The Brookhaven leader., 1888-03-01
OF r S0LONS.
WHAT THE LEGISLATURE
Is DOING.
Items Of General Interest Cleaned from
the Proceedings, for the Readers Of
the Leader.

The Legislature is nearing the close
of the session. and will probably adj
.iOurn somewhere from the 10th to the
18th of March, if not earlier. Very
little legislation of general nature
has been passed during the session,
hut an immense number of local and
private Acts have been passed.
The Governor has informed the
chairman of the House and Senate
committees on constitutional cOnven-
ton, that he will veto any bill looking
to the calling of such convention.
Hence the move has been abandoned
for the present session and will be
made the paramount issue before the
next Democratic State convention.
This decision of the Governor to
thwart the will of the Legislature and
people led the House Monday to kill
the resolution adopted by the senate,
providing for constitutional amend
ment making judges elective by the
people instead of appontive as now
is the law, and all other amendments
submitted at this session will likely
share tn +. same fate.
The General Appropriation bill has
passed the House. 1t makes total
reduction i'll expenditures for the next
, years of about 100000. The appro-
priation for the 4. and NJ. and the
Girls Industrial College were fixed
ut $22 800 per annum each.
Senate bill No. 107, repeating the
exemption of railroads from taxation,
was killed in the House by vote of
81 to 40.
The house passed the bill, which
was adopted by sections some days
since, reducing the salaries of all the
officers of the State except circuit
judges. The average reduction is
from 20 to % per cent.
The House by very large vote
passed II bill preventing the run
ming of freight trains on Sunday.
The Senate bill fixing salaries of
district attorncysat - 900 and taking
away fees was killed in the House.
1t is understood that the joint
special committee appointed to con-
s;dcr the cXpediency of reducing the
number of chanccry court Judges in the
State have agreed on bill reducing
the number from eleven to seven.
The Legislature continues to pass
" FIVE mile" acts, preventing the sale
of liquor near churches. schools.
villages, etc. Among those passed
since the Whitworth bill are bills for
Columbia and Poplarville, in Marion
county: Morton, Scott county: T0Om-
suba, Laudcrdale county: DeKalh,
kemper county: Lexington. Holmes
county, and supervisors district No
!, COpiah county, which includes Ha-
zlehurst. Also fer Crystal Springs.
WcSson and Beauregard. A bill for
Summit was introduced last Saturday
and referred to the Temperance COM
nittSc and stands a good chance of
passing.
Magrudrr's Labor bill to make labor
ers amcnahlc under severe penalties
for violations of their contracts, was
defeated in the House.
The senate bill requiring separate
but equal Accommodations for the two
races on railroad trains, passed the
senate.
The provision for separate school
districts in incorporated towns, which
is feature of the present school law,
was stricken out by the House on
Thursday.
Senate bill to repeal the act of 1884
to promote and encourage the build
ing of the Gulf and Ship Island Rail
road. and to repeal the act to regu-
late the sale of swamp lands.
Lieut.. Gov. Stands resigned his po-
sition as President of the Senate Tues
day on account of throat trouble.
The Senate spent all day Tuesday
discussing Senator Boone's bill to can
eel the lease of the convicts to the
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad and
restore the Penitentiary to the exclu-
sive control of the State, but did not
reach vote.
The Hamilton Case.