The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-03-31

attending public school have free
access shall be exempt from all State,
county and municipal taxes.
Sec. 8. That this act take effect and
be in force from and after its passage.
Approved March 10, 1900.
Acts Not Laws.
The secretary of State has received
many inquiries as to bills that passed
both branches of the legislature, the
titles of which do not appear in the list
published. Seventeen are house bills,
and the last in the list that follows is a
senate bill. The legislature resolved to
adjourn sine die at p M, on the 18th,
and when the hour came there were
eighteen bills on the governors table,
which he did not have time to examine,
although he had been working behind
closed doors nearly all of that day. mo
bill shall be approved when the legisla-
ture is not in session." and that consti-
tutional provision settled, temporarily,
the fate of these bills. They will be
reported to the special session in jan
uary, 1909, within three days after its
assembling, and unless returned within
that time they will then become laws:
To refund to ]. B. McAlpine ex.
sheriff and tax collector of Newton
county, the sum of $475.64 enormously
paid by him into the State treasury.
To refund to w. X. Collins, citizen
of Franklin county, $1,000 as privilege
tax license paid in 1891, paid and not
required by law.
For the relief of H. L. Taylor, OF
Yazoo county.
To- refund to C. W. Graham taxes
overpaid by him in the year 1898.
For the relief of J. P. Cain, agent of
the State, authorizing the board of SUI
visors of Carroll county to reimburse
him for money expended in an effort to
capture G. w. Carr.
To authorize the board of supervisors
Of Jefferson county to examine and pay
accounts of certain persons rendering
services in smallpox cases in 1896, and
preamble to explain same.
To restore the right of suffrage to
George Payne, Jr., citizen of Benton
county.
To enable the board of supervisors of
Jefferson county to compensate Mrs.
Kate w. Grafton for repairs done to
and insurance paid for the Fayette Fe-
male academy during the time the title
thereto was vested in her.
To restore the right of suffrage to
John d. Brown and Billie Bright, citi-
zens of Benton county.
To authorize the board of supervisors
of Tate county to pay DIR. Thomson
for services rendered.
To amend section 902 of the code so
as to permit county treasurer to either
produce the county funds before the
board of supervisors or satisfactory
sworn statement from a responsible
bank that the funds are in the bank to
the credit of the county treasurer.
To amend section 202 of the annotated
code OF 1892 and section 1 of chapter 80
of the acts of the special session held
admittance to practice as an attorney
and counsellor at law.
To change the time of holding super
visors' court in Itawamba county from
the first Monday of March and Septem-
Der to the second Monday.
The legislature made no change in
the primary election law. The senate
passed a bill containing some needed
reforms, but it reached the house too
late for some important amendments
that were deemed necessary by many
members of the house.
If you want an easy chair that will
make you comfortable for the remainder
of your days, write to Rev. w. j.
Larlfin, treasurer Tougaloo University,
Miss, and get one of the Morris"
patent. The price, without cushions,
is IS. To see it is to want it.