Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-03-08
INJUNCTION AND ABATEMENT
ACT BECOMES LAW BY UNANI-
NOUS VOTE OF LEGISLATURE
EXPANDS MARKET SERVICE
Governor Sent Spiced Message TO
Legislature Asking for Increased
Executive Contingent Fund.
Amendment Fails.

Jacksonville feature of the legis.
lature last week was the unanimocs
passage by the senate of the Injunc-
ton and Abatement act, outlawing
houses of i'll fame
The galleries wese filled with wo-
men during the brief discussion, led
by Senator Wilmington. the author.
Credit for the passage of the bill
is largely due to Mrs. c. H. Alex
ander, of Jackson, representing the
various women's organizations of the
state.
The Wilmington constitutional
amendment to change section liz hy
providing for a classified property
tax, failed to received the required
majority. Motion to reconsider was
entered The senate also voted down
a joint resolution seeking to place a
a limit on pension and common school
appropriations
The house defeated the senate bill
raising the salary of the governors $
private secretary to $2.400 per year.
and passed bill carrying appropria-
ton for summer normals, in spite of
an unfavorable report from the appro-
priations committee.
IN Mr.. Anderson of Washington. intro
duced a r, yolutior providing for an
s.1yestigation of the centennial prof.
ect by committee armed with plen-
airy powers, and mal.s report thera.
on.
The speaker took the floor, as an
ex-officio member of the commission.
and delivered himself of lengthy
statement backing up every act of the
commission. He said he favored an
investigation of its affairs, however,
and launched into a statement of the
work now being done by the govern
ment. He said the commission now
felt that the exposition would never
be held at the plant as now built. Mr.
Conner, among other things said mona
of the state money was used to pay
salaries and that $4,000 to $1,000 was
to the credit of the state fund now.
The cenate, after a brief debate,
passed the bill carrying an appropri.
alton of $4,000 per year for support
of the Soldiers Home at Beauvoir,
and several items for repairs and i'm.
provements. Senator Miller was un.
successful in his effort to limit salar.
les to $3.50 per month. and the bill as
originally framed by the committee
was adopted.
After the house had voted to ad.
journ March g. the senate voted t,
adjourn March 16.
81 am as anxious to get through and
go home as anyone else in the legi5.
lature,' declared Senator Whiting
ton, "But l want to see the work of
the session so handled that we will
run no risk of being called back into
extraordinary session, which would
be the case if we don't finish up IL
one sitting"
A compromise was ultimately reach
ed on amendment offered by Senator
Boggan to make the date March 16.
A feature of the week was the
sending of special message to the
Legislature by the chief executive, in
which Gov. Bilbo urges consideration
of an increased executive contingent
fund. The governor shows, by figures
which cannot be disputed that it is
simply impossible to meet the conting-
ent expenses of the office with an
allowance of $4,000 year.
He, renders statement to show
that Of the $4,000 allowed for 1913
sums aggregating 1890 are actually
due on pledges which must be met
leaving a sum of $1,070 with which to
meet all contingencies that might be
encountered during the next ten
months.
Investigates Highway Department.
The special committee named by
the senate to investigate the stare
highway department has. presented its
report to that body. The report
shows that P. A. Kramer, state high
way engineer, received total of s32.-
21835 in commissions, fees, etc. but
the committee finds that no law wag
violated The engineer, however, is
mildly criticized for not giving more
Of his personal attention to his duties
and recommends legislation to cover
that feature of its findings.
j. F. Thames. trustee of the peni
tentiary, was n Jackson on his tour
of inspection of the several convict
farms, and reports prospects good for
great crop OF food stuffs.