Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-05-20
THE STATE LEGISLATURE
ruIRItE>ru DAY.
House.


Jackson NAV 1.-THE morning session oi the
house consumed la the ttseussiun u a hijt
gissng all colleges located Ia Mississippi having
a iaw department the same authority rcistlse q
Law graduates a. u nov exercised ~ the q nj
NcTstiy ~ Nississirpt. lceate'i Al ONlort traa.
uatcs trogu thr university arr Dot required 10
stand an EXAMINATION unless the chancellor sees
ht to order one 6raduaiion gives HIM the right
10 a license. Heretofore this Institution l. the
oniy oae having that authority. The nght tor
the pa~sagr q the tlil fuate ~ Mlilsaps
college Il this IS. wnleh - the euls college ia
the state. eNr-pt The university. having a law
department. bat uHisr the term. ot the tal an
colleges are placed on far. The hfli passrtt
the huuse ~ vote af ~ 10 30 10 has nut tsf
been considered bt the seaate. The riu failed
10 pass the last session Of the legislature.
Ih~ morning session u the senate was ,isY oicsi
10 a discussion ut an amendfrent o. tne cuusii-
tuition changing the appropriations 10 common
schools
speaker NeCool called the house To- order at
O'clock.
Concurrrn, resolution BY Nr wcaihersby Il
Coahoma. which 49, adopted by a rising vote.
expressing deep regret al the pru,taetcd Illness
"a ftVn ,. T. tteofzc aut the hofc that be may
tc .oon RESTORED to health and useininess lite
resolution was sent at once 10 thc senate Tor
Concurrent action
Mr kelrn OF Hoimss called up house hHl No
tS-"An act TO provide TOT deficiency Ia tlr
appropriation fuF uaN ment Tor fuel. stationery,
postage and express, "a. aud inelicatai a
rcnsrs tor the years tSz The biii carries
an appropriation ui s..ssa. AMI Nas passed with
Nc Anderson n warren called up the house
htI No. ~ amsnding the code Ia rsgari % al
mission to the bar hY isc.nse tsuH tta srhf'ai.-
The bill was pss~el by a vote u ~ - ~.
Concurrent resolution bf Mr. AfrEsru ~ Wssh-
ington To repeal article ~ "a The constitution
was referred 70 iesvc committee
After hearing a lcw committee reports the
house adjourned.
senate.
The srnste was calicvi u orirr ty President
PRO lem IIaftisrn At o'clock
The regular orier for this hour was taken up.
the proposed amendment % tue constitution.
Mr.. Miller ofcrri an Amendment 20 tue rcso-
luitOn hy striking ont aud inserting Iis mills
Mt Noel offered a sahsiitui. ry saying Not
less than nor n"fr than mills,
The substitute was adopted Tor the amend
ment. thsIc being tie vote ani the chair voting
In the Affirmative
The question thea REQUIRED "a the adoption u
the substitute A. an Amendment to the frsniu-
lion AMI The amendment was lost On a call ut
The yeas AMI nays by Is yea, AMI a NAYS
Mr. Niger moved TO amend hy inserting "isa5''
Tor 'isls" Adopted.
Mr.. Price 81 the sixteenth district offered m
Amendment. In effect. liking the minimum ui thc
school term Tor each wear at four montlt-
Following Il the fun trNt Of the concurrent
resolution ot the senate submitting az amend
rnent relative to the schooi fund
Resolved. by the legislature Of the state ot
Mississippi twa- thiris 81 zach house agreeing
tHercto. That thr following amendment tor see
tion Ha and repeal ot section als OF Article : 90
the slate constitution he submitted to the quail
led electors at an election tn BE- held iur that
parpos- In the several counties In the state on
the nrst Tuesday after the nrst Monday u No
Sember. viz
''scction .s-s special levy Il mills upon
all the taxable property ~ the state, real aBi
personal, shall he annually set aside for the
bensnt II the public schools and shali be called
the pubic school fund said fund shall BE- III.
stdrt among the several counties and separate
school districts IN proportion 60 the number 81
e'iueahie children therein. AMI shall IT, supple.
mentrt In each county BY the poll tax collected
therein to he retained la the counties where the
p.,ll tan u collected aud y hitch lsii tax shalt
not b. charged against the said counties. nor
against their distributtve shares OF the >ad
schnDi fund. together win such additional sum
raiss,i hy TAXATION GA all the property Df the
county llnrluitns separate school districts a.
may b. necessary. stth tar amount II polls AMI
state distribution To- <uppori the public schools.
The amount rplirct~ii to the county shall D. dt-
ytiesi hetwvca separate sch0ols districts and
other portions % the county Ia proportion to
the numn~r II etinc1hle children in each. Any
separate school district or county may levy
additional taxc. for school purposes. but no
levy made by any county 'insScess ot an amount
necessary To support schools for four months
annually shall he extsLdet into a separate
school district.