Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-04-07

had been left for his signature
on the adjournment of the legislature.
Different views are held by the Re-
publican majority and the Democratic
minority on the value of the new leg
1slation that has been placed on the
statute books. The Republicans boast
or their accomplishments. and Gov
ernor Fielder joins with the Democrats
In charging hat politics was a dom
inant factor in the session.
The executive established a record
for the number of his vetoes, and the
legislature did the same by using a
majority vote and overriding his OBJ
Jections. The governor disapproved of
forty-three bills and one joint resolu-
ton, and of these nineteen bills and
one Joint resolution were placed on the
statute books by the second ballot of
the legislators. The number sent to
the State library, which Is equivalent
to a veto, was ten bills and one Joint
resolution.
The length of the legislative session
Just closed was twelve weeks, and dur
Ing 1t 1878 bills and 10 Joint resolutions
were introduced. OF this number 2S9
bills and 8 joint resolutions became
laws.
Bills That Passed.
Chief among the new laws are the
following:
Empowering murder trial juries TO
direct life imprisonment in place of
electrocution of ~convicts.
Making mandatory reading of Old
Testament in the public schools.
Permitting of referendum on $1,000
600 bond issue for state highway sys-
tem
eliminating necessity of giving age
under Geran election act.
Allowing four round boxing exhibit
lions.
Establishing new state department of
agriculture
Creating state budget system.
Making office of state purchasing
agent.
Changing date of presidential pri-
maries from May % to April %.
Regulating operation of jitneys to
require bonding of owners and per
centage of receipts for municipalities.
Extending term of General Lewis r.
Bryant, state commissioner of labor.
Naming of commission to sugges
further changes in Geran election law.
Limiting terms of municipal bonds TO
life Improvement; providing for serial
bonds.
Some Defeated Bills.
Some of the leading proposed stat
utes that were voted down were:
Permitting local option on liquor
traffic.
Allowing women to vote for presi-
dental and vice presidential electors
next fall.
Providing for military training in
high schools.
Increasing workmen's compensation.
Consolidating state motor vehicle de-
partment with state road department.
Abolishing compulsory vaccination.
Reforming method of controlling and
recording municipal finances.
Changing system of taxation: Der
hitting Torrens system of land regula-
ton.
Allowing Morris plan banking sys-
TEN.
Creating state board of ~osteopathic
examiners.
Allowing state board of examiners of
chiropractors.
Requiring naming of public de-
fender for ~impecunious prisoners.
Necessitating elimination of grade
crossing yearly on percentage of length
of railroad.
Senate Ellis Lava.
Included In the leading bills present
ed In the senate that received approval
and have been placed on the statute
books are:
No. l, by Mr.. Edge.-Creates State
Budget commission to consist of gov
ernor, treasurer and comptroller. Re-
quires state departments to submit to
governor estimate of money needed for
needs for year.. The executive NAV then
make recommendations to the legisla-
ture.
No. 2, by Mr.. Edge.-Names COVER
nor, comptroller and treasurer as COM
mission to direct work of state mr.
chasing agent in buying supplies for
state departments and institutions.
Nc. 8, by Mr. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
$15O,O0O for establishment of institu-
ton to relieve crowding In insane asy-
1ums.
No. 8, by Mr.. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
with necessity of having separate ac-
acknowledgement to legal papers by mar
rted woman.
' No. Fl, by Mr.. Gaunt.-Establishes
state department of agriculture, CON
solidating all branches for advance
ppent Of farming work.
No. 81, by Mr.. Egan.-Gives pedes-