Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-03-15
NEW LAWS.


The titles to all the bills and resolu-
tions which became law at the special
session Just closed cannot fail to prove
Of wide interest to Mississippians and
to the reading public generally. They
follow:
To cure defects in the bonds of the
town Of Oxford.
To empower the board Of supervisors
of Harrison county to order court
house removal election.
To regulate the fishing and canning
of oysters in Mississippi waters, and
to repeal chapter 26 of the code and
chapter 129 of the laws Of 1896.
To appropriate money to defray the
expenses of the penitentiary inVestigat-
ing committee,
To prevent the unintended defeat OF
criminal prosecution and of enforce
ment of penalties by statutory changes
of criminal laws.
To repeal section 1875 of the code,
and prevent the granting of liquor IL
censes in towns of less than 500 inhab-
itants having police protection.
Increasing the salaries Of the govern
or and the Supreme Court judges.
Amending charter of Rosedale, so
as to permit that town to issue bonds
for schoolhouses, waterworks, etc.
Amending chapter Is, acts of 1896,
and changing the charter of the Mo-
bile, Jackson & Kansas City Railroad
Making an appropriation for the sup
port of the State University.
To provide for the appointment of
an assistant attorney general.
Authorizing Attala county to loan
81, 500 of the general fund to the school
fund.
To validate and confirm the proceed
ings of the Nashville & Mississippi
Railroad Company, and to authorize
the directors to proceed under the
provisions Of the charter, to build said
road.
To amend section 2, chapter 70, acts
Of 1900.
To authorize the board Of levee COM
missioners for the Yazoo-M Mississippi
Delta district to issue bonds, not ex-
ceeding $150,000, for the purpose Of
raising funds for high water emer-
gencies.
To amend section LIZA of the code,
relative to the costs in proceedings to
establish escheats.
To authorize the Yazoo-M Mississippi
Delta levee commissioners to borrow
money for certain purposes.
To pay the deficit of the trustees of
the Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege for the amount borrowed to in
stall the textile school.
To authorize the Mississippi
} Delta commissioners to issue refund
ing bonds.
To authorize the city Of Natchez to
issue bonds to buy the waterworks
Authorizinz Simpson county to in
} vest its courthouse and jail fund
Providing for paying interest on the
! original seminary fund and the 1894
! land grant to the university.
To defray the expenses of the State
: board of health.
double taxation and to require the
zoo-Mississippi Delta levee commits
sioners to pay the said bank $643.04
! To authorize the Yazoo-Mississipp
, Delta levee commissioners to levy {
! privilege tax.
Establishing a State department o.
history and archives
Providing for the support of the de-
, partment of history and archives.
Authorizing the Valley road to ae
, quire a portion of the Southern.
!, Amending the act appropriau6,
money for the penitentiary investigat
ing committee, so as to provide for th'
/, payment Of all lawful expenses thereof
] To provide for the support of tn
: National Guard.
.. To provide for the payment of in
! terest on State House bonds.
= Setting aside portion of the Car
ftol grounds for Confederate park.
a To authorize the Mississippi Leve
! Commissioners to build a protection
a levee in Warren county.
. To amend section 9,771 of the cod
. and providing for the assessment o
q lands every four years.
: To amend section 1852 of the cod
a and chapter 3S, acts of 1900, and fiJ
ing the salary of the clerk of the raj
q road commission at $1,000.
q Requiring the penitentiary inver
Z tory to be made on January 1, instea
\ of September 1.
:. Curing the defects in the land bill
? which was interlined.
2 Increasing the salary of the Adj
G tant-General to $500 a year.
= Appropriating money for the con
q pletion of the new State House and fo
q beautifying the grounds and movin
r the archives.
= To amend chapter 81, acts 1900, pr,
Q viding for issuance of State Hous
:. bonds.
To provide for the better enforc
ment of the antitrust laws.
n To establish a separate depaTtmer
: of insurance and to regulate insuranC
h companies.
O To amend section of chapter Z
s of the laws of 1900, so as to change th
o compensation of the Board of InquiT
n and to provide compensation for tf
d members thereof.
y To appropriate money for the su
e port of the common schools
10 To pay the university interest du
t, on account of the 1894 land grant fro
II March 10, 1900, to November 1, 1901.
h To defray the expenses of the Legi
II lature.
If To authorize Columbus to issue +
e funding bonds.
,e To authorize Columbus to issl
le bonds for a new city hall, compile
te sewerage plant and build scho
building.
To defray the expenses of the Sta
'e Hospital for the Insane.
To defray the expenses Of the ms
H. tute for the Blind.
e For the relief of Wade Polk, tax CT
II lector of Lawrence county.
Providing for the enumeration
'e educable children this year.
II Authorizing West Point to issl
r school bonds.
le For the relief of w. T. Gwin, ext;
n- cnllectnr of Webster county.