The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-01-21

: there shall be a deduction made of fiN
a dollars per day out Of the salary ofan
l member of the house or senate, VIII
5 shall be absent from his seat at an
time during the sitting of either HOUSE
( unless he is prevented from bein
, present by sickness of himself or family
highwater, rail road accident or othe
unavoidable cause, aud that each mem
Der of either house, shall be required :
sign certificate upon honor before tn
clerk of the house of which he is
member, the number of days thus alb
sent, (if any, and deduction shall b,
made out of his salary by said clerk a
required by this act.
The people are watchful of their pub
lie servants and well they may be.
An act was introduced by Senator
Vertner to change the dividing line be-
tween Jefferson and Claiborne.
Senator billiard introduced an act tC
protect public health and morals by
preventing the adulteration of dairy
and other products, and fraud and de-
ception i'm other articles of food. We
agree with the distinguished gentleman
we want what little food we OCCASION
ally get, to be pure.
The Senate adjourned until the fol-
lowing morning.
HOUSE-l1th day.
The Speaker announced as the joint
committee on part of the House to in
vestigate State officers-Gwinn,C Collins,
Roberts, Bynum, Causey, Raiford, Row.
an, Foules, Hill, Jones of Wilkinson,
McWhorter, McKie, Marmon and Rush.
If these are not enough to do the work
of overhauling the officials, we presume
another regiment will be ordered out.
This being the day for local bills,
they were poured Out in great num-
bers bills to restrict the personal liberty
of swine and goats in certain supervi-
sor's districts; to provide for more
justice of the peace, in districts where
j. p's. are not despised, where the
people, like Oliver Twist, still cried for
more; to authorize certain boards of SUI
pervisor's to do certain things.
But the greatest number were devoted
to the hog; they seem to have a special
spite at him, and fail to show this an
imal any fraternal courtesy.
General bills were then introduced.
Mr.. Williamson, of Kinds, offered
Local Option Bill which will very
probably pass. In substance it is as
follows:
THE LOCAL OPTION BILL
Section enacts that upon application
by petition of one-tenth of the quail
fled voters in any county, the Chancel-
Tor of that district shall order an cleo
ton within forty days, to determine
whether or not such liquors as men,
toned in section 10 of this act shall be
sold in such county, provided that no
such election shall be held in any
month in which general elections are
held.
Section enacts that when the re-
suit of the election shall be determined
by the commissioners, they shall make
a written report to the Chancellor
which shall be spread upon the min
utes of the Chancery Court, and copies
of this shall be evidence in any court
Section enacts that if any election
be held under the provisions of this
act, no other such election shall be
held for two years thereafter in the
same county.
Section 6 provides that if the result
shall show majority of votes against
the sale, it shall be unlawful for any
person in such county to sell or barter
either directly or indirectly or give
away to induce trade, any alcoholic,
spirituous, malt or Intoxicating liquors
or Intoxicating bitters or other drinks,
which if drank to excess will produce
intoxication, but if the majority of the
voters at any such election shall be for
the sale, then license to sell the same
may be ordered by the chancellor OF
the county in term time, to any such
person over the age of twenty-one
years, who is of good reputation and a
sober and suitable person to receive
the same, upon a petition of ten or
more taxpayers resident in the town
or supervisors district in which the
liquors are to be sold; provided that
any legal voter, resident in such town
or district may appear and contest
such application, and the Chancellor
shall grant or withhold such license as
the facts may warrant until such cleo
tons shall be ordered and held, the
present liquor laws shall be in force
and no private act of local application
shall be affected by the act.
The seventh section provides the
penalty for the sale of liquors in viola
ton of this act, and that such sale may
be no property in intoxicating liquors
kept or offered for sale in violation of
this act.
The eighth section provides for the
use of domestic wines or cider and for
the sale of pure alcohol for scientific,
mechanical or medicinal purposes, un-