The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1904-02-27
THIRTY-THIRp DAY.

Owing to the absence of many men,
bers who are attending the funeral
of Senator Walker very little business
of importance was transacted in the
senate today.
The McLaurin District Court bill,
which seeks TO divide the State into
forty-five District Court districts, each
presided over by judge who shall
draw a salary of $75 per month, which
was the special order for the day, was
continued until next Monday at
O'Clock. This bill has attracted con-
siderable attention on account OF the
large amount of patronage it creates,
the district judges to be appointed by
the governor a1d holding until the
regular election in November. 1t
provides that District Courts shall
have concurrent jurisdiction with JUS
tees courts, power to try damage
suits and civil actions where not over
$500 is involved and concurrent juris-
diction with Chancery Courts in di-
vorce cases.
The house spent greater portion
of its session considering the privilege
tax bill The house spent the entire
afternoon discussing the bill.
The governor signed the house bills
ck angling office hours of State officials,
creating the new county of Lamar and
several local and private measures.
A substitute offered by Senator Nc
Laurin of the Twentieth for s. B. 241,
to amend the act to incorporate the
levee board of the counties of Bolivar,
Washington and Issaquena. Same was
done, and bill as substituted passed.
Senator Bloomfield asked unanimous
consent to call up s. b. 153, to au-
thorize the NJ, ]. & X. c. railroad to
remove the draw bridge from Pasca-
goula river in Green county and re-
place same by fixed span bridge, aid
same was granted. The bill was read
third time and passed.
Senator Moore of the Twenty-eighth
introduced a resolution indorsing the
bill introduced in congress by Con-
gressman Brownlow of Tennessee
looking toward the national govern
ment cooperating with the State gov
ernment in building roads and same
was read and adopted.
Senator Greayes called up s. b. 256,
to authorize the board OF mayor and
aldermen of Canton to sell the old
school house property. The bill was
| read third time and passed.
Bills were passed as follows: Pay
| ing l.. Brame $3.50 for services as
counsel in Phil A. Rush trial.
To authorize immediate payment OF
wages of deceased employees when not
exceeding $3.50 per MONTH to enable
guardians to mortgage property of
minors; providing compensation for
retiring lieutenan-goyernor; exempt
ing directors of manufacturing COM
panies from liabilities in excess of
capital stock; appropriating $500 for
repairs in governors mansion; to pro-
vide separate assessment rolls for Boil
ivar county.
In the house Mr.. Foster of Warren
offered a resolution directing the at
torney-general TO institute proceed
i1gs to set aside the merger of the
Mobile & Ohio and Southern Rail-
ways, declaring same to be violative
of the constitutional provision against
the consolidation of parallel and com
peting lines. The resolution is quite
lengthy. giving in detail the history of
the merger and citing the law bearing
on the subject. The resolution fur
ther declares that laws should be en-
acted forever forbidding the sale or
transfer of railroads TO other lines In
the State. Referred to committee on
corporations.
The motion of Mr.. East, that the
special order be displaced and the
house resolve itself into committee
of the whole to consider the discus
sion of the privilege tax bill, brought
on quite a discussion as to the prefer
ence Of the revenue bill over livestock.
Law bill. each side having earnest ad-
yocates, but the motion Of Mr. East
prevailed.