The Lexington advertiser., 1906-04-19
Mississippi Legislature
SENATE.

| aries, making the salary plan for the
insurance commissioner effective on the
adoption OF tile code, but insisted on its
original position, that it 90 into effect
January /, 1908.
The chapter on supervisors was taken
up, with dozen or so house amend
ments, regulating procedure and govern
| ing bonds and county contracts, and
these we're concurred 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.. Mounger introduced 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, or $4,000 for the judge, and S2,4o0
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
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 81
against, and directly afterward the
house bill as recommended by the minor
ity report was passed by a vote of % in
the affirmative. This being 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 men,
bers of the railroad commission as ex-
offcio 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
of trustees or control the governor and
attorney general, though both these of
ficials will be connected with it in their
advisory capacity.
The senate took up the chapter on
trusts and combines. Chairman Smith
of the corporation committee introduced
an 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
with the purpose of unduly effecting
rates and values, in defiance of the gem
eral antitrust laws of Mississippi, shall
be guilty of felony, and shall be sub
ject to fine for each and every such COM
bination, each in its individual capacity,
the minimum of which shall be $500 and
the maximum $1,000. This applies espe-
cially to foreign insurance corporations.
The section was ultimately adopted. An
amendment introduced by Mr.. Mounger
and adopted by the close vote of Is to
IA strikes out the words "sither" and
elsewhere" which, if they had stood,
would have made the provision still
LlSHLeT, as tHe LeT1HS liHpileu dS useu
that the same law would apply to those
companies or corporations who are in
combine in other States.
The bill for the support and mainte.
nance of the Natchez State Hospital, car
rying 100000, was passed without dis
cussion.
Mr.. Farley called up the running ex.
pense bond bill and offered an amendment
to make it 100000 instead of 100000,
which he moved be accepted. Mr..
Greaves moved to indefinitely postpone,
but this was voted down by vote Of
80 to 10.
Amendments to make it smaller
amounts were offered and debated un-
til finally Mr.. Magruder offered one to
split the difference and make it 100000
and this was adopted ON division by
vote of 10 to IS. With this amend
ment the bill was put on passage and
passed by vote of 80 to 10.
Mr.. Farley called up the revenue bill,
which declared general tax levy for the
next two years of mills.
Mr. Dunn offered substitute to make
it 6Ks mills, and this precipitated
fight The vote showed total of 20
to Is, and the bill is the revenue act
OF 1906