The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-03-15
NEW LAWS.
titles of Bills and Resolutions Passed by
the Late Legislature.

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lions which became law at the special
session just closed cannot fail ~ prove
! Of wide interest to Mississippians and
to the reading public generally. They
follow:
To cure defects in the bonds of tho
town of Oxford.
To empower the board Of supervisors
of Harrison county to order a 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 1923 of the laws Of 1896.
To appropriate money to defray the
expenses of the penitentiary investigat-
ing committee.
To prevent the unattended 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
lenses 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 Rosedalo, 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 G. 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-Mississippi
Delta district to issue bonds, not ex-
ceeding $3.50, 900, for the purpose of
raising funds for high water emer-
g%encies.
To amend section LIZA of the code,
relative to the costs in proceedings to
establish escheats.
To authorize the Yazoo-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 Yazoo-Mississippi
Delta commissioners to issue refund
ing bonds.
To authorize the city Of Natchez to
issue bonds to buy the waterworks.
Authorizing Simpson county TO in
vest its courthouse and Jail fund.
Providing for paying interest on the
original seminary fund and the 1894
n 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 s643. O4.
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 &C.
quire a portion of the Southern.
Amending the act appropriating
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 a portion of the Cap
itol grounds for a Confederate park.
To authorize the Mississippi Levee
Commissioners to build a protection
levee 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 SO, acts of 1900, and fix.
Ing he salary Of the clerk of the rail
o commission at $1,000.
Requiring the penitentiary inven-
tory to be made on January /, instead
Of September /.
Curing the defects in the land bill,
which was interlined.
Increasing the salary of the Adju.
tant-General to 5000 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
viding for issuance of State House
bonds.
To provide for the better enforce
ment OF the antitrust laws.
To establish a separate department
of insurance and to regulate insurance
companies.
To amend section 2 of chapter 70
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 1, 1901.
To defray the expenses of the Legis-
lature.
To authorize Columbus to issue re-
funding bonds.
To authorize Columbus to issue
bonds for a new city hall, complete
sewerage plant and build a school
building.
To defray the expenses Of the State
Hospital for the Insane.
To defray the expenses of the Insti-
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