The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-01

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aries committee said was necessary
to bring their pay in line with other
levels, and that several officials who
are paid partly by fees would have
to drop their fee-pay;
Several proposals to increase the
number of members of the Leglsla-
ture and redistrict the membership
were killed by Senate committees;
Salary increase to district attor-
neys (from $4,000 to $4500 annually
to chancery clerks Con a scale vary
ing with the county classes) and as
sIstant attorneys general from S4,-
$50 to $500 annually were voted
by the House;
The House passed a series of bills,
already past the Senate, which would
authorize sale of the Lambert and
Belmont Farms of the state penal
system, leaving only the Parchman
farm;
The House passed four bills af,
fecting the Gulf Coast only, which
provided for coastal fishing licensing
and for a farmers market;
Two representatives offered a bill
which would exempt sales of homes
from the two per cent sales tax; ear,
her in the week the State Supreme
Court had held that such sales are
now liable for the tax, which the Tax
Commission has been collecting only
since July l, 1916; advocates say
that most of the houses sold since
then have been to service men re
turning from the war;
The Senate cut back to S35, 000, 00(
the appropriation for commor
schools for the next two years; the
House passed the bill at $37, 100000
the budget commission suggested
$4,000, 600.
The House passed the Senate-ap
proved bill changing the State Ser
vice commission, which is now com
posed only of American Legion nomi
nees, SO that it will include repre-
s~entatives of all veterans organiza
tions; this is the agency set up aftei
World War / to record all state vet
Grams and act for them in seeking
aid from the Veterans Administra
ton and other federal agencies; thu
new unit will be called Veterans AT
fairs board;
The Senate approved an a%ppropria
ton for the new Northwest Mississip
pi Junior College, to be newest il
the States college system;
A bill passed by the House calling
for a liquor referendum at the No
vember elections, which would mere
ly have tested the attitude of the vot
ers, was approved by the Senate
Temperance Committee, but only
after it had made a liquor control
act out of it, as it now faces the Sen
ate, those counties which vote "wet'
could Immediately authorize sale O
liquor and set up local controls
while the counties voting dry
would retain the states prohibition
statutes;
The House killed a proposed Con
stitutional amendment which would
have changed voting requirement
SO that each voter must have "gooe
moral character" opponents sale
election officials would be given too
much authority in deciding who
could vote; hackers said it was aim.
ed at preventing negroes from vot-
ing, but most members didn't think
much of it and voted it down.
Land and royalty owners were in
terested in a bill passed by the Sen
ate to abate suits for back property
taxes for 19A, 1912 and 1913, in.
volving oil land; hackers said only
Yazoo county would be affected but
other counties were interested be
cause of suits which might otherwise
come up.
Backing the Northeast Junior Col
lege, the Senate validated establish
ment of the site at Bonneville; al
ready approved by the House, the
bill would ratify action of the county
boards affected;
The Senate also passed the House
bill which would allow counties and
local governments unable to carry
out building plans, to invest monies
in government bonds;
Both Houses, at a joint session,
heard National American Legion
Commander James O'Neill of New
Hampshire; then as O'Neill present
ed diamond studded Legion pins to
Governor Fielding Wright and Lieut.
enant Governor Sam Lumpkin, both
good Legionnaires, the Missssippians
pinned Estates Rights Democrat"
buttons on Mr.. O'Neill---a long time
Republican;
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