The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-02-23
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are located TO construct, maintain and
keep up roadways that might be ncrco-
sary in order to lead up thereto, was
taken up. The committee substituted in
place Of the original bill vas agrccu to,
oil the senators voting yea.
Mr.. Farley called up the house hill
providing for the branch agricultural
experiment station at Mcneil. The bill
was passed, being the Same IN terms a.
the former measure.
Mr.. kcndrick introduced a bill to Up-
propriatc money to run the State bard
OF health for the years 1906-01,
Chapter 81, on guardian and ward,
was taken up and the sections called
of by the clerk. and were adopted with
out material change, In section 2@'6
the term Cocaine, opium or morrA'nr
eater" was altered to read 'lRbltual
user" Of these drugs, SO rs to make it
more specific. Thi, il the section which
gives authority to the thanccry Court
to appoint a guardian for one who Is
addicted to the morphine, cocaine o.
opium habit.
The anti-chill labor legislation forces
won out in the senate. and a. far as
that body il concerned ii Is not likely
that there will be any further attempt
to lcgiSlatc OF the subject.
Mr.. Dunn offered u concurrent ~rrsoiu-
ton for the appointment OF Il Joint com
mittce of members of each house to IN
yestigatc along the lines of the house
bill which seeks to create several more
court districts and to increase the terms
of holding court to three times a ycnr
in each district, This created oppoNi.
ton from the start, As several senators
stated that they could see nothing in it
except Il plan to make a few more Judges
and district attorneys; there were very
few counties with doUkCts 80 cOnurstcd
that the business could not he clcurcd
of under the present system. The prop
osition was defeated by a decisive vote.
Senator kendrick sent up senate bill
1902, to donate money to take care Of
the old and intirm women of Mississippi.
The report of the Judiciary committee
was favorable to the bill to provide for
other legal holidays, and unlayorabIc on
the bill to fix lines of liability for Ger
tain hotel keepers, and the bill proYid.
ing for the payment Of costs in certain
criminal cases.
Senator Ilightowcr, under the unnui-
nous consent rule, called up house bill
No. 7, which Is to amend the acts rcla-
tive to preserving the crops OF Tate
county so as to extend the same laws
to the counties of Lafayette, Pamela and
DcSoto. The bill was passed without
objection.
Senator Smith then called mp senate
bill No. G., being a bill to authorize
the mayor and aldermen Of Nick,burg
to donate to the State by deed, to be-
duly executed, the property known as
the Niclsburg State Charity Hospital, to-
gcthcr with the lands and improvements
thereon, to be used as a general State
charity hospital. The bill passed by a
vote OF % to 10.
Mr.. Moungcr then called up his motion
to reconsider the vote by which the bill
to repeal the laws relative to the right,
of tramway operators under the law
to eminent domain. He thought that
they are operating as much in the in
tcreot Of the public as any other com
mon carrier. This brought on consider,
able argument.
After defeating the efforts Of Mr..
Moungcr to get a reconsideration of the
bill repeating the law allowing the own.
ers Of tramways and causeways the right
of eminent domain proceedings, by
adopting the motion to lay on the table,
the senate proceeded in committee of The
whole to consider the code chapter on
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