The Era-leader., 1921-09-29

beginning January 2, 1929, was
Introduced by Representative
Chappius, of Acadia. This bill |
contains the Mississippi ''under-
standing" .clause and the good
reputation and good character
clause. 1t is aimed to preserve
white supremacy in this state.
The state board Of health bill
was introduced by Jordon of Rich
land. 1t provides for a state board
Of health composed of a PRESIDENT
and eight members, named oy the .
governor. Five members must
be physicians, one an educator,
one a sanitary engineer and the
last without legislation, The par.
ish health boards are to be com.
posed of five members, named by
the police juries. Three must be
physicians and one an educator,
Representative Tobin, Of Nat,
ohitoches, introduced a mothers
pension bill providing that a wid-
owed mother with one child can.
] receive Sl5 month $40 addition
al for each child up to a total of
= $50 a month. Parishes authorlz.
. ed to appropriate on the basis Of
S representation in the House. For
] one representative, $4,000 a year
J for each additional representative
1000. 1t must be shown that
. mother, without the pension,
would be compelled to work daily
e away from home to support her
a dependents.
: When the legislature adjourned
e for the third week there was a
j. total of 10 bills introduced in
!, both houses. Of this number 50
e were introduced in the house and
t., 27 in the senate. Comparison
It shows the bulk of the Legislation
d comes from the hours. In the
regular session of 1920 there were
;e 800 bills introduced i'll the house
,e and 1913 in the senate. That ses'
V sion lasted only 50 days. There
i. is no reason, says Lieutenant Gov.
:. ernor Bouanchaud why this ses-
sion should last more than oO days
N from date of convening.
IN The biggest fights will be OF
. the highway bills aid the sever
ance tax. Liquor Legislation il
= not likely to cause any great fuss
q q The "drys' have their law en-
81 forcement bill favoraby reported
The "wets" have their ,oncurren
q resolution, petition Congress t
permit light wines aud beer, fav
orably reported. Each side i
satisfied.
d The Stree state of Jefferson /
4 to be- investigated by a Hous
a committee of five. The legislatuI
- adopted the Johness resolution
z@ providing for the probe, Speake
Walkers committee will dig dee
and impartially. Before maj"
moons the state should kno
whether all the stories Of vice
corruption and crookedness Gil
culated about Jefferson parish
are true.
lsh Politics sizzled around the don
)er of the old capitol building durln
~ the last week. The state supren
~ court knocked out Judge Coz
~ chaux as a candidate for tt
- Monroe vacancy. Governor Pa
aps ker issued a proclamation recal
md ing the judicial election in so t
rth as it pertained to the Monroe SCI
!, ~ ~ The ink wasn't dry on his proc
1U nation before the Democrat Sta
tJ Executive committee, represent
- in the main by proxies, nomin
in. ted Judge Luther Hall for the VI
n ancy. This in face Of an opini
~ from Attorney General Coco II
~ there was no vacancy. Ex-:Go
ernor Hall claims he is the logl
ng- nominee when the election is G
ress led. Republicans threatened
- contest Parker's right to rev(
1c an election. Dropped their CT
W test on account of time. Prom
to renew it in the courts later
J to test the points. Hot times, POI
r cally, ahead in the old Fell
~ state. .-.
80 Eugenics under state law,
be a part of Louislana,s code
81 the bill introduced by Repres
ZC tative Sylvest, Of Washington I
- ish, is passed. The sylvest
,h;1o requires all males to be g exam ann
7nlle bv physicians within 10 days