The Tupelo journal., 1908-04-03

News
Resume of What the Legislature Ae-
complished.

Statutory prohibition law, to become
effective on December 81, abolishing all
saloons in the State.
Boddie anti-bucketshop bill, prohib-
iting - speculation in futures within
the State, but permitting the trans
mission OF orders to points outside the
State.
Hebron bill to abolish the leasing of
county convicts, and providing that
they shall be worked on farms owned
by counties, under the direction of the
boards of supervisors.
Potter bill, providing a depository
system for State treasury funds, money
to be placed in banks Offering the best
interest rates.
Abolition of the fe~,low-servant rule.
Passage of appropriation bills aggre-
eating about Sc, 5000, including al.
lowances for common schools, colleges,
pensions, general expenses of govern
ment, bond and interest payments, etc.
Fixing levy at 6 mills, the same as
prevailed in the State during the past
twelve years.
Acts correcting ali errors discovered
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 SUPER
%visors, and also increase of per diem for
jury service.
Bill prohibiting the sale of stocks of
merchandise in bulk.
Act for the inspection of commercial
feedstuffs.
Creation of the Tallahatchie drainage
district, enabling several counties in
the northern section OF the delta to re-
claim about 100 1000 acres of swamp
and overfiowed lands.
Bills making the antitrust laws more
effective by prescribing the jurisdiction
of chancery courts and prohibiting the
removal of litigation by foreign corpor-
ations from State to federal courts.
Authorization for separate school
districts to issue bonds to improve edu-
cational facilities.
Afford bill, authorizing the estab-
lishment OF county departments of agrl-
culture and permitting boards of super
visors to make appropriations to aid in
fight for determination of the boil
weevil.
Acts giving right to all members of
family to use interchangeable mileage
books, requiring ommon carriers to
provide adequate shelter for cotton de-
livered for shipment, and requiring
prompt settlement by railroads for lost
or damaged freight.
Mcmillan bill, providing inspection
system for nursery stock offered for
sale in the State.
Appropriation of $4,000 to be used in
repair and improvement of governors
mansion. No action taken toward pro-
posed sale or removal of the old capitol
building.
Act comforting larger measure of
power on the railroad commission in
the regulation of common carriers.
Bill requiring telegraph and tele-
phone companies to give speedy trans
mission of messages, and fixing penal
ties for failure to do so. Also bill de-
fning character of appeals from de-
cisions of railroad commission, and
how same shall be taken.
Authorization for certain counties
adjacent to the Mississippi river to
make contribution 20 the lakes-to-the-
gulf fund.
Act fixing delinquent tax sales for
the first Monday in April.
Amendment making more stringent
the statutes in reference to c, O. d.
liquor shipments.
Bills increasing the salaries of super
.lntendent OF education and secretary of
railroad commission, and concurrent
resolution appointing committee to in
vestigate proposed salary increases of
other State officials and report same to
VIZ hCAV iSE loidtlsc ScSSlOu.
Act regulating right to plant oyster
beds in the Mississippi sound, and de-
fning the rights to riparian owners.
Act requiring sheriffs to obtain from
the United States internal revenue COL
lists of liquor licenses granted in
their respective counties.
Act to prohibit appointment of State
officials, legislators Or members of iu-
dietary on boards OF trustees of State
institutions.
Creation of a live stock sanitary
board, and creating rules and regula-
tons therefor.
Amendments to primary election laws,
and to prohibit corporations from con-
tributing to campaign funds.
Act authorizing establishment of
clearing house associations by local
banks.
An expert from the department of
agriculture at Washington was sent to
1ssaquena county to investigate a
disease which is killing mules and
horses on several of the large planta-
tons. The strange disease, which man.
ifests itself in the throat of the ami
mails, has killed a number of mules.
1t is conta gious, and its spread has
alarmed the planters of Issaquena and
adjoining counties.
The big lumber mill of G.. F. Wilder
at Epps, eight miles south of Hatties-
burg, was comoletely destroyed by fire.
The loss is estimated at $500, 600.