The Era-leader., 1921-09-15
LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE
:. ,,enings at the State Capitol
Happ 4'p,;ng the Special Session
what Our Represent
atives Are Doing
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Baton Rouge, i7sl oep', IT, I1'-1u ins ieoiE: uds.
q Ivy W dropped into the legISla'
s'l0I nonpsr during the first week
W. 20 a aytrs session, the members
y ,hs ,hs general assembly are due
Q 'a sor1s strenuous times. Far
os oas,ssphing ss in number and i'm
sMp1 a.,snee all other subjects of leg,
!,Iatiou, the highway measures to
sssapy s'sly much Of the time Ulne,an and at at
,sa',aa wsapu Of the special session All
saIs sIs'in have not yet been introduced. !1I d.
Tgo yo complete sets are still to
,a',s ,sp in in-one from Representa-
4 i've i've ]. F. Schell Of st. i, Landry
,ad u'io one from Senator T. l. Dowl-
70 The legislature will have the
q ssst legal advice on the subject Of
,,ad legislation that the 70 federal
gorsrunent ssrs can provide, Governor M
4 Sa,ker has seen to that. He has
,ssured the presence Of L, E. Boy.
tin, in charge Of the legal work t, Of
he @ federal bureau Of Public
4 Roads, Attorney Boykin will aid
4 bs good roads committee OF the
house and senate III so casting
las new highway Legislation that
4 he best possible advantage can
j b obtained from federal aid
q When it is remembered that Louis,
4 lana is planning to spend about
4 s,5OO,0O0 a year in constructing
system Of main market high
4 Tsys the federal aid question be-
COMES highly important matters
The work done by Senator W.
q L. Bagwell, OF the 2oth olstflce III
Z West Carroll parish this year in
lowering the cost of road con-
j struction, will prove a valuable
q aid to the new highway depart
! nsnt. Senator Bagwell succeed
"a in lowering the freight rate on
Interstate shipments of sand and
gravel to points in North Loulsi"
I ana by 81 per cent, This result
1 dina saving of 100000 on 81
I miles of road in West Carroll par
4 ish, or almost $4,000 a mile.
I Senator Bagwell simply wen
4 otter the Interstate Commerce
] Commission and got a ruling tha'
parish roads were government
1 ind that the railroads could MAKE
eoncessions in freight rates t.
4 the parish police jurors. Then III
i vent after the traffic bureaus o
/ Tie railroads and got the conces
sions. Freight rates on sand an
4 Tsyel were reduced from IL an
4 Scents to 5 1924 and 3 IL cent
u per hundred.
N.
4 Every parish in the state cal
4 get the same concession If it ma
4 sBagwell to 60 after it,
4 The highway legislation is Ger
lain to bring on some might
h aiff fights. Differences alread
ne very pronounced oyer the az '(
ninistrative features Of the oil
4 That is whether there will be a d
rector of highways or a state hlgI
way commission of three or more
whether the director or commls
zion will be elective or appolntlv
These points will be the cente
of controversary. Governor Pa
ker is inclined to the director
highways appointed by the GOV
ernor and removable at will
him. He will meet with opposite
on This point in the legislature.
A summary Of important bl
Introduced during the week she
q bank deposit guarantee bill;
anti.gambling bill; antl.race do
bill; women's equal rights Oil
both as to civil rights and poll
cal office; and three subjects
legislative probes, The latter b
seek to have a legislative comm
sion probe the Cumberland re
phone on its rate increase;
New Orleans railway and Ii,
company on utilities fnrnisl
the city; and rents, building sh
age anu Gust of materials.
The severance tax bill is ye
i be introduced. 1t is certain
start fireworks. There is a str,
sentiment from the Northern o
1 lshes to increase the seyera
tax on oil and gas to three
cent, The agreement in the c
1 stitutional convention was 2
per cent, with the parishes sh
q u the amount up to 500, ,00J
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