Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-01-27
Mississippi Legislature
SENATE.

tec, reported IaNofaDlY on House bill,
26 and jS, for the retirement OF bond,
Of the State issued in 1856, aggregatn.
100000, principal and interest, and th,
bills do pass,
Mr., Bclk introduced bill to allow
stock to run at large after crops ar,
gathered.
Chairman Farley, of the finance com
mlttee, called up Senate bill No. 10
which authorizes the payment Of mile
age and per diem to the Presidential
electors IN 1905, the report en- whicl
was favorable. The bill carries an an
preparation of $iS3.6O, and, being put
on It's final passage, was adopted by a
Unanimous vote
Mr. Firth introduced bill to appro
pirate money for the INDECENT Confed
crate soldiers, their wives or widows
who are in the Soldiers Home at Bean
Noir.
H. j. Mclaurin chairman of the com
mlttee ON lcvces, reported favorablv on
the Glover bills, for the better protec
uon OF Ievees. The two bills were sub
sequently called up and passed by unani
nous vote.
Senator Farley submitted d favorable
report on Senate bill No. :, which is tc
make an appropriation to pay the attor.
neys IN the boundaries cases. Messrs
Monroe McClurg and llaunis Taylor, th,
;iim Of $500 each for their services
The bill was put on its final passage and
passed all the Senators voting for IT,
The llghtOwer bill, for the creation
OF Department of Agriculture, wa,
called up, The bill was read in full. 200
copies ordered printed, and final action
on same deferred.
BY Mr., Frith-To authorize boards OF
supervisors to repair and protect monu.
ments erected to Confederate soldiers,
by Mr.. Bloomfield amend section
OF chapter SO, laws of 1904, as pertain.
Ing to the First Circuit Court District
so as to provide another district, to be
known as the Twelfth, and to provide
Tor It's equipment and for proper officers
by Mr.. Magruder-To appropriate
sums sufficient to pay for repairs, addi-
lions and other improvements at the
Agricultural and Mechanical College at
Starkville.
MIR, Dunn, from the judiciary commit.
tee, reported unfavorably on the bill in
PRODUCED by Senator NIcLaurin, of the
Twelfth District, to provide alternative
punishment in certain msdemeanor
cases.
Mr.. Farley, from the committee on
finance, called up House bill to REIN,
bursc the three banks of which Gov.
Nardaman borrowed money the past
summer for the purpose of carrying ON
the yellow fever fight The bill carries
gross amount of $i4,fS302, nppor-
toned AS follows; Commercial Bank of
Laurel, l0,l3s,S 80; First National Bank
OF Gulfport, $l6,2OOS9; Mississippi Bank
and Trust Company, jackson, $17,444.15.
There being no opposition, the bill was
passed by Il vote of "a to 0.
Senator Hightower called up his rcso.
luton providing for general review of
the financial condition of the State, and
proceeded to show by mass of figures
from the auditor and treasurer that the
State is deeply in debt, with claims
outstanding sufficient TO overwhclm the
HllaDclal OHlcefS OF the state.
Then followed an animated discussion.
in which a number of Senators partici-
patcd, which led up to the introduction
OF resolution requesting Senator High
tower to reduce his statistics and CON
clusions to writing in order that the
same might be printed and laid before
both houses.
The committee on the judiciary re-
ported favorably on the Senate resou-
tion in regard to amending the constitu-
tion so as to provide for the election of
judges, the sections being 14j, 1j1, $50
and lj3, and to repeal sections 140 and
177, pertaining thereto.
The committee on local 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 considcra.
ton OF several matters. Among these
was the question providing for inspec-
ton 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-
mtion providing for amendment to the
Constitution, and that part of it relat-
ing to working of public roads. The
resolution reads;
Resolved, by the Legislature of the
State OF Mississippi, two-thirds of each
house agreeing thereto, That the follow.
ing amendment to the State Constitution
be submitted to the qualified electors OF
the State for ratification or rejection, at
an election to be held on Tuesday after
the first Monday OF November, A. D.
1906, viz;
"Amend section s5 of the Constitu,
tion so it will read as follows; "Thc
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 lay out and put
in order certain public roads leading to
the National Park, and to issue bonds
for the same, and that the bill do pass.
Senator McLaurin, of Warren county,
sent to the desk and had read an invi,
tation from Chairman Rigby, of the
Nicksburg 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-convict
leasing subject up for discussion, the
matter coming up on a resolution Of
fered by Mr.. Gordon, calling on the com,
mittce on judiciary to report to the Sen
ate the two bills, which are to prohibit
the leasing of convicts, and to prevent
the working of them on lands not owned
by the State in fee 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;
BY Mr. Frankliu--To amend section
4006, Code of 1S9a, so as to enlarge the |
powers OF trustees in separate school dis.
tricts.
By Mr.. Hebron--To amend sections
and 6 of an act relative TO the office
of cotton tax collectors and regulating
the duties and bonds of the Board of
Levee Commissioners, the
time of meeting of said board and pro- ,
viding penalties for evading the cotton
tax and trespassing upon the property
of said levee board.
Chairman Dunn, of the judiciary com.