Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-03-02
order for Wednesday.


road bill, special order, was called up
by Mr.. Denton and passed. Mr.. Brooks
called up house bill 1913 providing for
those guilty of selling whiskey without
license The bill makes the penalty a
| penitentiary offense. Mr.. Brooks made
a strong defense in favor CT it's passage
Passed by vote of 60 to CO. Mr.. Miller
Of Shsrkey, called up house bill, 100,
making it 3 penalty for person to
wilfully conceal smallpox cases. Pass
| ed.
Tuesday. General relief bill being
special order for today, was taken up.
The substance of the bill Is to prevent
injustice resulting from failure 10 en-
ter on tho minutes Of the boards of su-
| pervisors the action had on reports of
insolvenoies by tax collectors. The
house reconvened at 8 p. m. Speaker
Pro Tenn Sharp in the chair. Mr.. ssAn-
| derson Of Warren. called up the senate
bill So, which takes the appointment
Of district, county, city and municipal
officers out of the governors hands,
and same was passed, 73 to .. Senate
bill s3 was called up by Mr.. Anderson.
1t provides that guardians, administra-
tors, etc. may include the sum paid for
their bond as u part Of their expenses.
Bill passed. House bill 3, as to exemp-
sion of property descending to grand
children; was passed sc to 30
Wednesday. - The following bills
passed the houes today: Mr.. Anderson,
Of Warren, called up house bill II, and
asked Mr.. Bowers, the author, to sx-
plain the bill, which he did. The bill
Is to punish persons who throw rocks
Into passing trains, and it was passed
unanimously. Senate bill 80 WAS call
ed up by Mr.. Kyle. This provides
for payment Of special judges. district
attorneys and chancelors. House bill
$50 was called up by Mr.. Crum, Its au-
thor, to amend section $3.50 of code of
1899, so as to require the state railroad
assessor 80 as to distinguish on the as
sessmsnt rolls property In separate
school districts. House bill 6s, was
called up by Mr.. Anderson, of Warren,
and yielded the floor to Mr.. Smith, Of
Holmes, who has agreed to explain the
| bill for Mr.. Swinney, of Holmes, who
was absent; to amend section 925 Of
code of 1892 The bill provides that
the overseers of roads shall see that all
milo boards are properly tackled up and
to inspect same every six . months, and
that the tearing down of such will be
regarded as q misdemeanor.
Thursday. House concurred in SEN
| ate amendments to stock law bill. The
senate amendments to house lbill 1876
relative to taxing branch banks, was
passed. The substitute is really a new
bill supplied by the senate.
Friday. regular order was sus-
pended for the consideration Of the
capitol bond bill, being the senate bill
authorizing the governor to have pre-
pared at once thirty year bonds to the
amount of one million dollars for the
purpose of building new capitol and
to advertise for bids. Mr.. Cox, Of
Prentiss, called up the senate concur
rent resolution amending section 206 Of
the constitution. Passed.
Saturday. The following bills pass
ed: Senate bill 221, which was pend
ing on adjournment last evening, was
taken up. The bill relates to the seiz
ure and destruction of intoxicating liq
uors, ETC., which are being illicitly
sold. On motion ofM T. Cox the regu-
| lar order was set aside and senate bill
gao, an act to punish persons for the
| unlawful keeping of intoxicating liq-
uors, the connivance thereat; and pre-
scribing punishment therefor. Mr.:
Bowers called up house bill 35b report
ed with an amendment by the local and
private committee. The bill is to
amend chapter 80 of laws of 1893, SO
as to exempt certain countries from the