The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-11
GOSSIP AT THE
STATE CAPITAL
(BX JOHN c. TRICEl

members of the legislature and at
taches of both houses was signed Fri
day morning and sent to the governor
for his approval 1t was the first bill
passed at this session, and there re-
mains little doubt in the minds of those
present that there was a real necessity
for the early passage of the bill. When
the speaker of the house announced
that he was about to sign it there was
quite a hand-clapping in certain sec
tions of the house-and some others
looked glad.
Representative Stuart Of Hnlsbor-
ough county has bill before that body
providing for the esta blishment of civil
courts of record in counties of 100000
population and over. The bill, if 1t
becomes law, automatically becomes
operative in all counties which here
after get into the 100000 class.
Representative Scharcschwerdt Chat
name is not a pi line) who represents
Okeechobee county, Is a young man OF
pleasing appearance and promises to
be q valuable man in the house, but
his name is a thorn in the flesh to the
reading clerks. When they strike 1t
they hesitate slightly and then spit it
out like ii was about to choke them
Representative Busto OF Monroe
county has before the house a bill pro-
viding for bonus 10 eX-service men, |
a gentleman, commenting on it today, |
said: "Busto must want the state to
go bust-o--"
The Pensacola members are very
frank. TO say the least. They asked
at Fridays session to be excused from
further attendance upon the sessions
of the house unit! next Wednesday on
account of a heated political campaign |
now IN progress ~ the city of Pensa- |
cola.
The gentleman from Columbia coun- |
ty is going 20 introduce some legisla- |
ton in the house next week that will |
make some folks sit up and take no.
tice, whether it will be with a wreath |
of roses to crown him as a benefactor
is not being stated here. He Is au-
thority for the statement that he will
introduce a bill to remove the property
disqualification from. the pension act. |
He says this will not necessitate an
increase in the pension levy, because
of the fact that so many of the old
veterans have recently died.
The Columbia county statesman will
also introduce a bill providing for the
semi annual payment of taxes. His !
idea is to require the payment of half
the taxes say about the first Of Feb
ruary and the other half toward the
close of the tax year or just in time
for the collector to make final settle
ment for the year. It is his idea that
all taxpayers be allowed to pay in full
during the first half of the tax wear. !
and if they do to allow them Il small
discount.
Representative Davis of Leon coun-
ty carries the championship for the
number of new bills introduced by one
member in a single day. This not only |
applies to this session, but to all those |
that have passed into history. The |
first day the house called the roll for
the Introduction of new bills he sent
TO the desk nearly half a hundred.
The golf club and the country club. !
the latter out at beautiful Lake Brad !
ford. have been thrown open to the /
members of the legisla ture Those who |
live too far away to go home for the |
weekend will not therefore of neces- |
sity suffer for lack of entertainment. |
Gum. of Levy county, has been inocu- |
lated with the honor system" at the /
state prison farm. put into effect by for /
mer Senator Bitch who also halls from /
Levy county. Mr.. Gum is said to have +
expressed himself very freely on this
subject at meeting of the committee /
on game and fisheries. Instead Of game
warden, Mr.. Gum would extend the
honor system so as to include those who
hunt, requiring each to subscribe to an
oath not to kill game out of season.
The idea has the characteristic of being
novel, to say the least.
Joe Gray, an employ of the capitol
building, was the victim of the law
which whiskev was found. He purchas-
ed one of these cars so taken.s 1t was
taken away from him by
the courts and that action upheld by the
court. There is relief bill
now before the legislature authorizing
the commissioners of Leon county to re-
fund the purchase money paid by him
for The car.
There has been a number of similar
cases, which gives rise to & growing SEN
timent here to pass a general statute
that in all cases where money