Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-05-11
BILL OF SENATOR BROOME TO
BETTER PAY PENSION
ERS
anti CIGARETTE MEASURE
Bill OF knight, of Citrus, to Prohibit
Sale Of Cigarettes to Minors
Passed the House

Tallahassee, May 10.-Practically
the entire day was spent in the SEN
ate in the discussion of Mr.. Broome's
pension law, which is much more lib
eral than the present law and car
ries with it a tax of four mills. The
bill was amended number of times
and at length went to the engrossing
committee.
In the house there was a long de-
bate upon the bill of Mr.. Smith of
Lake-Prohibiting the shipment of
liquors from wet counties into dry
counties, following the same lines as
the argument on the second reading
of the bill. There were 35 votes for
and Is against the bill on final pas
sage, quite a number of the gentle
men sending up explanations of their
votes.
Tomorrow ends the sixth week of
the legislature, leaving three more
for the session of 1907.
The senate, by tie vote, Is to Is,
refused to reconsider the passage of
Mr.. Harris pilotage bill this morn
ing.
The house committee on city and
county organization tonight listened
to an argument by Hon. E. r. Gunby,
city attorney OF Tampa, favoring
amendments TO the city charter,
which were endorsed by the city
council. also arguments on the bill
to create Palm Beach county ont of
north Dade, which passed the senate
this week. The committee voted to
report the bill tomorrow without re-
concentration.
In the senate, Senator McCreary in
troduced the only new bill of the
morning, which was senate bill No.
S75-A bill relating to the obstruc-
| ton of crossings and highways by
railroad companies The bill makes
it misdemeanor for any railroad
company or employee to block the
highways for more than ten minutes.
The special order set for this after
noon was consideration of senate bill
No. 206, by Mr.. Sans, relative to
state printing. This bill emphasizes
certain sections of the present laws,
provides for duplicate filings of bills,
prohibits changing of bids after open
ing on specified day, that specifca-
tons of work and classes of work
shall be exact as possible and pro-
yides further that the amount to be
deposited as forfeiture, to accompany
each bid, shall be only $3.50.
The bill passed by a practically IN
animous vote
The cigarette bill, or rather the
anti-cigarette bill known as house bill
No 1913, by Mr.. knight, of Citrus,
also special order for the afternoon,
was passed without dissenting vote
The law applies to minors only.
Senator Trammell offered a sub
stitute for his senate bill No. $50,
providing for state aid to public
schools, in certain cases and the sub
stitute was made a special order for
next Tuesday.
Senate bills Nos. PSI, 2S2 and 2S3,
by Senator West of the Fourth,
special relief bills growing out of dis
barment proceedings in Jackson,
were read the third time and passed.
( After considerable filibustering on
/. the question of adjournment and a
half dozen or so roll calls, the senate
] finally adjourned to meet at 9:59 a.
I m, tomorrow.
q In the house, senate bill No. 20
b by Mr.. Crews, of the Fifteenth
G Amending sections SIS and 526 Of the
e general statutes of Florida relatins
TO taxation and finance After minol
i amendments, the rules were waived
e and the bill was placed on third read
1t ing and passed. The law relates I,
n revenue and equalization OF assess
ments by boards of county commits
le sioners.