The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-04-14
STATE LEGISLATURE

A Joint resolution has been intro
duced in the House providing for an
amendment to section of article 8
of the state constitution, provides
that the salary of each Justice of the
Supreme Court shall be 81, 500 q year,
and that the salary of each Circuit
Judge shall be $4,000 year. The
salaries paid at present are $1,000
and $500, respectively.
Senator Gillen has introduced a
resolution to amend the constitution
relating to local option so as to pro-
vide for the operation of n whisky
dispensary system in counties. If
such u system is intended for dry
counties it is hard to see wherein it
could improve on the present "blind
/ tiger" system.
The House has passed resolution
naming April 10th at IL O'Clock as
the day for the Legislature to meet
in joint session to receive the Con-
federate flags returned to the state
by the national government and pro-
viding committee of seven Oonfed-
crate veterans TO be appointed to
make the presentation.
w, X. Zewadski of Ocala appeared
before the Senate committee on
privileges and elections Wednesday
morning in behalf of DR.. Baskin in
his efforts to secure the seat now oc-
cupid by Senator @. M Brown who
has moved out of the district.
Brown appeared in his own behalf.
He is acting as senator and the COM
mittee does not appear to be in a
hurry to unseat him.
Senator Blount of Pensacola has
introduced concurrent resolution
for the appointment of committee
of five, two from the Senate and
three from the House, to consider
practicability of the governor. other
state officers and the legislature tax
ing day off to visit the U. S. war;
ships at Pensacola. Such junket
is highly important, for there are
some members from the interior who
have never seen Il warship, and
others who have never even been in
Pensacola
Senator Trammel has bill which
provides that where there is total
loss by fire and a company fails to
pay the full amount, there shall be
paid back the balance of premium
on policy; also bill requiring the
teaching of civil government and
agriculture in elementary form in
the public schools. In taking up
this latter branch it is presumed that
the senator wants pupils to be spared
such criticism as they don't know
beans"
Senator Crill's bill providing for
geological survey of the state is one
of the most important measures in
troduced this session. The great
hidden mineral resources of our state
should be brought to light. In the
days of the ''late npleasantness"
iron was made in a crude way from
ore found in Levy County. Copper,
gold and coal are known to exist.
The great fields of kaolin, fuller
searth and other clays should be ex-
plotted. Florida possesses mineral
resources of immense magnitude,
and the funds expended in proper
geological survey of the state would
be money most wisely spent. Flor
ida is destined to become one of the
greatest of states We are now but
on the threshold of our greater pros
perity and developinent.-Tines-
Union.
Senator Grill introduced bill in
the senate Tuesday morning which
will have far-reaching value if en-
acted into law. 1t is called pure
foodstuff bill, and its scope is seen
in it's title which reads as follows:
IAN act to provide for the inspec-
tion and analysis of, and to regulate
the sale of commercial feeding stuffs
in this state, to prohibit the sale of
ingredients of CONNER
ciaI feeding stuffs; to provide for
guarantees of, the ingredients of
commercial feeding stuffs; for the
aff1Xing of labels and stamps to the
packages thereof; to provide for the
collection of an inspection fee from
the manufacturers of commercial
feeding stutfs; to fix penalties for the
violation of the provisions of this
act; to authorize the appointment of
an additional assistant state chem
ist, two inspectors of commercial
feeding stutfs, to appropriate the
necessary funds to enforce the pro-
visions of this act, and to repeal all
laws or parts of laws in conflict with
this act"