The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-04-09
LEGISLATURE
HAS ADJOURNED
Total Of $50 Bills Are Passed During
Ninety Days Session.

Total Of $50 Bills Are Passed During
Ninety Days Session.
The Mississippi Legislature adjourn
ed Friday afternoon Of last week, hav-
ing been is session 80 days.
During the session there were 1886
bills introduced, 993 in the house and
542 in the senate. AS is always the
case many bills that had passed the
house perished on the senate calendar
| despite the fact that they had favor
able committee reports attached, and
| the same was true in the house dispo-
sition of senate bills.
A majority Of the general laws
passed consist of revision or amend
ments to statutes already in existence.
Following is list of the more i'm
portant measures enacted:
H. B. 69-Increasing pay of jurors
in circuit and chancery courts.
s. B. 5O-Providing control and Grad
ication of tuberculosis among cattle.
H. B. 347-Providing for quarterly
distribution of pension fund.
Senate c. r. 18-Creating commits
sion for investigating and reporting.
on reclamation Of waste and cut over
lands.
A. B. 75S H. B. 758-Providing that
drainage districts may proceed with
the improvement for which they were
organized
H. B. 317-To authorize levy of 8
mills on the dollar by the boards of
supervisors for construction of roads.
H. B. 1S9-Increasing rate of pay
for publication of legal notices.
H. B. 177-To compel the attendance
at school of children within certain
ages.
H. B. 511-Providing for punishment
for desertion and nonsupport Of fam
lily by husband.
H. B. 28-To provide a method of
absent voting in general and primary
elections.
Fl. B. 405-Authorizing each county
to create department of health for
each county.
S. B. 14-Creating state highway
department and defining it's powers
and duties; to authorize state aid in
the construction and maintenance of
public roads, culverts and bridges; to
create state highway fund and pro-
vide for its expenditure, to authorize
cooperation with United States and
repeal all laws in conflict.
To authorize borrowing by munich
palities without election in anticipa-
tion of collector under special assess
ment.
To authorize boards of supervisors
to levy a tax for the building, repair
and equipment of agricultural high
schools.
Providing for salaries of county Of
ficials.
To amend the constitution so as to
impose uniform poll tax upon the
male and female inhabitants of the
state.
To amend the constitution so as to
extend like suffrage to male and female
inhabitants Of the state.
Providing for the voting by women
in primary elections.
Providing that contributory negli-
gence be no bar to recover in actions
brought to recover damages for per-
sonal injuries or where such injuries
have produced death, and providing in
such cases that the damages be dimin
ished in proportion to the amount of
negligence attributable to the person
injured, and providing that the ques
ton of negligence and contributory
negligence is for the jury to determine
To assent to the provisions of the
act of congress entitled "An act for
providing that the United States shall
aid the states in the construction of
rural post roads and for other pur-
poses"
To change license fees to be paid
by persons taking or catching oysters
from waters of state.
To make it misdemeanor to print
or publish or circulate printed or pub
lished appeals or presentations of argu-
ments or suggestions favoring social
equality or marriage between the white
and negro races.
Amending laws affecting tax on oys-
tiers.
Providing all banks, trust companies
or savings banks in cities of less than
$4,000 shall not discontinue regular
business with general public before 3
p. m. each week day.
To authorize the state insurance
commissioner to exempt fire and ma
rine insurance companies under GER
tain conditions from the restrictions,
to the effect that they may be licensed
to do business in Mississippi.
An act fixing and equalizing the sal
aries of state officers, judges, chan
cellors, district attorneys and legis-
lators and their subordinates.
An act to prevent the Federal Re
serve System from forcing the banks
of this state into what is known as the
PAIRING of checks, drafts, bills, etc,
/ fcommonly known as cash items.D
An act providing how court costs
shall be collected.