The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1900-03-17
STATE CAPITAL NOTES.
Current News of the State and Capital
City.-What the Legislature
Accomplished.

| The Legislature declined tC
compromise the back-taX cases
with the Illinois Central Railroad
The amount involved is some
thing over one million dollars,
The Supreme Court of the United
States has the question before it.
The House increased salaries OF
Superintendent Institution foI
the Blind to $lj00.00, Adjutant
, General to $4,000: Private Sec
Eretarv to Governor, $l2O0.00; but
Senate declined to concur as to
the Adjutant General.
The State Board of Health gets
$4,000 for general expenses; and
/ $4,000 emergency fund for 1900
and same for 1901. The Cover
nor is to determine aS to what
/ shall constitute an "cmergcncy.
The sum of 100000 was ap-
/ propriated to keep the old capitol
| in habltablc condition in 1900 and
1901.
DR.. II. \. Cant, who has been
so seriously i'll for several weeks,
is convalescing. He has had a
very close call.
The concurrent resolution to
keep the poll tax IN counties
where collected passed both
I houses, and will he submitted to
| the people for ratification or re-
! lection. 1t is safe to predict that
it will be ratified.
| The primary election law, as
amended, provides for majority
nominations Tor candidates for all
Offices; all nominations - except
| for filling vacancies-to be made
by each political party, by the
same day in all the counties.
Governor Longino vetoed a
/ bill authorizing the city of Jack
son to issue $4,000 in bonds to
purchase a right Of way for the
Gulf and Ship Island railroad.
| The bill violates sections 80 and
1873 of the constitution, and also
general law in force to meet
such requirements.
Railroad Commissioners will
hereafter be elected bv districts.
The sum of $4,000 was apprO-
priated for an additional building
for the cslored insane, at the
State Lunatic Asylum, and S25,-
600 additional support fund for
each of the years 1900 and 1901.
The material for the building is to
be taken from the walls and build
ingS of the penitentiary. by CON
victs, with State teams; all avail
able help from Asylum.
Governor and Mrs. Longino
gave reception to the Legislature
on Wednesday night of last week.
In consequence, there was no night
session in either House.
The fact that there is upward Of
| a million dollars in State Treasu-
ry, moved the committee to ex-
anime State Offices to recommend
that the treasurer's bond he in
creased from 500, 900 to $500.000.
The sum of 100000 was ap-
propriatrd to pay the expenses of
commission to locate the posi-
tions of the Mississippi troops in
the siege of Nicksburg. The com
mission to consist Of one survivor
of each command.
\ member of the House, who
habitually votes "nO," especially
on appropriation bills, gave a very
loud "No," a few mornings since
when the roll was called to asccr-
tam who was present. There was
quite general laugh at his cX-
pcnSe.
McSsrs. f. \. Scuddcr and J..
L. Power were reappOinted trus-
( tees of AIrorn A. & VI. College.
Judge J. 3. Chrisman appointed
/ for the full term of six years.
/ The new trustees of Natchez
Hospital on part OF State are: :.
NJ Mcdowell L. q. AIdrich, DR..
/ \. !. Hall, r. d. Sessions and
u. VI. UlIman.
! The sum OF $6S00.00 was ap-
propriated for equipping State
Asylum and 1. |. & c., with fire
escapes.
The legislature passed very
! important bill, approved by Gov
ernor, prescribing the fees here
after to be paid to the office of
Secretary Of State for recording
corporation charters. Instead Of
the uniform fee of three dollars
for all charters, corporations for
profit viii pay from $4,000 to
$2j0.00 according to capital
stock: for filing each charter of 4
! foreign corporation, $500. The
fee for charters to corporations
for religious, literary, fraternal
and benevolent purposes will con-
tinue at $500. Notary Publics
will pay $500 and commissioners
Of deeds in others States will pay
$1,000. All fees go to the treas
ury. Mr.. Coody, of Yazoo, IS
the author of this good piece of
legislation.
/ K. VI. Belcher, of Rosedale.
wrote the Commercial Appeal
that he thought he had the oldest
i violin in existence; but Mr.. j. l..
Henry, of Wallerville, has one
made in 1852, which is PA years
older than the one owned by Mr..
Bclcher.
The New Catholic Church was