The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-31
MANY CLAIM BILLS
PASSED BY HOUSE
r. Cox, Former State Health Officer
70 Get $6,135 Back Salary
BY JOHN c. TRIcE)

TAl4LAtASSGE, May own SiSe-
ne again at o'clock this afternoon
be House resumed the consideration
y claim bills. and passed all of them
Except the bill appropriating three
thousand dollars to reimburse the
,oung ladies who were occupying East
hall at the Florida State college for
women when it was burned. Attention
WAS called to the fact that to pass
This bill would require SO votes, so or
hem were obtained while only fifteen
voted against it, yet the speaker de-
,lared 1t failed to pass.
Mr.. Stokes of Washington, who had
the claim bills in charge moved to re-
consider the vote and to permit the
reconsideration to go over until flu
lure day. Attention was called to the
fact that he voted with the losing side
and had not changed before the an
nJuncement of the vote, which barred
him from making the motion. Mr..
Edge of Lake who had voted against
the bill said he would make it and it
went on the journal, no one Directing
day.
The first bill taken up at the after
noon session was senate bill 354 MAX
ing an appropriation to cover the de-
ficiency in the salaries of the squad
ron. The sum of $500 was asked for
this purpose, 1t being stated that these
people had been working for about
five months without the payment Of
their salaries on account OF the appro-
priation being exhausted the bill pass
ed % to IS.
Senate bill 219, for the relief of the
Pepper Printing Company of Gaines
vile. came in for some opposition, but
was finally passed 32 to 10. It car
ried an appropriation of $394.99 for an
unpaid bill at the experiment sta :
ton at the University of Florida.
DIR. Cox, former state health officer
who was removd by Governor Cats
was made happy by the passage of the
mousse bill 526, by Mr.. Staurt of Hills
borough. appropriating s6,135.00 to pay
him salary he would have earned had
he not been removed
Mr. Stuart's house bill $50. for the
relief OF the heirs of w. w. Wall, re-
curing good deal of explaining be-
fore the members of the house would
agree to let it go to a final vote but
Mr.. Stuart finally made it clear to a
good majority of them that 1t was a
just bill, and 1t was passed 80 to 10,
At the suggestion of Mr.. Stuart the in
terest was cut from to A per cent
Principal and interest run this claim
up to $500.
House bill TIT by Mr.. Wade for loss
sustained in taking the agricultural
and manufacturing census of Poll,
county, failed to get the two thirds
vote necessary to pass it. -.
Mr.. Fowler's house bill $50, for the
relief of the occupants OF east hall was
the next claim considered. Several
strong pleas were made for it's pas
sage, both on the ground that the
young ladies' occupying this hall were
IN the main poor girls working their
way through college, and on the
ground that the state had been negli-
gent In not providing ample fire pro
lection for the building. Two more
votes would have passed it. 1t viii
have another go. being saved by q
motion to reconsider.
Gadsden county got by with a relief
oil. that will swell her excheouer
Economizing to the exclusion of EN-
ploying an attorney, for several years
mat county paid the Jurors in the
county court without knowing that the
state would pay them. Now they are
applying to have the money returned
ny relief bill. 1t passed the house
SO to Q.
This completing all the claim bill.
on the calendar, the next thing to de.
mand the attention of the house was 8
bunch OF pension bills. Pensions were
granted TO the following persons. I,
>. wood or Sopchoppy; Rev. Davit
tioit OF Jacksonville; Wiley Blackwell.
der of st. Augustine.
House bill 104, by Mr.. Stuart n
Hillsborough passed, providing for III,
return of certain taxes paid bv Jobr
w. Blount for the year 1919, amountins
TO $57.92.