Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-02-08
Mississippi Legislature
Senate

uisut ~ tho Constitution Of thu. state l..
submitted % the qualified voter. thereof
st the electiea 60 be held therein on the
tr>t Tuesday after the ar.t NrausIay An
November, 1897:
The legislature shall have full
Pnwrr u provide by law Tor the e-tab-
i-hmsnt. maintenance AMI operation "a
cotton faetories IN any county of suhdi
Vision thereof designated BY the Bosrsl
% Supervisors of surh county. with the
rroeee'ls of a tax l.vie,l On all cotton
prosinrr'i IN the territory designated
saeh year tst i5 years er l~>-. aud upay
enact oil s~-s~~m~f rrvTsr ~ establish
snsi operate such faetorie- bv organizing
ints q corporation for that purpn-s. each
hnlslsr To b. entitlri To stock in such
corporation to the amount of tho re
cvipts hsld BY hIn for surh taxe-. Full
power may b- vested by Law IN the
R"ari- II Supervisors Of the several
c1untis- 20 carry inta praetisai opera.
'i"n the srl,-ws contemplated by this
sm>ndmsn,'
miste- To vt-it Beauvoir. then cent up 10
The ds-k the report of that committee.
which Sa- read The committee. after
eonPliulsnting IN. management of the
homs. makes the followiug rrcommrn.la.
tion.:
Your committee earnestly recon-
nf~nsls that . sufficient allowance b.
made at this -e>.ion for estnipping a
hospital at the lpome. anil We think the
hospital should he established without
DELAY.
After carefully investigating the
home ani its nss,ls your eummitte~ re-
-rec.fully recommend. that the follow
ing appropriations h. made therefor.
~tor a thirty bed general hospital.
having small hut MODERN operating
room with ne-,lful aes.ssorbr-. sun par
lor t"r eonvals-evnt~. several small
rooms for patients about 20 die. layats-
ris-. diet Kitchens. room for nurses. drugs
and surgical supplies. modern plumbing.
steam or bot water heated. all outside
openings 90 be screened. $500.
For a spring AMI winter uniform for
each inmate. 5000.
-For an arte~ian well or for such con
nection with the Waif-' Home arte-ian
well a. will furnish an ampl. supply %
water for domestic purposes and IRE pro
teciiou $1,000.
attAhtFAtaA ARNHiANRtif~s ".
laundry. repairs. etc. the sum unsxpensi
ell ~ the appropriation for 1904 AMI
1906. s5.Ys2ss
-for support fund for 1905. sl5.0oo
-for support fund for 1907. ST.. 500 =
Under the head of committse reports
Nr. Dunn. from the Committee on Con
-titutian. reported unfavorabIy on the
Senate eunrurreut resolution suggesting
a chang. in the present manner Of work
iug the publis roads, ami that il Do not
pass.
Mr.. Dunn offered a concurrent r.-olu.
tion providing far the striking on. 20
>eeti"u stf OF the Constitution. provid
Ing for the handling OF the sixteenth
section school lands
The chapter On revenue was then
called up bv Mr.. Farley. who moved that
the sanie b. and IL hereby adopted n.
,msndrd-- MIR Dunn offered an amend.
m@nt that >scttou 514s on exemptions.
which had b.en stricken out in commit
tee of the whole. h. included. the sp~vi.
fed clause being sub section ;. lie
would not make fight ON the question:
but would like "a hear other Senators
lI-eiI-- il. a. h. believed the be-t inter
s~ts OF Mississippi demanded its reten-
ton
Mr.. Groom wanted IN ne consistent.
and a he hal vetei to exempt money,
he would vote to exempt factories.
The question then required on the
sdoption OF the Narbrough amendment.
which was adopted by vote of - to =
Hy vote cf - 20 - the Senate
agreed that the exemption of money on
fI,.. t..af Tor
NIL the interests Of Mississippi. This
j. the result of one of the stiifest fights
II the session anil after all the arts and
twists AMI turns known to parliament
ary taetics had been re~orted To. Ever
since that section was first reached it
has been fruitful iu provoking debate.
first ON the amendment striking out the
clause eNempting industrial enterprises
and later on the amendment taxing
money ON deposit.
The fight over the division OF Jones
county was renewed on the Senate iioor.
and under the twenty minute rule sev
eral Senators addressed themselves to
the subject. Mr.. Belk spoke against the
measure in strong and impressive terms,
and Mr. Mclean for il. in terms equally
as vigorous and emphatic.
II appeared from the remarks of Sen
itors who were on the committee that
there was a division. two being in favor
and two opposed, with one member, Sen
ator Harris, absent.
After threshins over the subject for
two anil u half hours. Mr. Heidelberg
moved the previous question. which was
on the passage of the bill and the adop-
tiOn OF the amendments thereto All
the amendments were then put to the
house and all voted down. and then the
question reeurred On the bill itself,
which was passed by the vote OF 20 to
Is.
The judiciary Committee reported un-
favorably on the Glover concurrent reso-
lutior providing for a constitutional
amendment to make the children of par
ents not paying poll tax and between a
certain age limit ineligible to attend the
public schools of the State. This dis
poses OF the matter at present
Mr. Farley. chairman of the Finance
Committee, asked unanimous consent to
call up chapter ZIG, on revenue, as the
committee wished to propose a couple OF
slight changes. The committee wished
to introduce a new section providing for
stating the time in which assessors may
report. In brief. the intent OF the
amendment i to provide that it shall
not be over ninety DAYS from the July
meeting of the Boards OF Supervisors.
Agreed to.
The Committee on Local and Private
legislation reported unfavorably on the
bill to permit cattle to run at large after
the crops are gathered
Senator Stone called up Senate concur
rent resolution No. u. relative TO the old
State Capitol building and grounds The
purport OF the resolution i to provide
for a Joint committee OF the Senate and
House to investigate the general eondi-
tian Of the state House and grounds be-
fore any steps are taken to eonsummate
a sale.
New bills:
by MIR. kendTick-To establish a bu-
reau OF agricultural statistics, to provide
for a commissioner OF agriculture and for
clerical assistance and for other pur-
poses
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