The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-30
Court of Record Solicitors
Salary is Fixed At So, 600
in Senate Measure Passed.
LEWIS MARRIAGE
BILL ALSO PASSES
A Appropriations Up in House
Livestock Sanitary Board
IS in Danger it is Be
lieved.
BY HERBERT FELkEL.

.
Tallahassee. May 29.-Stokes today
introduced and passed local bill to
fix the salary of the solicitor for the
court of record of Escambia county al
$4,000 year instead of fees which last
year amounted to about s6,800 It
was plank of the senator's plat
form to put this official, as we'll as the
clerk of that court on a salary basis
The other bill will follow in a few
days. he states. The Escambia sena-
ator today also introduced and passed
a local measure authorizing the coun-
ty commissioners there to expend GER
tain moneys for road construction. But
a bill by Representative Caro-, placing
the city employees of Pensacola on an
eight hour day basis. which has pass
ed the house. was not taken up and
passed through the senate today when
it was reached. It probably will be
passed later.
The Amos Lewis bill to regulate
issuing of marriage licenses and to
abolish common law marriages in
Florida, passed the senate today by
vote of II to 6. after adoption of Sem
ator Stokes, amendment providing tina.
no county judge shall issue license
to persons under age unless the writ
ten consent of parents is presented
to him. The bill provides that no
licenses shall be issued except in
the office of a county judge and must
be issued in the county in which the
ceremony is to be performed.
BY securing recommitment of the
Carlton bill amending the act creating
the office of state labor inspector that
officer will probably be saved, as
an amendment had been adopted to
place the inspection of labor under the
probation officers.
The senate passed Stokes bill au-
thorizing certain courts to render de-
claratory DEGREES. 1t also passed the
Carlton bfll permitting counties TO
purchase school books direct from
publishing houses. The bill requires
publishers to sell school books in this
state at lowest net wholesale prices
given anywhere in the United States
and authorizes county school boards
to h11y school books at wholesale and
sell rent or furnish free to pupils.
Cartons bill providing for the es-
tablishment of a colony for epilept1c
and feeble minded and providing for
their segregation, employment ana
education passed the senate today. The
hill will temporarily relieve the con-
pestion at the state Hospital for the
Insane
Rv a unanimous vote the senate to-
day refused to concur in the house
amendments to the road biR to meet
federal aid in which there is so much
interest and to the Singletary bill TO
sell the Everglades.
The house spent the afternoon IN
consideration of the general appro-
nriation bill carrying appropriations OF
annroximately $1.500.0o0 for expenses
of the state government for two years.
Numerous increases of salary We're
allowed department clerks ana 1he
salary of the adjutant general was
restored to $4,000 per annum An
amendment offered by ellis. OF wal
ton. to appropriate $4,000 Tor mann
~aining the state livestock sanitary
hoard nrecipitated a debate which re-
v;vad arguments for and against tick
eradication and consumed the baalnce
~ tbe afternoon. An amendment was
adonted and the bill passed, Wllliams,
of leon. giving notice that ne VIII
move reconsideration.
H,1llev,s compensation act, Whlcn
has passed the senate, was repor@leo @
favorably by the house committee
TODAY with an amendment exemptin
ss1v mills. planning mills and shingie
mills