Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-03-09
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HE MISSISSIPPI
LEGISLATURE
OUR CORRESPONDENTS WEEK,
LY LETTER.
RESUME OF THE PAST WEEK
subjects of Legislation Recommended
and Acted Upon From Day to Day.
House and Senate Bills Passed and
Other Items of General Interest.


The legislature accepted the in
vitation of the Natchez Mardi Gras
Association and spent Monday and
Tuesday indulging in the revelry at
lending this gay occasion, hence did
eot get down TO grinding until We'd
aesday when the senate started some
thing sensational by passing an
amendment to the code chapter
which confers upon the governor the
light to suspend any state officer
VINO Is believed to be guilty of drunk
enness in Office. The amendment also
provides that in case the suspended
,ffieial is not convicted in a court of
Iustice, he can receive his entire sal
lry for the time of his suspension
md be reinstated in office.
A proposition to give the chief JUS
ice of the supreme court power to
cemove the governor in case Of his
drunkenness was voted down
The house adopted the code chap
ter on fire escapes after amending
same to require theatres in cities Of
10000 and over to put in fire proof
curtains.
The committee on benevolent insti-
5utloas divided on the question of ac-
'eptance of the state charity hospit-
al at Vicksburg and saop<ng it as
a state institution. Nearly Aalf of
The committee signes &c l.-Ao " re-
port opposing the passage Gf the bill
on the ground that tie stfe should
not invest money on property mot
owned in fee simple and also because
the state should not establish a state
hospital at point that would be in
accessible to the large majority of
the citizens of the state.
The governor sent into the senate
the names of Chancellor r. B. Mayes
for supreme court judge, to succeed
Justice Truly and Judge Sam C.
Cook, to succeed himself as Judge of
the eleventh Circuit Court district. 1t
is understood that the governor will
appoint Mr.. Byrd of New Hicks to
succeed Judge Enochs and Mr.. Hicks
of Jefferson to succeed Judge Ven
tress.
1t is now generally conceded hv
-Ue necessary aT CnIS SESSION 10 Jlde
the state over the present financial
deficiencies.
The~vote in the senate defeated
the passage of the bill which carries
the support fund for the Industrial
Institute and College for the next
two years. The defeat of the bill; =
while discouraging to the friends Of
the college, is simply rebuke to the
policy of alleged extravaganza In edu-
cational expenditures. When the bill
came up for consideration it develop
ed that the senate was very willing
to vote the necessary funds for run
ming the institution during the next
two years, but the friends of the col
lege insisted in putting In an amend
ment making an additional appropri-
alton of 100000 for a new dormi-
tory. 1t only takes a majority vote
to pass an amendment to an appro-
priation, bill, but a two-thirds vote
is required to pass the bill itself. A
majority voted for the amendment,
but when the vote was taken on the
passage of the bill as amended the
senate refused to pass it. A motion
to reconsider was of course entered,
and the friends of the bill hope to be
able to muster enough votes to get
it through without cutting out the
dormitory.
The house ways and means COM
mittee dividen on the matter of ex-
empting money loaned at 6 per cent
from taxation. In the division the
singular fact was presented of ma
5ority of the committee signing the
minority report. When the commit
tee passed upon the question with a
quorum present majority of the,
quorum voted against the exemption.
A minority report was drawn and the
minority of the quorum with the abb
sent members made a majority of the
committee which recommends the ex-.
emption Of all money loaned at 6 per
cent. The senate has already passed.
the exemption, and lively fight IS
in prospect in the house.
The approaching visit Of Judge Al
ton B. Parker Of New York, former
democratic candidate for presidents
who has accepted the invitation tol
address a joint session Of the Mississ-
ippi legislature on March 13, is be-
ing looked forward to with much in-
terest