The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1922-03-24
LEGISLATIVE BRIEFS

: 1t developed that notwithstanding
: the high assessment of last year an(
e a raise in the State Tax levy from
3 p to 8 mills, that the State is al
ready out of money and that provis-
ion must be made for money, either
by borrow or bond issue to paw
those on the States pay roll. Fear
OF "Crippllng" State institutions and
enterprises has led legislators. il
seems. to forget the already crippled
taxpayer
The lower house passed Tuesday.
the stone rating fire insurance bill.
lhe bill contains no provision to re-
Iqulre ire insurance companies to
show actual profits before asking for
certain rates.
The Daniels bill making it a peni-
tentialy offense to be in possession
OF a still or any part of a still has
passed both houses. 1t is already a
penitentlary offense to sell whiskev.
thus one who toys with the sale of
Thiskey stands two chances to break
INTO the penitentiary.
The lower house cut salaries of
State officers and employees 2O@s
While the Senate cut only lO%. This
bill is now in conference.
The lower house has passed a bill
prohibiting the operation of doll
racks, cane racks, slot machines
wheels of fortune and pool and bill,
lizard rooms.
A bill is pending in the lower house
70 take appointment of Text Book
COMMISSION out of the hands of the
Governor.
The lower house has passed bill
Z94 for the support of State Live
Stock Sanitary Board. The amount
IS $oO,OOO.-another case of fear
OF crlppling" Half that amount |
would have been big a plenty. -..
Gov; Russell has utterly failed to
snow that there was even a semblance
OF truth in his charge made in a
special message, Feb. 20, that the |
ire Insurance companies were the
cause of the filing of the Birkhead
suit. A special Committee was
named to investigate the Governors
charge, but the Committee was never
able to get the Governor before it.
Both houses have agreed on a
County officers salary bill which re-
stores the fee system, but with GER
tam reductions and limitations as
compared to the law in operation
prior to, 1916.
The Senate passed a bill Monday
nxing the salaries of County Superin-
tendents of Education according to
Lne assessed value of the property in
4 county. The counties are divided
INTO classes, Class / being counties
of 'n assessment of 25,000,0O0 or
over and Glass 8 being counties of
ess than $3,00O,000. An allowance
u SoO.0O per month for expenses was |
provided for in each case.
The bill provides the following sal
'rles for the county superintendents
counties IN classes one and two. |
5000.
Counties in classes three and four,
275O.
Counties in classes five and six.
2500.
Counties in classes seven and eight.
225O.
The same bill fixes pay of members
I the county board of supervisors in
lass one counties are to receive 81
er dlem Whlle In session or inspect
i% roads but are not to receive more -
IAN $1,000 yearly. In all other class .
the salary is fixed at $5 per diem 1
lth the maximum amount which is !:
be paid during the year fixed as
blows:
Glass two, $500; three $1,000: four !:
900; five, $3.50; and six, seven and
ght, 5000.
The salary of each county treasur- /:
was set at $50 yearly regardless !
county classification. i
1t is apparent that reduction of /:
e State tax levy is hardly to be !
.pected. 1t is also apparent that
ose interested in getting money out
the State Treasury are quite well !
ganiZed and that somehow they are
ther on hand or have some way of
pressing legislators that they !
eed the money" /