The free press., 1896-04-02
BILLS APPROVED.

Senate bill No. 39o-To authorize
the board of msyor sno aldermen
OF the town of Dursnt TO establish
fire districts in said town; to pro-
vide for the furnishing of water and
appliances for such districts, snd
TO make leries 10 deirsy such ex-
penses.
Senate bill No. 1910 provide
a record of the descent OF property,
real and personal. in cases where
persons die wholly or partially in
testate.
Senate bill No. 29l-For the re-
lief of Geo. ". Bunch, late treas
urer of Wayne county, and S. B.
Rich. F. ". Startling, c. G. Nors-
worthy and David Taylor, sureties
Oh bis official bond.
Senate bill No. 269-To poyide
for the designation of county sus
perintendeDts of public education
when no person shall have passed
the examination required by section
1859. of the code OF 1892.
Senate bill No. 3S2-To provide
against the naltrestment of con-
5icis snd county prisoners, and TO
define punishment for such NAL
treatment
Senate bill No. 371-To amend
section ? uf an act approved Feb.
10. 1894. entitled an act to quiet
title to lsnd in the Yazoo delta
held under conveyance from the
liquidsting levee commissioners so
s. 10 make same more clear aud
effective.
Senate bill No. 253-To amend
chapter 63 Of tie sheet acts of 1892,
being sn set To provide for the
appointment of the leyee eommiss
sioners. TO rsise 3 revenue to main
tain the leyees IN the Mississippi
leyee district and to authorize the
issuance of bonds by the board of
Mississippi levee commissioners,
and fer other purposes.
Senate bill No. 333-To amend
section 452 of chapter 20 of the
code OF 1892 in reference to the
time of holding chsncery court III
the 4th district of this state.
Senate bill No. .66-To develop
the internal commerce and better
facilitate the handing of the pro-
ducts of the state OF Mississippi
by giving power to railroad com =
mlssioners TO receive and decide up-
on applications of Individuals OF
to haEe their plants or
ether industries pennected to the
main lines Qt)the railroads eper.
ating ia this state by side tracks,
sw ttE tracks or spur tracks.
Senate bill No. 179-To reduce
the price OF the Annotated Code OF
1892.
Senate Lil No. 202-To amend
section 1863 of the code of 1892 to
authorize the land commissioner tt
administer the oath when reauir.
ed in the transaction of business
before the land Office, and to fiz
hours for the transaction of business
Senate bill No. 317-For the re-
lief of the heirs of j. T. Griffin, de
ceased, ard making an appropria
ton for refupdlng the purchase
money and taxes, with interest IL
& per cent. for land to which the
title has failed.
Senate bill No. 165-To amend
sections 355 and 1854 of the code ol
1892 so as to correct mistake in and
adjust the boundary line between
Carroll and Lehore counties. and
to relieve the owners of certain land
OF double assessment and taxation
thereon, and allow redemption
thereof.
Senate bill No. 222-For the re-
lief of r. s. Weir, of Walden, from
the effects of an illegal assessment
of 200 bales of cotton.
Senate bill No. 173--To define
the practice of medicine; to create
an executive committee of the state
board of health, and to repeal
chapter 39, acts of 1894.
Senate bill No. 1870 amend
section 1926 of the code of 1892 or
municipalities so as to allow viii
lage of less than 800 inhabitants tc
pay Its officers a salary or grant
them compensation.
Senate bill No. 1870 declare
and render claimant lncompeten,
as witness against estates of DER.
sons of unsound mind.
Senate bill No. 379-To reouire
all trains carrying passengers ovel
the railroad built by the Yazoo anc
Mississippi Valley Railroad Com.
pany, extending through the town O
Lexington, Miss, to stop at Wilson's
crossing in said town, and to pro.
vide for passengers getting on and
OF trains at that point.
Senate bill No. 1S1--An act to au.
thorIze the several boards of super.
ylsors to employ a civil engineer
for the purpose of preparing and
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