The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-03-24
ACTS APPROVED.

Senate Bills.
tIne number given is that on senate docke
The following March 1O)
IA. To amend sections 1851 and 1862 code 1889
relating to the descent OF exempt property so a
to provide that grandchildren inherit the shar
OF their deceased parents, and when exemE
property be liable for debt OF decedent
3d. To provide for the removal OF the peniten
tiary building. walls, Improvements and prop
erty on the present site. to the State farm i
Rankin county, or to some other farm owned O
to be purchased by the State. and to erect there
on new penitentiary; and to authorize thu
board Of control to make provisional arrange
ment for the safekeeping Of the records, shops
hospital stores and convicts, to provide neces
sary houses for the officers and employees en-.
gagged within the present walls, and for place
OF meeting of said board.
no. Requiring fire and fire and marine insur-
ance companies doing business in the State Of
mississippi to write insurance In the State only
through their licensed agents resident therein,
and to forbid such companies from placing re-
insurance on property In this State other than
companies licensed to do business therein or to
accept Reinsurance on property In this State
from any company not licensed to do business
In this State. and providing penalty for viola
ton of this act
lis To repeal sections 1870, 184I 1872 1913 and
is44 code 1892. and to provide for the appoint
ment OF temporary administrator in certain
cases.
l25. To enable the auditor of public accounts
ana land commissioner Of the State to properly
conduct the affairs OF their respective ofices
and to correct mistakes in land descriptions
and land sales, and provide relief In re- payment
OF moneys enormously paid in privileges and
state taxes and land purchases, and to save the
state cost in passing bills for relief by local and
private legislation In certain cases.
1875. To require tax collectors of the State to
have published list of the names of all persons
delinquent for poll taxes after the first OF Feb
ruary In each year.
l1S. Authorizing chancellors to do in vacation
what may be done in term time, in matters tes-
tamentary and OF administration in minors |
business in matters affecting persons OF un- |
sound mind, and In the matter of removing dis |
abilities of minority.
1884, To amend section 2 OF chapter 1888 of the |
acts Of 1896 In reference to dischargng conyicts
from county jalls In certain cases.
2oS. To amend section 455 cole 1892 In relation
10 Terms Oh chancery court in the seventh cnan-
cey court district, so as to change and fix the
aime for holding Of chancery court in Bolivar
and C0ahoma counties
2S6 To amend section l6, chapter ala acts Of
1888, entitled an act to incorporate the Waynes-
boro. Pascagoula Il Gulf Coast Railroad Com
pany
2o7 To provide for the care Of the insane col
ofeo OF THIS State, and to provide for the cree
hon OF an additional building or buildings on
the grounds of the State lunatic asylum.
zSs To authorize the board OF supervisors of
Choctaw county to submit to the qualified ,
Electors Of said county the question whether
ne TWO Judicial districts Of said county shall !
1hafa nrtfI, |
county At Alderman. ,
90. To amend section 623 code 1892, as amend :
d by chapter At of the laws of 1894, so as to ]
hange and M the time for holding terms OF the
ircuit court In certain counties In the fourth .
ircuS court district, and to provide for terms n
I circuit court In the second judicial district 4
> the counties OF Bolivar and Tallahatchie,
~ For the relief OF G. r. Kemp, ex-sheriff O
I'D tax collector of Madison county, and the
areties upon his oficial bond. and empowering G.
le board OF supervisors to refund damages. n
The following were approved March 70:
26S. To authorize the Yazoo & Mississippi c,
alley Railroad Company to acquire the Yazoo 3,
Delta Railway. :,
no. To amend section 30so code 1892 with r.
ference to amending charters of muuiclpalt- =,
Is. =
a. To amend section 2294 code 1892 in relation
transfer or conveyance OF goods and chat. M
Is. or lands. or any lease of lands, between ci
lsband and wife. IN
g. To amend sections and of an act to az
otect crops in Tate county, approved Jan. 10.
:, 80 that when stock exceeding the valne of w,
dollars are taken up for trespassing upon dI
lands OF another, the owner being unknown. Al
> party taking them up shall deliver them to Of
coroner and ranger Of the county, and II en-
sh stock do not exceed in value ten dollars !
party to file description with the nearest 81,
tlce of the peace Of the county, and to pro- DO
e for the operation Of the act In other coun- All
: sal
= To amend section AT, chapter IA code a
J in reference to weights and measures. ste
.. To provide for 3 permanent branch of pro
icultural experiment station. Wis,
. ~ poLmIL guardians. with the approval con
xtend pss-szlsting encumbFanees. Cor
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