The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-27
HOUSE-FOURTEENTH DAY.
WEDNESDAY, January 20, 1886.

WEDNESDAY,, January ~, 1880.
House met pursuant to adjournment.
Mr.. Speaker Sharp in the chair.
Leave of absence granted to Messrs.
Marks and James, for to-day, and TO
Messrs. McRae and Draughn, from day
to day on account of sickness.
Mr.. Brooks desired to state that had
he been present when vote for U. 5.
Senators was had he would have cast
his vote for Generals Walthall and
George.
House resumed report of Judiciary
Committee:
To prevent mayors of towns and JUS
tices of the peace from practicing law
indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. Jones, of Wilkinson, entered a
motion to reconsider vote, whereby II.
B. fl, amending sections relating to
juries, was indefinitely postponed.
On motion of Mr.. Selman, the follow
ing bills were indefinitely postponed:
To amend sections 2901 and 2902,
Code 1880 and for other purposes.
In relation to penitentiary convicts.
To regulate the payment of State
witnesses in cases of appeal from justice
Of the peace courts.
To provide for the disposition of all
minor offences reported, or coming
before the grand juries, by remanding
all such cases back to the justices of the
peace in whose district the offense was
committed, together with all the wit
nesses and testimony there developed,
WAS called up by Mr.. Carraway, and an
amendment offered providing for ap
pointment of a county attorney by board
of Supervisors each year, who shall
prosecute all cases remanded in accord
ance with above bill, and receive for
each conviction, $500, to be taxed in
bill of costs and collected as costs are
now collected by law.
Mr. Trigg moved to table amendment;
carried.
Mr.. Carraway moved to recommit
bill.
Mr.. Trigg moved to table motion to
recommit. Lost.
Mr.. Eskridge moved TO recommit the
bill to a special committee of five. Car
ried ommittee-Messrs, Eskridge,
Gwin, Carraway, Epperson, Jones of
| Claiborne.
Mr.. Jones of Claiborne entered a mo-
| ton to reconsider the vote by which Ii.
B. % was indefinitely postponed.
III. B. 80: To repeal section 2403 Code
of 1880 providing that no justice of the
peace or his partner shall practice in any
other Justice of the peace courts in the
same district or in circuit courts in
cases of appeal from said courts. Sub
stitute of committee providing that the
partner of a justice of the peace shall
be allowed to practice law before any
other justice, and both justice and his
partner shall be allowed to practice in
circuit courts when not appealed from
said Justices own court.
Mr.. holland offered an amendment to
the substitute providing for repeal of
an act to amend section 2403 of Code
1880, approved February 29, 1884 !;
carried.
The substitute as amended then
passed.
II. B. To prevent the sacrifice of mort
gagged property. Tabled, subject to call,
on the motion of Mr.. Carroll.
House at 11.20 took a recess till II NJ.
to prepare House for reception of Sem
ate to compare votes for U. S. Senators.
i House resumed business at II o'clock.
| On motion of Mr.. Cook, committee
was appointed to notify Senate that
House was in readiness for its reception,
to count votes for q. S. Senators. Com
mittee-Messrs. Roseborough, Causey
and Southworth.
In a few minutes the Senate was
announced, and the Joint Convention
being formed, and object stated by
President Stands, the journals of both
Houses, so far as they related to the
, votes for u. S. Senators, were read; and
it appearing that Hons. E. G. Walthall
and J. z. George had received a majority
of all the votes cast, were declared
elected. The Senator's then retired.
Mr.. Sillers was granted leave OF absence
| for to-day.
The reports from Judiciary Committee
were taken up:
4 To amend sec 1868, chapter 3s, Code
1 1880, in regard to qualifications oi
q grand jurors. To Committee on Agri
!, culture.
1 To repeal Sec 1859, chapter 81. Code
= 1880. To Committee on Agriculture.
e In relation to surefies on oficial
i bonds and limiting their liability ts
amounts opposite their several names
: Mr.. Selman moved to indefinitely post
: pone.
Mr.. Henry offered an amendmen,
, providing that the bond shall hay,
!. effect Of judgment lien on the propert,
i of the obligOrs i'm the bond from the
time the bond is secured.
Mr.. Truly, as author Of the bill, statet
that he would not oppose the amend
rs ment, and gave many reasons why tn,
n law, as now existing, should be changed
ie Messrs. Webster and Haden opposes
y the amendment as being a deati.bloy
q to bonds. Mr.. Haden's motion to tabl
z, isS, . ,Iy,ao soI