The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-04-09
Special to the Journal.

Tallahassee, April, S.-Attorney Gen
eral Park Trammell has submitted the
following to the legislatures:
In obedience to the requirement Of
the state constitution that the attor-
ney general shall recommend to the
| legislature such legislation as he shall
deem advisable, Attorney General Park
Trammell today submitted to the leg
islature his recommendations upon
legislative subjects. The attorney
generals communication covers some
twenty odd pages and covers sugges-
items upon some eighty or more sub
jccts. Among the measure suggested
by Mr.. Trammell may be mentioned
the following:
sfstent with good business policy, the
state school fund should be invested
IN the bonds Of Florida counties and
cries.
A law providing for the printing and
| circulation Of the minutes of the state
board of education, as we'll as the min
utes of the board OF commissioners
of state institutions.
A measure to authorize the sale of
state school lands upon reasonable in
stallments.
| A law for the establishment of an
agricultural branch in the public
schools.
| A measure prescribing and requir-
Ing thorough course in spelling in
the public schools.
A law requiring and fixing the term
Of school in country and town to be
Of the same length as far as maintain
ed from the general school fund.
Law for the establishment of local
drainage districts in the Everglades or
In other parts of the state.
A law for the establishment and
maintenance Of two ten acre expert
mental farms in the Everglades-one
on the east and one on the west
coast. To be maintained from the in
ternal Improvement fund so long as
deemed for the best interest of the
state.
A measure to place canal companies
under the Jurisdiction of the railroad
commission.
Constitutional amendment author
izing towns and cities to bond for
school buildings.
A law requiring that one day in
each year be observed as Mothers
LAY In the public schools.
A law for the repeal Of the present
general railroad land grant statute.
A measure providing for a settlers
act, to apply to certain of the internal
Improvement lands.
A measure providing that the legis-
lature, the governor or the ATTORNEY
general may get opinion from the su-
preme court, upon matters of great
public moment when constitutional
point is involved.
! The establishment Of a Juvenile
court Jurisdiction and laws governing
juvenile offenders.
The right Of appeal on the part of
the state upon questions of procedure
and constitutional questions.
A measure to provide the doctrine
Of comparative negligence for railroad
employees, instead of the present sys-
tenn which makes 1t impossible for an
employe to recover for an injury IL he
is guilty Of any negligence, although
the company may be guilty of greater
negligence.
A law to abolish law technicali-
ties.
law providing that fve or six
Jurors or ten or eleven Of twelve
Jurors may render the verdict Of the
jury.
A law to provide for the compilation
Of criminal statistics.
A law providing for the detection
and punishment Of election frauds
A law looking to the better enforce
ment Of the child labor law by provid-
ing for an inspector.
The supervision Of the state over
private banks the same as over char
tered banks.
Report Of wrecks by railroads to the
railroad commission.
A general and complete primary
election law.
A law to require railroads to furnish
cars to shippers OF perishable products