Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-09-10
LegisIatureis
Now id Session

Baton Rouge, La, Sept. t TIE first
special session of theTLouisiana lcyi..
la;.rc under Governor Parker, ad
mini,tratiou, is under Nyay. The lcoi-
laturc convcucs here today for the rrr
pose Of passing such Enabling act, rs
are necessary to carry into effect the
new contribution, adopted in June.
This special session is unique in that
it is called by the constitutional con.
vention The only limit placed upon it
bv the call is that it shall not be i'm
session more than 70 DAYS The mem
beers received the new ped diem Of $40.
instead of So Among some of the
.'wisc old birds" the added s. per dav
will operate to run the session its full
- DAYS instead of shortening it.
Led by Governor Parker there is a
strong movement on foot to make the
session as short as possible Advocates
of a short session says pass only those
enabling acts as are demanded by the
new constitution and. leave the re-
maindcr of the work for the next regu-
lar session which convenes in Nav.
1922.
ct is my earnest hope" saws GOV.
Parker, THAT the session will be con
fined very largely to Enabling lcgisa.
ton demarded by the new constitu.
ton and will be made as brief as is
consistent with safety. Among the
laws that are imperatisely needed are
Good Roads legislation; new jury
law; a new Bccrd off Health law;
new severance tax law; a law pitting
district attorneys on a salary; new
municipal band law; a new MALTA law;
a law referring to procedure in juvenile
courts; and some appropriation meas
urcs.
If the legislature undertakes to pass
all the legislation required under the
new constitution it will have to run
the legislative grist mill on farmers
working hours. There z plenty of grist
to grind. Important subjects can be
covered such as taxation, good roads,
public Offices, including parochial form,
of government, Judiciary, suffrage and
elections, eduction-botl state and par
ish schools, corporation, municipal and
paroehial affairs, militia, conservation
and agriculture. Those subjects VIII be
ta,ieised al ir- ,hss-sss s-sssaaels.
But 1t will be in special legislation
that the session Is csrtsia TO tangle
ilto some of the higssst scraps ever
Witnessed in the old state house. Old
Legislators a~e predicting that for
Dempsey Carpenter battles this session
is going to win the belt.
There will be special bills offered 70
gs the shouts Of the rent hogs aud
the rent Legislation will be fought by
the organized real estate dealers. There
will be bills offered to probe building
prices, the telephone eompa-
MES and other utilities. There will be
anti-race dope bin, the woman S equal
rights hill and a prohibition enforce
,.lpn, measure. The latter Is designed
10 put the rum runners and bootleggers
and moonsliners out of business,
law enforcement by parish AID
authorities, win federal
agents.
OF the regular programmed measures
TO he passed the good roads and stv-
erancc tax bills will likely cause some
biz fights. The administrative feature
of the good roads bill will be holly
The question will be whath-
err there shall be a state highway com
mission of three or more or one ccni-
missioner. The two cents gallon tax
on gas also will stir up rumphs,
An effort will be made by the motor
lower the tax,
Oil aud gas producing parishes are
expected to make a determined bid for
a good sized slice OF the severance tax
to use for internal improvement I,
parishes, where new eoaet eouses and
new CoGla are sdsciy needed.
At this early stage of the proceedings
it looks as though the session, just
swinging into action, is going to be
full Of excitement unless Old Sol turns
on the heat waves with such terridity
,L,t :, t,kns all the UnenD ont of