The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-06
Mississippi Legislature
SENATE.

House bill to pay certain teachers who
had been employed at the defunct Holly
Springs Colored Normal was taken from
the calendar and put before the senate.
Mr.. Belk, of Marshall, explained the
terms of the measure. The bill appro-
PIRATES 1875 as due Rev. Il. ID. Miller,
late principal; $3.50 due G. v. Sadler,
and $120 due Fanny Dean, as instruct
ors, and the sum of SIS as ~janitor's fees.
The bill passed.
The bill to pay the sun of So, 006 in
terest on the bond issues series B., act
of 1896, was passed, "a to 0.
The bill to make an appropriation for
the expenses of a medical field officer and
for the carrying on of his special work
was passed by a vote of "a to 2.
Mr.. Dunn presented a resolution to
provide that the stenographersu employed
by the senate in the secretary's office be
paid the sum of SIS a day each. The
resolution was unanimously adopted.
The Alcorn Agricultural and Mechan-
zeal College bill was called up by Sena-
tor Henry and passed, it being the regu-
lar biennial support bill, with the sun
of $4,000 added to cover the cost of re-
placing the dormitory burned last year.
Chairman Dunn, of the judiciary com
mittee, called up two bills dealing with
the G. O. d. liquor traffic, and the re-
sultant blind tigerism. The first of
these bills provides that any n in
ties or localities in which the sale of
liquor is prohibited by law, who know
ingly receives from express companies
or other common carriers, vinous or in
toxicating liquors, for the purpose of
sale, barter or giving away, shall, on
conviction, be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and dealt with accordingly.
The companion bill makes it a INSIDE
meanor for any one to knowingly receive
from such unauthorized persons, any
such liquors as specified, and furthermore
confers the right to search and to seize,
by officers of the law.
There was some discussion of the sec
ton giving the power to search and
seize, without warrant" after which
both bills were passed.
Senator Thrasher introduced a bill to
provide compensation to county assess
ors for attending meetings of the boards
of supervisors when considering the as
sessment rolls. The bill fixes the COM
pensation at 81 a day for each days
actual attendance.
Judge Thrasher called up the bill to
appropriate the sum of $4,000 for the
purpose of erecting a monument in the
Protestant Cemetery at Port Gibson, as
commemorative of the battles around
that sturdy little town in the late days
of April, 1868. The bill was passed.
HOUSE.
Complete adjustment of the present
board of control, the creation of a new
board of trustees to be composed of
three members elected by the people and
a superintendent to be appointed by the
governor are the prime features of the
bill passed by the house for the future
management of the State penitentiary
of the State of Mississippi. With slight
amendments the measure passed the
lower body as it appeared from the COM
mittee on peniteitnary.
When the chapter on salaries came
up a heated debate ensued on the ques-
ton of the fees of the Insurance COM
missioner. The senate had amended this
section so hat after 1908 his salary
would be $4,000, instead of fees, as at
present.
Mr.. Ross offered an amendment MAX
ing the salary of $4,000 apply from the
passage of the law under consideration.
Mr.. Ross amendment carried, and then
a further amendment was passed allow
ing the insurance commissioner $1,000
each annually for two clerks and $500
for travelling expenses.
A department of agriculture is the
latest addition to the executive branch
of the government of the State of Mis-
sissippi, for the measure creating the
office passed the house, having previously
secured the approval of the upper body.
The lower body tackled on two amend
ments, one reducing the salary of the
commissioner to $4,000 and the other
eliminating altogether the bureau of i'm
migration which the senate sought to
have as an adjunct of the department.
These two differences between the SEN
ate and house will be thrashed out by
a conference committee, and if they
are settled the bill will then only await
the signature of the governor to become
a law.
The question of the appropriation of
$4,000 for the old ladies' home at jack
son received it's fatal death blow, at
least so far as this session was con-
cerned, when the house voted to table
the motion to reconsider by a vote of
SO to A.
Another motion to reconsider was
tabled relating to the creation of the
department of agriculture, the members
expressing themselves as being satisfied
with the elimination of the immigration
feature.
Mr.. Wells offered an amendment to
the chapter on insurance. His amend
ment required life insurance companies
to invest one-half of the premiums col
municipal and school bonds of this State,
or to loan the money on lands in this
State. The amendment was defeated by
a vote of 90 to rs.
During the revision of the insurance
laws of the State bills were passed for
bidding any foreign fire insurance com
pany from doing business in Mississippi
unless it had a paid-up capital stock of
5000, 900; requiring all life insurance
companies to deposit with the State
treasurer one-half of their capital stock,
either in cash or assets, and giving the
insurance commissioner the power and
authority to compel all companies to
produce before him all their books and
to compel the officers of every company
in this State to give testimony.
The house then took up the chapter
on pensions, and it was adopted with few
minor amendments suggested by Chair
man Denton of the pension committee.
1t was during the consideration of this
chapter that Messrs. Denton, Arnold and
Talbot took the floor to oppose the strik-
ing out of the section giving pensions