Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-29

4 me House Decides to Elect the
Railroad Commissioners and Dis
cusses the Act Repeating the Lien
Law.
Special to Commercial Herald.
SENATE.
] JACKSON, Jan. 27.-The act supple
mental to the act to ratify and con.
firm the incorporation Of the Memphis.
Birmingham s Selma railroad passed /:
flso the act in relation to the rate Of
interest in this State, which is fixed at
ten per cent.
The act to amend section 1908 Of
the code, In relation to terms OF the
circuit court, caused a lively discus
sion. and was repealed BY a vote Of
l9 to IL.
The act to amend section 4S1 of the
code, relating to lists of personal
property TO be furnished to the asses
sor, was indefinitely postponed.
A joint resolution to memorialize
congress in behalf of the cotton pro-
ducers Of Mississippi, was adopted.
The act to repeal the charter Of the
town of Pamela, was passed
A report was received from the
trustees of the University Of Oxford,
referred to the finance committee and
$50 copies ordered printed.
A report was received from Alcorn
University and referred to the finance
committee.
A resolution, that both houses ad-
jonrn sine die on February 25th, was
tabled.
A memorial to congress for the i'm
provement Of Tombigbee river was
referred.
The following bills were referred:
To require owners of town pixies and
toll bridges to bannister the same to
define the boundaries between Clay
and Lowndes counties.
The following house bills were re-
ferred: To authorize the auditor to
release certain lands in Kemper coull-
ty for relief of certain physicians to
amend section 1884 Of the code in ref
erence to mechanics lien; to author
ize the governor to appoint member
of the board ofsupervisors in Marion
county; to incorporate the town of
Harriston, in Jefferson county; to re-
peal the act topreVent che courtesy OF
free passes to limit the liabilities Of
sureties on official bonds; to secure
the performance Of contracts by tele-
graph companies to amend the act for
the more faithful collection of delin-
quent personal taxes.
HOUSE.
The act to facilitate the construction
of the Ship Island railroad. was re-
ferred.
The act to amend act to regulate
freight and passenger rates on rail-
roads in this State, which relates to
the manner of election of railroad
supervisors,was taken up; with amend
ment which provided that the railroad
commissioners be elected for the en-
suing term by Legislature, and there
after by the people at large. The
amendment was lost by a vote Of SO to
54. The amendment, to provide for
the election by present legislature, and
by The people every four years there
after, was adopted and bill passed.
The special order Of the day was the
bill repeating the agricultural lien law.
The day was consumed in it's
discussion, many members speak
ing. The house adjourned pend
ing the discussion. The night ses-
sion viii be entirely occupied
on the consideration of this question,
and a result will hardly be reached be-
fore tomorrow. Two bills on this
subject are under consideration. One
offered by W. D. Gibbs, repeating the
entire statute, to take effect July 1886,
and substitute to this, offered By a
S. Buchanan, providing for lien on
one half the crop for the years 1886
and 1887.