The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-02-03
SENATE.

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 two
hours and a quarter, and when some
dozen OF SO of the senator's had ex-
pressed themselves quite freely on it,
the majority voted adversely to any SEN
atorial action in the matter, and the
resolution was lost.
After the resolution had been voted
down, Mr.. Glover offered as a substitute
or compromise measure, a resolution to
the effect that the house of representa-
tives be requested to investigate the
Iazoo and Mississippi delta levee 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 40. IS, to au-
thorize payment of pension for 1904 to
Mrs. NJ. E. Rives, as il seems her name
was enormously left from the roll for
that year. The bill passed.
The following bills were introduced:
BY Mr.. Graves-TO empower the
capitol commission to have certain
necessary repairs made on the grounds
and structures of the executive man
sion.
BY Mr.. Sanders-An act to require
III -oJ-o- o~o1;tar- 70 rivn in nc
security for taxation and prescribing
penalty for violation thereof.
BY Mr.. Smith-An act to authorize
the mayor and aldermen of Nicksburg
to cede to the State the grounds on
which the present State charity hos
pital at Nicksburg now stands, to au-
thorize the State to accept the same
for the purpose of establishing there
on a general State hospital.
Senate bill No. %, to provide for a
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 OF super
visors TO levy a per capita tax on dogs.
The title was found sufficient, but the
committee recommends hat the senate
postpone action indefinitely. Agreed
40.
The bill introduced by Senator Nc
Laurin, entitled 4 bill to provide for
alternative punishment in misdemeanor
cases-in other words, the "whipptng
post bill-received IN u~nfavOrable re-
port, and that it do not pass"
After a stubborn debate the senate
passed the Mississippi Vicksburg mill
tarv park commission bill as 1t came
from the house by q vote of Is to
ii.
The senate disposed of four pages
OF the code chapter on revenue and
about a dozen sections, practically the
entire day being devoted tothat specific
work. Out of those sections two OF
them we're responsible for four out OF
the five hours time devoted to the dis
cussion and consideration of the sub
jccts involved.
The judiciary committee reported or
senate bill No. 81, for the creation OF
county courts. The committee recon-
mended that the bill be passed, but
with committee amendments.
Two reports from standing commit
tees were presented. One was senate
bill No. u, providing for the setting
aside of 5000 a year to be paid to the
widows and orphans of Confederate
veterans of the army and navy and
their dependent servants; favorable.
The other was senate bill providing for
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 lands
not owned by the State. The same
committee also reported %favorably on
senate concurrent resolution on the
same subject.
Two bills on the calendars passed by
the house for the payment of balance
due on bonds outstanding, principal and
interest, amounting respectively to
SIG, $50 and S53O,000, were taken up and
passed by unanimous vote.
Mr.. Glover sent up senate bill No. 6S,
being an act to prohibit any officer OF
the State or of any levee board to place
the public money in their hands in
hanks outside the State.
Mr.. Magee called up senate bill No.
q. TO create the county of jeff Davis,
and provide for its organization. The
bill provides that the new county shall
he composed of parts of Lawrence
: county lying east of certain described
line and parts of Covington, situated
rest of the old Choctaw line, the center
Of the proposed county to be at the
boundary of Covington and Lawrence
: a. present constituted. The bill
passed by a vote of % to :.
senator Gordon, OF the Confeder
ote veterans of the senate, called atten'
tion 10 the death Of Gen. Joe Wheeler
and moved that the chair appoint
~ .oa IF three to prepare SuIta