The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-10-09
THE SWAMP LAND ACT.
The Twelve and % Half Cents
Stricken out.

ls'St HuiSh'l AhV NVhN'h''N" '~S'>
action on the swamp land entries en-
tered with erroneous scrip.
Amendment after amendment and
speech after speech came for hours UNI
til, finally Mr.. Sexton of the State at
large, brilliant young lawyer ana n
member of the judiciary committee, IN
PRODUCED the following substitute for
tho committees report and tor all
pending amendments:
Whereas, doubts have arisen as to
the title of original purchasers of GER
tain swamp and overlooked lands, by
reason of the entry of said lands with
the land scrip of counties other than
the county in which said lands were
situated: and
"Whereas, by act of the Legislature
of the State of Mississippi, approved
February II, 1890, 'all purchasers
now holding swamp lands under such
invalid purchase, shall have the right
to purchase the same for period of
two years ut the uniform rate of l23
cents per acre. upon the terms re-
ferred to by said act; therefore, be it
Ordained that the State of Missis-
sippi hereby valves the payment of
said sum named in said act, and dis
claims any interest or title in and to
tue same land on account of erroneous
location thereby" 80
Mcssrs. CalhoOn, Cutrer, Burkitt,
and others who had offered amend
ments withdrew the same, and then
cnnl-n in, of tho
above amendment. He said:
"The trouble which confrOnts lis
here, grows out of the act of the
Legislature of 1890, which reads:
AN ACT in relation to Swamp Lands.
WHEREAS, by reason of error in the use of
scrip there are many holdings of swamp and
overlooked" lands in this State which are void,
the title remaining in the State; and whereas
many OF the persons concerned are not even pro
tected by any statute of limitation; and whereas,
1t is deemed right and just that such persons
should have the privilege OF protecting their title
on fair terms; now, therefore,
SECTION l., Be 1t enacted by the Legislature
of the state of Mississippi, That all lands known
sold, shown by the records in this office of the
Commissioner OF Swamp Lands, but whereby
reason of the wrong scrip being used In the
purchase, such sales were invalid, be and the
same are hereby withdrawn from general sale,
under existing laws, for the period of two years
rS tne Rat VA VI rlS S'I now holding
lands under such invalid purchase shall have
tne Tgt 70 Prc as e n some Tor perld9d OF
half az 10 cents per acre, upon making apptea,
ton to the Commissioner of Swamp Lands and
producing satisfactory evidence that they are the
ORIGINAL ehterefS OF hold under tnem Dy descent,
tries. The money to be paid into the treasury
ana patents 70 De made according 10 the laws In
SEC. B. That Immediately after the passage of
this act the COMMISSIONER Of swamp and Over
sons Interested bv Snblication in sucb ~ newipa
pers as he may select, not to exceed. 20, for the
Gt SIX he sSa a upon aeh
in addition to the purchase money, the sum Of
one dollar to 90 toward defrsyng the expense of OF
paid out Of the swamp land funds upon the war
rants of the Auditor, who shall first audit the ac-
bv the T S and Sncretav
State.
fo SEe from a Ina FMS a., ht tax ehec' ana De IN
Approved February IL, 1890.
..Jlo ,,,;oot 90 .,o ;,a;o; ~
mittee in reporting the ordinance for
which the substitute was offered was
to disclaim any interest in the lands
invalid, and to relieve parties inter
ested in them from the pavment of 124
cents per acre. because it is not claim
ed by any one that the State is enti-
tied to any money for these lands. and
,r wor,n pr rx,.sr
ior us 10 receive 'Nls sum Oh money
into the treasury
Az the same llhle we shouiu SO
S"aro our ACTOR, mere IT'S NOT 10 inter-
iere Win .ie rights Oh any par'les VINO
nave or cialni any interest III these
Janus uerlIeu from any source what
soeVef. our only purpose should be
TO feileve all parties from the pay
ina,-o flo no,a;a+;u,. ta,.osts ~ ain;,',
ants where they now stand. Or in
other words the idea of our position is
that we should relieve the people
from the apparent hardship of the act
as above quoted, but decline to sit as
a court in adjudication on conflicting
interests.
"Wbile we are all acreed as tn the
end to be reached. considerable differ
ence has arisen dnrinn tbis discussion
as to the means emnioved that 10 Tho
proper construction of the ordinonco
reported nv the judiciary committee
7 believed wheH tho ordinance wos
and still, hel;eva II carr;ad
ont onr nurnoses as hefore ;nd;catoJ.
Init. as some donht seems tn ey;st ~
the minds of the deleratas have
drawn tbis substitute wh;cb soan,s m
meet the views of all concerned W
Mr.. SEXTON was interrunted Inv Mr..