The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-18

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lature deems the following amend
ment necessary to the constitution Of
the state Of Mississippi and therefore,
the said amendments are read and
passed by two-thirds vote Of each
house respectively on each day for
three several days.
Amendment /. Amend section 145
of said constitution so as to make the
same read as follows:
Section las. The supreme court
shall consist of five judges, any three
of whom when convened, shall form
quorum. The legislature shall divide
the State into five supreme court dis
tricts, and the qualified electors of
each of said districts shall elect one
Judge for and from such district, but
the removal Of a judge to the capital
during his term Of Office shall not rem
der him ineligible as his own successor
from the district from which he re-
moved.
Also make section ISL read as fol-
lows:
The legislature shall provide for ELL
ing by election all vacancies which may
occur in said court from death, resig-
nation or removal; but the governor
shall fill such vacancies by appoint
ment until such election and the re-
turn thereof can be had, the appoint
ment not to extend beyond sixty days.
Upon the insertion Of this amendment
as part Of the constitution the legis-
lature at the same session thereof
shall provide by law for the election
of all such judges the next succeeding
October or November and for the re-
turn and counting Of the votes and
declaring of the result In such manner
as will secure fairness therein, whose
term of nine years shall commence on
the 10th day of May thereafter; and
the legislature shall provide by law
for the election of their successors at
the regular election next preceding
the expiration of the terms as the leg
islature may provide. Substitute the
word "election" for appointment"
in section $50, in said constitution; re-
peal sections 149 and it,
Amendment 2. Amend section 1873
Of said constitution so as to make the
same read as follows:
Section 1873. The judges of the
circuit courts and of the chancery
courts shall he elected by the quail
fed electors of their respective dis
tricts and shall hold their Offices for
the term of four years, commencing
on the second Monday of the next
January after their election, and shall
be elected at the same time and man
ner. The legislature shall provide for
filing by election all vacancies which
may occur in said offices from death,
resignation or removal; but the gov
ernor shall fill such vacancies by ap-
pointment until such election and the
returns thereof can be had, the ap-
poinment not to extend beyond sixty
days.
Upon the insertion of this amend
ment as part of the constitution, the
Legislature, at the same session there
of, shall provide by law for an cleo
ton of judges In October or Novem-
Der next following, to hold Office until
the commencement of the terms of
their successors elected at the regular
election in 1911, when there shall be
an election Of such judges for the full
term commencing the second Monday
of January 1912, and quadriennially
thereafter.
The senate spent considerable time
over a proposition to call on the judi
ciary committee for a report on the
bill which prohibits the easing of
private property by the board of con-
troll on which to work the convicts
of the state. The argument went of
mainly on Me line that as the matter
was now before the supreme court no
action should be taken by the legis-
lature until the court decides the ques-
ton. A decided majority OF the sena-
tors, however, expressed themselves
as heartily in favor Of stopping the
leasing business.
The bill for the support Of the
| Industrial Institute and College at
Columbus was presented In the lower
house of the legislature and given i'm
mediate reference to the committee
OH universities and colleges.
The Greaves bill making it Felony
to sell liquor without license, was ia
vorably reported by the liquor traffic
committee of the lower hoxse this
morning.
The offense is graduated in the meas
ure, and a bill somewhat similar in
| its provisions was passed by an over
whelming majority in the 'use at
the last session, which gives the au-