Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-15
NEW LAWS.
Titles OF Bills and Resolutions Passed b
the Late Legislature.

tions which became law at the special
session just closed cannot fail to prove
of wide interest to Mississippians and
to the rea1ing 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 Ii
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 schooIhouses, waterworks, etc.
Amending chapter Is, acts Of 1896,
and changing the charter Of the Mo-
bile, Jackson G 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
$1,000 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 O. chapter 10, acts
Of 1900.
To authorize the board Of leyee COM
missioners for the Yazoo-M Mississippi
Delta district to issue bonds, not ex-
ceeding s150,O00, 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-Mississippl
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
To relieve the Delta Bank from
double taxation and to require the
Yazoo-Mississippi Delta levee commits
sioners to pay the said bank $643O4.
To authorize the Yazoo- Mississippi
Delta levee commissioners to levy a
privilege tax.
Establishing a State department of
history and archives.
Providing for the support of the de-
partment of history and archives.
Authorizing the Valley road to ac-
quire a portion of the Southern
Amending the act appropratlng
money for the penitentiary investigat-
ing committee, so as to provide for the
payment of all lawful expenses thereof.
To provide for the support of the
National Guard.
To provide for the payment Of in
terest on State House bonds.
Setting aside portion Of the Cap.
ftol grounds for Confederate park.
To authorize the Mississippi Leyee
Commissioners to build a protection
leyee in Warren county.
To amend section 3,771 of the code
and providing for the assessment of
lands every four years.
To amend section 1852 of the code
and chapter 3S, acts of 1900 and fix
ing the salary of the clerk of the rail
road commission at 81 200.
Requiring the penitenuary inven-
tory to be made on January l, instead
Of September ].
Curing the defects in the land bill,
which was interlined,
Increasing the salary of the Adju-
tant-General to $500 a year.
Appropriating money for the com
pletion of the new State House and for
identifying the grounds and moving
the archives.
To amend chapter 81, acts 1900, pro
yiding for issuance of State House
bonds.
To provide for the better enforce
ment Of the antitrust laws.
To establish separate department
of insurance and to regulate insurance
companies.
To amend section OF chapter T;
of the laws of 1900, so as to change the
compensation of the Board of Inquiry
and to provide compensation for the
members thereof.
To appropriate money for the sup
port of the common schools
To pay the university interest due
on account of the 1894 land grant from
March 10, 1900, to November l, 1901.
To defray the expenses of the Legis
lature.
To authorize Columbus to issue re
funding bonds.
To authorize Columbus to issut
bonds for a new city hall. eomplet,
sewerage plant and build a schoo
building.
To defray the expenses of the Statt
Hospital for the Insane.
To defray the expenses of the Insti
tute for the Blind
For the relief Of Wade Polk, tax col
lector of Lawrence county.
Providing for the enumeration o
educable children this year.
Authorizing West Point to issu
school bonds
For the relief of W, 7. Gwin, ex-ta,
collector of Webster county.
To transfer certain land records I,
the Office of the Land COMMISSIONS
and the various chancery clerks from
the Auditors office.
For the support of the Natche
Hospital.
Making an appropriation TO correc
land descriptions.
> Authorizing the supervisors Of Yazo,
to transfer money from the specia
road fund to the general fund.
To empower the Supervisors Of Tin
pah county to loan its sixteenth sec
ton school fund.
Making an appropriation for re
supplying the wards of the Vicksburl
hospital with beds.
For the maintenance of the Confed
l crate Hospital annex at Vicksburg