The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-22
Wells Naval Stores Inspec-
ton Not Favored by
Governor Cats.
ONLY THREE VOTES
HEARD IN DISSENT
Escambla-Santa Rosa Meas
ure Seems to Have Been
Effectively Killed.
Tallahassee Bureau,



senate over-rode the governors veto,
this time on the Wells naval stores
inspection bill, which limits the time
for inspection to ten days. instead OF
twenty, as at present There we're
only three dissenting votes
The senate also passed a Joint res
olution proposing an amendment to
the constitution providing that cir
cult Judges shall be elected by the
people. and need not be appointed by
the governor after the selection in
the primary. In defending the bill,
Senator Farris, its author, stated that
the present system is the reason for
the situation existing between the
governor and the senate today. Tha
only opposition to the resolution was
from those who oppose placing the
judiciary in politics.
Tax Bills Laid Over.
The three tax bills which were in
tr0duced in the house Saturday were
introduced into the senate this after
noon, and placed on the calendar with
no reference to committee. Tn.
house bills We're 'consideretKJhis r. ORA
ing, but went over until WG1ne5-
day.
Bill for Time Warrants.
Senator Jones introduced a bal al-
thorizing the Escambia board Of com
missioners to issue time warrants fcf
the purpose of construct 'ng peFma-
nent bridges and to provide for the
payment thereof.
Another Local Measure.
A second local measure by Sena-
tor Jones authorizes the Escambla
commissioners to use all money APP
propriated in the 1867 bud~et,
which is not now needed, for Ger
purposes, except those appropriations
for the Moline bridge and Gulf Beach
Highway.
Bridge Measure Killed.
When the special order granting a
franchise to the Escambia Santa Rosa
Bridge Corporation to build a bridge
across the EsCambia river at Ferry
Pass, vas called up, Senator Jones
offered a substitute. Senator Mcleod,
of Milton, stated that he found that
franchise grants to private bridge
corporations we're unconstitutional,
and moved to indefinitely postpone
both the bill and the substitute, this
was done, and the matter killed.
The house today consumed much
time in debating the reapportionment
proposition as submitted by a COM
mittee, the discussion being confined
to the proposition of making it a
special order. Many of the members
stated that there was no necessity for
doing so, and to do otherwise, is felt
to make passage impossible at this
session. Nothing came of il, though
a resolution was passed which placed
the house on record as favoring re-
appOrtionment.
Johnson Saves Bill.
A fight ensued over the considera-
ton of the appropriation Of fifty
/ thousand dollars for the senate plant
/ board and the measure would prob
ably have been killed had not johns
son, of Escambia, succeeded in maxi
/ ing it a special order for THURSDAYS
/ afternoon.
! A bill for relief of county commits
! sioners in changing budget appro-
/ priation was introduced in the hous@
also by Johnson and Baggett-
! Hayes Before Committee.
/ Percy S. Hayes appeared before
/ the investigating committee tonight
! to give testimony concerning a recent
! editorial in the Pensacola News.
/ Bills Signed by Cats.
The governor today signed the fol-
! lowing bills: Senate bill IA. establish
! ing boundaries of Fernandina; senate
/ bill 173, relating to cooperative asso-
/ Citations; senate bill 80, authorizing
county commissioners to employ at
torneys in certain cases; senate bill
AGA, asserting and accepting federal
aid for the state roads; senate bill,
! 512, repeating act allowing Alachua
commissioners to issue warrants for
certain road work; senate bill 8, i'm
posing license and providing penalties
for doing business without license;
senate bill A, authorizing supervisors
or drainage districts to secure per-
mits from the war department and
give bond for same; senate bill 40,
relating to keeping certain records in
the comptroller's office; senate Ill
81, requiring registration of aliens
| during war; senate bill 70, to prohibit
issuing by any one checks or orders
on banks, etc, without sufficient
funds; senate bill SCI, fish law for