Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-03-03
WANTS HOOVER TO
ADDRESS SOLONS
Winchester Senator Offers Reso"
luton Praising Him-Day
In the Legislature
(By Associated Pressl


Hoover to address the general as
sembly. The resolution praises Hoov-
ers diplomacy and tact as member
of the American mission to Belgium
and invites him to deliver an address
ION topics of current interest and
public welfare.
The House today passed a number
of bills including substitute for the
Vance bill placing tax of SOC a gal
Ion on whiskey, the Williamson bill
enables the state to accept the JEFF
ferson Davis Memorial, two Meyers
bills enabling cities and counties to
establish and maintain free public
hbaries and the Smith bill authorizing
circuit judges to change the time of
holding court
In the plan to raise revenue to
build roads the House passed bills i'm
posing tax of one cent gallon on
gasoline and 60 cents a horse power
OF motor vehicles. 1t is estimated that
these bills will raise $2,5O0,OOO an
nually
Bills prepared by the Budget Com
mission were passed. Committee
amendments increased the appropria-
tion as follows: Kentucky State His
torical Society, $4,000 to $4,000; Ken
lucky Children's Home Society for
White Children, $4,000 to $4,000;
Kentucky Home Society for Colored
Children, $4,000 to $4,000; Ken
lucky School for Education of the
Blind, $4,000 to $4,000, and Ken
lucky School for the Deaf, $4,000
to S95,OOO
Representative Duffy sought to cut
the appropriation to the State Board
of Health for salaries and running
expenses from $4,000 to $4,000, but
the amendment was rejected, 81 to 10.
He also sought by amendment to re-
duce the appropriation to the State
Tax Commission for salaries and other
expenses from $4,000 to $4,000, but
the House refused to accept the
amendment.
The House passed the bill of Rep
resentative Van Hoose to incorporate
the Kentucky Historical Society, and
the bill of Representative Hudson to
limit the rent to 10 per cent Of the
assessed valuation of property
The bill Of Senator Marshall to con
solidate offices of County Jailer ant
Sheriff, except in cities of the first
and second classes, was passed.
There was some opposition TO the
bill of Senator Morris, providing for
an educational survey under direction
of the board of five appointed by thc
Governor and appropriating $10002
Senator Marshall amended the bill
providing that the $4,000 should be
paid out of the school fund With
this amendment tho bill was passed
The bill of Senator Perry, to reg
ulate concerns making business o.
disposing of the bodies cf dead ami
mails, was passed without discussion
School Trustees arc exempted from
provisions of the antipass law by pro-
visions of the. bill of Senator Whit
taker, which was passed, 20 to 6.
Senator Rivers bill, making it un-
lawful to permit domestic fowls to
roam at large, passed unanimously,
Under this bill cause of action Is
given to a person whose property is
damaged by chickens and a. lien on
the chickens for the damage.
To punish criminal assault by
hanging in the county where the
crime is committed, was provided in
the bill of Senator Harlan. This bill
was defeated after an extended dc
bate, the Senator being tied, IS to 16.
President Ballard voted no and de-
feated the bill.
The resolution allowing William
Logan to sue the state to collect a
fee for service rendered to the Edu-
cational Department, in the matter of
determining the rights of the common
school fund in distribution of inheri-
tance taxes, ware passed.
The Senate unanimously passed the
resolution in which Lieutenant Gov
ernor Ballard is interested to make q
district out of Frankfort and for the
better cooperation of state and city
officials in conducting the government
of the city.
The first bill considered at the
night session of the Senate was the
measure of Senator Harlan to pre-
scribe the method of collecting in
heritance taxes by requiring a sched.
ule to be filed with the County CLERK
and forbidding the Sheriff to collect
the taxes until the State Tax Commits
sion has investigated the case. The
measure was passed 20 to 0.
Right of eminent domain is giver
to electric power companies undel
the bill of Senator Num- which wa