The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-04-12
IN SENATE
And HOUSE IS
TAKEN UP BY
LOCAL Bills
Senator Stokes Proposed Inves-
tigatiOn and Remedy for SUI
preme Court Congestion
TILL
MONDAY is TAKEN
Steps to Save Time to Facilitate
the Work of the Session
Taken COncurrently

Tallahassee, April lin the senate
today the so-called cattle chattel mort
gage bill, Of the Livestock Sanitary
board, was introduced by Senator John
l.. Moore.
Senator Mcleod proposed a measure
amending the present primary laws
relating to the sending out OF cam
paign books providing that literature
shall be mailed direct from the state
capital to voters after qualified lists
are furnished by the various registra-
tion officers.
Former President william Howard
Taft was invited to addres the 1egis-
lature, by concurrent resolution offer
ed by Senator MacWilliams
A bill regulating and segregating
venerial diseases was introduced by
Senator Hulley.
A number OF local and general bills
were proposed. practically all local bills
coming over to the senate in the house
messages were passed, complete order
OF business was gone through and
everything before the senate, including
house messages. had been cleared away
by one o'clock this afternoon. when ad-
ternoon at four.
Senator Wilson introduced bill,
making an appropriation to defray the
expenses Of the state council of de-
fence.
the first time by title and referred to
committees We're hy Moore. relating to
dispostnE ef peEsoFsi properly under
relating to the enforce
ment Of liens by employers; by Sena-
tor Plymouth. to amend general stat
utes relating to interest and usurious
contracts; by Carlton. relating to suits
the recording Of maps and blue prints
to powers Of states attorneys;
by Mcleod. prohibiting the use of
screens in or IN front Of pool rooms,
and by Senator Cash to make appro-
priatfon for vocational education to
meet the fscerai appropriation.
Local bills which had passed the
house and came over in messages from
that body, in almost every instance
were taken up by the senator whose
district they affected and passed f.-al-
ly under waiver of the rules, some OF
these which viii go to the governor
were:
Authorizing Bonifay to issue bonds
for electric lights: althorizing the
school board of jackson county to issue
interest bearing time warrants to the
OF $4,000 to lZu1date certain
floating indebtedness: giving the
county commissioners the
right to sell Improvement bonds: to
abolish the town Of Holts in Okaloosa
county (retHrning property Of munich
pal corporation to the county. it being
cited that Holts had no debts); to val
Idate all tax levies for special road and
bridge districts in Palm Beach county.
the Okaloosa county COM
missioners to issue bonds for tick erad-
lcation and to validate bonds issued by
BunneH.
Resolution inviting United States
Senator's Fletcher and Trammell to
address the legislature Monday night.
which was adopted by the house yes
teriay, received favorable action Of the
senate today.
A house resolution by Representative
Miller, urging people OF Florida to buy
Victory bonds went over, under rules.
BY unanimous consent. Senator Ba-
ker introduced in the senate bill pro-
viding for mothers pensions.
sTautaIooy BE Avoided.
BY a concurrent resoltion adopted
in the senate today. and proposed by
Senator MacWtlliams, members of both
houses are requested to Introduce their
local bills ither in one branch OF the
legislature or the other. but are not to
submit the same measure in both SEN
ate and house. He pointed out that
this would have both time and print
ing expenses, because when two iden-
Eical bills are proposed and one passes
the house where it originated. its du-
plicafe must be withdrawn. indefinitely
postponed or continue to occupy space
On the calendar.
The house today held tsEo sessions.
Dne OF nearly four hours length in the
morning. and returning IN the after
aoon for q session of unn1nal length
Tor this stage Of the game. Most OF
the time was consumed in the intro
1uction Of bills and the passage Of
ocal bills, which under the custom
1ow prevailing never 80 to . commit
ee except upon reQuest- Many Of the
after were also carried to their third
reading by waiver Of the rules, and
.inal1y passed The salary bill OF Leg
sfCsonffnuefs IN nwe fwn1