Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-06-03
IWF0NESDAY'S WORK
AT STATE CAPITOL
ribsrality in Appropriations
Causes Danger Of a Deficit.
wHlsKEy PAYS THE FREIGHT

auor Licenses "
and Dollars, But There Were Other
sio License Incrsssts--onIy TWO
Nor. Days of Legislature Of 1907
rho senate was called to order at
% m. Wednesday with President
qsrris in the chair and a quorum pres
eDt 80
The following new bills were intro
duced;
senate bill No. 466, by Mr.. Baker
Relating to power and duties of State
<.n5itor Under waiver Of rules the
KIM was read the second time in full
Notion to place bill on final passage
vitbdrawn and consideration tempo
rarily deferred.
Senate bill No. 467, by Mr.. Massey
Relative to funds now in treasury
70 credit of pension fund andemaking
same applicable to purposessof pen
sion act Of 1907. The rules were waiv-
"a and the bill read the second and
third time in full and passed, 26 to 0.
House memorial No. 15--A memo
rial to Congress of the United States,
asking for appropriation for deepening
and improving bar at New Synlrna
and deepening Of North Indian and
halifax rivers, was read in full and
adopted by vote of 20 to 0.
Messages from House of Represent
shyes we're considered and bill passed
both houses ordered referred to com
mittee on engrossed bills. House
messages relative to Senate bills in
definitely postponed ordered spread
upon journal.
Expense Of Government.
The Senate then resumed the con-
of House bill No sac. max
ing appropriations for the expenses
Of the State Government and depart
nents for the two yearslending June
30, 1909.
A message was received from the
Governor and consideration of bill de-
ieTed, while message was read. This !
referred to Senate resolution No. Sc, !
information relative to the
State bank examinations being made !
y clerks in the comptroller's office. |
The Governor transmitted letter
rom the comptroller, in which 1t was |
tated that seventy-seven examina-
ions had been made in 1906, and |
nus far in 1907 and these had been
made by Clerks W. c. Groom and w.
g. Mcintosh, and that no per diem
ad been allowed them by the depart
rent.
Pay Of legislators.
Senator West of the First cast
onbshell by Offering an amendment
lttng down item OF legislative ex-
enses from $4,000 to s7s,94O, stating
lat II the plea for economy was to
maintained the Legislature should
ar at home, and this amendment
oald have the effect Of reducing the
y OF members Of the Senate and
oase from Sc to s. a day. The roll
VI being ordered, there were numer.
'e explanations of votes and some
nusement. The amendment was
81 BY close vote OF IA TO IA. and
general feeling Of better humor
emed TO pervade the Senate cham.
when the vote was announced.
q me existing tension was some
aa' relaxed. Senator Hudson offer-
an amendment not changing, but
some extent itemizing amount ap-
Opriated for hospital for insane.
'Suse Meesanee.
Of this bin was de
req Tor a few minutes while the
nate could take up House messages
: refer bills to committees or order
Use having passed both houses en-.
senator Neel moved that the rules
'.i'ed and that House joint resolu-
: 10 zis, by Mr. Paul Of Holmes.
.yosing constitutional amendment
-uns 70 apportionment. be read the
ING ume IN fun. A roll call being
''Iea- The Senate refused 70 waive
rules and the resolution was re.
'sa 70 the committee on constita.
-Ai amendments.
ao :. memorial No. Is. memorials
Fiorita's Represrntaflves A Con.