The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-04-28

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that has not been filed by a member
of his immediate family. There are no
perquisites attached to the office, says
the superintendent. The trustees of
the internal Improvement fund make
full report Of the list of clerks i'll their
department, none of which is related
to any member of the board with the
exception of Mrs. s. B. Groom, who
was employed as stenographer for
while. The trustees state that they
do not receive fees or perquisites.
A special committee will pass upon
the reports submitted by the officials
and make report to the house. All the
| information asked for in the resolu
ton has apparently been furnished.
and it is not apprehended that any
thing of a sensational character will
develop from the investigation.
TO INCREASE SALARY.
| AS a result of the reports filed by the
administrative officers in response to
resolutions passed by the house calling
| for information as to extra fees and
compensation received by them, a bill
was presented today increasing the
salary of the comptroller from $4,000
to $4,000. The bill was offered by Rep
resentative Matthews.
| The reports referred to show that
the treasurer gets additional compen
sation of some account, amounting to
more than 81 200 a year over and above
his salary; that the state secretary
also gets additional fees amounting to
about $3.50 a year; that the commits
sioner of agriculture also gets extra
compensation The superintendent of
public instruction and the comptroller
are the only officers who do not re-
! ceive fees or perquisites of some kind.
/ The Office of comptroller is generally
regarded as the most important of the
state house Offices aside from that of
governor. He is the ranking officer of
the cabinet and there is considerable
sentiment in favor of increasing his
salary.
CHASE WANTS FLOOR CLEAR.
Representative Chase offered a reso-
luton this morning that house rule No
! "a be posted at the door. This relates
to those who shall be admitted to the
floor of the house, the number being
limited to members, attaches and cor
respondents. Mr.. Watson led the OPP
position to the resolution, which was
shown to be considerable. and the
matter was finally referred to the rules
| committee.
JENNINGS HAS A BILL.
Representative Jennings offered a
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ex-offlcio treasurer Of the trustees of
the internal improvement fund, and
fixing the duties of the office
CITY LIMITS EXTENDED.
The limits of the city of Tallahas-
see will be extended a quarter CT a
mile in each direction If Mr.. Weiss
bill which passed the house today be-
comes a law.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
Hon. ]. H. Harvell, of Bagdad, Santa
Rosa county, is in Tallahassee. He is
accompanied by Mrs. Harvell and Miss
Annie Harvell. The presence of the
later is responsible for the presence of
her parents, in fact, for little Miss
IIarvell is the representative for Santa
Rosa county in the state spelling bee
which takes place tonight at the COL
lege. Mr.. Harvell was a member of
the house in 1907 and was one of its
best and most useful members. He
received hearty welcome from his old
colleagues.
Hon. Marion S. knight, president of
the Farmers Cooperative Union, is in
Tallahassee. He is interested in sew
eral measures affecting the agricul-
tural classes. He is much in favor of
Representative Vests bill for district
agricultural schools.
J. B. Hockaday, general superintend-
ent Of the Southern Express Company
is In Tallahassee.
Curly Brown, race track mogul, and
reputed to be one of the most success
full promoters living, is at the capital
He is interested in having the anti
race track bill amended so as to per-
NIT racing at county and state fairs.
Senator Cones bill for state text
book uniformity passed the senate by
IT to g.
AGREES bill requiring county COM
missioners to publish their proceedings
was the subject of an hours debate in
the house this afternoon. 1t was
amended several times before Lamb
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by striking out all after the enacting
clause. This motion was passed and a
motion to table the entire matter was
passed unanimously. Reading CLERK
Nat Walker said that after twenty-six
years of experience in the legislature
he had never before seen an amend
ment to strike out all the bill after
the enacting clause though frequently
it happened when the desire was tc
kill bill to strike out the enacting
clause.
Vests bill for congressional district
agricultural schools was favorably re-
ported by the committee on education
The greater part of the afternoon
session was consumed in a debate over
the repeal Of the law against stealing
rides on trains. The same bill was
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