Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-02-03
Mississippi Legislature
SENATE.

bate, the text ot which was furnished
by resolution offered by Mr.. Glover
Of Coahoma, with reference to the
funds of the Yazoo and Mississippi
Delta Levee Board deposited in the
Merchants Bank and Trust Company
of Memphis.
After going over the subject for tive
hours and a quarter, and when some
dozen or so of the senators had ex.
pressed themselves quite freely on it,
the majority voted adversely TO any sen,
Rtorial action in the matter, and the
Resolution was lost.
After the resolution had been voted
down, Mr.. Glover offered as substitute
or compromise measure, a resolution tC
The effect that the house Of representa-
hives be requested to investigate the
Yazoo and Mississippi delta leyee board
and report to the senate the result Of
such investigation. This resolution
was also lost.
The committee on pensions reported
favorably on senate bill No. 5S, to au
thorize payment of pension for 1904 tC
Mrs. NJ. L. Rives, az it seems her name
was enormously left from the roll fol
that year. The bill passed.
The following bills were introduced
BY Mr.. Grayes-To empower the
capitol commission to have certain
necessary repairs made on the ground:
and structures of the executive man
sion.
BY Mr.. Sanders-An act to require
all solvent creditors to give in as
security for taxation and prescribing
penalty for violation thereof
BY Mr. Smith-An act to authorize
the mayor and aldermen of Vicksburg
TO cede to the State the grounds or
which the present State charity hos
pital at Vicksburg now stands, to au
thorize the State to accept the samC
for the purpose of establishing there
on general State hospital.
Senate bill No, p, to provide for {
geological, typographical and economic
survey of the State passed.
The committee on local and private
legislation reported on senate bill No
5, the bill to authorize boards ofsuper
visors to levy per capita tax on dogs
The title was found sufficient, but the
committee recommends that the senate
postpone action indefinitely. Agreed
10.
The bill introduced by Senator Nc
Laurin, entitled a bill to provide fol
alternative punishment in misdemeanol
cases-in other words, the "whipptng
post" bill-received an unfavorabIe re
port, and that it edo not pass
After a stubborn debate the senate
passed the Mississippi Vicksburg mill
tary park commission bill as it cam,
from the house by a vote Of 10 tt
II.
The senate disposed of four page
of the code chapter on revenue anC
about dozen sections, practically thc
entire day being devoted to that specific
work. Out of those sections two o
them were responsible for four out o
the five hours time devoted to the dis
cussion and consideration of the sub
jccts involved.
The judiciary committee reported OF
senate bill No. 81, for the creation o
county courts. The committee recon-
mended that the bill be passed, bu
with committee amendments.
Two reports from standing commit
tees We're presented. One was senat
bill No. II, providing for the settin!
aside of $1,000 year TO be paid to tn,
widows and orphans of Confederat,
veterans of the army and navy ant
their dependent servants; favorable
The other was senate bill providing 70
the enumeration of surviving COnfed
crate soldiers. Do pass.
The judiciary committee reported ia
vorably on house bill No. %, to pre-
vent the working of convicts on land
not owned by the State. The SAM
committee also reported favorably Of
senate concurrent resolution on tn
same subject.
Two bills on the calendar passed b,
the house for the payment of balanc
due on bonds outstanding, principal ant
interest, amounting respectively Il
SIG, 25O and $3.50, 900, were taken up an,
passed by unanimous vote.
Mr.. Glover sent up senate bill No. 6s
being an act to prohibit any officer o
the State or of any levee board to plac
the public money in their hands il
banks outside the State.
Mr.. Magee called up senate bill No
25, to create the county of JEFF Davis
and provide for its organization. TIL
bill provides that the new county shal
be composed of parts of Lawrence
county lying east OF certain describet
line and parts of Covington, situated
west of the old Choctaw line, the centc
OF the proposed county to be at tn
boundary of Covington and Lawrence
as at present constituted. The bill
passed by vote OF 20 to 7.
Senator Gordon, one of the Conieder
ate veterans Of the senate, called atten
tion to the death of Gen. Joe Wheeler
and moved that the chair appoin
committee OF three TO prepare suita
Bile resolutions to his memory.
The finance committee reported favor
ably on house bill No. 1919, providin,
for certain expenses IN connection will
the furnishing OF the capitol, and tn
bill was placed on the calendar.
Mr.. Sanders introduced bill to en-
courage the establishment of librarie
in connection with public schools in tn,
State.
The committee on local ard privat,
legislation reported back senate bill
No. 45, to authorize boards of super
visors to erect and care for monument
10 the Confederate dead, with the rec
ommendation that it do pass.
, The senate by unanimous vote passeC
The Joint resolution calling on Missis