Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-02-18
THE SOLONS.
THE STOCK LAW PASSED.
The House Invites Senator Hill
to Visit the State.
A Weekly Summary of the Most Import
ant Acts of Both Houses.
SENATE.

The House bill to pay A. Ii. Whitfield
for legal services rendered passed.
House bill placing a tax on dogs was
| amended so as to refer the matter of
levying tax to the boards of supervi-
sors of the several counties.
The Senate first considers the code
chapters now in committee of the
| whole
Thursday afternoon the chapter on
"Juries," as it came from the House
was taken up. An amendment exclud-
ing common gamblers from jury service
recommended by the judiciary commit
tee was adopted. House amendment
permitting parties guilty of homicide
to practice law" was not concurred in,
and the Senate also refused to concur
in the House amendment which debars
persons in the liquor business from
serving on grand juries and making the
nature of their business cause for
challenge on petit juries. After the
chapter was adopted as amended a mo-
Cloh was enbeIcu Wy WI. IIeIuiebeIS W
reconsider the vote on the section pro-
viding ''beds for juries." When this
motion was called up Friday Mr.. Win
ter offered the following which was
adopted: Strike out the portion relat-
ing to bedding The chapter was then
adopted as amended
a large part of Friday was spent in
considering the report of the special
committee on LAND assessment" chap
ter of Code 1t was finally recommit-
ted.
Senator Teunisson has introduced a
bill for the relief of Sheriff Lee, of
Lawrence county, whose safe was rob
bed of S115 of county money at Month
cello few months ago.
The Senate agreed to the conference
asked by the House on the following
chapters to-wit: Fire Escapes and
Public Safety" conferees, Messrs.
Watts and Martin ;'Appeals" conferees,
Messrs. Stephens and Fox ;''Lunatics, /"
Messrs. Carmichael and Kendrick.
The chapter on Grimes and Misde-
meanors" was amended by striking out
the section permitting betting on horse
racing, boat-racing and shooting
matches, and new section introduced
by Mr.. Stevens and adopted forbidding
these vices and also pool selling.
1t is made unlawful to sell tobacco
or cigarettes to minors under Is.
HOUSE.
The House adopted on Friday a
sensational resolution introduced the
day before by Mr. Glover, of Coahoma,
to have certain rumors investigated to
the effect that bribery had been resort
ed to defeat the Penitentiary farm bill
Though a committee was appointed
with Mr.. O'Neil as chairman, there
seems to be little ground for the a.leg-
ed rumors.
The Senate refused to concur in the
House amendment to the chapter on
appeals" which provides that a
prisoner in Jail shall not be sent to the
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inability to give a bond. The House
refused to recede and the subject has
been referred to conference commit
| tee.
The bill for the relief of all persons
who have purchased any Of the swamp
lands of this State and who have not
received patents for the same, or whose
certificates have been mislaid, lost or
destroyed was passed.
Mr. Buntin has introduced bill pro-
viding for the sale of personal proper
ty under mortgage at not less than its
assessed value. Referred to Commit
tee on Judiciary.
Mr. Lancaster offered the following
Thursday, and on call of the yeas and
nays it was lost by vote of II to II.
Resolved By the House, the Senate
concurring, that it is the sense of the
Legislature that the State should pur
chase the Gulf and Ship Island rail
road and complete and equip the same,
provided it can be purchased at reas-
enable price.
IetSOlN6u udb oil dUIc
convicts should be employed on said
line of road as soon as the present con-
tracts for lease expire.
A resolution by Mr.. Payne was adopt
ed Thursday, that both Houses adjourn
March 9Th.
The fence law,as ammended, was adopt |
ed by the House last Thursday. Boards /
of Supervisors are authorized to re-
quire stock to be fenced in all counties |
where petitioned to do so by a majority
of the free holders and house holders
who are legal voters Where one coun-
ty has stock law and an ajoining
county not, both must bear equally the
expense of line fence.
The chapter on fertilizers" was
adopted. Among other things it pro-
vides that the Professor of Agriculture
at the Agricultural and Mechanical
College shall be State Chemist, and
shall have no interest either directly
or indirectly in the sale or manufact-
ure of any brand of fertilizer within or
without the State, and shall make and
file with the trustees an affidavit that
he has no such interest. The fees re-