The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-04-04
/. qsnpessee Railroad Commission
v.ty POINTS OF THE MEASURE AS
r. PASSED THE LEGISLATURE.

cial to the Appeal
NASHVILLE, March 2S.-The follow
are the material points of the Rail
/ Commission bill: The first section
he bill provides for the appointment
bree Commissioners by the Governor,
sball hold Office until the 1st of Jan
1885, and their successors shall
Elected by the people at the Novem-
election, 1884, and every two years
reafter.
he eighth section gives the Commits
ers access to the books, records, pa
proceedings and property of the
i, with power to examine the off
directors and employees under
/, and requires reports from the cor
ation of the property and business to
Commissioners from time to time as
may require.
ection 10 authorizes the commission
bake a schedule of the maximum
for the transportation of passengers
freight.
ection II authorizes the commission
classify freight and make rates for
class, and reasonable rates for pas
Ter travel; make rates to pre-
unnecessary blockade of freight,
to prevent unjust discrimination;
Ee reasonable rates for the use Of cars,
power to the commission to allow
roads to charge more per mile for
transportation Of freight and cars
i shorter than a longer distance.
be twelfth section authorizes the
Is or the consignor, or the consignees,
bake application to the commission
charge of the maximum rate on
eht, with power to the commission
Decide upon the application, and
les the decision absolute and from
eh there shall be no appeal.
be act practically puts the railroads
be State in the hands and under the
trol of the commission without the
ent of the stockholders.
lee Additions to Our School Funds
AT COMMISSIONER sMYLIE Is DOING.
II. John Smylie, our indefatigable
e Land Commissioner, completed on
24th inst, the examination of the
bissippi land roll in the General
d office in Washington, which roll he
necessarily adopted as the basis of
first settlement between the State
the Government. The net results
il opinion about as follows:
h for which the State is cn-
He'd to patents ..........,. ..."lSI ,0UO acres.
b indemnity for lands 70.
ted by individuals with U.
Land Warrants. etc, upon
bets granted to the State by
Il of lS50.................,... acres.
Total 900 acres.
due State on account Of
elected" lands sold by U. SIS $1,000 90
his is the prima facie showing by the
ernment's own books, and foots up
neat little total of $422,250, esti-
ling the lands and scrip at the price
would readily command to-day in
nping trade"
be next thing in order with Com
eioner Smylie, will be the commence
tof settlement on the basis of the
ns Of the State, as shown by her own
rds and substantiated by Federal
uments on file that he believes will
ID incontestible proof in support OF
mand for millions of acres.
ne investigation thus lar mas mol
braced the school lands" nor the
per cent. fnnds;' these promise to
very largely to the amount already
ID, even upon the basis Of the Gov.
ment records.
Of does this settlement in any way
ch upon the ground assumed in the
that was before the 47th Congress
claimed for the various Western
es, and the States of the South ex
Kentucky, Tennessee, Maryland
Virginias, the Carolinas, Georgii
Texas, five per cent, of the valua
Of all public lands within theil
Z upon which locations were made
military warrants and other scrip
lfary to the covenants Of their sever
nabling acts, that conceded to then
twentieth Of the entire proceeds o.
ales Of land within their respective
ts when they were admitted Al
les.
emember that all these lands, or thu
Geeds Of the land scrip and indemni
80 into the General School Fund
AZ State, upon which the Common
thwill pay six per cent. annual!
distribution for educational purpose
9g the counties, and then our reader
0e able to appreciate the importance
ae labor upon which COMMISSIONS
lie y now engaged. Aberdeen FIX
ner.