The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-29
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

persons leading idle, immoral or prof
ligate lives, who have no property to
support them; all persons able to
work, who have no visible means of
support; all able-bodied persons who
loaf, loiter and idle in the cities,
towns and villages for the larger por-
ton of their time without any regular
employment and without any visible
mean of support; persons who have
a fixed abode, who have no visible
property to support them, and who live
by stealing, or by trading or barter
ing stolen property; every common
gambler or person who for the most
part maintains himself by gambling;
every able-bodied person who shall be
begging for a livelihood; every COM
mon prostitute who has no other
means of support; every keeper Of a
house for prostitution; every keeper
of a public house of gambling or gam
ing; every person who shall desert
his wife or family without just cause;
every able-bodied person who lives
without employment, having no visible
means of support. All persons able
to work and do not work, but hire out
their minor children and live upon
their wages; all persons owe 16 years
of age and under 81, able to work and
do not work and have no property to
support them and not attending some
educational institution; every person
who is an habitual drunkard, and
makes a practice of being habitually
drunk in public places.
The bill was introduced by Mr.. Cal
vim Wells of Kinds county, who e.
planned the provisions of the bill in
an able manner. The bill provides
that every vagrant shall give a bond
Of $3.50 for his good behavior for the
period of one year.
Mr.. Hicks moved that 400 copies of
the bill be printed and that it be made
a special order for Monday morning
at IL o'clock. Carried.
In the Senate.
The senate was called to order at
IL a. m. Lieut.. Gov. Carter in the
chair; quorum present.
Mr.. Groom moved that the minis
ters of the gospel be extended the
privileges of the senate chamber.
MI. Henry moved to amend so that
all citizens of the State be extended
the privileges of the senate.
Mr.. McLaurin of the Twentieth, sec
onded motion.
Mr.. Smith of the Twelfth, thought
they shauld be allowed the privileges
of the galleries, but that the senate
floor should be reserved for the mem
bers.
Senator Groves was heartily in ia
vor of allowing the people of the
State the full privileges. The house
belonged to the people. and they
should have the right to visit it at all
times.
On a call of the roll the motion as
amended was adopted.
Senate concurrent resolutions Nos.
Is and IS, and senate bills Nos. IS,
% and 73 were recommended for pass.
age.
A considerable number of new bills
were introduced, but they were all of
local nature.
Senator Mclean introduced concur
rent resolutions seeking to make the
Supreme Court composed of five
judges, and increasing the terms from
nine to ten years. The resolutions
were referred to the judiciary com
mittee. The subject is one of the most
important to be discussed during the
session.
The senate then adjourned.
The Joint Session.
The two houses of the legislature
met in joint convention in the after
noon, and proceeded to the election of
two United States senators.
Lieut.. Gov. Carter called the conven.
ton to order and stated the object of
the same.
The secretary of the senate read the
Journal of the senate of yesterday and
the clerk read the journal of the house
of the same day, which showed that
upon a call of the roll of the two
houses Hon. H. D. Money and Hon. A.
J. McLaurin were declared elected.
The convention was then declared
dissolved, and both houses adjourned.