Mississippi Democrat. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1875-1???, 1876-01-26
Legislature Diets.


A concurrent resolution wa. adopt
ell providing Tor the appointment OF
SPECIAL committee ut i've 0n the
part 81 the senate, and --- on the
part - the house, o. report bill dis.
tricting the State into Chanccry and
Circuit Court Districts.
Ia executive session the senate re-
fused o. confirm the nomination OF
Jas. Williams "a. School Supcrintend.
cnt al SanhoWcF county.
House concurrent resolution IN re-
lation 90 the constitutional amend.
meuts voted on "a the last election,
providing tor their being cngraltcd
la the constitution Vas oOncurrva la.
Adjourned.
Ia the House a senate bill 10 re
peal the act in relation 10 special
elections, was taken ZAP and passed.
Ia the house Hon. T.. q. &. Lamar
received % votes Tor L. :. senator.
The Republicans refusing 81 vote.
A great many important balls were
introduced and referred 60 proper
/ committees.
The Governor approved several
| balls ~ local nature; also a bin 90
dciray the expenses OF the present
/ Legislature.
A resolution was introduced al
| pointing committee To inquire
whether the Secretary OF State,
James Hill, hal gwen lawful notice
OF the amendment. that were voted
on at tho last election.
la the senate on the 10Th, a bill m
relation 10 eross bills IA Chanccry
passed.
\ bil! 10 confer upon Mayors Of
certain towns * otiioio Justice Of the
Peace Iarisditlon, Was taken up, aud
after several towns were included ia
it, provisions, among them Ilazlc-
hurst, the btll VA, referred 10 the
Judiciary Committee.
The privileges OF the Senate were
rendered 10 lion. \. q. Brown.
A ball to rvpeal tie lat at ia r,la-
ton 10 the charter of llaklehur,t
the committees substitute adopt
ca, and the bin passed.
A Collection was taken up 10 aid
IN erecting a monument to the mem.
DRY Of Cen. II. l.. Ice. $1,000 was
contributed.
In tlio House ON the 18th inst, a
bill to rvpcal the act requiring
| officers 10 furnish their own sta.
tivnary, passsl with committee
amendments.
The bill in relation TO Board Of Su-
pcrvisors was taken up. ltproyidcs
\ ia Substance as follows: See. I.
Hereafter u shall b. the duty OF all
members u tho kari OF Supervisors,
before takiag oalbs OF Office, TO HE
bod "a $1,000. epa.liuoncd a. other
bOnds 81 cpaA officers. See. ?.
All Inensk - cards Who have
alrvmaf O. d ellicg- shall HE
tS>1ir raw ~ riAty las atrr
the passage Of tbs at. sec. ). fiat
failing q comply ~ D. the provisions
Of this a.. then sasd office shall BE-,
aud i declared vAeaan, and the va
oaney stall b. filed a. other yaca:.-
cies IN county ofisece, provided that
IL tins h'ovi-ion br,aks the quorum,
the Board will retain the power e.
order tie election to All such Vacan-
cics. Sc. Z. That salaries for mem
bers shAl be ESQ, Ia be drawn from
the county treasury e. at the reg.
ular mating IN March aud October,
provided that 60 shall be- deducted
from tic salary tor each member 10y
each dsy Of uon-attendancc upon me
sessions See. 3. Members - be liza
bic on their bonds tor ali illegal al.
Iowanes. and appropriations Tor
wh.chthey may have voted, every
vote o. Appropriations "a be record
Cd ioror against any tax payer 10
bring suit for the county.
| After some discussion on the above
without any definite action, the sen
ate was announced, and the two
houses met in joint session, 10 AN
nounse the result Of the election Tor
U. = Senator.
lln. l.. q. &. lamar having re-
ceivel a majority OF the votes cast,
was declared elected, with his term
to brfn March 1, 1877.
AfRr the joint session, the consid-
oratiqn Of the Board of Supervisors
bill Eas continued. Pending the
cons deraiion OF which "A collection
was aiken up 10 aid in building the
monument 60 the memory OF Gen.
II. n Lee, and the house adjourned.
The sam Of $3.50 was realized.
In the Senate, on the 10Th, the
Secretary Of State informed the sen
ate that :. u. TO repeal sec. :, reye-
hue act, approved March "a, 1875,
has bs.omc law without the Cover
nora approval, by operation Of Art.
4, See. "a of the Constitution. The
SECTION repealed gave the Governor
power to appoint Tax Collectors.
A large number of bulls were in
trodaced and referred.
In the house, the Supervisors bull
again coming up, was considered at
length, and after several amend
ments, passed.
The Governor vetoed the ball for
the relief of the taxpayers and tax
collectors, on account Of clerical err
rors.
A substitute for the tax payers
and tax-eollectors relief bin was in
troduced aud passed.
$3.50 additional was contributed
20 the Lee monument fund.