The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04
SENATE.
TWENTY-THIRD DAY.
SATURDAY, January 81, 1880.

SATURDAY, January 81, 1880.
Senate met pursuant to adjournment. 1t
Governor Sims in the chair. Prayer by Rev.
DR.. Watkins Present .: absent I2-Messrs
Anderson, Bills, BRENNAN, Bridges, Gayles,
HUMPHREYS Johnson, King, Peery, Perkins,
Ratliff and Reynolds.
Leave of absence from day to day was
granted to Messrs. Anderson, Bills, Reynolds
and King.
The Judiciary Committee reported back,
withsan amendment, II. b. No. 90 act to in
corporate Brownsville, Kinds county, and
recommended its passage
The Committee on Registration and Election
reported back without recommendation II. B.
No lob, to provide for registration of votes
within corporate limits of Baldwin; the Com
miitee recommended the passage of II. b, No.
g. TO amend an act to repeal Section 39l OF Re,
vised Code of 1871, IN relation to contested
elections.
Mr.. Cowan offered the following joint reso-
luton which was laid on table subject to
call:
Resolved By the Senate, (the House of Rep
resentatives concurring,) that the Code Com
mittee be, and it is hereby instructed to pre-
pare and report bill to repeal the Eleventh
Section of the Agricultural Lien Law, approx
ed April IA 1876 and TO prohibit the incum-
brance, by mortgage, deed of trust other
wise, of any growing crop, or crops to be grown
after the date of such incumbrance, except in
cases when there is an incumbrance on the
land upon which such crop crops are to be
grown in which case the incumbrance on such
crops shall only be given an additional Sc
curity to the incumbrance on the land.
Mr.. Lowrance introduced
s. b. No, S3, An act to regulate the pay Of
County Superntendents of Public Education
Referred to Committee Education.
Mr.. Birchett introduced
S. B. No. 81 An act to amend Section ! 300 OF
Revised Code of 1871. Referred to the Judi
ciary Committee.
Mr.. Walker introduced
S. B. No 50, Tor the relief of DeSotO county
Rafp tn PM md
Quarantine.
Mr. Magee introduced
5. d. No. Sc, An act for the relief of S. L
Scott Treasurer of Franklin county Re
ferred to Committee On Claims
H. B. No. 145, to incorporate the Rosalit
| Yarn Mills, of Natchez was passed.
Ii. Is. No. VI, to incorporate the town oil
Brownsville Kinds county, as amended, was
passed.
| H. B. No 1O1 for the relief of W H. Butler
OF Lawrence county, as amended. vas passed.
| H. b. No. aS, to provide for the payment Of
| a salary to Clerk of Board of Supervisors OF
! Jefferson county, was tabled.
| H. B. No. 166 in relation to Common School
| Fund of Pearl county, was passed.
House Concurrent Resolution, authorizing
the appointment of a Special Committee OF
| Five on Public Lands, was concurred in.
| H. B. No. rs, Chapter of Code,) in relation
to the selection and organization of juries
was laid on table sebject to call
Mr.. Stewart introduced
s. B. Nc So, An act to make an appropria
| ton to pay the salaries of Executive, judicial
and other offic ers for the months of January
and February, 1889. Referred to Committee OIL
| Finance.
H. B. No. III, (Chapter 10 of Revised Code
in relation to the support of the poor. wa:
| adopted.
Mr.. Birchett, Chairman on part of the Sen
ate of Joint Committee to consider the practi
cabiity of calling a Constitutional Conven
ton, presented a report, signed by himself
and Messrs. Perkins and ]. P. Carter, of this
Senate, and Mr.. Wolf, of the House, uufavor
able to calling such Convention. A repor
| favorable to the Convention was presented
signed by Messrs. Martin, Seal, Montgomery
| and McLaurin, of Lauderdale. members OF
part Of the House of Joint Committee ON Con
stitutional Convention.
The subject Sas made the special order FOL
Wednesday next at II o'clock.
At lilo, o'clock, Senate adjourned.