The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-10-08
PROHIBITION BILLS
IN BOTH HOUSES
SENATE ADOPTS ENFORCEMENT
MEASURE, WHILE HOUSE
WANTS BAN RAISED.
VOTE CLOSE IN The SENATE
Amendment FaiIs-House Votes 81 Tc
II To MemoriaIixe Congress To
Allow Light Wines and Beer
To Be Sold.

Baton Rouge.-The Senate by vote
OF % to 1S passed the Hood prolibi
ton bill to make it possible to prose
cute violators Of the dry law in the
state courts Then. by vote Of 26 to
10. II adopted the Prowell resolution
to memorabilia Congress to modify the
VoIstead Act to permit the sale 81
beer and light wines.
There was debate only upon one
point This was on the effort Of Sena-
tor v. J. Smith o. New Iberia &c
suspend the rules for the consldera
tion OF an amendment allowing per
son to transport legally acquired bev'
erages for personal consumptiol. This
motion failed despite OF % yeas to II
nays. the rule requiring 2 vote oil
two-thirds to suspend the rule.
Shortly after The , enatJ had acted
on the Hood bill and t"e Proweu reso'
luton the House became invol"ed IN
n debate over TIL liquor question.
Mr.. Barrett of the Third Ward. New
Orleans. calico ~ his concurrent reso
luton TO memo ialize Congress &c
modify the Volste91 oct by permitting
the sale of light wira AID beer. In
moving its adSptior ar. BrseH con.
tended that 1t woui furnish means
for putting the boo egger out OF busi
ness. The resoluhJ IN was adopted Oh
q roll call, yeas 81. nays u.
Development or a warehouse
system which will enable farmers
to store their products at rea
sonable cost, ascertain the quality OF
farm products, and market them to the
best advantage of producer and con
sumner Ia the purpose of bill intro
duced in the House by Representative
Ferd G.. Claiborne OF Pointe Coupes
The bill would create state ware
house commission of seven members
to be composed OF the commissioner
of agriculture. directors Of extension
OF the State University and Agricul
tural College and Ave men to be ap
pointed by the governor with interlap
ping terms. Members Of the commits
sion would serve without pay except
per diem OF SO per day and actual trav
cling and living expenses while In at
tendance on meetings.
Punishment Of dishonest commits
sion merchants who defraud farmere
is proposed in bill introduced in the
House by Ferd G. Claiborne Of Pointe
Coupee. The penalty to be imposed
would be a term in the penitentiary
The bill declares that amy person
Arm. corporation. partnership or the
Individual members thereof, engaged
in the handling and sale OF any farm
or dairy product on or for commission
or profit who shall knowingly or will
fully make false account or rBturn
Of the sale thereof shall be deemed
guilty Of a crime under the provisions
Of the act"
The Dreyfus bill to prohibit tipping
in hotels and restaurants was recon
mitted to the health and quarantine
committee.
The Reilly bill to substitute electro
cution for hanging condemned crimi
nails was recommitIed to the peniten
tiary committee.
A bill to permit the sale OF bonds
! authorized prior to July j.. 1921, al
less than par and accrued interest was
! introduced In the House by Mr. Smith
of vermilion. The purpose Is to per
nit the floating Of bonds for which
J there has been no market on account
of financial conditions.
A resolution by Mr. Browne OF Cad
do to enforce the provision in the
of bills to the first thirty days Of the
! session was adopted in the Senate by
an unanimous vote.
Inheritance taxes that will be Levied
under the provisions Of the new con
stitution would go into the genera.
fund instead Of the school fund as was
the case under the old constitution
according to the terms Of bill nearly
ready for introduction in the Legis
lature.
Governor Parker sent message &c
the House announcing that he had
signed the Weinmann bill to appro
pirate 100000 to defray the expenses
OF the extra session OF the Legisla
ture.
Mrs w. s. Holmes Of Baton Rouge
who Is urging the Legislature to pass
the Tobin bill providing for mothers
pensions, proposed that the lawmak.
ers impose a tax on unmarried per
sons over 30 years of age for the pur.
pose of raising fund to carry out the
provisions of the act.
Complete revision of the registra
tion laws of the state so as to con.
form to the new constitution is GOV.
cred in a Dill introduced in the House
by G. l.. Chappius OF Acadia.
Another tick law fight was started
In the House by Mr.. Sylvest Of Wash
ington, who introduced bill that pro
poses to make the question OF the
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