The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28

Il
! sion funds with donations from coup
ty funds.
Rejected the Boddie anti-bucke
shop bill, and refused to place any ia,
whatever on this form of business.
Rejected the Lockwood bill restrict
ing the sale of patent medicines.
General revision of the statutes OF
crimes and misdemeanors, but no in
creaSes In penalties for various often
SEES made. The most important chan
geS proposed were to make ATTEMPTED
criminal assault and burglary punish
able by death. Also refused to differ
entiate between murder and lynchipg
or give jurieS discretionary judgment
in fixing punishment for lynching.
No change of consequence in di
vOrce laws. Validity of common Law
marriages recognized.
Declined to provide board Ct visit.
ing physicians for insane hospitals, as
recommended by the governor.
Revised the oyster laws, providing
standard measure for oysters, prohib-
iting shipment of oysters in shell out
of the state, and allowed additional
appropriation of $50, 900 per year for
planting reefs and beds.
Rejected earnest request of whole.
SalerS from outside points for more
rigid law regarding sale of stocks OF
goods in bulk. Also declined to give
lumber dealers more liberal statute re-
garding liens Of material and builders
supply men.
General revision of primary cleo
tiOn statutes. making the measure
practically perfect, but refusing to re-
quire candidates to file itemized ac-
counts of campaign expenses.
Conferred power on governor to in
Stitute suits in the name of the state
when the encouragement or other
proper officer fails or refuses to do so
after being requested to take action.
Enacted more rigid statutes for the
protection of game and fish, providing
a more limited open season.
Failed to pass uniform quarantine
law, declined to allow state board of
health emergency fund, but gave the
governor power to borrow not exceed
ing $1,000 per year in caSe of yellow
fever epidemic, created field officer for
health board but made no ~appropria-
ton for his salary, and repealed the
compulsory vaccination law.
Rejected proposition to establish
state charity hospital in Jackson and
to accept donation of charity hospital
property in VickSburg. Also rejected
proposition to establish boys reform
atory and institution for the negro
blind.
After a notable fight made a revis-
ion of the pi!otage laws, fixing maxi
mum and minimum charges for pilot
age in and out Of gulf coast harbor.
No change i'm legal rate of interest.
Also refused to revise commercial laws
or enact bill by Smith OF Holmes de-
timing negotiable Instruments.
Rejected the chief features of the
new military chapter framed by a
military code commission, the effect
Of which would have been to have the
national guard strictly governed sua-
der the Dick military law.
Defeated the proposition to change
form OF selecting uniform school book
Revised the school laws
generally, allowing better salaries to
county superintendent, but making
10 changes of a notable character, 1t
S believed, however. that such chan
yes as were made will result in q bet
;er public school system. Allowed the
Usual appropriation of 81, 25O, 900 for
support of the common school.
Created a Ficksburg National Mill
AIRY Park commission and allowed
$50, 600 TO erect monuments and mar
ierS to Mississippi troops.
Repealed power of revenue agent t.
'ack-aSSeSS money on deposit, but
made no other changes of consequence
pertaining to the duties of that i'm
revenue-getting Office.
This summarizes the more import.
mt actions taken. Hundreds Of
could be recalled on which
oteS were taken and final disposal
nade, especially in the ways of new
lWS brought up on bills introduced,
considered separate and apart
the code chapters.
More than 900 bills we're introduced
! the two houses, consisting chiefly
[ local and private measures. The
Dvernor opened the flood gates, per-
hitting the law makers to consider
ny subject brought to his attention
Y members who wanted to introduce
Ills IN these subjects, and the calen-
IRIS We're burdened with legislation
this character from the beginning
the end of the session, rendering it
,ceSSary to set aside Saturday OF each
for the passage of these bills. :
resulted i'm much waste of time
I'd greatly protracted the session.
The legislature of 1906 will god0wn =
history as being in session longer |
any of its predecessors, of spend J
g more money, by producing more ;,
liticS and engenderin!: more disa- y
reementS than any legislature that
err assembled at the capital. Low
eSSurc and high pressure cIiuues
lght continually for supremacy,
ctiOnS battled with might and main:
CtiOn. discard and nelly bicEor;nnC