The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-25
WEED ADDICTS
IN The HOUSE
FREETOSM0KE
LAW MAKERS BEING IN BETTER
HUMoR Al NUMBER or APFRO-
PRiATIoN MEASURES JARED
WELL
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thing to come up in the house this
morning was a resolution recfnding
the rule against smoking. It was stub
Dornly fought by some of the members
but was finally passed
Mr. Miller offered and the house
adopted resolution thanking the fed
eral government for the dnoation of 53
new trucks to be used in road con-
struction work in this state. There are
/ still other trucks to come, this being
/ only an initial shipment already made
The senate bill making an ppropria-
ton for the hire of a secretary for the
railroad commission was called up, al
vanced and passed. It carries an ap-
preparation of $4,000, which is two hum
| dred more than the clerk has been al
lowed by any other legislature. The
vote was So to 10 favoring it's pass
age.
The Ilustee battle ground gets more
funds for its upkeep than ever before,
]. Also The senate bill passed by the
I Euose this morning gives four hum
j dred dollars a year for taking care of
! and improving the grounds. Out or
/ 65 voting only two men in the house
voted against this appropriation
/ While the members were in humcr
! to make appropriations the old soldiers
/
| and was given a liberal appropriation.
A notable feature of the consideration
/ of this bill was its only outspoken op-
! ponent was Mr.. Folks of Marion coun-
| ty. an old Confederate veteran.
Here an effort was made to waive
| the rules and go off something
| else. The speaker called the attention
of the house to the fact that it had
been doing this every time senate
/ messages were taken up. and he
| thought it was important to continue
| on that order until they had been com
| pleted. He remarked significantly it
J, would take a pretty good vote to get
off of them this morning. The matter
was not pressed any further, and SEN
| ate messages were resumed.
| Another appropriation followed i'm
mediately. 1t was upon the request
! of Mr.. Glazier that the house took up
| the senate bill authorizing the payment
! of the bill for services rendered by the
| Hillsborough guards at the trial of one
! Willie Miles in Manatee county in July,
| 1917. 1t has passed. carrying an ap-
| preparation of $5.150.50, with only one
amendment by Mr. Merchant of Madi-
| son county. providing for the auditing
/ of the account by the comptroller the
vote was 43 to IA.
the house some time ago, came back
from the senate. The senate had
tcked on two amendments one provid-
| ing that preference should be given
! Florida serum plants provided they
!, met all competition in price and fur
nished serum coming up to the rtand
/ ard for requirements. The other in
! creased the appropriation from $4,000
| to 100000. Both these amendments
were concurred in by the house. and
the BILL will now go to the governor
for his approval.
The next was an appropriation bill
! also 1t was a senate bill carrying an
appropriation of $780,. This money is
to be used for buying a glass case in
which to preserve the flags presented
to the house and the senate a few
weeks ago. One of these is a hand
some U. S. flag and the other the colors
of the 134th Infantry, which saw SER
vice in France during the war. Out
of 81 voting only one voted against the
bill.
Mr.. Perry. on the motion of Mr..
Stokes of Bay county got the house TO
| reconsider the vote on local bill of
his killed at the last local bill session.
1t provides for the preventing of driv-
ing of oxen on the hard surfaced roads
| used the word cattle" it was thought
~ the members that it meant all cat
tie After the explanation of the gem
tleman from Lee the house reconsider
ed the vote, and passed the bill, AZ
to H.
The house passed senate bill to per-
nit soldiers and sailors to vote in mu-
nicipal elections when they return too
late 70 register and pay poll taxes.
1t provides how this shall be done,
proofs of right to vote under the act.
etc.
Mr.. Jones, of Nassau county, tried
to call up his bills. One for the abol-
fishing of the rural school inspectors
and the other for the abolishing of the
Office of adjutant general. The house
refused to waive the rules for this
purpose.
Mr.. Williams of Polk, met a like re-
fusal when he attempted to waive the
rules for the purpose of introducing
concurrent resolution. He did not
disclose the nature of the resolution.
In the afternoon the first bill taken
up was the senate bill to meet federal
aid for home economics and agricul-
tural demonstration work. 1t Is the
regular bill passed every two years
for this purpose and carries an ap-
preparation of $4,000. 1t passed by a
vote of 4S to 2.
Mr.. Woodruff, of Seminole, got the
house to waive the rules and make the i
game bill a special order for next