The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-30
HOUSE

The effort of Chairman Eddins of the
house committee on education to have
the school book commissioners, for the
term commencing after the expiration of
those of the present ~incumbents, ap-
pointed by Gov. Vardaman instead of
the governor who would follow him into
office, was voted down by the house
Other features in connection with the
chapter on education which the house
considered were salaries of superintend-
ents, principals and assistant teachers.
Amendments were passed providing for
an increase in salaries all along the line;
the minimum salary for a county super
intendent will be $3.50, while it may go
as high as $500. A strenuous effort on
the part of Representative East to have
a section placed in the statute prohibit
ing any one from being a teacher who
was a relative to n of the school di-
rectors was voted down, and the law
was allowed to remain as it is at pres
ent.
After the most dramatic debate in the
history of the present session of the
Legislature, the house adopted a new
law for the old. Under the present law
corporations, except banks and manufac-
ltI1u2 ColuDdIIcS, Ill w HUH tIldI
$25O,OO0 worth of property. By the
is no limit to the amount of personal
property all corporations can hold, and
they may, in addition, hold and own
land to the amount of 81, 100000, while
manufacturing corporations may own as
much personal property as they please
and land to the amount of $2,000,000.
Although 200 ladies, led by Mrs. A. HI.
Longino, the wife of a former governor
of Mississippi, swooped down on the
house and did some lobbying of the legit-
innate kind that would nave driven a
railroad lawyer to shame, the house by
a narrow margin defeated the senate
bill to appropriate $4,000 for the Old
Woman's Home to be established in
Jackson. The measure had already
passed the senate with but one dissent
ing vote.
Another senate measure that was
killed by the house was an appropria-
ton of $4,000 to build a science hall at
the State University.
A bill appropriating the sum of $124.s9
to defray expenses in connection with
the entertainment of Judge Parker on
his recent visit was passed on the rec
concentration of tine committee on con-
tingent funds.
When the proposition was made to the
house, backed by the Endorsement of the
judiciary committee, to raise the sal
aries of the members of the lower body
from $500 to $500 for a regular session,
Representative E~rrington made a three
minute speech against it that drew from
members convulsive shrieks of laughter.
After he sat down a vote was taken and
the proposition was defeated, the legis-
lators deciding that they were not en-
titled to the change.
An amendment was introduced by Mr..
Byrd of Newton requiring all foreign
corporations to take put a charter in
Mississippi, but the amendment was lost
bv a vote of 80 to SO.
The following bills were introduced:
By Mr.. Foster, to provide funds for
the State charity hospital at Vicksburg.
BY Mr.. Rouse, to annex a portion of
Hancock county to Pearl river county.
Mr.. Nixon then offered an amend
ment to the corporation law allowing
sawmill corporations the right, in addi-
ton to the $2,0 0 900 worth of land, to
hold timber to any amount they pleased.
The amendment was lost by a vote of AZ
to SO.