The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
Mississippi
Legislature
THIRTY THIRD DAY.

The House spent the better part of the
session in passing of local sundry bills,
it being local bill day under the rules,
after which a number of committees re-
ported. The most interesting report was
that of the Committee on Elections,
which submitted a favorable report on
the bill to make supreme court Judges,
circuit judges and chancellors elective,
the nominations to be made in the same
years n at the same times that candi-
dates for Congress are nominated and
elected.
The first bill taken up was that desig-
mated as Senate bill No. 1872, a bill to
provide tax exemption for drainage dis
trict bonds. The bill was called up by
Mr.. Fatheree, of the Ways and Means
Committee, who called on Mr.. Tyson to
explain.it its features. The features of the
bill are explained in the title, and the
measure passed-T9 to 4.
House bill No. 444, authorizing the
Leflore County Board of Supervisors to
appropriate money to the erection and
maintenance of the Kings Daughters
Home and Hospital at Greenwood, was
passed unanimously.
A enate bill authorizing the Board of
Supervisors of Attala county to prorate
the accumulated sixteenth section land
funds among the townships, was called
up. The provisions for and necessity for
such an enactment was explained by Mr..
Britt, of Attala, who stated that it grew
out of the burning of the courthouse at
Kosciusko and destruction of the records
that indicate the amount due the town
ships, and there is no other way in which
4ha Tnonnu on ha distributed ayonpt INV
prorating, and an act of the Legislature
is necessary to authorize that step. The
bill passed.
Mr.. Rencher, from the Committee or
Contingent Expenses, presented a report
covering the expenditures relative to
sundry committee trips, which aggregate
the sum of S5o5.33, appropriated as fol-
lows: Universities and colleges, $246.2S;
to Natchez Hospital, by Eleemosynary
Institutions Committee, $3.50; visits
to B%eauvoir, by Committee on Pensions,
$685.. The report was adopted.
A message from the Governor an
nounced his approval of sundry measures,
among them House bill No. /, or the
bucketshop bill.
Quite a discussion arose over the House
bill providing for the keeping of dogs Of
the best breed for tracking purposes,
which was reported back with an I'M
favorable report from the Committee on
County Affairs. Mr.. Stewart explained
the necessity for such a provision, as
there is no State in the Union that needs
trained animals of this kind more Than
does Mississippi. A lively discussion
followed, and eventually, on roll call, the
vote was a tie, 81 to 81, which was
broken by the Speaker, who cast the de-
Gliding vote in favor of the bill.
Senate.
The Senate passed the bill re-enacting
the still missing" sections of the new
code, with regard to the supervision of
COMMON carriers and the penalty provi-
%sions, there being no trouble in getting
them through.
The Senate also passed the age of con-
sent bill, with a Senate committee
amendment fixing the age at II instead
of IA years, which latter was the feature
of the House bill, and it is not improb.
able that the House will disagree and
that a conference may be necessary.
The following bills were called up on
third reading and passed:
b. B. 121-To allow Calhoun county
to credit C. R. Young with fines, etc, in
case of State VS.. Jack Burlison.
H. B. 237-To restore suffrage to J. R.
Pearson, of Choctaw county. and to re-
store suffrage to George Holdetch, of
Pontotoc county, and to refund to DIR.
Charles Chamberlain 500 enormously
paid by him.
S. B. 2u-Prohibiting express COM
panies from demanding or receiving of Il
consignee any charge or part of a charge
on prepaid packages, and providing pen
atty for violation of this act. This is
the first of the bills which comprise the
missing code chapters"