The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-03-24
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS
By J. L. POWER.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

zoo. To repeal an act entitled IAN act to al
tnorize the board Of Mississippi levee commits
. sioners TO issue certificates of indebtedness
approved Feb. 9, 1898. and to authorize the boar
OF mississippi levee commissioners to issue Ger
:, tlhcates of indebtedness.
2l5. 10 authorize the board OF trustees of tn
. . southern female college to issue twenty tbou
y sand dollars In bonds.
III. 10 punish laborer, renter or share
cropper who has made one contract in writin,
anu makes second contract without givinl
notice of the first
227 To authorize the board OF leyee commits
sloners OF the Yazoo-M Mississippi delta to issu,
It's ponds to an amount not exceeding $3.50 oO
Tor the purpose of raising funds for high-wate,
emergencies, and for other purposes.
~. For the relief Of A. G. Lewis. of Kinds
county, authorizing the board of supervisors OF
minus county to pay him one hundred dollars
Ior vaccine points purchased by him for the use
OF said county.
2o6 To authorize mayors and justices of the
peace In certain cases to take testimony in re-
gard to unlawful retailing.
'o'. 10 authorize the board OF supervisors of
Ilppah county to pay for the holding OF a post
norton examination of the body Of a man
killed In said county. in order to secure evidence
necessary to convict the slayer
1872. To amend section 1859 code 1892 in rala.
ZION TO compensation OF assessors for enumer-
ating children OF counties and separate school
districts.
2Ol. TO avoid expense to counties on account
OF persons charged with felony and held in the
county jail In default of ball. to await trial. in
oahaole cases. and to provide for such persons
W Work on state farms before conviction, with
out pond, on the written request of such person
10 the sheriff to be allowed to work on the State
iarm without expense to the State, except board
and clothes for said person.
zzs 10 authorize the State board OF health to
pay Dr. T. l.. Irby, of Tunica county for med
icaI services rendered in the smallpox epidemic
In 1unlca county during 1897 and 1898.
20. 10 authorize the board of supervisors of
Scout county to invest or loan the sinking FIND |
collected and to be collected In said comfy for
the redemption OF the bonds issued for raising |
money TO build courthouse for said county.
Za'. Requiring the board of levee commission
ers OF the Yazoo- Mississippi delta leyee district
70 take the earth for the erection repairing and
strengthening the levees from the lands living
between the levees and the Mississippi river.
-o'. 10 amend section of the charter of in
corporation OF the Patrons Union AssocIation
Vi newton county, chapter 474 acts of 1890 so
As 10 authorize said association to appoint
pohce justice and marshals during the exhipi-
'AonS' i"ilS anu OLner puDllc meetings.
z66' Providing for the election of city tax COL
ec'or Ior the city of Meridian by the qualified
electors Of said city, and prohibiting the clty
treasurer and city tax collector immediatelv
succeeding each other or holding more than twu
successive terms OF the same office
House Bills.
1ne following were approved March 10:
IL for the relief OF j. M. Scott, ex-tax asses.
or Of Leake county.
III. 10 punish shooting firearms or hurting
missiles at or into moving trains.
100. 10 provide for pensioning Confederate
oidiers, sailors and widows who are in INDECENT {
circumstances. and repeating all laws and parts
laws In conflict with this act. i
1888 To amend chapter ITO Of the acts OF 1895
ntltleo an act to amend chapter 66 of the laws I
ioS4' In reference to location Of school dis 0
Ticls 80 as to allow the location of additional O
peclal school districts by changing one nth TO 4
ne'Iourth, the number Of regular districts. Il
2OO 10 amend section 927 OF the annotated h
'oe Oh 1892 In reference to copies OF books. pa-
ers, or documents furnished. r
q 10 amend section 1852 Of the annotatad C
'oe Oh 1892 so far IS the same relates In the d
nary OF the governors private secretary: to t.
% salary OF the superintendent of the Instl.
ne Tor the Blind, from s., OOOto 81 500 aud in CT
easing the salary Of the governors pxyate sc
cEeIaIy from Sl,OOO TO 81 200 per annum. OF
264. To amend section of chapter Al of the
IS OF 1898 In reference to the time of holding NJ
rcuit court in the eighth district, so far a.
same pertains to the counties of Rankin bl
d Leake. n,
81 To prescribe the duties of the cotton tn
igher Of Union county, to extend his iuris- M
'tion, and to provide for his election here. 20
er and to authorize the board of supervisors tit
said county to require said cotton weigher to he
ploy deputies in certain cases. 10
~ To empower the board of supervisors Of &C
npson county to order an election for the pur. SUI
'e OF submitting to the qualified electors Of lie
county the removal Of the seat OF Justice of mr.,
q county. Ia,
l6 For the relief Of VIM. A. Davis of Web ser
county so as to reimburse him for certain of
perty used by order Of the board of super of
'rs Of said county on account of smallpox reli
tagion. bot
!. To authorize and empower the city of y
nth and county Of Alcorn. Mississippi, to ~'''