Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19
THE LEGISLATURE.
The House Agrees to Adjourn on
Feb. 27--The Penitentlary Lease.
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HOUSE.
JACKSON, Miss, Fec. 1.-THE house
passed a resolution to adjourn sine die
on Feb. 9th.
The act for the appointment Of a
stenographer for the seventh Judicial
district was tabled subject to call.
A majority and minority report was
made by the special committee appoint
ed on the lease of the penitentiary to
the Gulf & Ship Island Railroad
Company. After considerable discus
sion the substitute offered by the ma
jority report was made the special
order for tomorrow night, and two
hundred and fifty copies ordered print
ed.
The bill provides that the company
shall pay to the State SIS 900 Of its
llrst mortgage bonds; that it shall bear
all expense occurring in the support
OF the prisoners and the general son.
duct OF the ~penitenLiary; that one half
OF all the able bodied ~convicts shall be
kept at work on the road until its CON-
pletion, and the balance may be sub
leased on any public works; work
to begin at both ends of the road within
sixty days after passage of the act
and to continue until completed; the
lease not to continue longer than Jan
uary l, 1892.
Act for relief of w. J.. Robinson,
Eliza Robinson and Eliza Julienne,
was deferred.
Act authorizing the widow Of the
late Senator Vertner to draw his full
per diem and mileage passed.
A resolution appointing a commit
tee tG inquire why the annual distribu-
ton of $4,000 among the schools for
1885 had not been made by the auditor
was adopted.
The memorial services set for to.
night were postponed until Wednes.
day night of next week.
Act reserving the State lands for
homestead purposes and fixing the
price thereon was taken up and after
considerable discussion was, with
amendments, laid on the table.
An invitation vas received and ac-
cepted from the Louisville & Nash
vile railroad company, asking the
legislature to extend their excursion to
New Orleans to the gulf coast.
Act to incorporate the town of
Leland and to define what shall be a
lawful fence in Washington county,
was taken up and senate amendments
%concurred in.
An act to amend an act to create a
board of pilot commissioners for Ship
Island harbor was referred.
An act to incorporate the town of
Como, passed.
SENATE.
Bills passed !: To allow the widow
Of the late Hon. J. D. Vertner, to draw
his full mileage and per diem II
more effectually secure the collection
of advalorem tax levied and assessed
by the board of Mississippi levee com
missioners
Bins referred To prevent trespass
on lands 10 provide for the payment
of the chancery clerk Of Monroe
county for services as county
auditor ; for the relief of tax
assessors of the State; To amend
section 1858 Of the code in relation to
Limitation of action !; for the relief of
Nathan Burkely to amend chapter 80
of the code in relation to corporations
and other associations to prevent the
sale of pistols and pistol cartridges in
this State to provide for the payment
of a deputy clerk in the circuit court
Of Washington county.
Mr.. DillarC, for the committee. re-
ported that they had escorted the re-
mains Of the late Senator j. d. Vert.
ner to Port Gibson, and submitted a
series of resolutions in respect to the
memory Of the deceased. The resolu-
tions were adopted and after eulogies
had been delivered by Senators Sykes,
Yerger, Whitney, Luse, Austin, Grey.
ton, Gayles, Morris, Burkett, Booth.
Boyd, Harvey, Hamilton of Holmes
Walker, Reynolds, Simonton, Ross and
Gage, the senate adjourned.
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