Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-03-04
BALLARD'S BILL
BEATEN IN HOUSE
Altho Body Is Republican 1t Re-
fuses To Abolish Office OF
Jury Fund Trustee

ucIeaCed IN the House. Gov. MOrrOW
had named this as an useless office
and although the House is over
whelmingly republican, it refus-
ed to abolish the office and beat Mr.
Rallard's bill Wednesday,
In telling of the legislative work
at Frankfort Representative Ballard
writes the Daily Register that last
week two very important bills, (as
affect our county of Majiison) passed
and with the exception of a few
minor amendment are now ready for
the signature of the governor. THESE
bills are commonly known as the
"Road Bill" and the County Board
of Education Bill".
Under this road bill, Richmond is
named as one of the construction
centers with five highways leading
out over the county the same to be
constructed and maintained by the
state.
Mr. Ballard is responsible for this
fifth one for he offered an amend
ment which added the last project to
the bill, leading from Nichalosville to
Richmond via Valley View.
The other bill proposes to elect five
members for the Board Of Education
from the county at large, who shall
appoint a county superintendent. 1t
also proposes a local tax for schools
fixing the minimum at % cents and
the maximum at so cents on each
$100 worth Of taxable property. In
order to protect the tax payers of the
richer counties Ballard proposed to
cut the minimum tax rate and offered
an amendment to this effect but it
was defeated.
Wednesday in Legislature
Resolutions inviting W. ]. Bryan
and Herbert c. Hoover to address the
General Assembly were passed.
A resolution of Senator Nuna, re-
questing Governor Edwin P. Morrow
to appoint commission to lnvesti-
Resolutions inviting w. ]. Bryan
and Herbert G.. Hoover to address the
General Assembly were passed.
A resolution of Senator Mum, re-
questing Governor Edwin P. Morrow
to appoint a commission to investi
gate the car and coal shortages and
to take steps to remedy the situa
ton passed unanimously.
The bill introduced by Senator
Auxier, requiring the County Tax
Commissioner to visit precincts out
side of the county seat in making
assessments. 1t passed the Senate
by a vote Of % to 10.
The Senate passed without discus
sion, the bill Of Senator Atwood, pro-
viding for the establishment of farm
bureaus.
The bill of Senator Hon. to regulate
the construction of dwellings in the
cities of Kentucky, was amended to
limit its application to cities of the
first-class and then passed.
Two blue sky measures, one spon-
sored by Senator Miller and the other
by Senator Marshall, regulating the
sale of stock in Investment companies
when such stock is offered to the
public, next were considered by the
Senate, and after some discussion the
bill of Senator Marshall was substi-
tuted for the bill of Senator Miller
and was passed by a vote of 81 to O..
The bill of Representative Vance to
impose license tax of fifty cents on
each gallon of whiskey in bonded
warehouses was passed 50 to 0.
Representative Williamson's bill to
permit the state to take over Jeffer-
son Davis Memorial and Park at Fair
view, in Christian county, passed 69
to 0.
Two bills introduced by Representa-
tive Meyers, of Covington, providing
for the establishment and maintenance
of public Libraries in cities of the
second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth
class and for the establishment and
maintenance Of county Libraries were
passed.
Natural gas companies, telephone
and telegraph companies, steamboat
companies are placed under the juris-
diction of the State Railroad Com
mission, by the provisions of the bill
of Representative Lazarus, which
passed 81 to /. An amendment Of
fered by Representative Mclean was
adopted, making it compulsory fol
telephone companies to transmit mes
sages.
The resolution of Representative
Lazarus to appropriate $3.50 for the
benefit OF the ministers who have
>opened the sessions with prayer, was
passed unanimously.
By a vote of Sc to 1 the House
passed the bill of Representative Laz-
arus to require the clerk of Frank
lin Circuit Court to keep a rule and
motion docket for state fiscal cases
The master and servant and the