The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-01-25

bv filing the blank in 18th line q section
with the words. TT dag Of June"
Mr. Head moved t refer tie bill to Judi
iary Caulmittee. Lost.
Mr.. Woois. " Lauderiiale moved to lay tn,
motion on table. Carried.
Mr.. HowrY ofsrel amend ~ striking ou
the words '.Atfnrney -GsMevaI and substitnt
ing .DistTic1 Atforney in eleventh line o.
said section. Ado ted
By Mr.. -Fergussn: To amend hy inserting
after sectioa ~, seetion 81 None Of the pro
visions OF this act shall apply 70 any railroad
company until its track is completed or unit
one hundred aud ff Y miles Of is track is il
operation.
! Mr.. Woods moved to table the amendme nt
/ Carried hv lie following Eoe
YEAs-Meszrs. Askew, Atkinson. Ayres, Der
nv Blair Biankinship. Boyer. Brown, Buch
anaa of Rankin, Cameron, Chapman, Coates
Collins DoWner, Duekworth -Favre. Greaves
Griggs. Gugnes, Htrper. Heard, Inge. John
son, Of Yalobusha Jones, of La ayette Jones,
Of Smith Knox. Magrnder, Marshall, Matte
son. Me Afee, MeCallum MeCo0l. MeInnis,
McRae Montgomery, Of 0ktihbeha, Moore,
Moss Ma oIs, Noel. Pope, Powe, Proyine
Rees, Rhodes. Rodman Rose Saunders Sci
man Simpson, Smythe, Stevens, Stovall- Tack
EFT, Triea. Turuipseed, Wilborn, White, Whit
ney, Williamson. Wood, of Oktibbeha, Woods.
of Lauderdale, Mr.. Speaker-6l.
NAYs-Messrs, Buchanan. Of Chiekasaw,
Byrd, cortright Crawford. Davis Dodas, Ed
warts Erwin, Ferguson, Of funiea, Ferguson, of
wilkinson. Finley, Foules, Frederick, Gran
berry Of DeSoto ranberry, of Kinds Gully
Handy, Harlow. Harrell, Hienman, Howry,
Hurt Johnston, of Franklin, Lynch, Nc
Swine Mellen, MITCHELL Montgomery of
Bolivar. Myers, Norrell, Poston, Rogers. SIM
mons Stiles, Stone, Sykes, Warrington, Wat
son, Watts, Wise-40.
MIR Mellen offered the following amend
idpA fb4F moi ef a
be construed so as to apply to railroads now
in process of construction in this State until
such railroads shall have been completed one
hundred miles or two thirds of the distance
authorized by their respective acts Of incor-
poratIon.
Mr. Brown offered an amendment to the
ana ndment: Provided that the same be COM
pleted within two years after passage of this
act. Adopted, AID amendment as amended
adopted.
Mr.. Iuge offered the following: To amend
section by strikln2 GU after the words shall
be in the 9Th line the words, Two thousand
five hundred" and insert twelve hundred
ly Mr.. Watson-TO amend the amendment
by inserting eighteen hundred in place OF
twelve hundred dollars.
Dir. Howry moved 10 table the amendment
and the amendment TO the amendment Mo-
ton withdrawn; and Mr.. Woods. of Lauder
dale spoke at length against the amendments,
and renewed the motion to table.
Mr.. Inge spoke against the motion to table.
Motion TO table cal fied.
Mr. White offered an amendment striking
out 18th section of the bill, which allows Com
missioners free passes over railroads.
Mr. Noel spoke against the amendment.
Mr.. Sykes claimed that said section should
be stricken out as unconstitutional unj ust
to the railroads, and unjust to the people"
Mr.. Wood, of Oktibbeha, spoke against the
amendment.
Mr.. Whitney did likewise
MIR. Norre i, offered the following substitute
for section y and amendment making ii
railroads to pay travelling ex-
penses OF commissioners. Ruled out of order
The Speaker announced the select Commit
tee on Constitutional Amendmen ts-Messrs
Trice, Brown, Williamson. and Terrall.
On motion, at l. 10 P. N. the House adjourned
NIGHT SESSION
House met at $50 p N, Mr.. Speaker Tison
in the chair.
The House resumed consideration of the
amendment offered by Mr. White striking out
the 18th section Of Fl B. 2l8-An act creating
a Railroad Commission.
On motion of Mr. White the amendment
was adopted.
Mr. Montgomery, of Bolivar. offered a reso-
luton making Railroad Commissioners cleo
tive by the people, and requiring the said
to give bond.
Mr.. Blair offered the following amendment
to the amendment: Strike out twenty-five
hundred in section g. and insert fifteen hum
dred"
Messsrs. Blair and Cameron spoke respec-
lively for and against the amendment.
Mr.. Handy argued that railroads should be
controlled by competition rather than the
Mr.. Sykes claimed that the remuneration
allowed in the amendment was sufficient, on
ground that the commissioners would only |
have to regulate local freights
Mr.. Woods spoke against the amendment,
and moved to able. Lost, on a call for yeas |
and nays by vote of 45 TO 81.
YEAs-Messrs. Atkinson, Ayers, Blankin |
ship, Brown, buchanan, of Chiekasaw, Cam
eron, Chapman, Dodds Duckworth, Edwards, |
Favre Greaves Griggs, Gully, Guynes,
Jones, of Smith, Knox, MathesOn. Nc |
CaIlum, McCool, McInnis, McRea, Moore,
Noel, Pope, Powe Rees, Rhodes, Rodman,
Saunders, Simpson, Smythe, Stiles, Stovan /
Tackett, Terrall, Trice, Welborn, White,
W hitney, Wood, and Woods-45
NAYs-Messrs. Armstrong, Askew, Berry, /
Blackwell, Boyer Buford, Coates, Cortright |
era ford, Davis, Duckwerth, Erwin, Ferguson
Of Tunica, Ferguson, of Wilkinson, Finler,
Foules Frederick, Cranberry, of Kinds, Gran
berry, of DeSoto. Handy Harlow, Heard,
Hurt, Inge, Johnson, of Yalobusha, Levy,
LYLE, Lynch, Magruder, Marshall, MeAfee
McSwine, Mellen, Mitchell, Mon gomery, of
Bolivar, montgomery of Oktibbeha, Moss,
Myers, Nabers, NOrrell, Poston, PrOvine,
Rogers, Rose, Selman, simmons, Stevens,
Stone. Sykes, Wa 1ington, Watson William
son, Wise, and Mr.. Speaker-57.
Question recurring on the amendment;
Messrs. Norrell and Noel spoke at length,
for and against the amendment.
Mr.. Stiles spoke of the bill as being in many
points Objectionable and unconstitutional and
terribly sweeping in its provisions
Mr.. Inge spoke in favor of the amendment.
Mr.. Howry opposed the amendment, and
Jailed for the previous question. Call not
Alto o'clock, on motion of Mr.. Williamson,
he House adjourned.