The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-03-12

3 the payment and collection of certain
taxes in Copiah county
i House bill No. 556-Prohibiting the cir
: cult and chancery courts from allowing
accounts except when itemiEed and verified
d by affidavit
House bill No. 6ss-To adopt tax col
K lectors receipt, and for other purposes.
$ House bill No. 661-For relief of J.
r Madison Massey, citizen of Tate county
House bill No s22-For relief of 7. c.
+ Wyatt, of Lauderdale county.
The Select Committee on TemperancO
1 through Mr.. Harvey, recommended the
passage Of
House bill No. sl6-To prohibit the sale
d of vinous and spirituous liquors within five
9 miles OF Wall Hill, Marshall county.
1 House bill No. 9O6-To repeal chapter
4, acts of 1882, so far as it relates to Frank
; lin county.
: House bill No. 744-To prohibit the sale
of intoxicating liquors in the 1st judicial
, s rict of Pamela county.
3 House bill No. 943-To prevent the sale
of Intoxicating liquors within four miles of
Palestine church and school house in Clay
3 county.
7 House bill No. S91-To prohibit the sale
of intoxicating liquors within six miles of
, Deasonville, YazoO county in less quanti-
ties than one gallon.
House bill No. S15-To prohibit sale of
, liquors in a certain distance of Watson
: POstoffice in Marshall county.
Bills we're taken up and passed:
r Sunate bill No. 3l9-To empower the
board of supervisors of Claiborne county
to establish free ferries across Bayou Pierre
} and for other purposes.
House bill No. S44-To incorporate the
Baldwin, Marietta and Purple Shell
Springs Railroad Company and to define
it's powers.
House bill No. SOTO amend the school
laws of Leake county.
The Committee on Education offered an
amendment, which was adopted, including
Covington county.
Mr.. Guyton offered the following amend
ment to the bill which was adopted: Amend
title so as to read ''to authorize the boards
of supervisors of Leake and Covington
counties to levy special tax to pay out
standing school warrants
| House bill No. S60-To prohibit the sale
of intoxicating liquors within two miles of
Ripley, Tppah county. Indefinitely post
poned.
House bill No. 17S-For stereotyping, |
| publishing and sale of Supreme Court Re- |
ports and to fix salary of the Supreme
Court Reporter.
These bills were made special orders for |
tomorrow morning in the order named:
House bill No. 1910 amend the pub
lie school laws.
House bill No. 697-To empower the |
board of supervisors of Oktibbeha county |
to issue bonds for the purpose of iquidat-
ing the outstanding Indebtedness.
The Senate took from the House mes
yes-
House bill No. 474-To authorize the
board of supervisors of Clay county to hold
regular meetings on the first Monday of
each month.
The House asked for a committee of
conference. On motion of Mr.. Burkitt
such a committee was appointed. The
President appointed Messrs. Burkitt, Will
son and Reynolds:
The special order was taken up
Senate bill No. 322-To amend sections
GOA, GOT and COS, Code, relative to taxation
of railroads. On motion of Mr.. Kyle the
bill was referred to select committee of
three with instructions to report a substi-
tute tomorrow morning, and the substi-
tute so reported shall be the special order
Immediately after the disposition of other
special orders already provided for.
Messrs. Kyle, billiard and Reynolds were
appointed as said cammittee.
SENATE BILLS ON Third READIHOs |
The following we're passed:
No. $3.50 prohibit the sale of intoxi-
eating liquors in supervisors districts
and 5 in Lee county.
No. 334-To authorize the board of su-
pervisors of Alcorn county to settle a GER
tain indebtedness The title was amended
by substituting the word "claim" for sin
debtedness.''
No. 290-To authorize the board of su-
pervisors of the several counties to have
poll-books transcribed.
No 2SO-To repeal chapter 81, Code, in
relation to contracts to encumDer growing
crops and for other purposes.
The Committee on Agriculture, Com
merce and Manufactures, recommended
the following amendment: Strike out in
section 1, the word October and insert
December. Adopted.
Mr.. Simonton moved to indefinitely
postpone the bill.
Mr.. Marshall offered the following !
amendment: Strike out section 2. This
amendment was lost.
Mr.. Luse called the previous question:
The motion to indefinitely postpone was
lost by vote of 19 yeas, nays.
YEAs.-Messrs. Boone, Boyd, billiard, I
Gayles, Guyton, Hcmilton, of Kinds, Har-
NAYs.-Msssrs. Burkitt, Eaton, Gage,
Hamilton, of Holmes, Henderson, Keith, G
Kyle, Luse, Marshal, Martin, PackwoOd,
Powell, Reynolds, Smith. Terry, Walker,
Whitney and Wilson. f
Mr.. Powell offered the following amend S
ment: Strike out all after the enacting
clause in section 1, and insert the follow il
ing: That section 1859, of the Code, be and r
the same is hereby repealed. This amend t
ment was tabled. r
Mr.. Reynolds called the previous ques-
ton and the vote passing the bill stood o
l6 yeas, to IL nays. 3
YEAs-Messrs. Burkitt, Eaton, Gage,
Hamilton of Holmes, Harvey, Henderson, Il
Keith, Kyle, Marshall, Martin, Packwood, y
Reynolds, Smith, Terry, Whitney and Will
son. n
NAYs-Messrs. Boone, Boyd, billiard, b
Gayles, Guyton. Hamilton of HindA, JEFF
fords, holland, Powell, Simonton and Sykes. Il
No. 292-To amend section of an act fl
10 require the employment of convicts on a
works of internal improvement, and pro- b
vide for the support of the penitentiary 81
without loss to the State, approved March "
), 1880, and for other purposes. o
The Judiciary Committee offered the fol- A
owing amendment: Strike out section 2. o
Mr.. Reynolds moved to table the amend c.
nent. Motion lost. The amendment was
hen adopted. n
No. 20I-To amend section 426 Code so
Is to provide for the appointment of addi- "
ional notaries public in the State. Il
No. 306-To amend section 956 Code re- p
ating to the preservation Of game and oys-
ers. a.
The Committee on Agriculture, Com n
nerce and Manufactures recommended the
al Tod
strike out all after the enacting clause and Il
insert: THAT section 956 Code 18a0b and
he same is hereby amended as follows: Of
ldd after the word game, in line 4. of said jC
,ection, the words and fish, and this act il
AXE effect from the date of its passage" ri
No. 141-To amend section sos, Code, CT
n relation to examining the assessment h
,olls, and to require the boards of super II
7isors to eqalize the assessment of taxes.
A substitute recommended by the Com ST
nittee on Finance was adopted. al
Mr. billiard offered the following amend.
nent which was adopted: Insert after the N
word provided" the words Sas nearly so "
IS practicable"
No. 140-To authorize the Georgia b
Pacific Railway Company to sell or lease
part of its railroad in this State. b
The following were indefinitely post
poned: n
No. 235-Relating to mortgages, deeds
Of trust and liens on growing crops or crops v
10 be grown j.
No. 226-To establish Normal school
1t Meridian.
Senate Joint Resolution No. Ito sab- b
nit q constitutional amendment to pro-
vide for quadrennial sessions of the Legis- RI
Iatnre, and to extend the term of four years
to the county superintendents of education. o.
Senate bill 1O0-Tn relation to the rate
Df interest to be charged BY banks, corpo-
rations or associations of persons formed u
for banking purposes or possessing bank
ing privileges within the limits Of this a
State. and for other purposes. Ii
Erha folfa,vfncr Hnnsa arnandu.aut a q II