The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-03-05
HoUsE-FoRTY.FIFTH DAY.

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THURSDAY, February 2s, 1884.
House met pursuant to adjournment
Bills considered:
To amend an act to reduce the limits Of
the city of Corinth. Indefinitely post
poned.
To provide for the payment of books re-
quired to be used BY public officers. Ways
and Means.
To extend the corporate limits Of the
town Of Kosciusko. Passed.
To incorporate the Caledonia Branch
Railroad Company. Passed.
To levy tax to pay the outstanding in
debtedness Of Simpson county. Passed.
To amend section OF an act to amend
section 5s5, Code. Ways and Means.
For the relief Of Madison Massey.
Passed.
To incorporate tho Aberdeen Railroad
Company. Passed.
To incorporate the Helens, Memphis
and New Orleans Railroad Company. Rail.
roads.
To incorporate the Memphis, Oxford and
Columbus Railroad Company. Railroads.
To authorize mining or manufacturing
companies to construct, own and operate
railroads or canals not exceeding fifteen
miles in length. Manufactures.
To erect 3 Poor-house in Aberdeen.
Passed.
To prevent the sale of liquors in Simp-
son county. Passed.
To amend section 1l12, Code. Passed.
To levy a special tax in Wilkinson coun-
ty. Passed.
To prohibit the sale of toy pistols in this
State. Passed.
To amend an act to incorporate the town
Of Newton. Passed.
Authorizing the board of supervisors of
Coahoma county to pay outstanding school
warrants, Passed.
To incorporate the Moss Point and
Scranton Railroad. Passed.
To incorporate the Terry, Brandon and
Northeastern Railroad. Passed.
For the relief Of j. A. Butts. Passed.
To levy a special tax in Rankin county
to pay outstanding school warrants. Pass
ed.
To incorporate the Meridian and Bruins
wick Railroad Company. Railroads.
Authorizing the board of supervisors Of
Webster county to hold monthly meetings.
Passed.
To amend chapter % sheet acts 1882 in
'elation to analyzing fertilizers. Passed.
To amend section $40, Code, with refer
ence to sale of lands for taxes. Passed.
To expedite and aid in the construction
If the Warrior Coal Field Railroad Com
)any. Railroads.
To incorporate the Tombigbee Railroad
Company. Railroads.
To change the time of holding the cir
cult court of Tunica county. Passed.
To levy special tax in Pontotoc coun-
~ to pay the outstanding school warrants.
A message was received from the Gov
srnor returning without his approval
House bill No. 314-An act reducing the
expenses of altering and changing public
-oads, and amending section S23 of the
Code.
To amend section 1854 Code.
Insert in the second line after the word
person." the words "and employee or en-
ployees who have not contributed to the
damage by their neglect or mismanage-
,nent"
Amendment offered unless their duties
ire of the same general character as those
If the servant or employee causing the in
jury"
Previous question called on passage Of
Jill and amendment The bill passed.
message from the Governor was re-
'eived announcing that he had approved
he following entitled bills:
An act in relation to the duties of the
BOARD Of supervisors in and for Lawrence
county.
An act to create an additional Justices
district in supervisors district No. of II
Iwamba county.
An act to amend an act entitled "an act
o incorporate the trustees of the Yioks-
Durg Presbyterian church, in the county of
approved December Is, 1880.
An act entitled an act TO amend section
O02 Of the Revised Code in regard TO the
imitation against burglary.
An act entitled an act for changing tho
ime for holding the chancery and circuit
ourts of Kinds county amendatory 20 SEQ
ions 1873 and 1893 of the Code.
Mr.. Johnson-To amend section 452,
ode, so far as it applies to the county Of
rankin. Passed.
Ar. Nash-To regulate the working of
convicts in the State and for
le construction OF the levees on the Mis-
ssippi river and building a railroad from
ipley, Miss, to the Gulf Of Mexico.
eveea.
Mr. Nash-To extend the attachment
Tvs of this State to all actions for costs.
judiciary.
Mr.. Enochs-For the better protection
I cattle raisers in Mississippi. Judiciary.
Mr.. Harrison-To amend and reduce into
ne act the act incorporating the city Of
olumbus and the several acts amendatory
hereto. Judiciary.
At 80 the House adjourned.