The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-01-17
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

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Hon. w. r. Norton, Lincoln's Repre-
sentative, has introduced a bill to pro-
bibit banks, corporations, merchants
and other persons from requiring alb
stracts of titles at the expense of those
giving deeds in trust or mortgages in
security for borrowed money OF other
debt.
Mr.. Cox introduced bill to make it
unlawful for companies, corporations.
associations or persons operating tele-
phone lines to refuse to connect with
each other, and to provide a remedy
therefor.
Mr.. Hathorn introduced a bill to
amend section l, chapter 10. of the
acts Of 1897, in reference to printed
lists furnished taxpayers making pine
and hardwood timber privileges, liable
for taxes, when the land is owned by
one party and the timber by another.
approved May IS, 1897, Mr.. Byrd also
introduced bill looking to same
object.
Senator Kiger and Representative
Sharp have introduced bills providing
for the building of new capitol. Both
bills. among other things provide that
the governor, secretary of state, attor-
ney general, auditor and treasurer
shall compose the capitol commission.
1t is pointed out by legislators, who
have the interest of the taxpayer at
heart, that no better selection as CAPT
toll commissioners could be made than
that of Governor Longino, Secretary
of State Power, Attorney General Nc
Clurg, Auditor Cole and Treasurer
Showers that these gentlemen, named
officially by both the Kiger and the
Sharp bills, sit high in the confidence
OF Mississippians, having been recently
chosen by the people for the offices
which they are soon to fill.
Senator George has introduced bill
having for its object the taking of the
appointing power from the governor in
the matter of filling official vacancies
ihstate and state district offices. coun-
ty and county district offices and cities,
towns and villages. Under the codes
of 1880 and 1892, the governor could
only appoint state officer or district
attorney where the unexpired term
was for less than two years. This
limit was taken off at the session of
1896, and the governor was authorized
to appoint without reference to the
time of the death or resignation of a
state officer or district attorney. As
the law now stands, if state officer
were to die or resign the day after he
was sworn in, the governor would
name his successor, and this even
without the advice or consent of the
senate. Mr. George thinks that in a
democracy this should not be. He
proposes to fix the date at which the
governor may fill vacancy in state
office at two years or less from the
expiration of the elective term of
district office, at one year county and
county district, city, town or village at
six months, and the bill will provide
for the filling of county offices by the
board of supervisors and town and
village offices by the board of mayor
and aldermen. Boards of supervisors
will certify their appointment to the
secretary of state, as will also the
councils of cities, towns and villages,
when commissions signed by the gov
ernor and attested by the secretary of
state will issue.
A bill introduced into the House
last week, provides that all individuals,
firms and corporations operating in
pay day which shall occur every thirty
days, and that all firms, individuals
and corporations shall redeem all
checks or promises to pay issued by
them when party to whom they we're
issued or any other party holding
check with proper endorsement shall
present it. The makers are very
much exercised over the BILL which
was introduced by Mr.. Wilkins, of
Wayne. q
Senator Yarbrough from Pamela
county has introduced a bill in the
state senate providing for the estab-
lishment of textile school at Stark
vile. His bill is almost verbatim the
Hardy bill, which was introduced in
the senate in 1898 and passed, but was
killed in the house. The bill provides
for an appropriation of $4,000.
Senator Dinsmore, of Noxubee, in
troduced a bill authorizing the board
of control to erect a necessary peni-
Tertiary building, walls and other i'm
provements, for the safe-keeping of
State convicts on the State farm in
Rankin county, or other State lands
now owned, or which may hereafter be
owned by the State, and to dispose of
the present penitentiary building,
walls and improvements now located
in the city of Jackson.
Senator Dunn, of Lauderdale, has
introduced bill to exempt new cotton
and other factories which NAV be