The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1908-04-02
NEW LAWS.
Summary of the Most Important
Acts Passed at the Late Ses-
sion of the Legislature


sion of the Legislature
The following is summary of
important laws passed at the legis-
lative session which was brought
to a close at the noon hour on Sat-
urday.
Statutory prohibition law, to be-
come effective on Dec. 3Ist, abolish
ing all saloons In the state.
Boodie anti-bucketshop bill pro-
hibiting the speculation in futures
within the state, permitting the
transmission of orders to points out
side the state.
Hebron bill to abolish the leasing
of county convicts, and providing
that they shall be worked on farms
owned by counties under direction
of the boards of supervisors.
Potter bill providing a depository
system for state treasury funds,
moneys to be placed in banks offer
ing the best interest rates.
Abolition of the fellow-servant
rule.
Passage of appropriation bills
aggregating about $6,75o,ooo, in
Guiding allowances for common
schools, colleges, pensions, gen
eral expenses of government, bond
and interest payments, etc.
Fixing the tax levy at six mills,
the same as has prevailed in the
state during the past twelve years.
Acts correcting all errors discov-
cred in the new annotated code
adopted by the legislature of 1906,
and restoration of missing chapters
and sections of the volume.
Increase of pay for boards of sup
ervisors and also increase of per
diem for jury service.
Bill prohibiting the sale of stocks
of merchandise in bulk.
Act for the inspection of COM
mercial feedstuffs.
Creation of Tallahatchie drainage
district. enabling several counties
In the northern section of the delta
to reclaim about 100000 acres of
swamp and overhowed lands.
Bills making the antitrust laws
more effective by prescribing the
jurisdiction of chancery courts, and
prohibiting the removal of litiga-
ton by foreign corporations from
state to federal courts.
Authorization for seperate school
districts to issue bonds to improve
educational facilities.
Afford bill authorizing the es-
tablishment of county departments
of agriculture, and permitting
boards of supervisors to make ap-
propriations to aid in fight for ex-
termination of the boil weevil.
Acts giving right to all members
of family to use interchangeable
mileage books, requiring common
carriers to provide adequate shelter
for cotton delivered for shipment,
and requiring prompt settlements
by railroads for lost or damaged
freight.
Mcmillan bill providing inspec-
ton system for nursery stock offer
ed for sale in the state.
Appropriation of $4,000 to be
used in repair and improvement of
the Governors mansion. No ac-
ton taken toward proposed sale
or removal of the old capitol build
ing.
Act conferring larger measure of
power on the railroad commission
In the regulation Of common car
riers.
Bill requiring telegraph and tele-
phone companies to give speedy
of messages, and
fixing penalties for failure to do
50. Also bill defining character
of appeals from decisions of rail-
road commission, and how same
shall be taken.
Authorization for certain coun-
ties adjacent to the Mississippi
river to make contribution to the
Lakes-to-the. Gulf fund.
Act filing delinquent tax sales
for the FIRST Monday in April.
Amendments making more strin-
gent the statutes in reference to
c. o. D. liquor shipments. Bills
increasingsalaries of superintendent
of education and secretary of E. R. |