The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1914-03-10

declaring that the legislature should
not pass a measure which would al
feet the whole people OF the state SO
vitality without giving them am oppor-
tunity to say whether they wanted II
ur not.
Because IL is claimed that the body
OF the Greene Glenn Bill passed by
the present General Assembly. ant
signed by the Governor Saturday, en-
Iarging the powers OF the State Fire
Insurance Rating Board. does not con
firm to the title of the measure. grave
doubt has arisen in the minds OF many
here as 10 the validity Of the act In
The enaciing clause OF the title II is
Section !, etc, and mot ~ strike out"
Section |. etc. and not To strike out"
A. has been done. an entirely new. sec
lion having been drafted Tor Section
OF the old law.
The flaw IN the measure is said TO
have been discovered when the House
enrolling clerk. Miss Mary Robards
appealed to Speaker Terrell for aid
in engrossins the hill, pointing out to
the conflict between the title OF the act
and the real meat Of the measure. The
Senate Is said To- be 10 blame for the
error. il having been made in amend
ing the bill in the upper branch of the
General Assembly
The defeat in thu House, by an al
most unanimous. vote OF the bill To en-
large the powers and increase the du-
ties Of the State Board OF Health was
the principal feature, as is concerned,
Saturdays session of the Legislature.
This hill was designed TO create the
position OF All Time County Health
officer with a Fat salary attached,
Representative J. n. Mccormack. Of
Bowling Green, former secretary of
the State Board of Health. spoke near
y an hour in behalf OF the measures.
Representative Fraser. of Ballard
county led the opposition. Mr.. Frasher
spoke TO an amendmen, which he had
offered providing that the Fiscal
Courts instead OF the State Board OF
Health appointees should fix the sal
aries OF health officers.
The amendment was adopted by a
vote OF ~ 20 IS
After the adoption of this amend
ment. Representative Harry J. Meyers
moved that the bill, with all amend
ments be tabled. d.. Mccormack. de-
claring that the Fraser amendment had
ruined the bill. seconded the motion.
The motion prevailed, with a few scat
tering "nays".
The vote on the Fraser amendment
Was as follows
Yeas.--Aver,. Barrsll, Boitnott, Bur-
ton. Cary. Cecil, Davis. Cox. Douglas.
II. c. Duffy. Duncan. Durrett. Evans.
Farris. Fraser. Fryer. Hall Hampton,
Harrington. Ilillman. Huteherah. John
son. Jones. Kelley, Lay, Luker, Nc
Dowell Miller. Moble,. Oliver, Pumph-
rey. Radcliffe. Rountree, Saufley,
Shawier. Stone. Scott. Tilford. James
L. Webb. N. b. White, Wills. Roy S.
Wilson. Wood.
Nays.-Ampler. Barrett. Brown. Coke
Dreseher. John c. Duffy. William Duff
fy. Gum. Hamilton, J. b. Harvey. Hays,
Henry. huff. Kle,te, Kuh. Mccormack,
Mentally. Mount. Harry Meyers. Zach
l.. Meyers. Newman. O'Brien. Palmer,
Parrigan. Phelps. Perry, Pollin, Po-
teet. Ray. Reed. s. II. Rogers, w. T..
Rogers. Sharp, Spain, Tieman.
BY vote Of 81 to -. the House FRI
day night killed the Workmens Com
pensation Bill drafted by the House
Committee on Compensation for Indus
trial Injured as a substitute for the
bills OF Representatives William Duffy,
OF Louisville. and Matt Walton. of
Lexington. introduced early in the SEES
sion. Before that. however, the House
voted down a substitute measure Of
fered BY Representative Harry Meyers.
Of Covington. for the committee sub
stitute. The Meyers measure had the
backing Of organized labor throughout
the State and various advocates of
that measure voted against the COM
mittee substitute. preferring no work
mems compensation legislation to that
provided for in the substitute drafted