The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-04-07
LIVESTOCK
men FAVOR
CHATTEL BILL
This and Much Other PrOspec-
tive Legislation Is Discussed
Among Early Arrivals
at Tallahassee
BY HERBERT FELKEL

Tallahassee April 6.-One of the
first bills as well as one of the most
important that will be introduced in
this session of the legislature has been
prepared and is known as the chattel-
cattle mortgage bill. The measure Is
favored by the livestock interests Of
the state and provides for making
mortgages upon livestock negotiable.
At present banks are not permitted to
loan money on such instruments. but
the proposed law will make that le-
gally possible. helping both the bank
ing interests and the hog and cattle
man, it is claimed. Promoters Of the
measure declare that 1t will be respon-
sible for more development in the live
stock industry than any other one law
that will be enacted, including the
compulsory dipping statute that is
practically certain to be introduced.
The proposed chattel-cattIe mortgage
bill is practically the same law that is
now on the books of the western cat
tie raising states and has done so
| much for the development of that in
dustry there. The title OF the bill will
read as follows:
"A bill to. be entitled, An Act relat-
ing to mortgages on livestock, con-
tents and effect thereof and to author
such mortgages and to fix and define
punishment and penalty for removal
Of property covered by the lien Of such
mortgages" It has the endorsement
of DIR. George H. ROunnell, chief OF the
Bureau of Animal Industry.
Representative Joe Roebuck will
again introduce his pure gasoline bill
and the genial Columbia county states
man declares that he will pass it
through the house. The bill will re-
quire that only pure. high-grade gaso-
line be sold by garages and other deal
ers and that full measure be given ami
will provide penalties for violation Of
the act. Mr.. Roebuck says the fix
ing" Of gasoline pumps to give short
measure must cease in Florida.
Members OF the house of represen-
tatives are distressed because they
understand their former chief clerk.
John G. Kellum, may refuse to serve
in that capacity at this session. Mr..
Kellum is the auditor and business
manager Of the Florida State College
for Women here and his duties at
the growing institution of higher learn
ing are too strenuous and combining to
permit of his assuming additional du-
ties. The office was forced upon him
at the extraordinary session last fall
but the acceptance of 1t necessitated
Mr.. Kellum's working every night in
order to keep his work at the college
from piling up on his hands. Also, it
is understood that the board OF con-
troll is not favorable to any Of the at
taches of the higher educational sys-
tenn attempting outside work.
The constitutional date for the con-
vening of the regular session, Of the
. Iarv v3z1A th4
the first Monday-almost always falls
on the first Tuesday in April, but IL
the first of April happens to come on
Tuesday, 1t April fools a lot of people,
for then the constitutional first Tues
day after the first Monday is the Sec
ond Tuesday and not the first. At
least two members of the press who
came here to report this session came
G week ahead of time and had to stick
around the Leon Hotel for seven days
at several dollars per day waiting for
somebody to arrive.
The last time that the first of April
was Tuesday and the first Tuesday
after the first Monday was the second
Tuesday in the month was in 1913,
but prior to that time it had been
thirty-four years since the first OF
April fell on Tuesday. I'm 1879. In
1911 the legislature met on the third or
April (Which. of course, was the first
Tuesday after the first Monday. the
fist Monday falling on the second.
In 1915 the legislature met on tho
fifth, in 1915 on the eighth (as this
year,, in 1911 on the fourth, in 1909
on the sixth. in 1907 on the second,
in 1905 on the fourth. in 1908 on the
seventh, i'll 1901 on ;l,e second, in 1899
the fourth, in 1897 the sixth. in 1885
the second, II 1893 the fourth. in 1894
tire seventh, IN 1889 the secon.I, in
1877 the fifth. in 1885 the seventh. ir
1883 tie third, in 1881 the fifth. and ir
1897 on the eighth as in 1913 and again
this year. -.
Legislators on Scene.
Senator W. E. Baker, of Lake (:e-
neva, z9tn rstrict was among the first
members o fshe 1919 legislature to ar
rive. The senator says he believes in
either coming early and getting locat-
ed before the excitement begins or
waiting until after the tumult. of the
pre-opening days has subsided- How
ever. his habit always has been to
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