The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-08
FIRST COUNTY
DIVISION BILL
HNTRODUCED
Would Form New County Out
of South End of Lafayette
to Be Called Dixie"
BILL TO WIPE OUT
DEBT OF THE STATE
Senator Weaver Introduces One
Carrying Out Governors
Recommendation.
(By John c, Trice)

TALLAHASSEE. Fla, April Two
first time" occurrences marked the
session of the senate Thursday. They
were the first bill to split a county and
the first executive session of the years
work. The executive session was to
handle the message from the governor
notifying the senate of the suspension
from the office made during the two
year period. Governor Cats reached
the firing" stage no less than 10
times, it appeared, and the list pre-
sented did not include the added names
who were put back on the pay roll
after their suspension therefrom.
Senator Weaver of Perry put in the
first county division bill of the ses-
sion. It is for the county of Dixie and
it is to be out of the south end of La
fayette county. Cross Town is to be
the temporary county seat and it is
said to be possible that later Eugene
or Old Town will be cOntenders
Friends of Dixie county claim for it
that this territory now pays three
f1fths of the taxes of Lafayette county
and gets but two-f -fifths of the repre-
sentation. It is. also claimed that form
ing this county will insure the COM
pletion of the Old Spanish Trail and
the West Coast highway, in which
counties both north and south of La
fayette are Interested Lafayette has
not built its part of the road though a
special road and bridge district in
the south end of the county bonded for
money some years ago.
The rules of the 1919 session were
adopted on motion of Senator John
son, who explained that the chief
changes are in calling the old COM
mittee on railroads, canals and tele-
graphs, the committee on public utiIi-
ties. 1t was also ordered that $50
copies of the rules should be printed.
The committee on constitutional
amendments, which sat Wednesday
night reported favorably on the prop
osition to give the Duval circuit two
judges and reported without recon-
mendation the plan of Senator Lindsay
to allow sub-schoo1 districts to in
crease their bond issue from mills
to 10 mills. Both matters need amend
ment of the constitution.
Senator Wells introduced a resoIu-
ton instructing the secretary of state
to furnish copies of the statutes for
the use of members during the ses-
sion.
Senator Mapoles put in a reso1u-
tiOn in which he recited the fact that
he was a little too late to be sworn
in with the rest of the new senators
on the opening day and that he had
heard there was to be an effort 10
dock him one days salary. His reso-
luton expressed the idea that he was
willing to stand the cut and would
devote it to the rural schools of his
district, but he proposed that every
other member should be docked in
the same fashion for the opening
days work, Bill asserting it as his be-
lief that no other member worked
more than fifteen minutes on the open
ing day. If paid on the basis of IS
minutes worked out of an eight hour
day, Bill figured that this would mean
a tidy sum for the schools. President
MacWilliams ruled that the resolu-
tion was out of order
Among the bills introduced was one
by Senator Weaver for putting into eff
feet the recommendation of the gov
ernor for wiping out the state debt.
Briefly it Gals for a sinking fund com
mission and proposes that the states
daily bank balances shall be turned into
this sinking fund. AS the fund grows
it will be used to buy approved securI- !
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