Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-10-22
Legislators Are
Hard at Work

Surcial to the Progress:
Baton Rouge. Oct. 1.-The legs"
turc has been in extra ord'nlr! S''Sl"h
for 10 days.
Il costs the taxpayers Of tn state
-, 666.6o r day. To date i"lH ezra
session Ia, cost Sl06, 666.40. In ~ ~
DAYS only seven acts have been finally
PASSED and certified to secretary "i
State BAILEY. OF these seven acts "hiN
ono IS - general state Importance
THAT = tIn bill bv Representative
MoySc. of Baton Rouge, creating gov
.rnug h,dv If - fer the greater az
ri.ultural aud mechanical college. The
remaining acts are of rilnor import
anrr. Our is the Wciumann bill max
ingArmisticc nay legal Holiday. 1t
becomes effective November this year.
Two others are part of the state bank
my department group of bills, nitro
,Flccd Lv Representative Common, OF
Coucordia. one Of these makes II
felony for q bank official to make false
entries 10 deceive n bank examiner; the
other hits at federal reserve gent for
Publishing, ion uon-pavmcut, checks az
Which full tender has been offered, but
ON which the exchange rate has been
deducted under the state law.
The list of seven acts includes one
concurrent resolution pctitioninE the
federal government to help the state in
the destruction of the water hyacinth,
clngging navigablc stream.
There YOU have the complete result
of the special session when it closed is
sixth week on Friday noon ana al
iourned 10 Monday evening.
There has been introduced into the
house at the close on the sixth week
20J bills; in the senate 81. The differ
cnce between the total of 260 bills i'll
trodurcd in the two branches of the
legislature and the rambler Of bills fin.
ally passed tells the story Of lc@iElali n
clogged in committees. There are only
four bills on the senate calcuGar, and
10 OH the house calendar FOR final pas
sage on Monday night.
OF these % bills none are of major
Importance. The point in reciting these
statistics is 10 show that none of the
vital major measures, for which the
extra session was called, have been far
enough advanced OH the legislature
WAYS TO insure an adjournment of the
legislature at the end of sixty DAYS. II
is not divulging any administration
secret to say that it was hoped 70 put
through the states revenue bills, the
good roads bill and perhaps one or two
other really important measures and
then adjourn before the expiration of
the 10 days for which this session was
called.
The legislature hasn't really started
consideration on the most important
measure it will be called upon to pass
at this session. That Is the highway
bill. The highway bills have been in
the hands of subcommittee in the
house and senate.
How far this session will 20 Oh IN
changing the present severance tax law
from two per cent on natural resources
to 2l2 or , per cent, II yet to be deter
mined. There is still difference o.
opinion between Lawyers on the ques-
tion. Sidney Herold Of Shreveport,
member of the Constitutional Conven.
tion and other prominent North LOuisi
ans, have conferred with Gov. Parker
during the week. They are unitedly of
the opinion that the tax articles in the
new constitution clearly give the state
the right to levy a severance tax with
out limitation,
The house BY vote Of }? to Is tllcd
the Svlvest bill, making II rntional
with the parishes to enforce the .attle
dipping law. Opponents IF thi, bill
argued that its passage woGlG nullify
the state cattle tick law. Another Syl
vest bill appropriating $1,000 for d
librarian for the library commission
was ruthlpsslv slaughtered
Much of the legislation to come is "a
be written by subcommittee. The
housing legislation recommended by
Morgan d, Hite is to be re written by
subcommittee If three composed of
Burgess of DeSota, Higgins OF Jefferson
and Jones of East Baton Rouge. Like
wise the Myer Depacli bills tcotganiz
, ing the New Orleans fire department, on
a two paltoon bsis is TO be Jeff 20 A
senate subcommittee headrd b. Sena
/ tor Prowell, and composed Of Senator.
| Davey and Delos r. Johnson.
The manufacturers tax OH sugar mills
is to be adjusted during the coming
| week and a senarate sect N written i,
which mills grinding theI. own cane
will he exempt from the license tax
! but must pay 80 cents per 81 900 on
business done outside Of iniividual
production and grinding. Othrr Ii
censeS remain as they were 81. 30 rei
, 81 200.