The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-03-19
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE.
sENATR-FIFTY-FIFTH DAY.
THURSDAY, March Is. 1884.
ct pursuant to ad iournment.

THURSDAY, March IS, 1884.
Senate met pursuant to adjournment.
Lt-Goy. Stands in the Chair.
All members present except Messrs
Dickson, Keith, Liddell, Mitchell, Roane of
Calhoun, Roane of Webster and Terry.
The Governor communicated his APP
proval of the following Senate bills:
No. 29I-To fund the public school debt
of Warren county.
No 257-To amend an act in relation to
the Jail guards of Warren county, approved
March 1882.
No. 220-To prohibit the sale, etc, in
five miles of Carthage, Leake county.
No. SIT amend the charter of the
town of Pope in Pamela county, and Null
doom in Monroe county. so as to empower
tie mayors thereof to act as justices OF the
peace.
No. 255-To restrict and regulate the sale
of spirituous liquors in three miles of the
town of Houston, Chickasaw county.
No. e77-To prohibit. etc, in three miles
Of Church Hill, Jefferson county.
No. 154ITo incorporate the Terry, Bran
lon and Northeastern Railroad Company
No. 319-To empower the board OF su-
Pervisors of Claiborne county 10 establish
free ferries across Bayou Pierre, and for
other purposes.
No. IS To incorporate the Aberdeen
and Fulton Railroad Company.
No. l66-To amend section 2449, 245O
and 245l, Code, relating to proceedings
against garrishees.
No. 263-To amend section 1917, Code,
so as to authorize nOtaries of public to take
acknowledgements to deeds, etc.
No. 290-To authorize the boards of SUI
pervisors of the several counties to have
poll books transcribed.
No. 2S2 To amend section 703, Code, in
relation to school trustees
No. 3T5 To authorize the board of SUI
pervisoFs of Marshall county to appro
pirate sum of money to repair the Wa
terGord school house.
No. 326-To provide for a new registra-
ton of the qualified electors of Talla-
hatchie and CoahOma counties.
No. 1910 change the corporate limits
of the town of Beauregard, Copiah county
No. 249 To authorize the board of su-
pervisorS of Coahoma county to allow DIR.
john Dorrah reward for re capturing
John Branch, murderer.
No. 229-ro amend section 2513, Code,
so as to authorize the clerk of any chancery
court where any such Judgment is obtained
to record a certified copy of said judgment,
and index the same in the proper record of
| cOnveyances of said county.
No. 306-To amend section $50, Code,
relating to the preservation of oysters and
game.
No. 297-To amend an act to create two
additional justices of the peace in Clay
county, approved February 8, 1882.
No. 2l9-To prohibit sale of liquors in
| five miles of Air Mount, Yalobusha coun-
ty.
No. 26S-To authorize the board of su-
peryisors of Lefore county to make an ap-
preparation for an exhibit at the Cotton
Centennial.
No. 29I-To amend section 426 Code, so
MS to provide for the appointment of addi-
tional notaries public in this State.
No. 279 In relation to the prosecution
for violation of city ordinances in city OF
Aberdeen.
No. 275-To extend the powers of chan
cellors in vacation to allowances to guar
dams.
No. 33O-To amend section 1862 Code,
SO as to make it apply to sections 1859 and
1901 of said Code.
No. 275-To make applicable to incor-
porated cities and towns the provisions of
chapter II of laws of 1882 ii relation to
State revenue agent
No. 345-To empower the board of su-
pervisors of Chickasaw county to convey II
certain school-house.
No. 373-For relief of Aberdeen Lodge,
| No. 81, of Free and Accepted MasOns.
No. 1I0-For relief of DIR. James Waite,
OF Coahoma county.
No. 351-To extend the jurisdiction of
the justices of the peace of the LIST and
Il, A
No. SOTO amend section S39, Code,
so as to make same apply to sea faring
men.
No. 1910 change both Senatorial Dis
trict into two Senatorial Districts.
No. 3l6-To amend section Is of an act
to regulate the practice of medicine in the
State, approved February %, 1882.
No. 25l-For relief of DIR. c. s. Wood
mansee, of Monroe county.
No. 320-To extend the provisions of
chapter 80, Code, and chapter 26, Acts,
1882, in relation to corporations and for
other purposes.
No. 69-To provide for the construction
and maintenance by railroads of stock
gaps and guards.
Senate Joint Resolution-In reference
to the destruction of DunbartOn by fire.
EEPoRTs OF COMMITTEES.
OThs Committee on Levsss through Mr..
Powell, recommended passage the Of
House bill SOTO abate certain taxes
the Yazoo Delta known as the Liquidating
Levee District.
The Judiciary Committee through Mr..
Kyle, recommended the passage Of
House bill 625 To authorize the Gov
ernor to appoint counsel to defend a Ger
tain suit now pending in the Supreme
Court of the United States wherein the
State of Mississippi is defendant.
The rejection of House bill 648.
To amend sections 1774 and 2460 Code,
SO as to make the same apply to courts of
chancery.
House bill 944-In relation to encum
berances on growing crops or crops to be
grown, and
Senate bill 374-To authorize the trial of
civil cases in the circuit court by the Judge
in vacation by consent.
The Committee on Militia through Mr.. |
Burkitt, recommended the rejection Of
Senate bill 372.
The Committee on Railroads, through |
Mr.. Luse, recommended the passage Of
House bill No. 63l-To incorporate the
River and Eastern Railroad
Company; and
House bill No. 425-To incorporate the
River and Mexican Railroad
Company.
The rejection of House bill No. 967- To
the Grenada and Meridian
Railroad Company, and declare its powers.
The Committee on Public Health and
quarantine, through Mr.. Gage, recon-
nended the rejection Of
Hausa hill M Voliaf Of nj in |
physicians.
The Committee on Public Lands, through
Or. Eaton, recommended the passage Is q
mended Of
House bill No. $3.50 promote and en-
outrage the construction of the Gulf and
hid Island Railroad.
The Committee on Claims through Mr..
holland, recommended the passage Of c
House bill No. $50 To authorize the board r
f supervisors of Yazoo county to dispose
the old county Jail; and the rejection of 81
House bill No. $40 For relief of H. B. D
linden, of Coahoma county. q
REPORTS or COMMITTEES =,
The Committee on Enrolled bills through :
Ir. Wilson, reported the following Senate =
ills in the hands of the Governor: D
Numbers I66, 263, go, 282, 375, 326, 100,
g. 229. BOG, 287, 2I9, 26s, pol, 279. 274, u
30, 1873, 275, 356, 345, 373, lilo, 35I, 341,
,6, ZIG, PSI, $50, 50 and Senate Joint Res 9
ution in reference to the obstruction of =
unbarton.
The Committee on Registration and
Iections, through Mr.. Hyer, recommended n
e rejection of r.
House bill 965-To require registra- ..
IN of the legal voters in the county of -
1xubee in this State.
The Committee on Counties and County !.
,undaries, through Mr.. billiard, recon- -
ended the passage of
House bill 357-To empower the board ~ ~
supervisors Of Grenada county to sell ~
convey certain property in the town Of So So
enada.
The rejection Of
Senate bill No. SOTO authorize the Il.
ard Of supervisors Of Carroll county to -
npensafe the chancery clerk Of said -
1nty for certain services.
senate bin No. 371-Granting certain ~
Hers 70 the hoard Of sunervfsora Of nv