The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-07-19
|COODROADSMEN
PLAN MEETING
FLORIDA STATE AUTOMOBILE AS
ISOLATION IS SPONSOR FOR MEET
ING TO DISCUSS STATE BOND is
SUE CAMPAIGN.

Thursday and Friday, July % and 81.
are the dates announced by President
Smith, of the Florida State Automobile
Association, for the big good roads rally
and conference to be held at st. Au-
gustine beach in the interest OF the
proposed amendment to the State Con-
stitution to be voted upon by the eiac
! tors OF the state in The general election
next November.
The proposed amendment ra4ds ss
follows:
The legislature shall have power %
PROVIDE for issuing state bonds only
Iof the purpose of repelling invasion
OF suppressing instruction, or for. the
purpose OF redeeming or refuEding
bonds already issued at a lower rate
OF interest, or for the purpose of acquir-
ing, building and maintaining a system
Oh good roads and bridges throughuut
'iiis STATE under such regulations as may
be prescribed by an act of the legis-
lature; provided, that any bond issues
authorized in pursuance hereof for
system of good roads and bridges shall
not exceed in amount five ~ per cent
of the total tax assessment Of the state
at the time of issue"
At the meeting to be held at st. Au
gustine the several plans that have been
proposed by different ones in favo: Of
the proposed state bond issue will be
submitted and discussed and it is ex-
pected that as a result OF this meeting
an active statewide campaign will be
carried on in All parts Of the Stlte 70
secure the adoption of the proposed
amendment.
The meeting viii be under the
auspices Of The legislative comm tee
Of the Florida State. Automobile Asso-
citation. At a meeting of this com
mittee and number of citizens from
various parts of The state held in Jack
sonville May -, the president Of the
association was authorized am re-
quested to add 10 the MEMBERSHIP Of
the committee the names of five men
from this meeting and the presidents
of the different kindred organizations
of the state" Carrying out the re quest
President Brown named Hon. F. MI
Ter, of Jacksonville, Hon. w. NJ iSou,
OF Eustis; Hon. David Edge, Of G'ovc-
land; Hon. Jas G. Yeats, of Tampa, AID
| George F. Young, of Dade City. and
directed the secretary of the ass6cia-
ton to communicate with the pres
dents of The various. organizations
| throughout ILL State and inform item
that they had been named as memb: IS
of the legislative committee OF the
Florida State Automobile Association.
| Now that the dates for the s. Au-
justine meeting have been decided upon
| iEvitatlons will be sent out to earn OF
| The organizations for the appointment
| al 70 off al xy
at the ig good roads rally. Invit,t;ens
are also being sent to all state Off
Gals, all nominees for the senate and
house as well as all hold-over sen
stors; the various boards of COUNTY
commissioners and to all persons in
| terested in having the state construct
il system Of permanent roads.
| st the st. Augustine meeting the plan
adopted by the legislative committee
| for taking care of the proposed state
bond issue without increasing the state
tax h,y will be submitted and fully
e<cl7ined.
tbs committee has also gnno on
rero,h in favor of the enactment Of 4
law repeating and abolishing all per-
sonal property taxes lad va.orem
taxes) on all motor driven vehicles
upon which state license tax shall he
required. The committee also recom-
mends that the two mill tax levy, to
| provide funds for meeting federal aid
for roads, be repealed and no further
tax for such purpose be levied. pro
vided the proposed amendment to the
state constitution is adopted.
The plan proposed for taking care OF
the state bond issue with revenues de-
| rived from the motor vehicle license
tax is the same as has already been
adopted in Alabama and Illinois. In
| these states the campaigns in favor Of
| the state bond issue, to be cared for
with the motor vehicle license tax, was
conducted by the state automobile as
sociations. The motorists willingly
agreed to an increase in the amount Of
the state license tax for this purpose.
The necessary laws were enacted and
the bond issues now provide the funds
for the construction Of the roads in
| these states