The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-20
Mississippi Legislature
SENATE.

SENAlE.
The senate refused to concur in the
house amendment to the chapter on sal.
aries, making the salary plan for the
insurance commissioner effective on the
adoption of the code, but insisted on its
original position, that it 60 into effect
january l, 1908.
The chapter on supervisors was taken
up, with a dozen or SO house amend
ments, regulating procedure and govern.
ing bonds and county contracts, and
these were cuncurred in.
The senate passed the bill providing
for the division OF Harrison county into
two courthouse districts, the principal
feature OF which is the proyisO by the
committee that the question be sub
mitted to the voters of the district.
Mr.. Aiounger introduced a bill which
provides for salaries for the judge and
district attorney for the Thirteenth dis
trict, just created. The bill specified
that they shall receive the regular sti-
pend, Of 81, 500 for the judge, and S., 400
for the district attorney.
Notwithstanding the differences of
opinion as to policy and measures exist,
ing between the house and senate on
some measures, they got together on the
vital question involved in the house bill
to change the system of management of
the State penal system, thereby making
a radical departure in this respect. The
senate turned down the report of the
majority of the committee on the peni.
Tertiary, and instead adopted, with some
slight notifications, that of the minor.
ity.
After one Of the most extended and
generally participated in debates that
has occurred in the senate chamber for
some time, the senate substitute was
defeated by a vote of 10 for to q
against, and directly afterward the
house bill as recommended by the minor.
ity report was passed by a vote of 20 in
the affirmative. This being u clear ma.
jority, it was not necessary to put the
negative.
The feature of this section is that it
will do away with the management of
convict and penal matters by the mem
bers Of the railroad commission as eX-
offiCio members OF the board of con
troll, and vests the management in the
hands Of three trustees, who shall be
practical agriculturists, The bill further
removes from membership of such board
attorney general, though both these Of
will be connected with it in their
advisory capacity.
The senate took up the chapter on
and combines. Chairman Smith
Of the corporation committee introduced
amendment which, in effect, enacts
the Arkansas insurance law. The
amendment declares that all alliances OF
any corporation Of any kind whatsoever
entering into any pool or combination
the purpose Of unduly etfecting
and values, in defiance of the gen
sral antitrust laws of Mississippi, shall
be guilty of a felony, and shall be sub
.ect to fine for each and every such com-
each in its individual capacity,
he minimum of which shall be 5000 and
he maximum $1,000, This applies espe-
tally to foreign insurance corporations.
The section was ultimately adopted. An
amendment introduced by Mr.. Mounger
md adopted by the close vote of is to
4 strikes out the words either" and
elsewhere" which, if they had stood,
have made the provision still
lighter, as the terms implied as used
hat the same law would apply to those
ompanies or corporations who are in
ombine in other States.
The bill for the support and mainte-
of the Natchez State Hospital, car.
ying $4,000, was passed without dis
ussion.
Mr.. Farley called up the running ex-
ense bond bill and offered an amendment
o make it $500 900 instead of 100000,
'hich he moved be accepted. Mr..
moved to indefinitely postpone,
ut this was voted down by a vote of
0 to 10.
Amendments to make it smaller
were offered and debated UNI
finally Mr.. Magruder offered one to
dit the difference and make it 100000
nd this was adopted on a division by a
of 10 to IS. With this amend
Icnt the bill was put on passage and
lssed by a vote of 80 to 10.
Mr.. Farley called up the revenue bill,
hich declared q general tax levy for the
ext two years of 6 mills,
Mr.. Dunn offered a substitute to make
6a mills, and this precipitated a
The vote showed a total Of 90
IS, and the bill is the revenue act
1906.