The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-03-10
SENATE.
FORTY-EIGHFH DAY.
NIGHT SESSION.
MONDAY. March l. 1890.

MONDAY, March l, 1890.
Senate met at socloek, Lieut-Gov. SIMS in
the chair. Present24; absent 13.
II. B. No. l62, to amend the laws of pleading
in certain cases, was passed.
Mr.. Walker offered a resolution authorizing
the Secretary of the Senate 10 employ such ad-
di.ional assistance as may be necessary to en-
able him to keen up with the business of the
Senate, which was adopted.
H. B. No. 344, TO reduce the corporate limits
of the town of Pontotoc, was passed.
n. B. No I'll, TO amend act to encourage
the breeding of good stock in this State, was
indefinitely postponed
II. b. No. l2S, to encourage the publication
of supplemental digest of the Supreme
Court reports of this State, was passed by the
following vote:
YEAs[Messrs. Bills. J. P. Carter, Cowan,
Crigler, Dalton, FitzGerald, Gibbs, Gilbert,
Hamilton, HUMPHREYS, LowraDee, Reynolds,
Singleton, Stewart, Vance, Walker and Will
cox-17.
NAYs-Messrs. Brown, A. r. Garter, Cooper,
GayIes, Jackson, johnson, King, Magee, Rat
lift, Rogers and West-1l.
ABSENT AND NOT VoTING-S.
H. B. No 80, TO repeal sections 8, and Of
an act to amend the law regulating the ad-
mission of patients into and their discharge
from the State Lunatic Asylum, was passed
H. B. NJ. 3, to amend act to repeal Sec
ton 391 Of the Code of 1871, in relation to con-
tested elections, was passed.
House joint resolution of relief in relation
to the educable children of certain coun-
ties was passed.
H. B. No 800, to prevent the sale Of intoxi-
eating liquors within two miles Of GrayNs ~
stitute, in DeSoto county, was passed.
H. B. No. 207, to incorporate the Presbyte-
rian Church at Canton was passed.
Il. B. No. 243, to amend the charter of the
town of Tupelo, Lee county, was passed.
H. B. No. 329, to extend the limitations of an
act TO incorporate the White Slough and Tom
bigbee Plank-road Company; was passed.
H. B. No. 305, to repeal an act to incorporate
the Huntington Camp Ground Association,
was passed,
II. B. Ne l49, for the relief of II. Rogers,
was passed.
H. B. No. 331, to incorporate the Tibbee
Greek Bridge Company, was passed.
H. B. No. 3l2, to incorporate the town of
Utica, Kinds county; was passed.
II. b. No. 334. for the relief of DR.. j. HI.
Hayes, of Marshall county was tabled sab
ject TO call.
HI. No. 272 for the relief Of P. H. Hunter,
Of Kinds county, was passed.
H. B. No. 255, TO amend an act to incorpor-
ate the iown'of Cornersyille, was passed.
II B. No. 162, 10 amend an actfe create
additional Justice of the Peace in Leake coun-
ty, was passed
H. B. No 3ll. to a9thorize the Board Of Su-
peryisors Of Lafayette county, to sell certain
lands. was passed.
H. B. No 80, 10 authorize the Clerk Of the
Circuit Court of Harrison county to employ
competent person to perform the duties of
stenographer for the Circuit Court of said
county, was passed.
H. b. No 134. 90 regulate the salary of the
Superintendent Of Education of SunHoWer
county, was indefinitely postponed
H. B. No. 160. TO regulate the pGy Of the
superintendent of Education Of Lafayette
county, was indefinitely postponed.
H. B. No. 1872, to incorporate the town Of
Sidon, Lefore county, vas passed.
Il. B. No. s. to incorporate the Tazoo Rail-
read Company, WAS passed.
At I0l5 o'clock, on motion O. Atr. Bills. the