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House dispenses with reading of journal; votes to adjourn until 2 p.m. tomorrow
Summary
The Mississippi House voted, by voice, to dispense with the reading of the journal and later voted to adjourn until 2 p.m. tomorrow. Representative Powell moved the motion to dispense and moved the adjournment; votes recorded as voice votes with no counts in the transcript.
Representative Powell moved that the House dispense with the reading of the journal; the motion passed by voice vote. Later in the session the House adopted a motion to stand adjourned until 2 p.m. tomorrow.
At the start of the business portion, Representative Powell (the gentleman from Rankin) moved to dispense with the reading of the journal, saying, "Representative Powell moves we dispense with the reading of the journal." The clerk recorded the voice vote: "All in favor, say aye. Those no. The ayes have it." The transcript does not include a roll-call or numeric tally; it records the outcome as a voice vote that passed.
Toward the end of the session, the House paused for a motion to adjourn. The presiding officer recognized the gentleman from Rankin, who moved, "I move that the house stand adjourn until 2 PM tomorrow." Members voted by voice; the clerk recorded, "The ayes have it. House stand adjourned till 2 PM tomorrow." The transcript records the motion and the outcome but does not provide named vote tallies.
The session also recorded a quorum present and routine clerical actions ("Open the machine, madam clerk. Close the machine."). Those lines appear in the transcript immediately before the dispensation motion and indicate the House was able to proceed with business.
Both votes are routine procedural actions recorded as voice votes; the transcript does not show further debate or amendments on either motion.
