The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-06-13
WORK OF THE GENERAL ASSEM-
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The general assembly IN session
at Baton Rouge this week dlsposeo
of the three bills that had occasion.
ed more discussion and excltelnehs
than all the rest of the COUPE Vi
hundred pending PROPOSITIONS coln :,
hined. The trio of "War measures.
as some newspaper aptly termed
them were the Davey antl-auto
photo bill, designed to lnVahoate
| New Orleans city ordinance fequIi
ing chauffeurs of AUTOMOBILES TO naSe
their photographs affixed to-. tnelr IL
censes as a means of identlIlcaeioh'
the sReinhardt racing bill, providing
for the revival in New orleans OF
s'the sport of kings, with pari-
| mutuel gambling attachment, ana
the bill proposing to remove the seat
Of the state government from Baton
Rouge to Alexandria.
| The opposition to the Davey bill
was very spirited for while, out
finally simmered down, and both
| houses have approved the measure
| by large majorities.
The Reinhardt bill gave rise to
| more 'hurrah' than either of the
other measures, and two large dele
cations of New Orleans business men
visited the capital to give vent to
! their enthusiasm in favor of bring
| ing back the ponies" as means or
reviving trade in the metropolis. UP
| to the last moment the advocates or
| the bill expressed confidence in its
passage, but the house put quietus
on the project by voting 55 to 5O
for it's indefinite postponement, and
then tabling motion to reconsider.
\ The hopes of the Alexandrians who
had expected to see the referendum
} on the capital question ordered were
dissipated into thin air when thf
house voted down the proposition by
so to As. Both the capital-movers
and the race-reVivalists say they will
try it again next session.
Committee hearing en- the SehWing
and Powell bank guaranty bills was
set for next Tuesday. Senator Burke
of Iberia introduced substitute for
the two pending bills, providing for
the appointment of commission
Of four members of the general as
sembly and three bankers to study
the banking laws and conditions of
the state and report to the next as
sembly in 1916. The senate has pass
ed the Burke bill, II to 8.
After some skirmishing the PROPOSE
. ton to investigate the affairs of
the New Orleans sewerage and water
board was unanimously agreed to,
and the following committee was ap-
pointed for the purpose, with in
structions to report in thirty days:
Senators L. D. Reale and Emil Sund-
berry, Representatives r. B. Butler,
Delos r. Johnson and ]. e. Clayton,
A bill providing for the recall of
all public officers except judges has
been favorably reported to the senate.
A bill to make the sale Of cigar
cites in Louisiana unlawful also got
a favorable report, but the house
defeated the measure.
| Bills are pending to put all drain
age districts and projects under the
supervision of the state engineers;
to throw more effective safeguards
about counting ballots and making re-
turns of elections; to permit the
name Of a candidate to appear in
more than one place on an official
ballot; to prohibit the sale OF game
birds in this state for the next five
years; to authorize levee boards to
build levees with mechanical contri-
vances without letting the work out
| by contract; to authorize the board
of control to sell or lease the Hope.
Monticello and Oakley farms: to in
sure more equitable tax assessments
in towns and cities of 1000 popula-
ton and upwards; to authorize the
construction of a bridge across the
Mississippi river at New Orleans; en-
powering the governor to withdraw
from sale or entry Jake bottoms or
mineral lands and to lease such
lands; fixing the salary of the regis
ter of the state land office at $4,000
a year and requiring the deposit of
all the fees of the office in the state
treasury; prohibiting shipment and
sale of liquor in dry parishes or ter
ritory; requiring certificate of health
as prerequisite to securing mar
riage license.
The rural mortgage bond bill, a
very important measure the nature
of which is Indicated by its title,
passed the senate last Wednesday
by unanimous vote
Several bills intended, to relieve
conditions of stringency and to pro-
mote the welfare of the agricultural
interests of the state have been in
troduced and are considered certain
to pass. The measures We're recon-
mended at a public meeting held in
New Orleans last week, presided over
| by Gov. Hall and attended by mem
| bers OF the general assembly, farmers
and business men generally.
Summer School.