The Brookhaven leader., 1890-11-06

| shsil he held on the Tuesday next after the
| first Monday of November, A. d., 1890, and
every four tD years thereafteri pr9videdi
| the legislature may change the day and
| date Of general elections 70 any day and
| date in October, November or December.
| SIC. 253 The Legislature may by two
| thirds vote of both Houses, OF all members
elected, restore the right OF. suffrage to any
person disqualified by reason OF crime; but
| the reasons therefor shall be spread upon
the journals, and the vote shall be by yeas
and nays.
Article rs.
APPoRTIoNTMENT.
SIC. o54. The number of representatives
| in the lower house of the Legislature shall
| be I33, TO be apportioned as follows;
First-The counties of Choctaw, Coying-
! ton, Greene. Hancock, Isaquena, Jones, Law;
renee, Lehore, Marion, Neoshaba, Pearl
E kyST Pe Smith qS nnoxe soH TsSSstcHs
Tishomingo, Tunica, Wayne and webster
each shall have one representative.
second-The counties OF Acorn f ANTE,
saw, Clay, Coahoma,, De Soto, kemper, La
| fayette, Madison, ,sewton, Pike, Rontotoc,
| Prentiss, Rankin, Tate, Union, Wilkinson
and Yalobusha, each shall have TWO repre-
Third~The counties Of Copiah, Holmes,
| Marshall, Monroe, Noxubee, Pamela, warren
| and Washington, each shall have three rep
FourthNTbe counties Of Franklin and
| Lincoln each shall have one representative
and hoater between them.
Fifth-Ihe counties OF Ilppah and Benton
each shall Nave one representative and
| floater between them.
Sixth-1he counties of Claiborne and JET;
ferson each shall have one representative and
fioater between them.
Seyenth--The counties of Clarke and JAS
per each shall have one representative ana
tioater between them.
Eighth-The counties of Grenada and
MONTGOMERY each shall have one representa-
tive and floater between them.
Ninth-The COMMITTEES of Leake and Winston
Teach shall have one representative ana
fioateFbetween them.
Tenth-The counties of Harrison and Jack
son each shall have one representative anu
fioater between them.
three representatives and the county of
Kinds shall have three representatives, ana
they shall have tioater between them. :,
Twelfth-Ihe county of LauderdaIe shali
have three representatives, one to be elected
by the City of Meridian, one by the county
outside the city limits, and one by the whole
county, including Meridian.
Thirteenth-The county of Adams outside
of the City of Natchez, shall have one repre-
sentative and the City of Natchez one repre-
Fourteenth-The county of Lowndes shall
have three Representatives, two OF whom
shall be elected by that part OF the county
east of the Tombigbee river, and one by
that portion of the county west OF said river;
Fifteenth-The county OF Oktibbeha snail
have two Representatives, one OF whom shall
be elected by that portion Of the county east
of the line running north and south between
ranges thirteen and fourteen.and the other by
that portion of the county west of said line.
Sixteenth--The county of Lee shall have
two Representatives, the county OF Itawamba
one, and floater between them.
Seventeenth-In counties divided in legls-
lative districts, any citizen OF the county
eligible for election to the House of Repre-
sentatives shall be eligible to represent any
district thpraOf
THE SENATE.
SEC. 255. The number of Senators shall be
forty-five and are apportioned as follows:
Flrst-The counties of Hancock, Harrison
and jackson shall constitute the first dis
trict and elect one Senator;
Second-The counties of Wayne, Jones,
Perry and Greene the second district, and
elect one Senator.
the third district, and elect one Senator.
Fourth-The counties of simpson, Covlng-
ton, Marion and Pearl River the fourth dis
trict, and elect one Senator.
Fifth-The counties of Rankin and Smith
the fifth district, and elect one Senator.
Sixth-The counties of Pike and Franklin
the sixth district, and elect one Senator.
Seventh-The counties of Amite and VIII
kinson the seventh district, and elect one
Eighth-The counties of Lincoln and Law
renee the eighth district, and elect one
Ninth-The county of Adams the ninth
district and elect one Senator.
Tenth-1he counties of Claiborne and JET
ferson the tenth district, and elect one Sen
ator.
enth district and elect one Senator.
TWelfth-The counties of Kinds and War
rem the twelfth district, and elect one SEN
ator each and Senator between them, to be
chosen from the counties alternately, begin
ming with Kinds.
Thirteenth-The counties of Scott and
Newton the thirteenth district, and elect one
Senator.
the fourteenth district, and elect one Senator.
Ffteenth-Ihe counties of kemper and
Winston, the fifteenth district, and elect one
Senator.
Sixteenth-The county of Noxubee the six
teenth district, and elect one Senator.
Seventeenth-The counties of Leake and
Neshoba the seventeenth district, and elect
one Senator.
Eighteenth-The county of Madison the
eighteenth district, and elect one Senator.
Nineteenth-The county of Yazoo the nine
tenth district. and elect one Senator.
Twentieth-1he counties of SharRey and
Issaquena the twentieth district and elect
Twenty frst-The county of Holmes the
twenty first district, and elect one Senator
Twenty-seeond-The county of Alfalfa the
twenty-second district, and elect one Sem
ator.
and Choctaw the twenty-third district, and
Twenty-fourthAT counties of Clay and
Webster the twenty-fourth district, and elect
Twenty -fifth-The county of Lowndes the
twenty fifth district, and elect one Senator.
Twenty-sixth-The counties of Carroll and
Montgomery the twenty-slxth district, and
Twenty seventh-The counties of Leff6re
and Tallahatchie the twenty-seventh dis
triet, and elect one Senator.
Observation-Disclosures counties of YalO-
busha and Grenada the twenty eighth dis
trict and elect one Senator.
Twenty-ninth-Th counties Of Washing
ton and SuntioWer the twenty-nlnth district;
the county of Washington shall elect one
Senator and the counties of Washington and
Suntiower Senator between them.
tbirtietS district, and elect one Senator.
Thirty tirst-The counties of ChickaSaw,
Calhoun and Pontotoc the thirty-first dis
triet, and elect two Senator's; both Senators
shall at no .ime be chosen from the same
county.
Thirty-second-Th county of Lafayette
the thirty-second district, and elect one
Senator.
Thirty-third-Ths county of Pamela the
thirty-third district and elect one Senator.
Thirty fourth-The counties of Coahoma.
Tunica and Quitman the thirty-fourth dis
trict, and elect one Senator.
Thirty fifth4The county of De Soto the
thirty fifth district, and elect enc Senator.
Thirty sixth-The counties of Union, Tip
pah. Benton, Marshall and Tate the thirty
sixth district, and elect three Senators; the
counties of Tate and Benton shall be en-
titled to one, not to be from the saIne county,
the counties of Union and Tippah one, and
the county of Marshall one.
Thirty seyenth--1he counties of Tisho-
mingo, Alcorn and Prentiss the thirty-sev-
enth district, and elect one Senator.
Thirty-eighth-The counties of Monroe,
Lee and Itawamba the thirty-eighth dis
trict, and elect two Senators, one of whom
shall be resident Of the county OF Monroe,
and the other resident of Lee or Itawamba
counties.
SEC. 25e. The Legislature may at the first
session after the State census of 1895, and
decennially thereafter, make a new apDor-
tionment of Senators and Representatives..
At each superintendent, each county then