Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-26
THE LEGISLATURE.

Both Houses Adjourned to Visit the
Exposition at New Orleans.
spscia, to Commercial Herald.
HOUSE.
JACKSON, Feb. 1.-THE report Of
the committee to investigate the con-
duct Of w. L. Lowe was taken up.
The minority report was adopted,
which honorable aequits Mr.. Lowe.
The governor has approved the fol
lowing house bills: Act supplemental
to act to provide for the payment of
the bonded debt of Kinds county; to
amend act to incorporate the town of
Clarksdale; to authorize the board Of
supervisors of Clay county to hold
monthly meetings; to provide for the
payment of a debt due Robert Bradley;
act for the relief of 2. j. Mosely; to
amend the act to incorporate the city
of Holly Springs; authorizing the
board of supervisors Of Neshobs
county to procure field notes of said
county /; to consolidate the acts incor-
porating the town of Senatobia (; act to
incorporate a street railway company
in the town of Greenville ; act to pro-
hibit the sale Of liquor in the town Of
Alderman.
The contested election cases of J..
L. Collins VS.. S. B. Blackwell and B. P.
Duncan VS.. W. E. Love were made the
special order for Tuesday next.
An act supplemental to an act to
confirm the corporation Of the Mem
phis, birmingham & Atlantic railroad
passed.
SENATE.
Senator Packwood was appointed on
the committee to examine the execH-
tive contingent fund, in place Of Sen
ator Vertner, deceased.
The report of the committee on
State library was referred TO the finance
committee.
The special order of the day, being
an act to provide for holding a consti-
tutional convention, was taken up.
Walker. Binford and Burkitt, favored
the convention ; Packwood and Love,
spoke against it.
The bill was made the special order
for Monday next.
The militia committee was increas-
ed by the addition Of a member.
The following county s~uperintend-
opfo IF odOonfiOp xrroro oOp6rnnod /, T
r. Reynolds, Alcorn county H. E.
Smith, of Jones Jas. II. Yerger, jr.,
Of Issaquena ; ]. Y. Everett, Of
Franklin ; W. L. Young, of Holmes.
Both houses adjourned till Monday
at ten o'clock and a large majority Of
the members left this evening for New
+ Orleans to visit the Exposition.
, The bill introduced yesterday to fix
the liabilities of insurance companies
: in this State, provides whenever any
insurance company shall insure any
house, building or field machinery il
this State. the amount of such insu
: rance specified on the face of the insu
rance policy shall be deemed conclu
! sive evidence Of the insurable value Of
the property insured; also the person
+ or agent who solicits insurance shall
not in any case be deemed or held thu
t agent Of the assured. and no applica
I ton for insurance shall be taken as
part of the insurance policy, and if an,
e insurance company shall, without goo(
e cause, fail after sixty days after proc
of loss by fire or death, to pay to tn,
: parties entitled thereto the amount re
quired to be paid by the terms of tn
policy, the party entitled to the benel
t of such policy shall be entitled to re
: cover five per cent. damages for ever,
month which such insurance compan,
r shall fail to pay such policy after du
proof of the loss or death, as the Gas
r may be, to be recovered in a suit Of
the policy.