Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-10-28
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trlct, ii otherwise quallned.
| Passed first reading in House o
Representative Jan. Il, 1870.
Passe1 second reading in House o
Representatives, Jan. %. 1920.
Passed third reading in House o
Represe ctat.-es. Jan. 20, 1920.
Passed irst reading in Senate. Feb
ruary a. 1920.
Passed second reading in Senate
February 5. 1929.
Passed third reading in Senate Feb
ruary 6. 1920.
A CCNCJRRENT RESOLUTION tt
amend section 243 Of the state con.
| stitution so as to impose uniform
| poll tax upon the male and female
| inhabitants of the state of Missis-
| sippi.
To provide for uniform poll tax; con.
stituticnal amendment.
be it resolved, by the legislature OF
che state OF Mississippi, two-thirds OF
each House agreeing thereto, that the
| following amendment to the state con-
5titution be submitted to the qualified
electors o. the state for ratification or
| rejection at an election to be held on
the first tuesday after the first Mon
| day in November, 1920. viz:
Amend section 243 of the constitu-
ton so that it will read as follows:
Section 243. A uniform poll tax
Of two dollars, to be used in aid of
common schools and for no other pur-
pose IS hereby imposed on every in
i7o bitn,1t nj this c.+o Ia for, 10
between the ages of twenty-one and
sixty years, except persons who are
deaf ard dumb, or blind. or who are
manned by loss of hand or foot; said
tax to be 4 lien only upon taxable prop
erty. The board Of supervisors of any
county may, for the purpose Of aiding
the common schools in that county,
increase the poll tax in said county
but in no case shall the entire Doll
tax exceed in any one year three dol
lars on each poll. No criminal pro-
ceedings snail be allowed to enforce
the collection Of the poll tax.
PASSED list reading in House of Rep
resenVatives. January n, 1920.
Passed second reading in House Of
Representatives Jan. %. 1920
Passed Bird reading in House of Rep
resentatives January 20, 1920.
Passed list reading in Senate. Feb
| ruary ), 1920.
Passed Ind reading in Senate. Feb
,u&ry ., 1920.
Passed Bird reading 81 Senate Feb
ruary o. 1920.
\ CONCURRENT RESOLUTION &c
aniea4 section PIP of the state con.
| etitption with reference to pensions
/ OF confederate soldiers and sailor.
ANA widows of such soldiers anc
sailors.
| ,oLC4lON /, Be it resolved by tn,
Legislature o. the State OF MisSIssippl
CWo-trntaS OIL the members of eaci
no4Se conculrng therein. that sector
Y4t1 oI the SCate constitution be ant
the same Is hereby amended so as t,
iedU as follows:
,5hC. tUN 2I2. Inc legislature shall
proV.oe Dy law Tor pensions to confed
ei,sJc soldiers ana sailors VINO enliste,
taAd nonoIaolY served in the late civi
war ana VINO are now resident in TIM
state. tensions shall also be above,
90 the WIDOWS OF sucn soldiers OF san
fors nov dead on conditions to be pre-
scLIbeu pN law. Pensions shall be al
IoWeu TO the wives of such soldier
and sailors now living upon the dealt
OF the husbands on conditions to b.
Iprescilbed by law, but pensions grant
ed to sucn widows shall cease upol
thelr subsequent marriage.
SECTION 2. That this amendmen
10 the constitution be submitted to tn
qualified electors OF the state for rati
iicatlon or rejection at an election t.
oe held on the first Tuesday after tn
nrst Monday in November, 1920. in &C
cordapce with section 273 of the stat
constitution.
+ Passed House first reading Marcl
II, 1920.
Passed House second reading Marcl
Is, 1920.
! Passed House third reading, Macl
El9, 1920.
Passed Senate first reading Marcl
70, 1920,
| Passed Senate second reading Marcl
l26, 1920.
Passed Senate third reading Marcl
| 20, 1920.
| And the same is published and will
be submitted as required by sectiol
BIB of the state constitution.
Given urde~ my hand and the Grea
, Seal of the State of Mississippi, thi
the 18th day of October, 1920
JOSEPH W POWER.