The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-02-01
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE.
sESATE-TwEETY-FIRsT DAY.
TnunspAr. Jan. 81. 1884.

Harvey, Lfddeu and Noland.
The privileges of the Senate were eI-
tended 10 Messrs. ]. NJ. Boone and F. z.
Whitfield, of Alcorn; Messrs. L. NJ. Yerger
and X. r. Harris, of Coahoma; Hon. Fran
els A. Wolfe. of Tippah; A. A. Nichols,
Esq., of Scott; T. NJ Abbot, Esq, OF Clay;
Col s. l.. Hussey, Of Hinds; Hon. Jno. K.
Lynch. Of Adams; Maj. A. NJ. Paxton, of
Warren, and Rev. n. Ii. Nelson, Of Attals.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
Bills we're introduced and referred as fol-
lows:
To the Judiciary Committee:
By Mr.. Owen-To prevent nonresident
sureties on official bonds Of county officers
in Ccaloms county.
Mr.. Sykes-To provide for and fix the
compensation OF clerks in certain cases.
This ill FIXES the pay Of circuit and chan
Gerry clerks at three dollars per day, TO be
paid out Of the county treasury, and allows
boards OF supervisors 10 pay the chancery
| clerks sum not less than fifty nor more
than two hundred and fifty dollars as COM
pensation as county auditor.
Mr.. Whitney--To amend the law with
reference 10 sureties on official bonds of
officers.
Mr.. Sykes for Mr.. Walker-To authorize
boards Of Eup~-visors Of the various coun-
ties to require railroads to fence their
| tracks.
Mr.. Gtyles-To repeal sections 2060,
1861 and s962, Revised Code $780, in rela-
ton to tranps.
Mr.. Kehh-To authorize the board of
| supervisorsof Newton county to purchase
certain volumes of Mississippi Reports.
Mr.. Hamilton of Hinds--To create three
justices of the peace districts in the 4th
district Of Kinds county and to provide for
| the election OF Justice in each district, and
for other Purposes.
Mr.. Dillhrd-To amend sections 2449.
2450, and A5l, Revised Code 1880, relating
to proceedings against garnishees.
Mr.. Miichell-To amend section 40,
Revised Cdde 1880, in relation TO the own
ership of property as shown by the assess
men. thereof
Mr.. Mitthell-In relation to the statute
CT Limitations in suits against public Off
GERS.
To Committee on Railroads
Mr.. Eatdn-To incorporate the Terry,
Brandon AMI Northeastern Railroad Com
pany.
Mr.. Simdnton-To incorporate the Aber-
deem Street Railroad Company.
10 the Finance Committee
Mr.. Martin--For relief of Il. J. Guice,
Henry &. Griffin, Joe Reale, s. s. Reaves,
Thomas Reed and Levi B. Field, sureties
on the bond Of j. S. Montgomery. The
md Nnlr
parties as sufeties on bond of said j. s.
Montgomery
Mr.. 0wen+-For relief Of W. d. Wright,
ex-Sheriff of Tate county, and for the re-
lief OF L. O. Dockery, Sheriff of DeSoto
county. This bill allows said Wright the
sum of $107, to be paid out Of County
Treasury, for expenditures made by him
for the county, and authorizes the Board
of Supervisors of DeSoto county to pay
out of the County Treasury of said county
the travelling expenses and three dol
lars per day, to said Dockery for the recap
ture and bringing from the State of Texas
one Joe Payne, charged with murder.
To the Committee on Education:
BY Mr.. Martin-To amend section 1899,
100 and l101, and. to repeal section l02,
Code of 1880, and to empower the board of
supervisors and certain cities and towns to
impose privilege tax on all persons
licensed to sell by retail in any quantity,
vinous and spirituous la o-s for the main
tenancc of common schools in the several
counties and In said cities and towns.
By Mr.. Burkitt-A Joint Resolution pro-
posing an amendment TO the constitution
in relation to moneys arising from licenses
to retail vinous and spirituous liquors.
To the Committee on Agriculture, Com
MERGE and Manufactures:
BY Mr.. Sykes--To regulate labor and en-
courage agriculture i'll the State of Missis-
sippi.
This bill appropriates $4,000 to assist
the society termed the Central Earnest
Workers Association, at Columbus, in the
promotion of agriculture.
To Committee on Registration and Elec-
ton:
By Mr.. Guyton-To provide for more
efficient and convenient registration of
voters.
To the Committee on Counties and County
Boundaries:
By Mr.. Gage-To provide reasonable
compensation for the circuit clerk of Gre
NADIA county for services rendered by him
in certain criminal cases. 1t provides for
payment out of the county fund of not
more than three hundred dollars in criminal
cases where the defendant fails to pay the
clsts.
By Mr.. Henderson, authorize the
board of supervisors of Harrison, Hancock,
Jackson, Marion, Perry and Greene coun-
ties to employ and pay civil engineer or
other competent person to make plans
and specifications for any and all bridges
to be hereafter built in these counties and
to inspect and report upon same.
To the Committee on Public Health and
Quarantine:
BY Mr.. Powel-To prohibit the sale or
giving away of spirituous or vinous liquors
within the town of fernando, and within
Ave miles of the corporate limits.
By Mr., Simonton-To prevent the sale
or giving away of Intoxicating liquors
within three miles of the school-house in
the village of Mooresville, in Lee county
To Committee on Public Lands:
By Mr.. Henderson-To authorize the sur
vey and sale of certain marsh lands belong
ing TO the State of Mississippi lying on the
banks OF the East and West Pascagoula and
Pearl rivers and other streams navigable
and unnavigsble, flowing into the Mis-
sissirpi Sound and the lands bor5s ing
thereon.
The bill fixes % cents per acre as the
minimum price of those lands, and 200
acras aa the maxfmum au,onnt 80 lond
purchasable by any individual.
To the Committee on Penitentiary and
Prisons: