Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-05-23
AS A COMITTEE OF THE
WHOLE
HUMPHREYS TEXT BOOK BILL
Passed by the Senate Yesterday
Special Dispatches
Today

Tallahassee, May "a very in
teresting parliamentary proceeding
was witnessed yesterday when, for
the first time during the session, the
house of representatives resolved It
self into committee of the $50
for the consideration of house NJ
No. SOS. providing for a gen<zf
license tax. The committee of the
whole is an old institution, original
ly an expedient on the part of the
English parliament to exclude from
the room their speaker, usually a
creation of the crown, during a full
and free discussion of matters which
they did not care to have the king
know too much about. The inform
ity of the proceedings, which are not
binding unit atified by the house.
greatly expel es legislation and re-
lieves the jour-, Il on important meas
ures, though the primary necessity is
gone and the speaker resumes his
place on the floor during the deli
berations.
Following the usual proceeding, Mr..
Carter yesterday morning after the
house had disposed of the several tax
bills on second reading, moved that
the house resolve itself into a COM
mistee of the whole house, which was
agreed to. Speaker Matthews appoint
ing Mr.. Watson chairman of the conn
mittee- The committee sat untii
1880, and then recessed until 3 d.
m At that hour the chairman re-
ported to the speaker that the COM
mittee desired permission to sit again
and there being no objection, the
speaker turned the body over to Mr.
watson again. For an hour or more
the committee sat in the afternoon
considering numerous amendments
70 the bill, and finally rose" TO use
purely technical term, and reuort-
20 the bill as amended favorabIv m
me house, which immediately after
resuming their regular functions
the bill to the engros,na
Several times messages
rum ifne governor or the senate were
eceiVed' and the speaker resumed
ne chair' calling the house to order,
ons enough to receive the messages
'i'er which 1t resumed its stains as :.
committee without any visible
amages.
oo'ernor Broward sent his first
elo messages of this sessio, ,o
ouSe Yesterday. disapprovfpe tbs
',' enarter of Jacksonville. and
III nxlng the terms of Court in -.
llrd judicial circuit.
Prlor to an house RESOLVING TIL.
ITO the committee of the whole -
uered TO the engrosing COMMITTEES
le Olils appropriating $4,000 an
ualy Tor the state fair at Tamna
IKE sum for the Middle F,or,d. e..
Madison. and on West FIo-,d.
~ at DeFuniak, after a hard aqb,
'ainSt the Tampa bin which D.
rst on the list. A motion to ind
lieeiy postpone being lost by a vote
% 70 80 The bills were cham
oned respectively by Messrs naa,-
/, Nicnourg and Millinor, and mum.
Gus speeches were made q, -.
'mpa proposition, following IT,
uer OF the day preceding, and Gov
t nn0erstering amendments were
Iered' and voted down.
Inc house in the afternoo.
,,m Dos postponed Senator Hudson,s
''m Beach county bill, which vs.
posed by Mr.. Watson of Dade. ous
"nlcn IL was proposed to Great
mh me" county. Mr.. Reese. of Es
. 80 was sponsor for the bin :,
mouse The vote was 80 70 .,
a Mr., Decker gave notice =, o.
,r,on 70 reconsider today
? Sc Sen senate spent busy day pass.
- senator t HUMPHREYS county D nns
Importance, and kfIline liners ners