The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-11-29
LEGIsLATURE - INAUGURATION OF
GOVERNOR a LAW MAKER SEEK
ING TROUBLE. UNIVERSITY
LANDs-LEyEE AMENDMENT.
What Mr.. Moss Proposes-Com-
missions for County Officers
How to Express Thanks
jackson Banks and jack
son Taxes, etc.
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Correspondence Magnolia Gazette)
jackson, Nov. 81, 1893. |
The Legislature will meet Jan-
uary End. The newly elected |
State officers will take charge
January 10. Judge Longino will
be installed as governor on the
10Th, provided the speaker is
elected on the first day of the
session. On the same day that
Inauguration Of governor takes
place, the Legislature will elect
U. S senator for the term end
ing March Sd, 1901, and also a
senator for the six years begin
ming March A, 1901. This is
brief statement of what has been
already fully published in these
columns.
Adiutant General VIM. Henry
+. gives notice that the entire Ma
-tional Guard Of Mississippi will
be modified at jackson on the
day 81 The Inauguration Of Gov
ernor elect Longino, January 16.
The railroads will give rate of
one cent d mile, fifteen or more
men travelling on one ticket.
Hon. Clay Sharkey, of Kinds,
called on his constituents.
through the press, forsuggestions
with view to legislation; and
the response has been so general,
he may have to employ a special
secretary to help him read, di.
gest and formulate. His inten-
tions were better than his discre-
ton.
The trustees of State Univer-
sity have decided to sell the Uni
versity lands in Harrison and
jackson couuties23 600 acres
'V.af. pine timber. Bids will be re-
csayed until January 10. The
Committee having the matter in
charge will consider bids at jack
! son, on that date. No bid to be
\ considered which is less than
$SS.00 per acre for the land and
tNmber, or S6. 80 per acre for the
timber alone. Full details car
be Sbtained from Chancellor Rob-
ert E'ulton, University, Miss.
We Note the suggestion inEsomt
paper sthat we cannot now name
hat thu Levee Amendment, like
ne ,Iudnciary Amendment, die
aot receivk a majority of the to-
al vote caA at that election.
The LeveA Amendment wai
voted on at \the eongressiona
slection in 1881 The total vot'
gor the amendment was IA. .516
against the amendment, 5,321
8The total vote for members o
Congress in all the districts wa
i 27.486. So that the Amendmen
! received a majority Of 9,195 0
the votes cast on that question
and as 1874 is a majority of tn
total vote cast at the election,
had 972 in excess.
Hon. l.. A. Moss, who will b
one of the members from Hind
in the next House, says the Elk
ecutive Mansion should be sol
and the>governor required t9 fur
nish his own house. He Want
the land in rear OF the Capito
converted into state park.
The commissions for all CONT
officers will be ready for disthbu
ton during the first week ir De
cember. They are now bein
prepared by the Secretary
State. They will be sent to ii
circuit clerk. The commission
for senators, representatives an
district attorneys vii be maile
direct to them.
The State Bcrd OF Health h;
decided not topubIish. hereafte
the names d applicants for
cense whny yass q successful e.
aminatial, for the reason tn
.publlc&ion would reveal Il
name of those who failed.
the 0amination in Jackson tll
nsefth. twenty passed and sew
allied.
A good way Of satisfying you
self that you are in Thank
giving spirit win be to send
money order. or express order,
check, from one to ten dollars,
the Natchez Protestant Orph'
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