The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1878-02-10


atobia, Miss, approved January l9, 1877, be,
and they are hereby, extended tc the" Centen-
malls, a volunteer company of Pleasant Hill,
DeSoto county, Miss. and the, Old Guard |
Military Relief Association" of Vicksburg /
Miss, which are hereby created bodies cor
porate and polite, under these names re-
spectively.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this Act |
take effect and be in force from and after its
passage.
APPROVED, February 8, 1875
AN ACT to incorporate the Home Guards,
q volunteer company in the town of Summit, |
Pike county, Mississippi
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Legislature
of the State of Mississippi, That the Home
Guards a volunteer company in the town OF
Summit, Mississippi and their successors, be,
and they are hereby, created and made a body
polite under the above name and style, and to
have all rights and privileges incident to such
body corporate, not inconsistent with the laws
of this State, of the United States.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted That the said
company may adopt such Bylaws and Regu-
latons Tor the government of themselves, as
they may deem necessary or exped1ent; Pro
vided, That said company shall at no time
consist of a less number than thirty members,
nor more than one hundred, exclusive OF
officers
SEC 3. Be it further enacted, That the Off
GERS of said company shall consist OF one Cap
H.
Lieutenant, with the usual number of nOn-cOm-
missionei officers, and The said commissioned
officers shall be commissioned by the Gov
ernor, and take rank with officers of equal
rank in the militia Of the State, according TO
he date of their respective commissions
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the off,
GERS and members of said company shall be con-
sidered as minute men, and shall be subject TO
the immediate command of the Governor, and
shall, when ordered by the commanding officer
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peace officer, take arms and parade for the
purpose of preserving the peace, suppressing
riots or unlawful assemblies, or assisting pub
lie officers in the discharge of their duties
when military force may be legally required
by them.
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the offi-
GERS and members of said company be exempt
from all other military duty, except such as
are referred to in the preceding section, and
such as is required of them by their Constltu-
ton and Bylaws.
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That the Off
GERS now in command of said company shall
be commissioned by the Governor and their
commissions bar date from the passage of this
Act.
SEC. !. Be it further enacted, That when
| ever the above named company shall maze
application to the Governor of this State for
| the use of any of the public arms, equipments
| and ammunition, he shall be, and Is hereby,
| authorized to issue his warrant upon the
|
| equipments and ammunition of the State, re-
| curing him to deliver to such applicant such
! arms, equipments and ammunition, II In hi ,
| possession, or at his command; Provided,
| That no such warrant shall be issued until
| such applicant shall hle or cause to be hled,
| in the office of the Secretary of the State, a
| GOOD and sufficient bond in a sum double the
| amount in value of the arms, equipments and
| ammunition applied for, conditioned for their
safe keeping and delivery to the proper
| han ra1 no yol of
| the Governor.
| Sec. 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 and
place of drill to be given by the commando ng
| officer of said company.
| Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That this Act
| take effect and be in force from and after its
passage.
APPROVED, February 8, 1878.
| CONCURRENT RESOLUTION to insert in
| the Constitution the Amendment thereto
adopted by the people at general election
held on the sixth day of November, 1871
/ WHEREAS, 1t appears by the report of Sc
lect Joint Committee of the Legislature, APP
pointed at the present session. that the Amend
ment of the Constitution, providing for Bien-
NAL Sessions of the Legislature, submitted, in
pursuance of Article XIII of the Constitution,
was adopted at the general election held on
the (Otn) sixth Qay OF november, IN the year
of our Lord eighteen hundred and seventy
seven; therefore, be it
| Resolved by the Senate, the House of Repre-
sentatives cOncurring,) That the said Amend
ment be, and the same is hereby, inserted in,
and henceforth forms part of the Consttu-
ton of the State adopted in Convention, the
fifteenth day of May, Ammo Domini eighteen
hundred and sixty-eight, and ratified by the
people the first day of December, Ammo Domi,
nj eighteen hundred and sixty-nine.
AMENDMENTS ".
AS substitute for Section (6) Six, of Article
az Four, of the Constitution:
The Legislature shall meet at the seat O
Government on the first Tuesday after the
, first Monday in January, in the year A. d
| 1878, and blennially thereafter unless sooner
convened by the Governor. The time and
f place of meeting may be altered by law"
Be it further Resolved, That this resolution
take effect and be in force from and after its
passage.
Passed the House of Representatives, Jan
uary % 1878. VA. PERCY,
Speaker of the House Of Representatives.
ATTEST: GEO. M GOVAN,
f Clerk of the House of Representatives.
f Passed the Senate. January Is, 1878.
} sx VIM. H. SIMS,
President of the Senate
: ATTEST: ID. P. PORTER.
Secretary of the Senate.
| CONCURRENT RESOLUTION in refer
ence to the archives of the late Confederate
States, as far as they relate to the State O
Mississippi.
WHEREAS, 1t is the sense of this Legislator,
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
record of the part taken by her sons in tn
late memorable and unhappy struggle between
the States, as far as the evidence of the same
now rapidly perishing, may be attainable; de
string only to secure and preserve a memoria
of the ability, courage, and constancy of tn
; soldiers of Mississippi, which have become
part of the common but priceless heritage o
the American people; therefore,
Be Ii Resolved hY the Senate of Tho S+nto q