The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1912-03-21
149 BILLS SENT
TO GOVERNOR
LEGISLATURE PASSED GREAT
est NUMBER WITHIN A
DOZEN YEARS.
HOUSE AND SENATE BILLS
sref synopsis Of slIIs That wer,
Presented TO Chief Executive by,
Both Houses--People Name
q County.

Frankfort. - After passing more
hills than have been passed at any
session Of the legislature In the last
dozen years. the legislature OF 1912
ended and the members scattered for
their homes The total number OF
bills sent TO the governor for his ap-
prevail or dlsapproval was its. three
o, which we're passed after the hour
o. midnight
lanes 4. stone. clerk OF the house,
Jaws that the largest number OF bills
ever passed at one session was the
one Immediately following the adop-
top Of the new constitution. when
i-s acts we're sent TO the governor.
He says the passage Of i4s at one
session is unusual. however.
Governor McCreary las approved
90 Of the bills that have been sent to
BIN. leaving ~ for consideration. lie
uas kept busy today sayins goodbye
To- legislators and hearing pleas for
ibis. that or the other bill. All OF the
& hat the governor has signed were
approved before the Legislature ad.
journed and his action reported 10 the
house and senate. Not a bill has been
vetoed by the governor thus FAR. and
Il is believed that he viii approve
most OF those measures which have
been sent TO him.
The bills thus far approved by the
governor are:
senate Bills: Is. County unit; ;.
commissioner OF public roads; 222.
state FIRE marshal. IFS. commission
form OF government for second class
cities. 7ss. TO divide Kentucky into
eleven congressional districts; rs.
Increased pay for teachers IN Ken
lucky school for deaf; 25s, training
Of nurses In tuberculosis hospital in
Louisville. $40. consolidation OF trust
companies organized In Kentucky:
l15. to give aheriffs until December
81 TO settle with auditor: i79. cleo
tons under commission form OF gov
eminent: 22s. an additional circuit
Judge for Campbell county: 81. In
spection % schools and school funds:
-. Increased appropriation for insti-
tuition education OF blind: 1856. game
and hsh commission; 40. providing
stenographer for Commissioner Clay:
g. banking commissioners: n. ap
pointing two additional insurance
commissioners: 10. pension O Z $40
per month for Confederate veterans:
!, primary elections: IS. additional
buildings At state fair: ITO. pay Mrs.
VIM. Cromwell cor services; ass. In
clude Metcalfe county In Tenth cir
cult court district
House bills so. $4,000 for exper-
iment station; %. appropriation for
department Of agriculture: ss. In
creased salary for patrolmen In JET
ferson county: ~. Parental Home
and School commission in Louisville:
H. thirty-nfth judicial district OF Pike
and Letcher counties: "a. governors
mansion; 225. appropriation for state
university. Lexington. Ky: los. fixing
number OF children At twenty-nv In
district; rs. repeal bureau OF vital
statistics; 30. changing time OF hold
inE courts in Eighth judicial district:
s2s. changing time OF holding courts
In Twentieth judicial district: 81. to
sell and purchase assets OF corpora
Ton whose charter expires in two
years; 200, tl.i0o addition clerk hire
IN once OF attorney general: 2os. ad-
oiuon clerk hire In ONCE OF state
treasurer: e6. creating Mccreary
county; 1876. employers TO report TO
Insurance commissioner amount OF In
turance collected and paid TO injured
employees: 127. fvs years limit en-
iorcemsnt OF titles may be effective;
81 woman suffrage In school cleo
IONS; tb6, Panama canal exposition