Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-01-29
FOURTEENTH DAY.
House.


MIR, Kern asked that the unfinished business
of yesterday, the appropriation bill for the A.
and NJ. College, be taken up. There were TWO
amendments offered yesterday, one py MT;
Taylor, to make total appropriation Sli ,ooo, anu
another by Mr. Jones OF Union, to make 1t S2O,'
800. The bill itself provided for S2250O.
Mr. Kiern announced that the committee ON
appropriations would accept Inc amendment vi
Mr. Jones OF Union.
MIR. TAYLOR moved to table the amendment.
Lost, and the amendment OF Mr.. Jones was
adopted.
House bill No. 2, to appropriate money inr
Vicksburg Charity Hospital, was taken up anI
| passed 1t carries an appropriation oil s24,oVo
| for the two years, 1859.
| House bill No. 81, to appropriate money Tor
| the State Normal School at Holly Springs, was
| taken up and passed. 1t tappropriates $4,000 per
| year for support and $500 for insurance ana re-
| pairs. This Is a cOlored school.
| House bill No. A. to provide for a ward Tor
| disabled Confederate soldiers In the cottage
Hospital at Jackson. was called up. The COM
| mttee recommended that the bill do not pass.
Mr.. Sharkey asked that the bill be referred 10
the pension committee. The motion to recon-
| init was lost.
Mr. Dlnsmore moved to indefinitely postpone.
House bill No. "a, to make appropriation 10y y.
| Confederate PENSIONS was taken up ana passeu
1t appr0prates $4,000
The following bills were introduced:
BY Mr.. Critz: TO authorize trustees OF the IN
| dustrla Institute and College to sell bonds DO
mated by the United States government.
IN , amend % ihe code so rs TO reoure notice TO b,
given of lands sold for taxes before the time o
redcmption expires. The bill will operate Il
the bene6t of persons whose lands have beei
SIII iii renuires annie notice TO be given ever
owner nf lands sold for taxes before the It'll
shall become absolute in the purchaser. III
hi, was passed,
House biIl 30. M. to amend the code so as t.
avery four Years. instead of every two years
and 10 Increase school funds was called uI
The revenue committee reported substitute fo
lhe blll, which was adopted, and the subStitut
Was then passed,
se,.te.
The senate met at 10 o'clock
: A message from the governor sno'hltteu sun
dry matters without Recommendation.
MIR. Noel called up the elective Judiciary resc
,ution for second reading. Mr. Rowan insste
ON his motion TO reconsider, but Mr. Harriso
made tne pOint of order that he had vote
1 DO. mt Of order was sustained.
The previous question was called and Ill
resnntinn on second reading was adopted by
r vote of 40 to3
Mr. Mcdonald offered a resolution reqnestin
the a,iorney general TO Investigate and repo
Whether r or moi The state revenue agent had al
rirht 10 collrrt "a per cent on the States setll
ment with the Gulf & Ship island Rairoa
Adopted.
senate Bill No. a, Mr.. Magruder: An act
q nroy Ide for ihe sale of lands In Hancock coun
granted by act of congress approved May
:, isgG and February 70, 1857, in lieu of sixteen
senate Bill No 4s. Mr. Magruder: AmendiI
C Section l0.2 of Code in relation to the eXamin
:. non Of first grade teachers.
" Senate Bill No. 10, Mr.. Cook: To authOri
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