Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-03-22

SENATE.

Senator MOunger introduced senate
eucuTrent resolution number &c, pro-
-'~Tng an important amendment To tie
.ouStitution. which reads a. follows:
a concurrent resolution proposing an
amendment 10 the constitution OF the
state Of Mississippi relative to an sp-
,ortionment to the senator's AMI repre-
seniativc~ in the legislature.
Resolved, by the legislature Of the
state Of Mississippi, thirds OF the
nouse agreeing thereto. That the follow
ing amendment 10 section so OF the
substitution of the State Of Mississippi
he submitted to be voted on by the
qualified electors Of the State Of Missis-
,ippi at an election to be held on the
first Tuesday after the Grst Monday of
November, 1907, viz:
Section 1910. The Legislature shall
st the first session after the feslerai
census OF 1910, and may decennially
thereafter, make a new apPortionment
ef senators and representatives. At
each apportionment each county then
organized shall have st least one repre-
sentative. The counties of Ti>homingo,
Alcorn. Prentiss, Lee. Ittawamba, Tip
pah. Union. Benton, Marshall, Lafayette,
Pontotoc. Monroe. Chiekassw, Calhoun,
\ Nailobusha. Grenada. Carroll. Montgom-
cry, choctaw, Webster, Clay, Lowndes,
Dktibbcha, Attala. Winston, NoSubec,
hemp,r, Leake. Ncshoba. Laudcrdals,
Newton, Scott, Rankin, Clarke. Jasper,
smith, Simpson, Copiah, Franklin. Lin
,oln. Lawrence, Covington, Jones,
Wayne, Greene. Perry. Marion, lamar,
Pike, Pearl River, Hancock, Harrison
'nd Jackson or the territory composing
them shall together never have less than
lightly eight representatives, nor shall
the remaining counties OF the State or
the territory now composing them ever
have less than foTtyfour representa-
tises. \ reduction in the number Of
senator's and Representatives may lie
made by the legislature il the same
be uniform in each OF the two said di-
visions. but the number Of representa-
tiyes shall not he less than 100 nor
more than i3S, nor the number OF sena-
tors less than 30 nor more than a., pro-
viicd, that new counties hereafter ere
ltel shall be given at least one repre-
sentative until the next succeeding ap-
Portionment. laws 1901, chapter
Is2)-
The senate, by unanimous vote.
adopted concurrent resolution Offered
by Mr.. Dunn, fixing Saturday. Marcel
ii, as the date for final adjournment of
the Legislature. there being no discussion
Of the proposition.
The code chapter on public health and
quarantine was called up, and after a
few changes was adopted. One amend
ment prov iled that each member of the
State board OF health he practising
physician. with license from the State.
Another amendment by the committee
provides that all PTacticins physicians he
required to report directly To the coun-
~ health officer all eases OF contagious
diseases a. soon a discovered
An amendment providing that in the
event of a physician failing wilfully 10
report any ease OF contagious disease his
licrnsc be revoked by the State boar
II health ereatel strong opposition, led
By Senator Smith. who. in forcible and
eloquent terms, pointed out that the
proposition sayoued of de-pstism, il
nothing worse. Mr. kendrick argued
that the general good OF the greater
number would BE- sub.crvesi by adopting
-uch a course The motion of Mr.
smith to table the amendment was ear
ried.
The Agricultural and Mechanical Col
le.e bill was taken up
9ir. Farley. chairman of the finance
committee. yiel,led the fioor to Mr.
Weaver TO speak on the HightoweI
amendment, which he had aecepte.i- il
lieu OF his own THIS original cI
Weaver amendment cuts the support
fund down about $4,000 annually, and
Mr. Hightower's reduces this by the
further sum of 1886 annually, making
the reduction sl4,sO0. The support fun,
n now standin. i o.5i6.36 a year.
Finally. when the matter had beeT
erettv well -