The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-02-17

Senate met pursuant 10 adjournment.
Hon. r. 0. Reynolds in the Chair.
All members present except Messrs.
Dyer, Martin and Walker.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Dr.. billiard, for the Committee on Coun- |
fies and County Boundaries, recommended
that these bills do pass:
Senate bill 2l6-To authorize the board
Of supervisory Of Grenada county to have
the record o. deeds indeed.
Senate bill 207--To amend an act TO re-
duce the limits Of the city of Corinth.
Senate bill No. 2l0--To authorize the
board Of Supervisors Of Monroe county and
the corporate authorities Of Aberdeen TO
erect and maintain poor house and house
Of correction.
Senate bill No. 1870 provide for the
payment of books required TO be used by
public officers in certain cases.
House bill No. 692--To require the Soc
retarg Of Stete TO furnish the circuit and
chancery clerks Of Lincoln and Pike coun-
ties with certain books. and the circuit
clerk Of Carroll county with Georges and
Andrews Digest.
House bill No. 625-To prevent stock
from rnnning ut large in certain counties,
appsoved March 8, 1878, and 70 make barb
ed wire fences lawful in DeSoto county.
House bill No. 629--To authorize the
board Of supervisors Of Monroe county to
contract for the correction and completion
Of the general reference index Of the land
deeds Of said county.
House bill 693-To authorize the board
Of Supervisors OF Lowndes, Holmes and
Tate counties TO furnish road overseers of
said counties scrapers, shovels and other
implements needed to work the roads Of
said counties.
That these do not pass:
| House bill 65-For relief of Daniel
Reinach, late treasurer of Bolivar county,
and others.
House bill 402-- TO amend an act to al
low the clerks Of the boards of supervisors
OF Hancock, jackson, Greene, Perry and
Marion counties additional compensation
for services rendered under sections 2165 TO
2l74, Inclusive, Code.
House bill 363-To provide for the pay
ment Of grand and petit jurors of Kemper
county.
House bill 576-( This bill is identical
with Senate bill 2l0.)
House bill 59l--To provide reasonable
compensation for the clerks of the circuit
court Of Pike and Holmes counties in GER
tain cases.
House bill 482-For the payment of q
deputy clerk Of the circuit court Of Copial
county during the term of said court.
House bill 6l6--To authorize the board
Of supervisors of Kinds county to correct
an erroneous assessment of land in sale
county.
This was reported back without recon
mendation.
House bill 633-To authorize the board
Of supervisors Of Calhoun county TO pur.
chase chain-of title book.
Mr.. holland, for Committee on Claims
recommended that these bills do pass:
Senate bill No. l9S-For relief of 2. 7
Lee Of Alfalfa county.
i House bill No. 630--For relief of circuit
clerk of Clarke County.
Senate bill No. 204-For Keller of B. r
Gross Of Jefferson county.
/ Senate bill No. 205-For relief Of I. G
Burnett of jefferson county.
That these do not pass:
4 House bill No. 52S--For relief Of W, I
Montgomery, late treasurer of Wairei
county and his sureties.
House bill No. 394-For relief of p. M
B. Wait of Tate county and estate Of ]. M
Hawkins of DeSoto county.
Mr.. Sykes, for Committee on Corpora
tons, recommended the passage of
Senate bill No. 209-To amend and reduc
into one the acts incorporating the town o
Macon and the several acts amendator!
thereto.
The Senate resumed consideration of tn
unfinished business of yesterday, to-wit.
House bill 32l-To amend section 1244
Code, in relation to exempt property.
Mr.. Eaton offered a substitute for tn
committee amendments and the amend
ments ithereto, being new matter. Thi
substitute was adopted.
Mr.. billiard moved to indefinitely post
pone the whole subject matter. This mo
ton was lost by vote of is to 10:
YEAs-Messrs. Burkitt, Dickson, billiard
: Harvey, Henderson, Kyle, Luse, Marshall
Owen, Powell, Reynolds. Roane of Calhoun
} Simonton, Smith and Sykes
NAYs-Messrs Boone, Boyd, BRENNAN
: Eaton, Gage, Gayles, Guyton, Hamilton o
J Holmes, Jsffords, Liddell, Mitchell, holland
Packwood, Roane of Webster, Terry an
Wilson.
Mr.. Boyd offered an amendment exempt
ing one hundred and fifty pounds of por
or one hundred pounds of bacon instead @
one hundred pounds of pork or seventy fv
pounds of bacon.
NJ Eakar, ,,,.val - kol.lo Ana.
ment. This motion was lost.
MIR. holland moved to recommit the BIZ
and amendments. This motion was lost.
Mr.. Boyd's amendment was then adopt
t ed.
D The substitute was then adopted undc
the operation of the previous questio
moved by Mr.. Guyton.
The Senate then rejected the bill by r,
/ fusing to order it to its third reading.
: On motion of Mr.. Keith, the Senate too
, up House bill 277--To amend an act /
make the county:of Warren separate Gil
cult and chancery court district and 10 pre-
vide for the desraying of the expense
I therein, approved April IL, 1876, and 70
other purposes.
|. Mr.. billiard offered the following amend
meRt which was adopted:
Resolved, That the pending bill be r,
committed to the Judiciary Committee wit
L instructions to so amend the bill as to pre-
: vide for better system for administerin
justice in Warren county by redistrictln
= or otherwise.
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING.
: No 149--For relief of W. B. Wright. e,
sheriff of Tate county and 7. @. Decker,