Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-15

WI, w. oe accomplished By the Issuance of bonds.
hal ~ @ mf Lamb Of Panola; TO exempt munici.
c.s r., ounus issued Tor school PURPOSES etr. Re-
ici,eu 70 ways and means colnmittec,
tow ny VI W bryant OF Jones: To authorize the
teacbars ~ L"shlht 10 levy special tax to pay
1885, 'g7. ''"''iS ior lhe years
MI East called up house bill No. 8. to proyIds
, ,uI collateral inheritance and succession tar
,ia. uipu, certain estates etc. Referred to the Judi.
Mr House moved that house bill No q an act
20 i ,aise revenue for the State and TO cover de-
l,it tnat may occur in the months of July.
august, september and October. 1897 he read a
nriu A.. tlne and placed upon its final passage.
cOniEttec; carried.
House bill No. G, an act authorizing the lssli.
"nee OF state bonds for the purpose of erecting
= rW NV capitol, was made the special order for
;, A few bills were referred to committees and
'he house adjourned
senate.
The senate was called to order al a o'clock
senator Niger called up senate bill No. II, an
act to prohibit the running at large OF sheen
horSeS, h0gS, etc, on leyee lands from February
i W June Of every year. The substitute ot the
COMMITTEE on levees was then read and agreed TO.
ine committee on lcYees reported favorably
on senate bill No. 20, an act to amend section I6
OF an act to amend chapter 6 OF tile sheet acts of
i NV, an act to provide for the appointment Of
the leyee commissioners to raise revenue
,, lhira reading OF the bill was called for, and
lhe PHI was placed upon its final passage.
. Inc lltle OF The Dill is; An act to amend Sec
lioh 10 OF an act TO amend chapter 63 Of the
sheet acts OF 1882, being an act to provide for
tle appointment OF the leVee commissioners to
raise revenue to maintain the levees in the
MlssisSlppl leyee district and 10 authorize the
issuance of bonds by the board of NiSsissippi
leyee commissioners, etc.
Inc Dlll was passed by a vote of 25 to4
senate Dill No. q was called up. its title being
an act to amend section Il of the act of incOr.
pOrallon OF the board OF leyee commissioners
Ior lhe ialoo- Mississippi delta, approved Feb.
ruary %, 1884, and section of an act ainenda-
Tory OF said act of Incorporation, approved
Mafch l6, 1856, with reference to the power to
make certain contracts for levee work The
Dill was read the third time, considered en-
crossed and passed by vote of % yeas, 0 nays.
Scnlle Dill NO. 70, an act to repeal section OF
lhe act TO Incorporate the board of levee COM
lnlssioners for the Iazoo-M Mississippi delta and
i0r other purposes, was next on the table.
Judge Trigg explained the bill, and stated that
the substance was to allow the board Of leyee
commissioners to exercise the right of eminent
domain. The bill was passed by vote Of "A to l..
Senator Rainwater asked permission to intro :
duce bill out of order, which was done The
Dill Is No. 26: An act to exempt from taxation
municipal bonds issued for the purpose of raS-
ing money for the erection Of school buildings
or lands therefor and the Improvement or re-
pair thereof To finance committee
Senator smith called up the house resolution
lndorSng the course of Consul General Fitz-
hugh Lee United States consul at Havana, also
Hon, Walter b. Barker United States consul at
Sagua La Grande Cuba. The resolutions were
passed unanimously.
The senate spent most Of the afternoon ses-
sion considering an amendment to the conStltu-
ton relative to the common school fund 1t
provides that a special levy of 3 mills shall be
made for common schools; that the poll taxes
without being charged to it, and that the c0un-
ties may make an additional amount by county
laiation 10 run the schools four months and
longer " they so desire.