provision ant ptovender We're
| grown by Jhe person claiming the eXeInp-
tiOn in all other eases the exemption is to
! remain a. provided by law before the pas
| sage of this act. Mr. Street moved the pre-
vious question, and the amendment was
adopted; yeas, II nays, Al; absent, 80.
MI. Love offered the following amend
mend: Strike out 200 bushels of corn. and
insert "15s;" strike out 700 pounds bacon,
aud insert 500" Mr.. Miller OF Copiab,
moved to table. Lost, and the amendment
was adopted; yeas, 81; nays, % e.; absent, 81
! The privileges Of the House we;e extend
! ed to ROn. A. II. Arthur. Senator from
/ A41t 3 on
| from Lauderdaie, and Hon. James. NJ.
! ArHOld, eX-mem Der from LOWudGs.
Mr.. Gibson, chairman, reported the proper
enrolment OF a Number or bills.
Mr. Ballard moved to postpone the con
sideration OF the bin until next Monday
! Lost.
Mr. Nets moved by inserting an addi-
| tiona section: rharali property exempt by
! Cnis act from levy and sale shall become
| liable TO seizure and sale whenever the
| owner is about to remove frOm the State.
| Mr.. TiSOn moved 10 amend tue amendment
by inserting after is in the second line,
the words dspo>ing Of, or about t. dispose
! of the same for money, with view of leav-
ing the State. Adopted, and the amend
ment to the amendment, was adopted.
Mr. Street moved to put the bill upon its
| passage.
The bill provides for the exemption of
! the following additional property to that
which is now already eXemp5 by law: Ten
head Of hogs, ten sheep aud their fleece,
| one hundred and fifty bushels Of corn, thirty
! bushels OF wheel, five hundred pounds Of
pork or bacon or other meat, fifty pounds of
| lard, two riding brides and two saddles and
! blankets fifty gallons Of nolaSSeS or
| sorghum. forty bushels of sweet potatoes,
ten bushels OF Irish potatoes, ten bushels
of peas fifty bushels of cotton seed, five
hundred bundles of fodder, or one thousand
pounds of hay, one gun no to exceed fifty
! dollars in value, household and kitchen fur
niture not to exceed two hundred dollars
Including a sewing machine, ii he have one,
! which is now exempt by law.
Mr. Streets motion TO put the bill upon
its passage carried. and the bill passed.
NEAs-Messrs, AIdrich, Allen, Augustus,
| Bailey, Ballard, Basse,t, Bean, Bizzell. Cook,
| Cooper, Cunningham of Marshall, Davidson,
Dockery, Erwin, Farley, Field, Gholson,
Gibson, Gilmer, Glass, Gordon, Heathman,
Hicks of Kinds. Hill, Hoyle, Lewis, Liddell,
Lusk, Marshall OF Carroll, Marshall OF
Holmes. McWhorter, Nets, Montgomery of
Oktibbeha, Moody, Nelson, Niles, Parker,
Pegram, Perkins, Reed OF ChoctaW. Reid
of CoahOma, Richardson, Scott, Seal, Stands,
Spight, Street, Tucker, Wall, Warren and
Wilson 81.
NAYs-Messrs. Baker, Bird, Brown, Cam
eron, Carter, Catching, CaUsey, Dean, Den
ham, Dozer, Eaton, Farmer, Ford, Gal
lagher, 6 win, Hampton, Henry, Hurt, Ney.
Love, Marshall Of Warren, Martin, McCOl-
lum, McGehee OF Wilkinson, McSWine.
Miller OF Copiah, Miller of Pamela, Moore
Mum, Redhead. Roane, Roberts, Robinson
Seabrook, Smith, Sta2 per, Showers, Tison
Trest, Washington. Whitaker, Wood, Young
of Calhoun, Young of Pamela and Mr.
Speaker-45.
: Absent an not Voting-Messrs. Apple
white, Bunch, Chamberlain, Clay, Cunning.
: ham of Monroe, Dabney. Day, Edwards
; Goodrum, Hall, Hatch, Hicks of YazOo
Hogin, johnson, Libby, Magee of Franklin
Mckenzie, Mclean, Montgomery OF Mar
:, shall, PinCard, Rainey, Ramsey, Spinks ant
Tarver-26.
Mr.. Spight moved to reconsider and table
the vote passing the bill. Carried, yeas, 40
nays, IS, absent, 20.
, EXPLANATIONS OF VOTES.
r Dir, Miller Of Copiah, voted no, becaus