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

Tor county purposes and liking the limits
thereof. Passed.
No.1ls-To prevent interference with |
the tenant or employe Of another. Indeh
nitely postponed.
No. 1870 amend section 2512, Code,
in relation TO eiectments.
Mr.. Marshall moved to amend by striking
out the second and third sections of the
bill. The amendment was adopted. The
bill was then passed
No. 1O9-To amend the charter Of the
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad Company.
Passed.
No. Is5-To.amend section 2004, Gods,
in relation TO county administrators.
Passed.
NO. 97-To extend the time for the com
pletion Of the Msphis, Selma and Bruins
x:ck Railroad. Passed.
No. 1870 provide stenographer for
each Judicial District in this State. Tabled
subject to call.
NO. 2l6-ro require the trustees Of GER
ain institutions to whom money is appro-
priated to make report TO the Legislature
how such appropriation is expended.
Passed.
NO l67-To amend section 40, Code, il
elation to the ownership Of property as
shown by the assessment thereof. Passed
No. 16S-In relation 70 the statute OF
imitation in suits against public officers
issued.
No. H-Rstifying the compromise Of a
certain suit made by the board Of supervi-
sors Of Tunica county. Indefinitely post
poned.
No. 224-To enlarge tho powers of the
corporate authorities Of the city Of Aber-
deem. Passed.
No. 1910 create a system of road
commissioners and to prescribe their du-
ties.
The Committee on Counties and County
Boundaries recommended the following
amendment:
Amend by adding as an additional sec
| ton before the last section, the following
Be it further enacted, That il shall be
the duty of such road commissioner on
consultation with the road overseers of his
district to direct the time at which the gem
sral road working in his district shall be
lone. and to prepare and deliver TO such
overseers in his district detailed state
lent OF the work to be done, prescribing.
when deemed necessary, that specific work
shall be done, such as cutting down stes 2
ascents of hills, bridging small streams.
| causewaying low or sipey places and such
other work as may be deemed proper with
view to improvement of the roads from
year to year and he shall report all delin-
quencies to the board of supervisors and
to the grand jury when proper. Further
amend by striking out in the first section
the clause next to the last.
On motion of Mr.. Luse the bill and
amendment was tabled subject to call.
No. 150-To regulate labor and encour
age agriculture in the State Of Mississippi
Mr.. Sykes moved to recommit.
On motion OF Mr.. Packwood the bill was
indefinitely postponed.
No. 1870 amend section S26, Code, il
relation to how damages obtained.
The following amendment recommended
by the Finance Committee was adopted
to-wit Strike out the words "they see fit
at end of section one and insert the world
may be agreed upon by claimant ant
board of supervisors" The bill was ther
passed.
No. 208-To amend and reduce into one
the act incorporating the town of Macoi
and the several acts amendatory thereto
Passed.
No. los -Authorizing the board Of su
pervisors of any county in the State to re
quire railroads to fence their tracks.
motion made by Mr.. Keith to make i
a special order for Tuesday next immedi
etely after the reading of the journal wa
lost. The bill was then tabled subject tt
call.
: No. 1S8-In relation to fishing in tn,
streams, lakes and ponds in the county o
, Alcorn.
Il motion from Mr.. Marshall to indeh
nitely postpone was lost
Mr.. Marshall offered an amendment
, which was lost, to strike out the secon'
section. This section makes the violation
of the law penal offense.) The bill wa
then passed.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
J Bills we're introduced and referred as fol
lows:
70 Committee on Counties and Count
Boundaries:
Mr.. Jeffords, No. 26l-To provide for Al
assessment of the lands of Isssquena coun
~ for the year 1884.
Mr.. Hende son, No. 264-To authoriz
the board of supervisors of Harrison coun
! ty TO purchase map of said county.
: Mr.. holland, No. 265-To empower tn
,, board of supervisors of Wilkinson count
to increase the fees Of the sheriff for vic
tualing prisoners.
/ To Committee on Corporations:
Mr., Jeffords, No. 262-To provide TO
. the election of town officers for the town o
Duncansby, in Issaquena county.
To Judiciary Committee:
! Mr.. Sykes, No. 263-To amend sectio
1917, Code, so as to include notary public
The privileges of the Senate we're 81
tended to Prof. p. w. Corr and Messrs. JIM
r White and Jno. d. Boyd of the A. and
! College.
At 2 p. m. the Senate adjourned till 1
: a. m, Monday, 18th inst
H0USE-THIRTY-F FIFTH DAY.