The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-03-25
sENATOR FARRIS PLANS
REORGANIZATION of Legislature ia
fr6notc Efficiency and Economy

OHro hbrIisb the numerous committees,
Nitb their high sounding titles IN
IN branches Of the Florida lcgisln.
7S,nrtt Substituting therefor numbered
1870 lftecs six committees for the
~ ,I4 and ten committees for the
sbu.n IS the aim of a resolution to be
! lro.hccd at the coming session by
I !hnafbr Ion l.. Farris, Of Jackson
'Hle
144a reorganization plan is the re-
cr,ilf ID the experience gained by Sen
"fof -farris during his two terms as
u neaJtor Of the house Of representa-
~ leea md his intimate knowledge Of
be waste Of time and loss Of efficien-
IN the handling Of the legislative
7rind through the multiplicity of un-
teeeesary and time wasting commit
tesl If adopted the resolution will
.iufomatlcally reduce the expense f.
Ierical and other help to minimuni'
This idea Is something new in legis-
Iaiite procedure. II Is original and
nwfll Undoubtedly bc watched with the
'kcenest interest by legislators in every
state In the Union.
as proposed that the six senate
admmittees shall consist Of five sena-
loia each, and the house committees
10 have seven members each. These
:. esMnittceS. known as Committee No.
y fCommittee No. o" etc. are to
. 10 made up Of legislators according To
IItf vocational interests. For IN
.|1nce. on each committee there will
~ : banker, a farmer lawyer, a
1q4|peSs man and Il representative Of
l1bcf. Bills will be referred to these
NIconnittees in the order Il .'.hich they
knre Introduced. The frs pill intro
-dpr11 will be referred /, committee
Me- ], the second bill to committee
Noe, and so on automatically. until
AA n the bills introduced are divided
Vrfo rata among the committees.
Hbe resolution further provides for
~ Creation Of a special Committee
% Committees and Rules" this body
a lave the naming of the members
~ Die committees recognizing every
focNtion and every element of citizen
js,lDI
3 Whcn the committees of either leg.
,H4five body are filled up with bills,
II4f body will adjourn until the com
N't'ees are ready to report thus ena-
r'IiR the members to attend all of the
l ions Of the legislative body to
H''|fh they were elected by their con.
N'|pents, and, at the same time give
'En ample opportunity to do their
fffs Sary committee work. That this
N tself will prove one Of the greatest
f savers in the history Of state leg
w. urcS. cannot be denied
= Very bin introduced will have the.
|fful consideration Of representa-
i<t N all thc elements Of citizenship
III state, men who viii have no III
feFI Interest in the bills under con-
N|Heration, because they will not know
" adyance what bills viii come before
'Eh, making u packed" committed
|I for against bin almost an impos-
Pity.
a the 1919 session Of the Florida
.''fF Stature there were 81 committees
the senate, and hut 80 members
that body. The house, with a men,
hip Of u representatives, had ~
mittees. The members Of the sen
|If were appointed to serve on from
PA to seven committees each, an aver
|' Of six committees to a man, and
fhe house, the representatives were
|Fing on ten and some times four
committees each, Thus 1t can be
adily seen that II member of the
Stature attended to his committee
as he should have done, he had
| scant opportunity to attend to the
||4er legislative business Of the ses-