The Holmes County times., 1906-04-13
Mississippi Legislature
SENATE.

The bill to provide for disinfection
and sanitary oversight of railroad
coaches, public stations, sleeping cars
and waiting rooms, under the direction
of the State Board of Health, the sx-
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 as
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 $500
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 90 to 9 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 provision to have
the sidewalks and grounds trimmed up
and graded. The bill specified that the
sum of $4,000 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 Ccltrol authorized and directed
to open an account current with every
convict, to credit him with the value
of the work that he does for the State
and to allow the proceeds to either go
to the family dependent upon him, or,
in case of conviction on the charge of
larceny or theft, that the proceeds go
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 his keep in the peni.
tertiary he shall be liberated. The bin
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, felony, as well as punishable
by civil suit, was adopted after some
what spirited debate. The fine is to
be not less than 500 and the imprison-
ment not less than sixty days, or both.
In addition to this the authorities are
empowered to bring civil action to viti1
ate the license for continued and sus-
tanned violation of the law.