The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-21
LAWMAEINC IN FLORIDA.
The Legislature 10 Be in Session Only
Two Weeks Longer.

e Dead Wall of Unfinished Business
Sure to Confront the Members When
the Time for Adjournment Arrives.
The General Revenue Bill Made the
Special Order for Tuesday.
Tallahassee, Fla, May 20.-An OF
session, and in both houses early adjourn
ment proved to be the order of the day
here Many members have availed them
selves of the opportunity tO'make flying
trip home, while others have taken
brief outing in the woods. Less than
two weeks now remains Of the session.
From present indications the end viii
find dead wall of unfinished business
piled up before the members. In spite Of
the enormous accumulation of business,
the introduction of bills still continues,
the Senate this morning taking in three,
one being the general revenue bill, of
which 800 copies were ordered printed,
which was made the special order for
Tuesday Bills authorizing the governor
to appoint a state board of equalization
of taxes and providing for annuities to
disabled soldiers and sailors were also
added to the list
The routine in the upper house sayored
Of dullness but the following bills were
finally PASSED
Relative to the proposition to erect
penitCntiary so literally made by r. B.
Bailey and looking 10 the acceptance of
his proposition.
Incorporating the Mariana Improve
ment Company, Palm Beach Railroad and
Power Company and Arcadia, Gulf Coast
and Lakeland railroad.
The House bin providing for cancel
lation ana satisfaction of mortgage liens
and judgments was taken up out OF its
regular order and passed.
The oil organizing criminal court Tor
AlachUl county also passed, as did the
bill relative. to protection OF discharged
employees
N THE HOUSE.
In the House the morning was devoted
to consideration OF bills on second and
third reading
Nessrs Clarke, Nolan and Jennings
Were appointed a committee under the
resolution o inquire as to whether any
OBLIGATION dCy0lVCs upon any land grant,
railroad or canal company by reason of
the d. yIent of debts of the internal i'm
prov crIJuj fund by the sale of a portion
of such lands, commonly known as the
''DisstOu sale The bill amending act to
encourage the formation OF a corps of
volunteer militia was made the occasion
of an unlimited flow of eloquence, Mr..
Wall Of Putnam being active in his oppo-
sition to the state militia, whom he evil
IDENTIFY regards as literally toy soldiers.
Mr.. Gilchrist advocated the cause of
the militiamen in his usual racy manner
AT one time an interchange OF verbal
pleasantries between the two gentlemen
threatened TO assume an aspect more war
like than parliamentary. The amend
ment involved an appropriation Of so
year to each company Tor the purpose
of maintaining the armories in proper
shape. II also carried a pension for
soldiers disabled in the service. This
clause was so amended by DR.. Gasl1ins as
TO include those only actually aincapaci-
tated for manual labor, after which the
bill passed.
OTHER BILLS THAT PASSED.
Other measures that were put on their
final passage were the following:
Repeating the act creating a criminal
court for Lake county.
For the protection of seamen and the
appointment of shipping agents.
The bill requiring county commissioners !
to inspect the books of such local officers
as the sheriff county judge and clerk was
ordered printed and was passed over in
formally.
Mr.. Longs bill legalizing the incorpora-
ton of the towns Of Citrd and Dunnellon,
in Marion county, both passed.
The bin to prevent the sale of public
property by superintendent of state in
stitutiOns was amended to embrace eXpe-
riment stations and recOmmitted for cor
rectiOns.
Tom Shine emerged triumphant from
his struggle for the repeal of such sec
tions Of the revised statutes as prevent
persons engaged in other occupations
from obtaining an auctioneer's license.
The bill fixing the pay of members and
attaches was made the special order for
Tuesday, and Mr.. Wallis measure, de-
signed to prevent the solicitors of the
criminal courts from drawing pay for
Sundays went through.
The revenue bill is likely to deal a
deadly blow to the cigarette trade, as it
imposes a state tax of 81 600 for the sale,
which with the county tax makes 81 800
in Leon county.
AT picnic to-day on Ocl1locknee river,
between here and Quincy, which was at
tended by a number of legislators, a
young man named Sylvester was drowned
by his boat capsizing.
MEMPHIS AGAIN WINNER.
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