Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-04-03
COMMITTEES Disagree.

Three meinbers OF the Finance Com
mittee of Senate INST here Tuesday on
the call Of the Governor, Messrs, W.
n. Hardy. Murray Smith and Irwin
Miller. to consider the bill sgreed upon
by the Governor ami the Ways md
Means Committee to raise sufficient rev
EMU TO tide over till the Legislature
meets next January.
The Finance Committee. after atull
hearing declined to endorse the oili Us
prepared by the Governor and the "ays
and Means Committee, and reeommen-
ded another, which follows st the bot
tom Of this article.
WAYS AND MEANS BILL,
Be 1t enacted. Tbs; section Aei oil Tue
Code Of lsss, he made to read - io'ioWs'
/ On the third Monday in January IN eieh
,exr, III. Auditor Of Public Accounts shsii
di.,rbute to The counties aud srPsra'e
srhoo. districts, the common school iuhd'
The distribution shall be made b. the lssa-
/ AnCt OF .iAAAkOl >
! Treasury. pJysoi. 10 the treSsnFers oil inc
several counties. aud sepersie seho0' a'~
trir,s. ,be S,ste Supi. Of kduestien supply
ing The dsrta for the distribution In hAe
msnper he snail on the third Monday OF
Apfil, july snd October distribute tue
eommon school mud collected aud pSld into
the >tsle Treasury sincs the las, proceeding
I detritu.iea
sse.. The common school shall consist
ga seper.,e levy Tor school purposes ei
three mill. on the dollar Of toe tsxSe'e
property OF the STATE. tose;Asr with all
fines. ferfeiiure.. rri>iless taxes sRd poi
tsxe. s.srs.ed, ard the common srdoe's iol
I III, scholastic wear. lSf,-'$>.
See. The poll tax shall De retained os
the eountie. respectively in which thew are
collected. 10 he used tor tie maintenance
Of public school. Of the county sud seasrste
school districts. So part OF the oHlmon
.ehool f.un! Of the state. bat the State
shall To-, be credited, nor the count!
chsr,ed. v.th the same in the distribution
Of the epmmon school iund.
see 4 The State.4x for general fund MF
the vear 1877 6. hereby 9xed Ai2l.2 mills,
and for the eomln I school fund at 5 mills
Sec. 5. Section 4+' Of the Code of 1875,
he and the tame IS hereby made 10 reSd as
follows: The bosrd oil supervisors Is here
by empowered TO lev! annually for paoiic
school. s tax upon the taxable property o.
the county, which il oasside the limits Of
auy separate school district. ind levy al
additional noll tax outside ofsueh separate
.rhoo. district Of rot exceeding one dollsT
on each male iuhilitan; liable 10 pay )
pol tax; 81 to be COLLECTED IS other take:
tor general purposes, an J 1t the same time
and to b. paid Into the county treasury to
: the credi. Of the school fand Of sad count!
and .ucs taxes shall he receivable only II
lawful currency Of the United States, ans
shall be u,ei for maintenance Of the pu0l'
schools. Audesery municipality being
separate s-bool district. may in Ike nan
:. uerleyy sud collect such taxes for the msin
I teuauce Of 1t. schools,
= FINANCE COMMITTEE BILL.
An act to r=i.f revenue. aud PROVIDE 10
+, the dsfei, II tue public reHenues Of til
!, State.
+, Section /. Be- il enacted b. the Legi.la
turs Of the State Of Mississippi. that III
. Governor i. hereby authorized and emp,N
e cred to borrow a SUE OF money not TO eH
esed two hundred tho u.Ahd dollars. and
a rate of Interest not to exceed six pr
cent. payable Januar! ist. ISIS. which gu
or .um. - borrowed shall be used 10 d
fra. IT,, tue expenses Of the state from J Il
1T l.a- to JapuAr! lst, 1893.
Sec. . That the levy for the year ls, |
and the same Is hereb. liked at : l-a mill
sec. 5. That TIL. act shali take effect al
l be In force from aud after IL passage.
Y The Governor inform. the Clarion Ledg
III that he will recommend the bill prepare
.e By himself aud the .a,s snd means con
IN uittee,