The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-05-06
WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE
Many New Laws Looking to Improve
ment of Health and Government
of the State.

of the State.
A review of the legislation just COM
pleted by the Mississippi lawmakers
indicates that an aggregate of eight
hundred bills and resolutions for vari-
Gus purposes were introduced during
the session. Something over three hun
dred were enacted into law, or about
q third of those introduced.
Already there is a sound of protest
over the volume of appropriations
passed, but every APPROPRIATION bill that
was introduced was compelled to run
the gauntlet of adverse fire and direct
opposition in both branches. However,
the sum total of appropriations passed
was over a million dollars in excess
of those passed by any previous legls-
l%ature, and ever then there were a
number of appropriation bills thai
never emerged from the committee
AS an instance, the legislature
passed laws creating four additional
branch agricultural experiment sta
tions; one in Southwest Mississippi,
one in the vicinity of Grenada, one III
Northwest Mississippi and one in East
Central Mississippi. Under the laws
passed the trustees of the Mississippi
Agricultural and Mechanical College
are entrusted with the responsibility OF
establishing these stations, but if there
is any financial provision made for the
expenses that will be incurred the rec
ords do not show the fact.
There are q number of new laws to be
included in the sheet acts Of 1910, as
the journals will show, and emitting
the purely local and private relief acts
which constitute probably two-thirds OF
the enacted bills, a summary will be OF
| interest:
Providing for a central state charity
| hospital at Jackson, to be built only
when the city of Jackson and the coun
tv of Kinds shall have contributed eacl
the sum of $4,000 to the general ex
pense fund.
Providing for county agricultural
high schools, under a law modified 81
| as to conform to the decision OF TIL
state supreme court in deciding tn
Jasper county case, so as to eliminate
the race feature.
Equalizing or revising the salaries o
executive, judicial and legislative OIL
GERS.
A pure food law, enacted along tn
lines of and practically conforming t
the federal laws on the same subject.
Abolishing the office of county an
municipal treasurer and in lieu author
ling the establishment of local depos
itOrles.
Providing for a state teachers
school or normal college, with apprt
priation, the institution to be bull
without cost to the state.
Making provision for more thorough
ly cooperating with the United State
government in the eradication of tn
Texas fever, or cattle tick, and for til
eradication of hog cholera. Carryln
an appropriation of $4,000.
A "hog and hominy" law, conferrln
authority on boards of supervisors t
make appropriations for special prem
INNS for excellence in the production {
farm roducts, fine cattle, swine an
stock generally.
Creating one board of trustees to e
ercise supervision over the Unlverslt
of Mississippi, the Agricultural n NJ
lchanical College, Industrial lnstitu'
and College and Alcorn College.
A general Encouragement OF the CT
cult court districts of the state ar
creating four additional circuits, vii
appropriations to cover the salaries
the Judges and district attorneys
created.
Providing for relieving the pressu
on the supreme court by creating Il
office of supreme court commission
and for the appointment of two lawye
to discharge the duties as such.
Creating the office of county ATTIC
new. who shall be the state prosecutll
and investigating officer for his cou
ty. and providing that the salary
such attorney shall run from 5000
s.. 900. as fixed by the board Of sup'
J, visors. a..
f Making the unlawful Sale OF cocai
a felony, being a change from the m
demeanor class, in which it has hlth'
4 to been included, and subjecting the
t fender to penitentiary sentence.
: Amending the statutes relative
municipal primary elections, SO tn
f they shall conform as nearly as pos
e BILE to the general primary laws OF t
state.
e Providing for better sanitary regu
ton of hotels and taverns, for Gle
and sanitary linen, and in other wa
providing for the comfort and ciea'
< ness of the travelling public.
n At his home in Longview, eight mi
west of Starkville, William McCann q
le in the seventy-fourth year OF his a
r Mr.. Mccain was a Confederate veter'
w l.uo soryad t~hrouohOut the Civil "