The Brookhaven leader., 1890-02-20
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
The Legislature.

The Legislature.
SENATE.
Bills passed: To amend the present
Gw so as to allow tax collectors ) per
cent. commissions on liquor license in
stead of 2 per cent; requiring the State
Treasurer to pay over to the Board of
Levee Commissions for the Iazoo Delta
certain lcvee funds now in his hands
arising from the payment and collection
of delinquent district levee and for other
purposes; to authorize the Board of Su
peryisors of Carroll county to institute
suit against the Georgia Pacific Railway
Company: requiring railroad trains to
keep proper lookout on trains so as to
prevent more effectually the killing Of
stock; requiring the Board of Mississippi
| Levee Commissioners for the Yazoo-
Mississippi Delta to refund to the par
ties properly entitled thereto, certain
levee funds improperly paid into the
| treasures of the Board and for other
purposes; to abolish the Office of Public
| Printer-this bill does not go into effect
| until the expiration of the present in
cumbent's term, and provides for letting
the printing out to the lowest response
BILE bidder, the printing all to be done
| by one firm; to incorporate the Rosedale
| & Mississippi Central Valley Railroad;
| to incorporate the Confederate Veterans
| Home Association; to prevent stock from
running at large in Washington county;
| for the relief of certain purchasers OF
swamp and overfiowed lands embraced
| in the grant to the Pearl River Naviga-
ton & Improvement Company; to ratify
the consolation of the Mobile, Hatties-
burg and Jackson Railroad Company OF
| Mississippi, with the Mobile, Hatties-
| burg and Jackson Railroad Company OF
| Alabama, and for other purposes; passed
with amendment allowing said railroad
company to build branch line instead
OF main line through Brandon, stricken
| out.
HOUSE.
Bills passed: To incorporate the Ala
| oama, Mississippi & Western Railroad;
to exempt agricultural agents, and
warehouses used by Agricultural Asso-
| Citations, from State, county and munich
! pal taxes; to amend Section 29S5, of the
Code, in reference to carrying concealed
weapons-the only persons allowed to
| carry pistols are express messengers
when on duty; to reduce privilege tax
on agents or manufacturers of cotton and
woolen goods: to provide for Board of
Commissioners to investigate the State
| ofticers-the bill provides for the en-
ployment of experts at $50 per day;
| and provides, further, that not cmore
| than 200 shall be expended in the in
vestigation; to incorporate the Missis-
sippi College; to prohibit running ordin'
ary freight trains on Sunday, or of rail
road employees doing other unnecessary
work: concurrent resolution providing
| for an investigation of the financial
| affairs of the Yazoo- Mississippi Levee
| Board.
The House passed Senate bill author
lzing the Natchez, Jackson and Column
bus Railroad Company to sell or consoli-
date: also Senate bill ratifying the con
solidation heretofore made of the New
Orleans, Natchez and Fort Scott Rail.
road Company.
The House passed bill providing for
the erecting of negro asylum near the
Jackson Asylum. to be under the super
vision of the Superintendent of the
Jackson Asylum. Sixty thousand dol
lars was appropriated.
The House by a decided vote passed
Peyton's bill repeating the present law
requiring a deposit of $25, 600 of foreign
fire insurance companies. Mr.. Street
offered several amendments, which were
adopted, and in substance are as follows:
Section , of House bill 400 is stricken
out and the following new sections are
added:
The companies who desire to do bust
ness in this State shall first satisfy the
Auditor that they have the assets re-
quired by this section before doing any
business in this State. If the Auditor
shall afterward have cause to believe
that the assets of any company is less
than required by sections 1913 and 1914
of the Revised Code, he shall require
such company to make a. statement,
sworn to as provided in said section, and
obtain such other information as may be
available, and if not satisfied that such
assets are as required by law, he shall
revoke the license of such company.
The State Treasurer is hereby author
lied and required, on the passage of this
act, to return to companies having de-
posted in the Treasury the amount de-
posted by them respectively, and inter
est shall cease in ten days after the
passage of this act.
: A bill passed making sundry changes
in the school law, the principal change
made being that the trustees of each
school, on petition of the majority of
patrons, shall fix the months in which
the school shall run, provided the date
shall always be on the first Monday of
the month selected. The bill further
provides that County Superintendents
shall not issue any warrants unless
there are funds in the county treasury
to meet them.
The bill creating a new county to be
called jefferson Davis, out OF portions OF
Bolivar and Sunfiower counties, having
been defeated, Mr.. Magruder, of War
rem, offered a bill to change the name of
Bolivar county to Jefferson Davis. This
bill was passed by practically unani-
nous vote, amid much enthusiasm.