Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-03-05
BALLARD AMENDS
COUNTY Unit DOG LAW
Madison Scion Puts License Fees
at ST and $2-Drys Put Over
Enforcement Bill

Frankfort, KY, March 5-Rejecting
nearly all amendments to the bOne-dry
enforcement measure, the Senate to-
day passed the bill favored by the
Anti-Saloon League by a vote of 81 tt
6.
Senator Stoll's amendment giving
an owner of liquor the right to remove
it from one residence to another wher
procuring a Government permit, anc
the amendment of Senator Gardner
striking from the bill the provision
providing for the plaintiff, which shall
be taxed as part of the costs of the
conviction, were adopted.
Wet Senators fought every inch OF
ground and personalities frequently
were indulged in. The dry organiza-
ton, however, did not slip a cog, anC
through the leadership Of Senator:
Mum and Swineford, defeated every
Objectionable amendment.
.. JOluI IcSOluGlOll lilElGiHS hON
ernor James NJ. Cox and Senator War
ren G. Harding, of Ohio, to make the
principal addresses at the memorial
exercises held here March II for Ken,
lucky soldiers who died during thu
World War; passed the House afte-
heated debates.
The county unit dog law, leaving
the question of enforcement of tho
dog law to counties, was passed b!
the House, "A to 42 Amendments
offered by Representatives Ballar
and accepted by Representative Dear
fixed license of 81 on male dogs arr
So on females dogs, reduces the As
SCISSORS fee from fifteen to five cents
and the County Clerks fees from fif
teen to ten cents.
Facetious amendments by Repre-
sentative Waggoner provided thai
each dog should blow a whistle wher
crossing a county line, and that eacl
county which failed to vote to en-
force the dog law should be compellef
to inclose itself within barbed wire
fence, were defeated.
The bill of Representative Meyers
to appropriate $4,000 to widen thC
approach to the Capitol was passed
so to Al. $3.50
Representative Morgan's bill to reg
ulate the standing of male animals
was passed 70 to /.
Representative ,Wash's bill to in
crease salaries of the two school in
spectors from $1,000 to. $4,000 annual
ly, was passed, 63f to Is. Under th'
present system school inspectors re
ceived salaries of $4,000 and are al
lowed $1,000 each for clerical help.
The House by p decisive vote, tabled
the bill backed /by club women of thu
state to formulate a department o.
adult education and to appropriat
$4,000 annually fer two years. Onl!
limited amount of discussion wa
heard on the bill.
Representative Cruse's bill to author
ize the Board of Control of Penal ant
Charitable Institutions to buy th'
Mastin farm for the Institute fo
Feeble Minded and limiting the price
to $130 an acre, was passed by vot'
of 81 to 2.
The bill of Representative Goehring
er to provide free text books for pub
lie schools of the state was passed, a
to 30.
Senate and House adopted unan
imously resolution offered by Sena
tor Smith approving the plan of wa
mothers of Kentucky to erect me
mortal bridge across the Kentuck
River at Frankfort.
The Senate passed the bill of Rep
resentative Yazell providing for non
partisan school boards in cities of tn
fourth class. The bill provided for
board of six members and fixes tn
maximum rate of taxation on propert
at S1.5O on 500 worth of propelt
for school purposes.
An appeal in cases for collection c
inheritance taxes is provided for
the bill of Senator Moss, which passe
the Senate unanimously.
The bill of Representative Becl
ham, providing that the State Fa
Company may issue 100000 worth {
bonds with which to erect addition;
buildings at the State Fair Ground
was passed, 20 to /.
The -mussel shell bill, which hs
been before all of the regular Sc
sions of the Legislature for II yea
was brought up and explained
Senator Marshall. The bill was amen
ed to apply only to that part of tt
Ohio River owned by the state
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