The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-04-14
PROPOSED NEW
LEGISLATION.
Bills of Importance now Being
Considered at Tallahassee.
Representative Mckenzie Secures Pas
sage of Drainage Bill.

Representative Mckenzie Secures fas'
sage of Drainage Bill.
The News hasn't copy of the bill,
but it looks from its title, as If Repre-
sentative Mckenzie had secured some
drainage legislation that will solve the
problem which has long confronted the
people of Florahome, provided il stands
the test of the courts. The bill is
House Bill No. "a, and its title reads:
A Bill to be entitled An Act relating
to the drainage and reclamation of
swamp and overflowed lands, and lands
not sufficiently drained within the dis
trict herein provided in Putnam county,
Florida; to create Board of Drainage
Commissioners, prescribing its powers
and duties, establishing a drainage Sys-
TEN, the building, improving and clean
ing out and maintaining canals, levees,
dikes and reservoirs for the purpose OF
drainage, irrigation and commerce, the
collection of necessary funds by assess
ment OF benefits and taxation; providing
for the management and maintenance
thereof, and for the exercise OF the right
of Eminent Domain, and providing for
the assessment of the lands within said
drainage district and collection OF taxes
thereon for the purposes aforesaid; to
authorize the Board of Drainage Com
missioners 10 borrow money, creating a
lien on the funds raised under this act to
secure such loans.
Being local measure the bill was
read for the second and third time and
then passed unanimously.
Mr.. Mckenzie has also introduced a
bill to suppress contagious disease among
hogs and other live stock in Florida,
and 10 equip laboratory for the manu-
| facture of hog cholera serum.
Putnam county representatives were
not recognized by the speaker in his
distribution of committee chairman
ships, failure which will be somewhat
disappointing not only TO the representa-
tives themselves, but 10 their conStilu-
entS.
Mr.. Middleton is third on the Com
mittee on Corporations; 9TH on Appro-
priationS; Sd on Forestry; 5th on III
nance and Taxation and 4th on Rail
roads and Telegraph.
Mr.. Mckenzie is Sd on EngroSSed
Bills; Sd on Legislative Expenses; 4th
on Public Printing; 9TH on Claims and
End on Organized Labor.
Representative MacWilliamS of ST.
Johns county has introduced bill
which calls for the moving of the CAPT
tai to a city east of the Suwanee river TO
be chosen by the next Legislature in case
the people favor the removal proposition
which will be submitted TO them in the
next general election if the measure
passes.
The old Wales claim was brought up
Tuesday by a resolution providing for
an investigation of the claim Col.
Wales is present TO press the matter IN
person.
A bill has also been introduced by
Reeves of Manitee Co. TO divide the
state into 12 judicial circuits, instead OF
eight as now.
Singletary's bill to abolish the fee
system for paying county officials is
meeting with much opposition, and will
hardly pass.
Probably the bill which will have
most interest for good road advocates as
well as owners of automobiles, is that
introduced in the Senate last Monday by
Senator Jim Perkins OF VoluSia for
county license on automobiles, ano
which provides for the following sched
ule:
Automobiles for hire, less than 10
horsepower, IS; II TO 29-horSepower
$40; 80 to 4O-horsepower, $40; Al TO 81
horsepower, $50; 81 to 6O-horsepower
$50; 81 TO 7O-horSehower, $50; II ant
over, 800.
When not for hire the tax shall be
less than 1O-horSepower, 50; II to ~, 50
80 to 4O,horsepower, $40; Al TO 50, SIS
81 TO 6O-horsepower, SIS; 81 TO 7O-horSe
power, $35; II and over, $50.
The payment of the tax in any count!
exempts the owner from payment in am
other county.
Non-residentS are made exempt 10
five days. The money derived iron
this license goes into the county roa'
and bridge fund. go,
More than so anti corporation bill
have already been introduced by ambi
tious young politicians for home con
sumption, and next in order for thl
purpose are bills for the protection G
"the food fishes in - river" O
Cake"