The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1922-07-01
NEWS AND VIEWS
From The
STATE CAPITAL
Bv F. r. Birdsan

By F. X. BlrosaA
r,o secretary of state expects the
.,a, M to have the laws OF 1922
G .a~ at an early date, when he
'ss1' ,ond them to every public Of
w., M IN Mississippi, and all others
wv vso are entitled to receive them.
!, mt known when the journa1s
. !, ! .be house and senate will be
~ They are understood to be
ss,s voluminous, and it seems to
n taking more time to print them
|.a.r h has to print the laws. Many
|.oairjes are reported to be made
4, the legislative journals by candi-
~, AZ they contain the yea and
~ votes on all important legisla-
~ matters and many of these
80 especially on trust and COM
a. and the unsuccessful attempt to
I.,oIsh the state revenue agents Of
4. are said to be issues in con-
rmional, senatorial and Judicial
ncei.
The State treasury is empty again,
n milliJn dollars received by recent
~ Of bonds, according to Treasurer
Murray, having been spent. Treas
ssr Murray states that unless an
dher bond issue is made all state
employees and others to whom state
ysrapts are issued will have to
ypthecate the same. or hold them
ntI there is money in the treasury.
Tress other bonds are sold there
|sil be very little money in the
tWsuy until tax paying time next
December when tax collectors settle
tth the auditor. Authority to al
low the state bonding commission to
el bonds was granted by a majority
note Of the legislature when it re-
iucM the tax levy from 8 to 8 mills.
Widely published corrections of er-
pMouS statements that the senator
hL congressional and judicial pri-
naies will not be held on the
me day have been made. These
tinaries are fixed by law and not
n executive committee and all take
lNs on August Is. In 1914 the law
1ihh authorized the state executive
uumittee to hold senatorial pri-
1arAs was changed, and provides
bat the congressional executive CON-
pktees Of the eight districts shall
lo hold the primaries for United
tites senator, and make their re-
uns to secretary of state of the
dult the same as they do for con-
ssman.
Visitors to the capital bring the
M that trust and combines and
ae adjustment of the office OF
ute revenue agent which absorbed
Eh Of the time of the recent Legis-
Iale-an effort being made to re-
~ The trust and combine laws and
aOollsn the office of state revenue
ssal Doth OF which failed--is to be
pnnclple issue for the campaign
governor and members of the
sSa'ure next year, and that these
'laers are being brought to the front
us primary campaign for various
Nes THIS year. The revenue agents
uce mas been unsuccessfully attak-
'iace 1t was created some forty
lan ago.
4''lallVe petitions containing 1900
saa'ures have been filed with the
ae'aiy OF state asking for an elec-
u November to change the mort
y sections of the Constitution
'elefence to bequests, to religi-
usnominations, and schools. It
.auefs'ood that the Protestant de-
lla'ions IN Mississippi are behind
= aO'ement to change the sections
~ - constitution on this subject, |
: were made part of that in
s..,.la. .al when 1t was adopted by the
.''onal convention of 1890.
,s.. u !" 'ne most popular places in
~ ~, is tne Carnegie Public Libra.
M. 4'a stands in front of the new |
..', a dollar Capitol, and has been
sasd over since it's establishment |
T.. 'ears ago by Mrs. Annie M. |
1T J., This institution under Mrs. |
's splendid management has |
! % Oe one of the finest libra !
~. J ',e south and visitors from |
wei ,''s Mississippi, whom she era. |
-
\. . welcomes, continue to in. |
as IN numbers, ~
+ sument in the cases an an.
. the supreme court Of f. the ap
m saue ,s., agent Stokes v. Rob-
ss. 'salnst the sixty-two fire in.
,,ss'.. y Companies, penalized bv
! violation, 4, Of the su'tIt,ySt anti.tr,,st
s,.s Mississippi, were completed
II, ',sn u. side speaking two days.
,p1,ae sao ought to know, doubt if
III 5Las das,., court will be able to
|" July 10. e ies summer
!. ''ppah Man browns.
Nj, III, 'sI,-surial for Elmer Leonard
Wed as,. af this county, who pT,u, was
Il 'sek when , n' NO.