The Grenada sentinel., 1906-04-14
Mississippi Legislature
SENATE.


coaches, public stations, sleeping cars
Of the State Board of Health, the ex-
pense to be borne by the company or
corporation controlling same, was passed
with only one negative vote.
The most important change made in
one election law was that providing for
the filling of State or district offices,
save legislative vacancies, between regu-
lar election periods. Under the present
law, if the vacancy occurs within more
than a year of the next election day,
it is necessary to call special election.
AS amended the filling of the vacancy
is left to the Governor.
The Alcorn drainage bill passed. The
| bill was so amended as to exclude from
its operations the counties of Sharkey,
Issaquena, Lauderdale, Chickasaw, Clai-
borne, Warren, Amite, Wilkinson, Tippah
and Grenada.
The Senate took up the house bill
known as the Stegall Pontotoc bill, in
troduced for the purpose of relieving
the situation of the people, as well al
| the railroads, up in Pontotoc and sur
rounding country. There was only one
speech against the bill and that was
from Senator Franklin, who is from the
town of Pontotoc. The bill passed by
| vote of SO to 3.
The chapter on insurance was taken
up.
The most important change was that
regarding the salary of the Insurance
Commissioner, fixing his salary at $4,000
per annum, with $4,000 for clerk hire
and $500 for travelling expenses. The
House had adopted an amendment to
provide that the new order 60 into
effect Immediately on the adoption of
the code. After some discussion the
the Senate agreed to it's committees
amendment, to non-concur, and there
fore rejected the House proposition,
which seemed too drastic. The Senate's
original proposition to make the change
effective in 1908 was adopted in lieu Of
that of the House.
By vote of % to the Senate
passed the bill authorizing the Capitol
Commission to take steps to make re-
pairs on the executive mansion, and ac-
companied it by a provision to have
the sidewalks and grounds trimmed up
and graded. The bill specified that the
sum of 100000 be appropriated for the
purpose mentioned.
Senator Yarbrough called up his bill
to regulate the care and management
of convicts, whereby he would have the
Board of Control authorized and directed
to open an account current with every
b with ha
of the work that he does for the State
and to allow the proceeds to either go
to the family dependent upon him, OF,
in case of conviction on the charge Of
larceny or theft, that the proceeds 60
to recoup those whom he has defrauded.
After the debt has been wiped out and
the convict has worked out the costs Of
the court, and of bis keep in the peni'
tentiary he shall be liberated. The bill
failed to pass by a vote of 20 to IA.
The dram-shop chapter of the code
was disposed of after some argument
and some amendments had been pre-
sented and voted upon. The House
amendment making the penalty for un-
lawful retailing, or other violation of
the law, a felony, as well as punishable
by civil suit, was adopted after a some
what spirited debate. The fine is to
be not less than $1OO and the imprison-
ment not less than sixty days, or both.
In addition to this the authorities are
to bring civil action to viii
ate the license for continued and sus-
tanned violation of the law.
HOUSE.
The bill introduced in the House sew
eral days ago by Representative Stegall,
for the relief of the town of POntotoe
and the resumption of traffic on the Mo-
bile, jackson and Kansas City railroad,
passed the house today by an over,
majority, only seven members
voting against it.
The House passed bills appropriatine
to the Oyster Commission the sum OF
$4,000 for two years to build up the
oyster industry; to the State Univer-
sity, $45,OOO for the erection of Science
Hall and support fund of 100000 for
two years; to the hospital at Natchez
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