The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-26
Many Efforts to Amend the Bill
But None Was Sue
cessful.
TEXT BOOK COMMISSION
BILL ALSO is PASSED
Appropriation for Meeting the
Smith-Hughes Fund
Carries.
(By JOHN c. TRICEl

TALLAHASSEE, May 25-at 1895
o'clock tonight the riparian rights bill.
known as the Butler Lindsey bill pass
ed the house, by a vote of so to Is.
Though nearly a dozen efforts were
made to amend the bill none of them
were successful and the house passed
it just as it came from the senate. The
bill now goes to the governor.
AT the opening of the afternoon ses-
sion of the house of representative Mr..
Harris of Pinnelas county showed his
ability to read the minds of men by
moving that all the members who de-
sire to remove their coats be permitted
to do SO. Before the motion could be
put by the speaker there was a rush
to get coats off. OF course the motion
was adopted. With fans tabooed on
account Of the noise, no one had the
heart to vote against it, even if they
did not want to divest themselves of
their coats.
The senate text book commission bill
was taen up on second reading. Mr.
Croft6n of Washington county offered
to amend the bill by striking out five,
and inserting ten, wherever it appeared
in the bill, as applied to the number
of years contracts with the book ma
kers is to run. The amendment was
adopted. After some minor amend
ments the bill was advanced to third
reading and passed.
On the suggestion of Mr.. Sans Of
Volusia county, the house took up the
consideration of senate bills which had
been made special orders on the calen-
dag of the house. The first to come
UP under this order was senate bill
s165 by Senator Weaver, providing for
meeting the Smith Hughes fund. The
bill carries an appropria tion of $42, ,787,
available on the first of July of the
present year, for vocational training
and SAT- for the same purpose, avail
able on the first day of July, 1922. 1t
was advanced to third reading and
passed
Then the advocates of the workmen
compensation bill broke in with a mo-
tlon to make it a special order for
Monday The motion was made by Mr.
Riddles of Holmes county, and the
house refused to adopt it.
= Mr.. Stokes, of Washington county,
however, got the house to make a spec
ial order for Friday afternoon of
large number of claim bills. There's a
large number of these claims, ranging
from few dollars up to well into the
thousands in some of them. They
We're all set for o'clock Friday af-
ternoon, and being very short, will per-
haps very nearly all, if not all, get
hearing
Senate bill 115, relating to comprom-
Use and settlement of claims by or
against minors, lunatics or decedents
was passed without discussion and
without an opposing vote.
Senate bill 42S, providing for the
transfer Of county judges from one
county to another for the trial of cases
under certain circumstances, the same
as circuit judges are now transferred
from one circuit to another, was pass
ed. Also the house passed the senate
Dill 1S9, relating to insurance by the
state insurance fund. 1t provides that
the insurance commissioner shall have
remedied conditions to state buildings
when such conditions become fire
menace to the property.
1t also passed the senate bin 191, re-
pealing the law relating to the salary
of the chief clerk in treasurers office.
1t like passed senate bill Sd, author
izing the Secretary of State to furnish
an extra copy of the revised statutes
Of Florida, the acts of 1919 and all fu-
ture acts of the legislatures to the At
torney General.