The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-21
Mississippi Legislature
SENATE.

&AS " NOICu VIZ LA0
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 go into effect
January i, 1908.
The chapter on supervisors was taken
up, with q , dozen or so house amend
ments, regulating procedure and govern
ing bonds and county contracts, and
these were concurred ina
The senate passed the bill providing
for the division of Harrison county into
two courthouse districts, the principal
feature of which is the proviso by the
committee that the question be sub.
mitted to the voters of the district.
Mr.. Mounger 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, or $4,000 for the judge, and $4,000
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 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 a clear ma
jority. it was not necessary to put the
negative.
The feature of this section is that IL
will do away with the management of
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
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
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
into onu nnnl nr nn1hinati ION |
with the purpose of unduly effecting
and values, in defiance of the gen.
eral antitrust laws of Mississippi, shall
be guilty of a felony, and shall be sub
iect to fine for each and every such com-
each in its individual capacity,
the minimum of which shall be $500 and
the maximum $4,000. This applies espe-
to foreign insurance corporations.
The section was ultimately adopted. An
amendment introduced by Mr.. Mounger
adopted by the close vote of Is to
IA strikes out the words "either" and
elsewhere" which, if they had stood,
would have made the provision still
as the terms implied as used
hat the same law would apply to those
companies or corporations who are in
combine in other States.
The bill for the support and mainte-
lance of the Natchez State Hospital, car.
ying 100000, vas passed without dis.
Mr.. Farley called up the running ex-
ense bond bill and offered an amendment
o make it $500, 900 instead of 100000,
which he moved be accepted. Mr..
moved to indefinitely postpone,
ut this was voted down by a vote of
O to 10.
Amendments to make it smaller
mounts were offered and debated I'M
finally Mr.. Magruder offered one to
pitt the difference and make it 100000
nd this was adopted on a division by a
ote of 10 to Is. With this amend
lent the bill was put on passage and
assed by a vote of so to 10.
Mr.. Farley called up the revenue bill,
,hich declared a general tax levy for the |
ext two years of 6 mills.
Mr.. Dunn offered a substitute to make |
6H mills, and this precipitated a
ght. The vote showed a total of 90
, Is, and the bill is the revenue act
{ 1906.