The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1922-02-10


offered show the determination OF
the firm to sell.
proceeds of the proposed bond issue
shall be spent
11th. That law be enacted which
shall make ineligible any member OF
the board of supervisors as a candi
date for any county office within
four years after he has ceased to be
a member of the board.
18th. That we heartily endorse the
bill which we understand has been
introduced in the legislature by which
the giving of a contract of employ
ment by the board of supervisors in
any subordinate position to any rela-
tive by affinity or consanguinlty with
in three degrees of any member of
the board of supervisors, be prohibit
ed.
18th That the present law as to
the compensation of the members of
the board of supervisors be repealed
and that they shall be paid $400 per
day during the time they are in ses-
sion and attending to the public busi-
ness, but in no event shall the COM
IpenSation of any member of the
board exceed the sum of $4,000 per
| year.
18th. That the legislature be urged
| to take such action as viii lmmedl-
ately correctly ascertain the present
bonded Indebtedness of each county.
municipality. school, road and drain
age district IN each and every county
in the state. ard that arrangement be
made for Giving this data to the
public.
18th. That The present powers Of
the boards Of supervisors be abridged
and in no case Shall they he allowed
to issue loan WCrl3nts or honJs eX-
Icept on petition OF more then naH OF
the qualified electors and not then
without an election if 20 per cent Of
the qualified electors enter written
protest.
10th. 1t is true that economy and
consequent lowering of taxes must,
at least partially, begin in the coun-
ty. but it cannot begin there as long
as the state laws are such as puts 1t
within the power of legal authorities
to be recklessly eXtravagant, and as
long as human nature IS what 1t Is;
18th. That wherever practical ana
constitutional, state and county OIL
fees should be consolidated to avold
expense and duplication of work,
and that in our opinion this can be
done in a number of cases, such as
the offices of chancery and circuit
clerks. insurance and banking COM
missioner. auditor and land commls-
sion. and the cutting off of useless
employes in all state offices and in
stitutions, and that much money can
be saved by cutting off needless
travelling expenses of certain state OF
ficials.
18th. That the so-called tax COM
mission should be abolished, and we
would heartily endorse bill looking
to that end
18th That law be passed so that
permanent improvements Such as col
lege buildings, state buildings Tor
state charities or state departments,
should be built by bond issue and not
sought to be paid for by current taxa
ton, the bonds for the same to run
not less than 20 years and as much
longer as in the wisdom of the legls-
lature it thinks proper, so as to equal
ly distribute the payment for the
same during those years.
goth. That the legislature, by reso-
luton, shall request the papers to
publish the legislative vote on all
questions affecting taxes as well as
on all questions as to serious contest
over appropriations.
All of which is most respectfully
submitted.
(Signed) R. F. KIMMONS,
c.. H. WILLIAMS.
WALTER CLARK,
R. L. BENNETT,
w. H. COBB,
O. F. LAWRENCE,
Committee.
"Hurrah for Lawrence!' sounded
in the chamber when the dissenting
vote of o. F. Lawrence, of Grenada,
of the resolutions committee,
was read to the recommendation
which requested reduction in schooii
appropriations and cut in teachers
salaries. M r. Lawrence signed the
report of the committee with the fol-
lowing protest which he filed:
"Mr. Lawrence desires to say that
while he does not approve the in
crease of the salary of the state Of
ficials after they had been elected,
yet he does not think, with possibly
,wo or three exceptions, they are be-
ng overpaid; he also desires to say
hat he does not approve the recon-
as to the cut in the ap-
for the maintenance of
he public schools"
Steps were taken to make the or
yanization permanent and as one OF
he means to this end, a committee
IF one from each congressional dis
,rict is to be named by the chairman,
and the people are urged to form an
in every county to give
ak matters and public expenditures
attention.