Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-02-27
JACKSON, MISS.
Legislative ePr0ceedings-Large Amount
of Business Disposed of.

Legislative ePrOceedings-Large AmOunt
of Business Disposed of.
Special to the Appeal
JACKSON, February 26.-,Senats.-Last
night and this mornings sessions. Bills
introduced: An act to provide for the
regulation OF freight and passenger rates
on railroads in this State, and to create a
commission to supervise the same, and for
other purposes (this bill was presented
by select committee of ten, to whom had
been referred sundry bills pending on rail-
road supervision; the bill was ordered
printed and made the special order for
Thursday, the 2Sth instant); an act to en-
power the supervisors OF Claiborne to es-
tablish free ferries; to amend the law as
to the creation of corporations; to amend
the law relative to the taxation of rail
roads; to create an additional justice OF
the peace in Bolivar county.
House bills passed the Senate: To pro-
hibit the sale of whisky within five miles
of Kossuth; to authorize the supervisors
of Carroll to provide for the registration
and cancellation of warrants in said coun-
ty (the bill was amended so as to include
Monroe county); to authorize Tippah
county to purchase surveyors apparatus
to protect fresh water fish in Pascagoula
river, in jackson county; to authorize the
supervisors of Webster to hold monthly
meetings; to ratify and approve certain
order of the supervisors OF Holmes; to
authorize Lowndes, Holmes and Tate to
furnish road overseers with the necessary
working implements; to authorize Tunica
county to sell certain schoolhouse; Tor
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| lief of Adelaide Farrar and children, with
an amendment to authorize EPontotoc
county to levy a special tax to pay out
standing school warrants.
House.-Afternoon and evening OF yes
terday and this mornings sessions. Bills
introduced: For the relief of Henry
Howell, of Yazoo; to empower Yazoo to
have public roads properly worked; for
the relief of Frank p. Holloman; in rela-
ton to chattel mortgasHs and deeds OF
trust on growing crops in Atams; to CON-
pei children in Adams, between eight and
sixteen years of age, to attend public
schools; for, the relief of III. NJ. Taylor; to
amend the law incorporating the West
and East Railroad Company; for the relief
of S. E. Scarborough.
Bills passed: To authorize Yazoo to
increase the compensation of the assessor,
also to have records indexed; to require
the superintendent OF, education of Yala-
busha to visit schools; to authorize the
superintendent OF education and supervis-
ors of Yalabusha to pay Nj. II. Thorpe
to authorize The sheriff of Yazoo to employ
lanitor for the courthouse; to make
more effective the road law in Yazoo; for
the relief of W. McLaurin, of GaZoo; to
incorporate the Silver Greek Navigation
Company; to incorporate Bentonla; to
prohibit the sale of whisky within six
miles of Deasonsville; Senate bill appoint
ing commissioners of the Natchez hospital
to prohibit the sale of whisky in a certain
portion of Alcorn; to amend the charter OF
Corinth; in relation to fishing in Alcorn
and Tippah for the relief of j. t. Lee; to
incorporate Houlka to authorize Claiborne
to establish free public ferries; to author.
ize Desoto county to purchase certain
bridge; Senate bill for the relief of w. B.
Wright and G. Dockery; Senate bill to in
corporate Eudora; to incorporate Cole
vile; for the relief of Mrs ]. A. James and
| Miss Kate NJ. Lang; to authorize Harrison
| county to have roads worked by contract
| to amend the charter of Clinton; to pro
vide for the payment of outstanding school
certificates issued by the superintendent
| of Kinds; to authorize Holmes county to
| build schoolhouse; for the relief of W
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sale of whisky within three miles of the
Bethel Baptist church and five miles Of
the Hopewell Baptist church; to change
the boundary of Jasper; to prohibit
the sale OF whisky in District ot
Jasper; memorial to Congress ask,
| ing appropriations for Pascagoula bay
to incorporate Ellisyille; Senate bill
to provide for refunding the
Kemper county debt; for the relief of T
C.Watt; TO extsnd the license of j. Nelson,
of Meridian; for the relief of ]. P. Berry
to incorporate the Carthage High School
| to incorporate Walnut Grove; to create al
additional justice of the peace and consta
stable in the First District of Leake; tc
authorize Lehore to increase the pay O
the assessor; to enable Lincoln county tc
| borrow money to build a courthouse; tC
authorize Lincoln to cause the registra
ton of outstanding warrants, and to loar
certain portions of the school fund and tc
authorize the assessment OF lands; for the
relief of ]. s. Mikell; to authorize Lincoln
to levy tax to pay outstanding indebt
| edness.