The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-11
SENATE.
TwENTY-sEvENTH DAY.

TWENTY SEVENTH DAY.
THURSDAY, Feb s. 1880
! Senate met pursuant to adjournment. Lieu
/ Governor Sims in the Chair. Present 80; al
/ sent 4-Messrs. Anderson, BRENNAN, Gayle
/ and Singleton.
| Consideration of chapter Is of the Code, i
relation 10 free public schools was resumed.
Mr.. King moved 70 strike out so and inser
$50 in The amendment reported by the commit
1 tee. (Said amendment fixes the pay of Count
/ Superintendents at the rate of $50 per eac
one thous md educable children-)
| Mr.. Bills opposed the amendment. He wa
IN favor OF paying the County SuperIntend
euts a fair price for services; the taxpayer
were also in favor of it. and would willingl,
pay taxes for the purpose of educating thei
children; the new law would increa the du
ties Of the County Superintendent, and tn
pay should also be increased.
Mr.. Brown favored the amendment Offered
by Mr. King
Mr. West spoke in opposition. He though
that some other field for the practice of econ
omv should be selected.
Mr. Griffin favored the amendment; tn
people wanted no increase, and the Superin
tendents themselves were perfectly satisfied.
Mr.. johnson opposed the amendment.
Mr.. Gibbs in favor of increasing the
efficiency of the free school system, AMI hoped
that the amendment adopted yesterday il
Committee Of the Whole would be adopted.
Mr.. }. p. Carter thought all the amendments
should be defea ed, and the chapter adopted
as reported by the Code Committee.
Mr. Lowrance said there was clamOr fol
an increase of pay; that the pay should be in
creased,so that their efficiency might be; th'
cause of education in Mississippi needed t.
be stimulated.
Mr. King said that the bill decreased rather
than increase the dates of the Superintend
ents, and urged the adoption of his amend
meut
The amendment was lost by the following
vote:
YEAs-Messrs Bridges, Brown, Carter Isl
District, Carter, 9th District, Cooper, Griffin
HUMPHREYS, King, Longino, Magee Peery
NAYs-Mesrs BILLS, Birchett, Crigler, Dalton
FitzGerand, Gibbs Gilbert Hamilton, Jack
son Jarnagin Johnson, Lowranee, Perkins
natliff, Reynolds, Stewart Vance, Walker
West and WilcoN.-O.
Assent AND NOT voTING-Messrs Anderson
Brennan, Cowan, Gayles and Singleton.-5.
vote was then taken upon amendment
adopted by Committee of the Whole, fixing
the salary of County Superintendents at not
more than 800 nor less than 1925, or $50
for each 1000 educable children, it was adopted
YEAs-Messrs. Bridges, Brown, Carter, Isl
District Carter, 9th District, Cooper, Griffin
HUMPHREYS King, Longino, Magee, Peery,
Rogers.-l2
NAYs.-Messrs. Bills, Birchett, Crigler
Dalton, FitzGerAld, Gibbs, Gilbert, Hamilton,
Jackson, Jarnagin, Johnson, Lowrance Per-
kins, Ratlitf, Reynolds, Stewart, Vance
Walker, West, WilcOx.-Z0.
ABSENT AND NOT VoTING.-Messrs. Ander-
son, BRENNAN, Cowan, Gayles, Singleton.-5.
Mr.. Bridges called up his amendment, ex-
cepting the counties in his District. and ii
was bled by vote of 70 to T.
Mr.. Reynolds moved a reconsideration of
the vote whereby the provision requiring
school Trustees to be able to read and write,
was stricken out. He desired that Judge
Campbell might be heard by the Senate on
the subject. Nearly all the frauds perpetra-
ted by teachers in this State were in Districts
where there were ignorant Trustees, whose
names and marks were forged IN order that
dishonest teachers might draw pay for duties
not performed. He thought that school Trus-
tees should at least be men of ordinary intelli-
gence, and be able to read and write.
Mr.. Griffin said that frauds could be perpe-
trated in either event; it would not do to apply
the rule even to the Legislature-some OF
them, in all likelihood, would be ruled out for
not being bic to read and write the English
language correctly. He said that this was an
effort to getrid of the negro in every capacity;
it would be bad policy on the part of a Demo-
cratic Legislature to make such law-it
would have the effect of driving the negro
away from the party. He would vote to main
tain them in all their rights.
Mr.. King (on whose motion the qualification
clause was stricken QUIT thought it not only
bad policy but wrong in principle
The chair decided that Mr. Reynolds mo-
ton was out of order, and the question recur-
ring on the adoption of the chapter, as amend
ed. it was adopted.
Mr. Magee presented the petition of citizens
of Franklin county asking that salary Of
1900 be allowed Circuit Clerk of said county
The various standing committees submitted
reports which were laid on the table subject
to call.
The following resolution, by Mr.. Stewart
adopted:
Resolved, That the Standing Committee on
Public Works be directed to make an exami-
nation of the Capitol building and the Cover
nor's Mansion, and to ascertain what repairs
if any, are necessary, and required on the
same; and to request an expert TO accompany
them, to assist them in such exami nation, and
to estimate the probable cost of such needed
repairs, and to report the result of such exam
ination at an carly day.
Mr.. Vance from Joint Select Committee to
f x the pay of employees of the Legislature, re-
ported the following, with recommendation
that it be adopted
Mr. PRESIDENT: Your Joint Committee, APP
pointed by concurrent resolution OF both
Houses, to ascertain and report the amount OF
compensation TO be received by the officers
and employees of the two Houses for their
services, and to fix the number of employees ,
having had the same under consi Iteration beg
leave to report follows: