The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-05-25
THE LEGISLATURE IN BRIEF
Synopsis of the Weeks Work
Of State Lawmakers.

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| A communication was received
by the Senate from Genera
Stephen d. Lee inviting the mem
bers of the. Legislature to visil
| the National Military Park a
Vicksburg. Miss.
The night sessions of the SEN
ate and House were devoted tt
memorial services for deceased
members
The New Orleans sewerage
bond bill passed second reading
in the Senate.
The Senate sat down on q
scheme to regulate public morals
/ Attorney General Guion dealt
a blow to parish division by rul-
ing that under the Constitution,
there can be only 116 members oi
the House.
Chairman j. Rush Wimberly,
of the education committee, has
prepared a bill-for the election oil
parish school boards. Under il
there is to be a school board
member for each police jury
ward. To keed them out OF
otqer parish elections, they are to
be elected for the first time in
the Congressional elections in
November, this year, and every
four years thereafter. They are
to receive a compensation of $3
a day and may be required to at
tend the meetings of the board.
Five cents a mile mileage is to be
allowed them. The qualifica-
cations are that the member
much be qualified elector, able
to read and write and own and be
assessed in his own name for 5000
of property.
Mr.. Sompsyrao, of Natchito-
ches, is preparing q bill which
provides that the sheriffs in the
country parishes and the tax col
lectors in Orleans shall file
quarterly itemized statement of
the amounts earned by them
either rs fees or salary and the
expenditures incarred by them in
carrying ON their work.
Assessors outside of New Or
leans are to be required to make
q similar statement. The police
jurles and the City Council are to
be empowered to have the books
of each set or officials scrutinized
and to print in their respective
official journals the statements
referred to.
Chairman French of the COM
mittee on railroads gave q bill to
improve train service in Louis
lana. The law is desired by the
various railroad employees organ
izatlons. 1t makes 1t a misde-
nieanor punishable by fine or in
prisonment for any tralnman, en-
gineer, switchman, swItchtender,
operator, dispatcher, signal man
or employee to whose care the
safety of train is intrusted to be
found drunk or using intoxicat-
ing liquors while on duty.
Under present laws parochlal
and municipal corporations i'd
.cluding school boards are given
the night 30 levy special taxes.
They are, however, unable to
capitalize these taxes and the re-
suit is that they are compelled to
await the aggregation of what
they realize on them or discount
their certificates at 8 heavy loss.
Senator MilIsaps has given
notice of u bill which will permit
them to issue bonds, so that they
may anticipate their tax col
lections at the sacrifice of$a reas-
enable rate of interest and pusll
toward improvements without
delay.
A favorable report is antlci-
pated from the parochial affairs
committee on the bill to divide
Catahoula. The bill was con-
sidered by the committee
Wednesday.
Ever since the constitution ol
1898 established the makeshif1
or peripatetic court of appeals
attempts have been made tt
change the system and establish
| q new court, but in each instance
the people have frowned dow.