The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
Mississippi
Legislature
SIXTEENTH DAY.
House.

I1UuSGs
The comparatively smooth passage of
the Boddie anti-bucketshop bill through
the House was the distinctive feature of
legislation, the debate being confined to
the address of Hon. Van B. Boddie, its
author, the supporting speech of G. l..
Jones of Union and the brief remarks
of the opposition or depreciation by Hon.
T. r. Foster, of Warren. The bill passed
the House by almost a unanimous vote,
there being only five votes cast in the
negative.
Another feature of interest was the in
PRODUCTION of a concurrent resolution by
Hon. H. M. Quin, to amend the consti-
tuition, providing for the distribution of
the common school funds. The Quin
amendment is as follows:
"There shall be a county common
poll tax, to be retained in the counties
out of which collected, and a State com
mon school fund, to be taken from the
general fund in the State treasury, which
together shall be sufficient to maintain
the common school for the term of four
months in each scholastic year. But any
county or separate school district may
levy an additional tax to maintain its
schools for a longer term than four
months. The State common school fund
shall be distributed among the several
counties and separate school districts in
proportion to the average attendance of
children upon the schools in each, to be
determined from data to be obtained
through the office of the State Superin-
tendent of Education.'
Mr.. Robertson, of Forrest, called up
his bill requiring those taking eXamina-
lions for professional teachers license to
pass physics. The bill having been ia
vorably reported on, it was put on its
passage and passed, 95 to O.
The committee on corporations report
ed favorably on all the measures relative
to regulating telephone and telegraph
companies, including the bill to prevent
blacklisting by employers of their en-
ployes for affliation with labor organi-
cations.
A number of appropriation bills were
reported, among them the Capitol ex-
pense bill, by Mr.. Gardner, from the pub
lie building and grounds committee.
Senate.
Senate was opened at 10 am. with
prayer by Senator Cunningham, Lieuten-
ant Governor Manship in the chair.
S. B. 90 was called up by Mr.. Ander-
son and explained by its author, Mr..
Bush. This is the bill relative to giving
a lien for wages to every sawmill en-
ploye OF person engaged in the saw or
planning mill; in cutting or rafting tim
Der, etc. After Mr.. Bush's lucid expla-
nation the bill passed.
Mr.. Anderson then called up Mr.. Sea-
wright's bill, Senate Bill 80, TO provide
for all sales of personal property by
which the terms of the title is retained
in the seller until the purchase price is
paid, shall be in writing, acknowledged
and recorded" and recommended its pass
age, with the committee amendment
which provides that the amount be 500
or more"
When the bill came up for passage it
was lost by a majority of six.
Mr.. Anderson called up the bill giving
a ~stenographer to each Supreme Court
Judge, and moved to table Mr.. Samples
motion, to reconsider the vote on which
1T passed, and the same was done.
Mr.. Anderson called up Senate Bill No.
63, to amend Section 2195 of the Code.
increasing the pay of members of boards
OF supervisors for extraordinary services,
and put it on it's passage.
Upon roll call the bill passed.