The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-17
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hospital for the insane shall not exceed
So 900 annually. the bill by Senator King,
changing the name of the Chattahooehee
Institution to the Florida State Hospital,
was passed by the senate. The measure
also repeats the statute of twenty years
ago fixing the salary of the superinten-
dent and places that in the hands OF the
board of state institutions.
Another bill which was reached on
second reading and passed by waiver of
the rules was one by Senator Stokes per-
hitting building and loan associations TO
invest in Liberty bonds
The Igou bill designed to make it pos
sible to punish confidence men who have
operated extensively in Florida during
recent years, was recommitted on motion
of Senator MacWilliams. The measure
had an unfavorable report and an effort
was about to be made to indefinitely
postpone it when Senator MacwiIliams
offered the mOtion to Aapemmit as q
substitute and it prevailed.
The Cash bill to repeal chapter 6Sl5,
Laws of Florida. was recommitted on
motion of the author.
The house bill to define the ownership
and to provide for the survey and dis
position of islands in the marshes along
was passed after Senator johnson had
amended the bill so that the proceeds
from the sale of such overflowed tracts
should so into the school fund and the
title of them in the meantime be vested
| in the board of education instead CT
the internal Improvement fund trustees,
as provided in the original measure.
The house bill comforting additional
powers ON the city of Miami and granting
submerged lands to that city with a view
| to lettering the water SUPPLY of Miami,
passed the senate.
Senator Carlton today made a motion
to reconsider the vote by which the SEN
ate on yesterday passed house bill No.
81 by Representative Hamblin, amend
| ing the cvharter of the city of Tampa.
and otherwise affecting its government.
jurisdiction and powers, which motion
went over until tomorrow. 1t is evident
that charter bill nor satisfactory to-
Senator Carlton has been passed by the
Hillsborough delegation In the house.
Senator Crosby's bill making it neces-
sary for a license to be obtained from
the county commissioners for anyone 10
| carry an automatic shotgun or rifle
withstood the attacks made upon it when
on second reading today ana went 10
the calendar of measures on third read
! Ing. substitute offered by the author
having been adopted The substitute
simply provides new law instead of
amending the present statute relative to
the carrying of REVIEWERS. Senator
iCiosby said that any reliable man could
| secure the necessary permits from the
hoard of county commissioners and his
Il
were rapidly arning themselves.
! The two bills amending the acts that
Icreated the Broward and Southern Dram
/, age districts were favorab1y reported to
Sthe senate today and We're taken up On
> second reading by motion of Senator
a number of voluminous amendments to
1.-THE first which he said would make the
/ bill relating to Broward Drainage district
satisfactory, as far as the knew, to I'LL
parties Interested. These We're al
adopted and an effort made to pace the
measure on third reading and final pass
fage but adjournment was taken without
this being done. Similar amendments to
lclarify the bill relating to the Southern
Drainage district also will be offered
1 There appears to be opposition to
these amendments nor to the bills as they
will be amended. The changes in the
/ bill viii provide for what is known as
la unit system or serial bond issues. the
various sections of the districts being
taxed only when they are to be drained
and each particular locality carrying the
bonds for it's own Improvement work
The amended bills probably viii be passed
by the senate tomorrow and returned to
: the house for concurrence in the amend
ments.
The passage of the general pension bill
was reconsidered today for the purpose
of amending it. 1t was stated that a
number of widows of Confederate vet
Grams who had been on the pension rolls
would be stricken off because of the
emission of paragraph in the engross-
, ed bill. and II was to cure this defeci
that the bin was taken back to second
lreading. AS soon the necessary
amendments was adopted the measurs
was passed again. BY motion of Sen
ator Andrews the bill immediatel.
terrified to the house.
The house concurrent resolution mem
!. orializing congress to repeal the dayiigh
savings law was adopted by the senate
as was the house resolution asking tn
state road department to take steps t
secure Florida's share of the govern
! iment army motor trucks that are to b
: apportioned among the states.
The general appropriation bi.l carrying
iabout a million and a half dollars to op
crate the state government for the mex
two years was introduced and by rnotio
of Chairman Lowry OF the committee wa
made a special order for Wednesday
May 81, at IL O'Clock. 300 copies beini
: ordered printed
Senator Butler introduced a bill to val
foate affIdavits of soldiers and sailor
Is taken IN foreign countries by authorize
8 agents Of the United States.
Senator HUXLEY introduced bill to au
! thorize New Smyrna special road an
q bridge district to transfer $1,000 from tn
q Interest fund to the maintenance fund an
q to use the same for road and bridge ina
jrrovement work
Senator HughIett introduced bin re
8 quiring plans and specifications of sub
drainage districts to be submitted to tn
internal Improvement board and til
4 chief engineer before such districts ar
81 created.
Senator Bradshaw proposed a n1easuI
s ireduiring railroad trains to slow up bio
81 whistles and ring bells when passfn
crossings.
"A communication signed by about
III hundred people of st. Lucfe county wa
81 read stating that a majority of the bus
n ness men there were opposed to seininj
IA that house bill No. sos should be passet
81 that A. K. Wilson of the Fort Pierk