Appletons' annual cyclopædia and register of important events of the year .. . es. Ofthe Senators, 26 were Conservatives and 11Republicans, 5 of whom were colored. Ofthe Representatives, 97 were Conservativesand 19 Republicans, 16 of the latter being col-ored. The more important results of the ses-sion may be briefly summarized thus : Repealof the militia law, repeal of the law giving the Governor power to appoint tax-collectors andcounty officers, repeal of the district printingbill, reduction of the number of judicial offi-cers, reduction of the expenses of the Com-missioner of Immigration,
Appletons' annual cyclopædia and register of important events of the year .. . es. Ofthe Senators, 26 were Conservatives and 11Republicans, 5 of whom were colored. Ofthe Representatives, 97 were Conservativesand 19 Republicans, 16 of the latter being col-ored. The more important results of the ses-sion may be briefly summarized thus : Repealof the militia law, repeal of the law giving the Governor power to appoint tax-collectors andcounty officers, repeal of the district printingbill, reduction of the number of judicial offi-cers, reduction of the expenses of the Com-missioner of Immigration, general reductionof salaries, reduction of the cost of State insti-tutions, reduction of State tax from 9£ to 6£mills on the dollar, general reformation of thefinancial system, new levee laws, new schoollaw, new registration law, revision of thecriminal laws, reapportionment of the congres-sional representation, constitutional amend-ments, removal of the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, and Superintendent of of these measures call for more particu-lar STATE SEAL OF MISSISSIPPI. On the 14th of February the House of Rep-resentatives adopted a resolution directing thatarticles of impeachment be prepared againstAlexander K. Davis, the colored Lieutenant-Governor, and managers were appointed toconduct the case before the Senate, as a courtof impeachment. Five articles were submit-ted, charging the Lieutenaut-Governor withreceiving a bribe while acting as Governor, inthe absence of Governor Ames, in June, 1875,as consideration for granting a pardon toThomas H. Barrentine, convicted of the mur-der of Ann Thomas, in Lowndes County, odthe 25th of August, 1874. In his answer, admitted granting the pardon, but de-nied that it was in any manner procured, in-duced, influenced, or promoted by any money,or other thing whatever, paid or delivered, oito be paid or delivered, to this respondent, oito any other person. The trial of Mr. Daviswas completed on the 1
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