The clarion., 1884-02-27
HoUsE-THIRTY-NINTH DAY.
TnUasDar, February q. 1884.

House met pursuant to adjournment.
An act TO amend chapter IS, laws 1880,
70 provide for the enumeration Of the
whols number Of Inhabitants Of the State.
Passed.
Senate blll-To change the time Of hold
ing the terms Of the chanesry court OF Jef-
fsrson county. Passed
To amend the act to divide Yalobusha
county into two circuit and ehancery DIS
tricts and for other purposes. Passed
To amend section 1894, Code. Passed.
To amend section 2767, Code-imposss
q hne on all municipal officers Of the State
for violation Of duty. Passed.
Restricting the remarking or rebrancing
Of any stock in Sharkey county in such
manner as TO remove or deface the marx
or brand of the original owners. Inden-
nitsly postponed.
MESSAGE FEox THE oovERsoR
The Governor has approved the follow
ing entitled bills:
An act to incorporate the Meridian ana
Brunswick Railroad Company.
To recognize the Warrior Coal Fields
Railroad Company and to expedite and
aid in the construction Of said railroad IN
the State.
Northeastern Railroad Company.
To incorporate the Helena, Memphis and
New Orleans Railroad Company.
To incorporate the Moss Point, Scranton
and East Pascagoula Railroad Company.
To incorporate the Memphis, Oxford and
Columbus Railway Company.
To incorporate the Tombigbee Railroad
Company and to declare its powers and
privileges.
To authorize mining or manufacturing
companies to construct, own and operate
railroads, tram roads or canals not exceed
ing 10 miles long.
esolution-Requesting she House Of
Representatives to transmit 10 the Senate
for the use of the Committee on Peniten-
tiary and Prisons, the testimony taken by
the House Committee on Penitentiary and
Prisons.
To incorporate the Caledonia Branch
Railroad Company.
To incorporate a street railway in the
city of West Point.
To authorize the city of Yicksburg in
this State to contract with the Memphis
and Yicksburg Railroad Company or any
such other railroad company as said Mem
phis and Vicksburg Railroad Company
may hereafter become merged into or
part of by consolidation or otherwise, for
the location of the machine shops of said
company at said city and for other pur-
poses.
Consideration Of bills continued:
To amend section 20 Code, in relation to
larceny of live stock. Passed.
To prevent cruelty to children, and for
other purposes. Indefinitely postponed.
To create lien law in favor of livery
and feed stable keepers and owners and for
other purposes. Passed.
10 amend section 1915 Code, in relation
to monthly rules in ehaneery court so far
as the same applies to Marshall county.
lndefn tely postponed.
To amend an act to incorporate the New
Orleans and Baton Rouge, Vicksburg and
Memphis Short Line Railroad Company.
Passed.
To prevent the double assessment and
collection of taxes on the sale of property.
Passed.
By Mr.. Orr-To exempt from taxation
all monies of non-residents loaned on mort
gage or deeds of trust in Mississippi. Ju-
dietary.
At 2:O6 p. M, the House adjourned.
NIGHT SESSION.
70 authorize the working of public roads
in Lauderdale county by contract. Passed.
To amend chapter %, Code. Passed.
To legalize sale made by the board of
supervisors of Sunfower county. Passed.
To secure to persons in possession of
lands sold under the DEGREES of chancery
courts, the crops planted or growing on
such lands at the time of sale. Indefinite
ly postponed.
To amend section 2O63, Code Passed.
TO amend section IVA and 2460, Code,
to make the same apply to courts of chan
Gerry. Passed.
To amend section 1908, Code, in relation
to preference cases in the Supreme Court
Indefinitely postponed.
To extend certain privileges to the own
ers of COopers Wells. Passed.
For relief of the sureties of the late G.
Z. Bent, of Warren county. Passed.
To amend the laws of this State in rela-
tion to the action of forcible entry and un-
lawful detainer. Passed.
To amend an act providing for the en-
Ployment of stenographer by the circuit |
clerks of Hancock and Perry counties. !
Passed.
In relation to confirmation of sales under |
DEGREES in chancery. Passed.
AZ aiAoAu SoOLlOn lf6O, Oode, IN relation /
to motions for new trials in circuit court. |
Indefinitely postponed
By Mr.. Cutrer-To amend an act to pro-
vide for the leasing of the Chickasaw |
school lands. Referred to Committee on |
Public Lands.
To amend section 265 Code, in relation |
% distribution of Mississippi Reports.
Passsd.
To amend and extend the provisions of |
section 1855 Code. Relates to appeals |
from justices of the peace in criminal cases. |
Passed.
To amend section 241S and PAYS Code.
In reference to issuance of attachment by
justices of the peace. Passed
At 7:30 adjourned.