Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-01-25
Mississippi Legislature
SENATE.

| M Fairly, from the finance commit.
re, reported !ayorably on Hau.. hill
20 AMI -. Tor the retirement Of bnud.
the >ta.e issued IN isss. agvreyatins
stoo.no0. principal and interest. AMI ths
bills do pass.
9lr. Beik introduced a ball 10 allow
stock 10 run at large after crop. are
| gathered.
Chairman Farley, OF the tin.,ner esr,
mIttee, called up senate bill No ~
~hieh authorizes the payment OF mile
age ami per diem to the Presidential
electors IN 1905, the report on which
was favorable. The bill earrics an ap-
preparation of Sis1.60, ami, being pat
On II hnai passage, was adopted by a
unanimous vote.
| Mr. frith introduced bill To- appro-
prtste money for the INDECENT c..t.sl-
crate soldier. their wives or widow :.
who are IN the Soldiers Home at Beau
Nulr.
H. y. Mcl-auriu, chairman of the com
E.itte~ On leVees. reported favorably on
the Clover bills, for the better protee-
tiSa OF lsvees- The two bills we're sub
seqn"ntly called mp and passed by unani-
NOUS vote
senator Farley submitted a favorable
report on Senate ball No. :, which i to
make an appropriation to pay the attor
ueys IN the boundaries case. Ntc--rs.
Monroe Mctlurg ami Hanni- Taylor. the
sum ot $500 ea,h for their services.
The bull was put ON it. final passage and
passed, all the senator, voting for it.
The liightower bill, Tor the creation
of Department Of Agriculture. was
called aP. The bill wa read in full. 600
eopi"~ ordered printed. and final action
on saH.e deferred.
by Ir. Frith-fO authorize boards of
supervisors to repair ami protect nlouu-
menis erected 70 Confederate soldiers.
BY Alr Bloomfield To amend section
oi chapter -. laws OF 1904. a. pertain
Ing 10 the First Circuit Court district.
:" A. u provide another district. to he
known a. the Twelfth. ami to provide
tor IT. equipment ami for proper olIiccrs.
by Mr.. Magrpler-To Appropriate
sums sufficient 10 pay Tor repairs. adj
tions and other improvements at the
Agricultural and Mechanical College at
>tarkyille
Mr.. Dunn, from the iu,liciary commit.
tee. reported unfavorahly on the bill Al
troduoe'l by senator McLaurin. ct the
Twelfth Dt~triet, to provide alternative
punishment IN certain miSslemsanor
CASES.
Mr. Farley, from the committee on
hnanes. called up Hou-. ball 10 REIN
bur-e the three bank. % Whirh Gov.
Nsrdaman borrowed money n. past
SKINNER ier the purp-a-e 81 carry In:s on
the yellow fever light. The bill csTric-
grls- amount of <tf. f.1>Ese. appor
tiousl a. follows: commercial Rank ii
LAUREL >10.i1>.-g; fir-t National Isank
Of t'uifPart. Sls..u0. -. Mississippi Bank
and Trust Company. Jackson. t7.tfLI5.
There being no opposition. the bail was
passed by a vote of - TO 0.
senator HighteWer called up hrs reso-
lutlou provhiIns Toe a genera! review OF
the inaneial CONDITION. OF the State. ansi
prucev'ie'i to show b. . mas OF fi.sIre-
trem the auditor AMI treasurer that th.
State J. deeply IN debt, with claims
outstanding sufficient 10 oveTVhelm the
taanrial officers ot the state.
Then followed an animated discussion.
| IN which a number ct Scrator> partleI-
pateJ, whieh led up ta the introduction
OF RESOLUTION requesting SENATOR High
tower 10 reduce hI~ statistics aad con-
clusions TO writing. in or'ler that the
same might be printed and land before
both houses.
The committee ON the iu,iieiary re
ported favorabiy on the Senate Tesolu-
tioR in regard to amending the coustitu-
tlon 80 a. to provide for the election OF
judges, the sections being i4j, Ill. l50
and Isl. and to repeal sections Ii9 ami
IL. pertaining thereto.
The committee on kcal and private
legislation reported without recommen-
dation the bill permitting cattle to run
| at large after crops are gathered
The Governor sent a special message
To the Senate recommending eonsldera-
tion OF several matters Among these
was the question providing for iuspee-
tiou and regulation OF the sale OF cotton
seed products and for analysis thereof,
and also for other concentrated food and
mill products.
Mr. scott presented a concurrent reso-
luton providing for amendment To the
| Constitution, and that part of 1t relat-
ING to working OF Publie roads. The
resolution reads:
Resolved. by the legislature Of the
State OF Mississippi. tWo-third> OF each
house agreeing thereto. That the follow
| ing amendment to the State Constitution
be submitted to the qualified electors OF
the State for ratldcation OF rejsetion, at
an election to be held on Tuesday after
the first Monday OF November, ~ ID
1906, VIZ;
Amend section - of the Coustitu-
tion % il will read as follows; The
Legislature shall provide by general laws
for the working OF public roads by con
tract or by county prisoners, or both
The committee on local and private
legislation reported favorably ON the bill
to authorize the Board OF Supervisors
of Warren county to hay out and put
in order certain public roads leading to
the National Park, and to issue bonds
fay the same, and that the bill do pass.
Senator McLaurin, of Warren county,
sent to the desk and had read an inyi-
tation from Chairman Rigby, OF the
Nieksburg National Park Commission,
and Gen. Lee, to the Legislature to visit
the park in body at such day as may
be most convenient, and that there would
be no expense involved The invitation
was unanimously accepted
The Senate again had the anti-eonviet
leasing subject up for discussion, the
matter coming up on n resolution Of
fered by Mr.. Gordon, calling on the com
mittee ON Judiciary To report to the Sen
ate the two bills, which are to prohibit
the leasing of eonviets, and to prevent
the working OF them on lands not owned
by the State in Zee simple. Again the
committee was sustained in its policy
of withholding the bills for the present,
or until the Supreme Court has passed
on the sandy Bayou case.
The following bills were introduced:
Bv MIR. Franklin-To amend section
1000. Code OF ls92, so a TO enlarge the
powers of trustees in separate school DIS
triets.
Bv Mr.. Hebron-To amend sections )
ami of an act relative to the otilee
of cotton tax collectors and regulating
The duties and bonds of the Board OF
Mississippi Levee Commissioners, the
time OF meer.ng OF said board and pro
yidins penalties for evading the cotton
"A, and trespaSsing upon the property