Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-03-17
THE LEGISLATURE
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requiring schedule of vendor to be
furnished; Senator Mum, to permit
administrator de bonis non to sue adj
or executor; Senator
Brock, to require Clerk of Court of
Appeals to make monthly report of
collections to State Auditor and to
provide for employees in his depart
ment out of general expense fund;
Senator Rives, to require county to
contribute to street improvements
where county property abuts on
street; Senator Demumbrun, to regu-
late modification of judgements after
term.
Representative Harry ]. Meyers, of
Covington, a Democrat, was elected
Speaker of the House for one session.
This action was taken because of the
illness of Speaker Bosworth. The
motion to make Representative
Meyers Speaker was made by Rep
resentative Wash, a Republican and
his election was made possible by the
Republican members of the House 1t
is an unusual procedure for Repub-
lican majority to select a Democrat
as Speaker.
The House concurred in the Senate
amendment to the bill of Representa-
tive Williamson providing for tax of
40 cents for the state, Is cents for the
county and Is cents for the city on I'M
manufactured agricultural products
stored and held for manufacture.
The House refused to concur in
amendments of the Senate imposing
$40 tax on drug stores selling patent
medicines and $10O tax on undertake
ers, but did concur in all the other
amendment to the omnibus licenses
tax bill, including the $3.50 tax on
persons, firms and corporations doing
a loaning business and So on persons
selling ice cream or soft drinks.
The Senate amendment to the House
bill increasing fees for jailors to 81
per day per prisoner were concurred
in by the House.
Consideration of the Brock anti
trust bill occasioned a flood of ora
cory. Asserting that the bill was
aimed at Tobacco Trust, Representa-
tive Vance led the fight for the bill.
He insisted that it had teeth, but Rep
resentatives Kelly and HUMPHREYS,
both from larga tobacco producing
districts, opposed the bill. The debate
was concluded by Representative
WEIGH. The bill was passed, So to IS.
Representative Vance offered a res
olution giving to Governor Morrow au-
thofity to appoint two Commissioners
and the House and Senate one Com
missioner each, they to select fifth
to investigate activities of the To-
bacco Trust. The resolution was
lpassed, 81 to 1. It carries an appro.
lpriationl of $4,000, and gives to the
commission the right to subpoena
witnesses and to take evidence 'oe
n The House passed the following
bills; Senator Davis, providing that
the Circuit Judge may sign the bill OF
| exceptions in proceedings held under
his predecessor; Senator Brock, tt
lprovide that the annual and biennia
reports of state departments shall
be made only on the order of the
State Printing Commission; Senator
Brock; to prohibit trusts, pools, con.
spiracies and combination; Senator
Mum, to provide for adoption of the
commission form of government by
counties; Senator Brock, to designate
the dates between which it is Lawful
to kill game birds and animals ano
the bag limit; Senator Watts, to re
peal the $1,000 salary limit ON en-
ployees of the Board of Public Works
The Senate tabled the Neel bill
levying a $40 license tax on foreign
corporations operating in Kentucky
on motion of Senator Harlan.
| Bills passed at the night session in
cluded: The Pryse bill, increasing
from $500 to $500 the fee paid t.
State Treasurer out of insurance pre-
MUM tax; Waggoner bill, allowin,
fifth and sixth class cities, to adop
commission government; Shannon bill
requiring hotels to post rates i
roms; McLellen bill, appropriatin
$4,000 for the negro Red Cross.
The Senate receded from its amend
ment to the occupational tax bill
taxing drugstores $40 and undertaken
$500, after the House had refused t
| concur.