The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-03-26

petition, and though. II was strange
that the friends of the bill could not
wait for that decision. He read .
letter from ex-Attorney General Mon.
roe McClurg strongly condemning this
kind Of legislation.
Mr.. Belk said we should not care
about who or what was individually
benefited by this law The only Ques-
ton with him was whether the bill
carried into effect tho intention of
the constitution. He believed 1t would.
He did not care anything about local
interests, or the fight In East Mis-
sissippi The bill required that these
consultations must be made under
the laws of the State, and he believed
the bill should pass.
Senator Moore, Of the Thirteenth,
said he could not vote for the meas
ure, regardless of the feeling OF the
people who pay the freight" Who
Is 1t who are asking for the passage
of this bill? Certainly not the peo-
pie of the section affected by it. These
people who are dependent upon these
roads for transportation and freight
rates are not asking for 1t.
Senator McLaurin, Of the Tween.
JkChll, C0lu JhCAC was liz COhR6I AbOn
between the bill putting the Yaxoo
& Mississippi Valley and the Gulf &
Ship Island under the supervision Of
the railroad commission and this bill
The bill was left pending when the
senate adjourned.
The house met at $50, Speaker
Thomas in the chair
s. B. 332-Exempting all property
maintained by taxing all notes or evil
dence of debt on property sold In this
State on installment plan; by sewing
machine companies, typewriter com.
panies, piano and organ, clock and
stove and range companies, not resi-
dents of this State. Failed to pass.
The report Of the conference COM
mittee on the pension bill was adopt
ed, which makes q change in the board
Of examiners, instead of the board Of
supervisors, sheriff and chancery
clerk, it makes five Confederate SOL
diers the board. Adopted.
Mr.. Lopez offered q resolution al
lowing the clerk ten days additional
pay to complete the journal of the
house and furnish copy Of same to
printer and secretary of State. Adopt
ed.
The committee appointed to inves-
tigate the State Offices reported that
the several Offices were correctly con-
Quoted and the books and records cor.
rectly and neatly kept. Adopted.
s. B. $3.50 appropriate $4,000 to
be used by the governor In paying
the expenses of an investigation OF
the various State institutions. Passed
SO to 5.
Mr.. Brown called up the motion to
reconsider S. B. SOTO defray ex-
fray expenses of the State in the suit
of the State Of Louisiana VS.. State Of
Mississippi, in the boundary line dis
pute.
The bill was then reconsidered by
vote of 81 to AZ.
Mr. Coocy offered q substitute COM
promise measure providing that the at
torneys be paid $1,000 as a retaining
fee, and $4,000 for expenses, and at
conclusion Of suit in favor Of the State
then the legislature shall settle with
said attorneys as It sees At.
The bill was then read a third time
and failed to pass by vote Of 81
to 80.
Mr.. Ross called up the motion to
reconsider S. B. 379-For support OF
experiment stations in the northwest
ern portion of the State and one in
the delta.
The bill was reconsidered and an
amendment offered striking out the
appropriation for the year 1904, which
was adopted. The bill was then
passed,