The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-03-03
NIGHT SESSION.


Senate met pursuant to adjournment. 1t.
Governor Sims in the chair. Present %; alb
sent 8.
Mr. Cowan offered Senate joint resolution
proposing an amendment TO the Constitution
of the State of Mississippi. by providing tina [
money paid now into the State Treasury for
d school fund, shall be paid into the Treasury
OF the county in which the money is collected,
to be used school fund for said county.
Referred 10 Select Committee on Constitutions
al Amendments.
5. b. No. 19S, act to provide for the ascer
tainment OF the Indebtedness of the State, on
account of the Seminary Fund, and for the
payment of interest thereon, was taken up,
said bill provides for the acknowiedg ment
oil the debt due by The State to the University
Of Mississippi, on account of funds donated by
the United States Government TO establish a
University, and held in trust by the State.
The amount of the debt acknowledged, IS
$542000.)
Mr. Cowan moved the previous question on
the passage OF the bill, winch was not sus-
tanned
Tie bill raised bY the following vote:
YEAs-Messrs. Anderson, Bills, Birchett
Brenham, Brown, Cowan, Crigler, Dalton,
FitzGerald, Gayios, Humphries, Jarua gin,
Lowrance, Perkins, Reynolds, Stewart. Vance,
Walker and Wilcox.-19.
NAYs-Messrs. Bridges, Carter 1st District,
Carter 9th District, Cooper, Gibbs, Gibert,
Griffin, Hamilton, Jackson, Johnson, King
Magee, ROgers.-l3.
ABSENT AND NOT VoTING-Messrs. Longino.
Peery, Ratlif, Singleton and West.
S. B. No. 2O8, to incorporate the Coffeeville
Guards was passed
S B. No 1873, TO regulate the charges of
County Surveyors for maps and reports,
indefinitely postponed.
S. g. No. So to amend section 2l43, article
of the Code OF 1871, as relates to exemptions of
property by debtors removing from this State,
was, on motion of Mr.. Jarnagin, indefinitely
postponed.
corporations of cities, towns or villages in this
State,
Sd. Il, ts amend section 1888 of the
Code of 1871 in relation u damages in actions
of replevn, indefinitely pos tponed.
S b. No. 100, to amend an act to regulate
the sale of cotton ginned, but not baled, IN GER
tain counties, as amended, was passed
The counties of Kemper, Noxubee, Oktibbe-
ha and Holiness were added to said bill, and
the county of Lawrence stricken out
Messrs Cooper Gibbs Dalton, Rogers, An
derson and Gayles asked 20 BE- recorded
voting against said bill.
S. b. No. 172 TO create the office OF State
Entomologist, indefinitely postponed
S. B. No. 300, rendering more efficient the
system of Public education in this State, was
indefinitely postponed.
S. b. No. 1888 TO incorporate the Merchants
and Traders Telephone Company, as amended
was passed
S. b. No $50, authorizing the paying out of
money for repairing public roads in Adams
county, was passed.
s. B. No l62, to incorporate the State Medi-
cal Association and regulate the Practioe of
medicine in this State was referred to Judi
ciary Committee.
5. B. No. 176 to regulate the sale of intox-
icating liquors in that portion of Lineoln
county which lies within three miles of the
town of Wesson, Coplah county, was passed
H. B. No. 40l, for the reliefof the Mobile and
North Western Railroad Company, was re-
ferred to Committee on Finance
H. B. No. l02 TO amend an act to create an
additional Justice OF the Peace in Leake
county. was referred to Judiciary COMMITTEE
At 1910 o'clock, on motion of Mr., Rogers,
the Senate adjourned.