The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-03-10

NUS Ioo4, ana chapter %, laws 1896, an
providing for filling vacancies in State
district, county, county district, cit,
town N village offices in certain case.
Approved March l.
OF. To divide the county of Bolivar int
Two Circuit and Chancery Court districts
TO authorize the board of supervisors D
each county to issue bonds to amount 0
$4,000, and sell same for purpose of erect
ing courthouse and Jail, and for othe
purposes. Approved March l.
53. 10 amend Chapter II. Acts 1897, S,
as to add to stock land district in on,
county territory in a different county
II to provide that the order of the boart
OF supervisors declaring a stock law shall
not take effect nor be put in force unit
six months after the order, except in Ger
tain cases. Approved February 20.
"a. To amend Section loss, Code 1892
in reference to obtaining goods or othel
v%aluables under false p~rctenses. Approved
February rs.
50. To authorize the election of a police
commissioner for the city of Meridian, ant
prescribing the duties of same, and fol-
other purposes. Approved February %.
Sc. To provide for the taxing of branch
banks in counties where same are located
Approved February 90.
81. To appropriate $4,000 to aid in the
building of an annex to the Vicksburg
Hospital for the use of Confederate sick.
Approved February 2S.
IS. To appropriate money to defray the
expenses of the legislative, executive and
judicial departments of the State govern
ment and to pay interest on the State
debt. Approved February %.
50. To allow the Secretary of State a
special assistant for three months. APP
proved February %.
80. To authorize board of supervisors OF
Sunflower county to invest the sinking
fund nov being raised with which to pay
off certain bonds. Approved February IS.
Primary Election Law Amendments.
The Commercial Appeal correspondent
thus clearly sets forth the Senate bill max
ing sundry sensible amen hments to the
primary election law:
At the afternoon session of the Senate
yesterday the Committee on Registrations
and Elections reported a substitute bill
for the numerous bills offered at the pres
ent session proposing amendments TO the
States primary election law. The sub
stitute bill was unanimously agreed to bv
the committee, and it is considered as
probably being the embodiment of the
best judgment OF the Legislature on the
eeXing question of primary elections. The
bill provides for holding primaries for
making nominations for all State, district.
county and municipal offices, and where
no candidate receives a majority of all
votes cast a second primary shall be held
two weeks later. The bill abolishes plu-
rality nominations and requires zach po-
litical party to hold its nominating prim-
airy in all the counties of the State on the
same day. The party which casts the
highest vote in the preceding general e'cc-
ton in the State is to hold its first pri-
mary on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in August preceding the election,
and its second primary two weeks there
after. No convention can be held under
this law except in years that Presidential
electors are to be chosen, and such con
vention can only select a State Executive
Committee, three from each Congressional
District, Presidential electors and dele
gates to the National Convention. Every.
thing but the delegates to the State Con
vention are to De selected by primaries.
E"en nominations to fill vacancies are to
be thus made. The committee is of the
opinion that it has hit upon a solution Of
the primary election problem, which has
50 long o~ccasioned complaint.