Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-22

habitants should be done away with
and single health officers should b,
appointed to serve in their place.
20. Make it criminal offense fo,
physician not to report a death OF
birth.
30. Laws should be made for for.
est preservation.
81. Louisiana must have good roads
32. Roads should be put under su.
pervision of road commission, and DO
lice juries should provide road tax.
33. Advocates attitude of Texas
toward life insurance companies.
"a. Good results can be attained
by uniform legislation with other
states.
30. State bank deposits should be
reduced.
SO. More protection should be Civ
en- to employees against personal in
jury.
81. Stronger game laws should be
enacted.
38. Governors executive power
should be extended.
80. Reform of grand jury system.
40: Strengthen oyster law.
Al. Could not fund arising from
state inspection of fertilizers, food
stuffs and paris green be otherwise
applied to more advantage7
AZ. Raise price of state lands and
define power of register of state land
Office.
43. Employers must encourage en-
ployees in joining national guard
A. Auditor should be required
to institute modern methods and uni
form system of bookkeeping in hand
ling of states accounts.
40. Exempt property should be
listed.
46. Each parish should take care
of its own insane.
AZ. Records of divorces should be
more carefully kept
AS. Governor should be given more
power of clemency.
40. New capitol should be con-
structed.
80. Better provisions for negro
deaf, dumb and blind.
81. System of transferring land
titles should be improved.
50. Encouragement should be Civ
en- to prospectors looking for mineral
deposits in Louisiana.
SO. Limit length Of franchises.
54 Eligibility to hold Office should
be extended.
So. Memorable Congress to adopt
lakes to the gulf ship channel.
Sc. Continue crop pest commits
sion.
81. Adopt provision for Inherit
ance tax.
5S. Newspaper readers hould not
be prejudiced as competent jurors.
SO. Female witnesses iE rape
cases should be allowed to testify in
private.
60. More stringent child labor
laws.
61. When corporation is insolvent
should be defined.
62. Telegraph and telephone eompa-
nies should be required to transmit
each others messages and to make
necessary eompensations for that.pur
pose.
Other Messages.
On Wednesday Governor Blaneh-
ard followed his lengthy message of
Tuesday up with seven short ones,
the summary of which follows:
One of the communications related
to Louisiana's relations with the
State of Mississippi in regard to the
oyster fisheries. The governor wants
a boundary duly marked by buoys in
the water, and he calls for settle
ment of money due Louisiana and ad-
Indicated against Mississippi in the
course Of litigation decided on the
subject in the United States Supreme
Court.
Another message refers to the de-
layei pay due by the National Gov
ernment to Louisiana volunteers In
the Spanish-American War.
Another praises the work of the
Louisiana tax commission.
Another message refers to the re-
furnishing of the State Senate cham
Der made necessary by the fire some
time ago in the State Capitol.
Still another message is in regard
TO rent due for a building in which