The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-06
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A resume of the recent session OF
the Mississippi legislature shows that
the session began on Tuesday, jan
uary 2 and ended on Monday, May
18th, after having been in session Tor
nineteen weeks. There were a total
of 1715 bills introduced in both bran
ches of the legislature 1166 in the
House Of Representatives. and $40 in
the Senate. or this number 673 be-
came laws divided into 1858 General
Bills, and 315 local M private. The
most voluminous law enacted during
the session was the complete revision
of the privilege tax code of the State.
Secretary of State Walker Wood,
and his staff, nave been busily en-
gagged since the ending of the session
in publishing the advance acts of the
legislature. These have been publish
ed in II sections. Under the law
the Secretary of State is required to
publish these Advance Acts and SEND
them to the Chancery Clerks of h
80 counties who are required to keep
them on file for public inspection M
use until the bound laws are sent 10
the respective county Libraries. Fol
owing the publication of these advance
acts the Secretary of State will pub
lish the bound laws in w separate
volumes, the general laws in n vol
ume, and the local and private laws
in another volume. This requires
much detail work of a most pain
stalking character as every n OF
the 672 laws must be read by the en-
rolled acts. Following the publica-
ton of the bound laws the Secretary
of State has to distribute these laws
as the statutes provide. Regardless
of what error may seem to the public
to be in the bound laws after publica-
ton it is just rs it appears in the
Enrolled Bills, and Secretary of State
Wood always calls attention to this
fact in the following words: "The
apparent omissions of words and in
accuracies of language appear in the
| Enrolled Acts" The Enrolled Acts
are the law because they carry the
! original signatures of the Speaker of
the House of Representatives, the
| President of the Senate, the Clerk of
the House of Representatives, Oh
Secretary of the Senate, and the ap-
proval signature of the Governor. Tit
Secretary of State is the official GUS
todian of the Enrolled Acts, and these
are kept carefully locked up all the
time, and no one can have access
to same except while accompanied by
a member of the Secretary of States
department. All Enrolled Acts since
the first session after Mississippi be-
came a state are in the Enrolled
Act Room, some of them being very
yoluminous because written out in pen
and ink. Today Enrolled Acts arc
typewriter. During the days of the
Reconstruction, when times were sc
chaotic, many Of tho T.rollndS Acts
we're not published in printed form
and the only available record now
is the Enrolled Act itself.
The annual convention of the Mis-
sissippi Exchange Clubs will be held
in Jackson, June II and 18. J. S
Hickman is state president and Rev
Dave Griffin Is Secretary. Hon. Aller
Thompson, prominent attorney o,
Jackson, is general chairman IL
charge of convention arrangements.
The sound of the saw and the ham
mer are plainly audible in the New
Capitol. However, the sound is coming
from across the street where the Mis-
sissippi Fire Insurance Building is
being completely o~verhauled and re
modelled. When the work has been
completed the building will be oc
cupied by the State Department o.
Public Welfare and the Motor We
hicle Commission.
BY official proclamation of Lieu
tenant and Acting Governor DENIM.
Murphree made the entire month Of
June as Dairy Month and urges every
citizen to enjoy more of the delicious
wholesome products of the dairy, suci
as milk, butter, cheese, and ice cream
In his proclamation Acting Governor
Murphree says: Milk and dairy pro
ducts are relatively cheap foods, ant
scientists long have recognized the
high nutritional value of milk and it!
products, butter, cheese, and ic'
cream. AS farmers, distributors
merchants and consumers are all Wit
ally concerned in the products of thu
dairy, he urges all citizens to be lib
eral in their purchases Throughout
the month of June.
Acting Governor Dennis Murphre'
by official proclamation, has set aside
Saturday, July Goth, 1910 as Missis
sippi Day at the Golden Gate Inter
national Exposition at Treasure Is
land at San Francisco, California. TIL
governor urges that as many Missis
sippians as can conveniently do, at
tend the exposition on Saturday, Jul.
20, in IurIherance OF the cordial reia