The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-04-03
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of Florida are carried out as they
should be. / therefore recommend
that with the coming in of the next
year he be allowed three thousand
dollars per half-year and six thou
sand dollars for the whole year.
NO UOOSE-LEAF LEDGERS FOR
CIRCUIT COURT CLERK AND
OTHER OFFICERS OF RECORD
There has come great complaint
throughout the State in regard TO
the loose-leaf ledger system of the
Circuit Court Clerks and other Off
GERS keeping records, claiming that
they can take out any loose leaf and
substitute the same at any time they
desire. | therefore recommend that
all loose-leaf ledgers of every kind
- e"l ou' VI tue NiTcult court rec
ords and that no clerk of the Circuit
Court or any Court of Record shall
be allowed to use the same, but that
al! books used by these officers shall
have pages consecutively numbered
and fixed securely and in permanent
" bound volumes.
PENSIONS FOR THE OLD
SOLDIERS
This is one of the things that lies
nearest TO the hearts of us all when
We think of the old Confederate sol
oiers and the many sacrifices they
made for the good of their country,
and We are eager that they should
be as well pensioned as the State IL
names will allow. |, therefore, rec
ommend that il it be possible to in
crease the pensions of these soldiers
as they die out and become fewer.
and If 1t is impossible to increase the
amount given to each one, then pay
these pensions monthly, which will
DE a great help to these dear old
people, who are fast passing away,
and recomend that the Legisla-
ture authorize the payment of pen
sions monthly, which will cost no
more except the making out of the
vouchers and the warrants. In this I
am endorsed by the comptroller, who
recommends to me that this be done
Kindly give this your most thought
full attention.
DROVER'S LICENSE
The statute now reads drovers sell
ing at auction, trading or otherwise,
shall pay a license of 500 in each
county. This shall include every per-
son bringing stock of any kind into
the State for sale This, in my opin.
ion, is an unjust law and cuts out
the little dealers in stock and puts
the whole matter of stock selling in
to the hands of the big drovers
which is a bad condition for any
country to get into. l, therefore
recommend that this law be repealed
and that you adopt sliding scale o!
license, fixing the unit at tens and
have it that any drover who ha:
droves of ten animals. mules OF
horses, be charged $40 license, TWEEN
ty be charged 500, and ON up till the
larger drovers will pay the 500 II
cense, thus giving the little man ar
equal showing with the big one.
FEDERAL FARM AID AND BONDS
AS conditions now are in thi
State, Florida cannot have its quot'
CT the Federal Farm Loan Bonds be
cause farm loan bonds are not lega
investments for trustees and fiduci
larry funds. l. therefore, recommend
the enactment of the necessary law
so that we, as a State. may obtail
Jour part OF these funds
| SEMINOLE INDIAN RESERVA-
TIONS
AS the Seminole Indians are tn
Has. vestige of the red men left Il
the State of Florida, and as thes
aborigines were the original settler
of the soil. and as they have bee
ldefrauded of all the lands OF thi