The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-26
FLORIDA'S SOLONS'
MANY MEASURES
No State Board of Medical Examiners-BiIl to
Protect the Fish Of Florida Waters

Tallahassee, Fla, April 25.-The
backwoods members of the Legislature
succeeded in killing Webb's bill to Gre
ate State Board of Medical Examin-
ers. Hopkins wanted it to be amended
so as not to embrace the Christian Sci
entists, who, he said. were doing a no
bic work in healing the poor. Others
opposed the bin, because it would de-
prive their friends from practicing
with roots and herbs
This was a busy day in both
branches. In the House Mr.. Carson's
Senate bill entitled an act changing the
name of the Florida Agricultural Col
lege, to the University of Florida, was
taken up and advanced to it's third
reading.
A bill to be entitled an act to amend
| Section 1882 of the Revised Statutes of
Florida, relating to the trial of crimi-
nal cases on appeal to the circuit
courts, was taken up on it's third read
ing and passed.
| A measure that brought out consid-
cradle opposition, but which finally
| passed, was one by Mr.. Campbell, of
! Walton, relating to dover and child's
| part in favor of widows in sthe estates
of their husbands. Also a bill by the
same author, relating to the custody
| and management of the property of
married women.
The hardest fought. battle of the day
was over Mr.. Gornto's bill requiring
| judges in the trial of civil and crimi-
nal cases, to charge the jury both be-
fore and after the argument. The
measure failed to pass.
Among the other bills passed was
one by st. Clair Abrams providing for
the assessment of railroads by the
Railroad Commission, and prescribing
the methods of making such assess
ment.
In the Senate a bill authorizing the
city of Tallahassee to issue 100000
worth of bonds, in excess of all in
/ debtedness now outstanding, for the
I; purpose of making, constructing and
putting in a sewerage system, was
passed. The measure is intended also,
to enable the city to extend it's cleo
trio light plant. and pave the streets.
Il will be taken up in the House Mon
day. The Senate cleared it's calendar,
and adjourned until 4 o'clock Monday
afternoon.
The House, by unanimous vote, de-
cided to attend in body the Con-
federate Memorial services at the City
Cemetery Monday afternoon at
| O'Clock. The exercises will be under
the auspices of Anna Jackson Chapter,
United Daughters of the Confederacy.
The address will be by Hon. r. H. NJ.
Davidson of Quincy.
August Buesing, the Jacksonville
mental scientist, has broken out again.
He sent a communication to the House,
| in which he excoriated every man vot-
ing for DR.. Webb's bill to create a
State Board of Medical Examiners.
Buesing termed them 'imps of hell"
children of the devil' and ''rascals
who would consign suffering humanity
to the internal regions" In his COM
munication the man lauded as bene-
factors to humanity those who voted
against this measure. Buesing is the
man who sent a communication de-
manding that the medical profession
be legislated out of existence by COM
polling all practitioners to pay license
of $4,000 per year.
Mr.. Clopton of Escambia introduced
a measure to be entitled an act tc
amend Sections l to 4, Chapter 1706
Laws of Florida. The amendment pro-
vides that on or before sixty days