The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-16
Mississippi Legislature
House..

House.
Mr.. Bloomfield submitted the reports
of the Investigations of the umber trust
system by the special committee of the
Senate and House. The report was dl-
vided, the majority finding a semblance
of a combine among the dealers and a
ufacturers, and the minority finding that
the only semblance of o trust or COM
bine was among the retailers and lum-
Der yard men.
MIR. Farley called up House Bill No.
249, being the penitentiary a%ppropria-
ton bill, on which there was a motion to
reconsider pending. 1t was all on the
striking out of that $4,000 deficit ap-
preparation, which Mr.. Farley proceeded
to show did not exist. Without any dis
cussion the motion to table was agreed
to, and the bill then came up for final
approval and passage.
Mr.. McIlhenny moved TO take up the
bill to divide Newton county into two
circuit and chancery districts, which was
done, and the bill with sundry amend
ments was passed. The bill locates the
seat of the upper district at Decatur,
the present county seat, and of the lower
at Newton, and fixes the time when such
change shall go into effect.
On motion of Mr.. Hightower, the mo-
ton to reconsider the vote by which the
bill creating a department of agriculture
was passed was called up, and OH further
motion was promptly tabled, which
means the passage OF the bill by the
Senate.
Advocating the liberal use of the rod
as a substitute for a State reformatory
= -. -.1, W. Lrrry,nfnn Tod
an opposition to the Hoyle bill, which
resulted in the killing of the measure
and the indefinite p~ostponement OF any
action tending toward the creation OF
any such institution in this State at
present.
The appropriation committee an
nounced it's concurrence with the Senate
in amendments to the /. l. and Z. bill.
The amendments demand that moneys
appropriated for specific purposes must
be expended only for the purposes stat
ed, and that any surplus must be turned
back into the treasury at the end of the
regular year. A second amendment also
emphasizes the law to the Board of Trus-
tees of these institutions in regard to
making expenditures in advance OF the
sum in hand to meet them. 1t has been
the policy of these boards to meet urg-
ent situations with pledges of payment
later, and depend on the Legislature to
sanction such action. A warning is Civ
EN- in this second amendment which will,
it is believed, keep the expenses confined
to the appropriations made, regardless
of urgent contingencies.
Mr.. Wells brought up his bill which
provided for the sale of the block ada
cent to the blind institute, with the ex-
ception of a single corner lot, where the
city of jackson sought to establish a
branch of the fire department. The bill
provided for the donation of this lot Tor
the purpose. The bill was killed.
Reporting for the local and private
committee, Chairman George presented
the following bills, which were passed:
A bill for the creating of a county to
be called jeff Davis county. Mr.. Watts,
of Lauderdale, objected to the name of
the ex-president of the Confederacy be-
ing abbreviated, and the bill was amend
ed to create the county of Jefferson"
Davis.
The Nixon bill, appropr;ating a sum
of 81, 900 for the purpose OF creating a
laboratory for the State Dental Exam
iners' Association was opposed somewhat
by Mr.. Heidelberg. but on the final roll
call it received a sufficient support and
was passed.