Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-11-12
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Special to the Progress:

! Tor close al ttulloA " OuSbAN'o ~ 49,
general assembly, III speciai session, Is
emphasized this week D| the rev ud|s
, let in which tins special session can
! operate ana the congested condition Ot
tie calendar. The house had a total
OF 3, bills subject to call when II con-
! yeEed Tor the tenth week. Among the
important bills up for final passage Ill
the louise are the $4,000 probe o1 the
Cumberland Telephone; the license tax
fUr motor vehicles, inheritance tax,
gcnerdI registration bill and the recall
. measure.
/ Tie registration bill is fixed as
.Leclai order Tor tuesday. In addition
- tne,e bi!ls there are number Oh
minor measures ciogging the calendar
Uuiess the special session shows some
Speed there will be many bills left to
die on the calendar when the session ad'
Joulns Oh Nov. 10th.
Bins passed oy the hous, and sent 10
the seAa.e daring the WEE. ine'di' ne
SEVERANCE ia, ewing - Per cent on
3 AN "a. auJ oar-IItn o. tn.J anl"u"v
:, ,J,yJs r. "a ~. iShcs ,Jpucl Z
r.. .rs, tte =, cane r.s,
.Le,.-.. ttc prcsCaI .., e5a--, - ia'''
. ..,..-r SaA Oa dr2... .hs, the
.-,--.,yyo a,pr0prIatIo-l OIL Tor
~. e..aI-g June 50, l9zI'
Id .....- t tuA 10 StllI 70 DC
-.... an a., me house; the Dymund
OIL, relative 10 uraiAage; Tobin mothers
pensluu OIL, the tercz bill investing III
TIE New Orleans city council the rate
making powers
O.her bills passed by the house in
cIuuy tAese: Aiggin, creating free
nyloyMaHt Office III the state depart
m-iie If labor; by JordOn, Penallzlng
.eo,.le Tor placing distractions i'll pub
nc highways; by Barret, organizing tLe
criminal district court Of New Orleansl
- Conavr, regulating the loans make
~ banks; ~ IhibOueauX, 10 prohibit
.ue sale IT toy cap pistols; by Harmon,
fixing the state levleS OF municipalities
by Jones to Impose license fee on
public dtIlitless to provide fund for
Investigations by the state service cont
MISSION; by Smith, imOosing Ohe'ceht
tax on gasoline to raise revenue fnr the
state highway fund,
! A number of important bills ait on
J the house calendaf subject to call These
! include. the eWinmann anti-rler track
dope bill the Burgess bill giving NUM-
eipalities the riglt to anticipate IeVen'
ues; Heinin s bill creating state board
of charities and corrections; Abel : bill
to repeal the Realty Board act Of 1926
the Ia mer recall bill to provide Cor the
: recall OF public officials except Judges
the DoUg as lieu tex bill providing that
: oil and ga lands shall not be taxed o.
8 enhanced value but that the land oNnrl
Z can pa a roIalty license tax; Jones
8 bill p."venting dual office holding
9 Hunter bill to require railroads y
= post II ices OF live stock killed; AOrl
= bill to require inspection Of fruits AM
: vegetan.es shipped out of the state
) Cox's ! III to prevent the Ne" 0rlcaa
/ commits ion from declaring -. ''aal q
. street a he way street, and restricting
: the police power, Of the clty; tie Tau
: ner bill ,.ef..iIg he ;cNriict,Dl Of III
Shrevep' It city court; the four w''mgn
rights i'll. re up for passage i'll tn
: house.
With the house clearing Itself of il
calendar of Bills during the lsst wee
+ tine chief interest will center ~ th
= seI.ate during the tenth week, wlei
the revenue bills; severance IA Xmca
uIe, appropriation bills az highwa
bIIs are up tor final cOnsiierV;: on,
Inc SENATE HignNNN luO
E up the highway bill during the wee
{. aAd split even ON the question of ri
: ug the 76 routes, described by Il
: house. into the senate bilh The vo
q stood to 6 to strike out tle rout
p Delegations from various parishes Il
pe.is,, before the committee during Il
week in advocacy or opposition 20 Il
route writing proposition.
= Governor Parker left the state capt.
! OIL Sunday night for Washington
serve on the advisory board of the d
4 ..rI.lalle..t conference. He was tender
the appointment By President War;
!. &, Harding last Tuesday and accept'
de is the only Governor nOmed on
advisory board, of p and the OF
Southernor except |. 5. Senator osC
Underwood of Alabama, wIo Is nam
on the disarmament commission, I
apgOintment of Governor Parker is
most signal honor a Southern state
81 'eceived in this all important conferer
he conference will likely last from
!. . 80 days.
!, 4 .iant Governor Hewitt Bou
- r1ut "-Ii serve the state as acti
= q governor during the governor S absen
stare Senator Delos Il. Johnson.
Washington, Will preside over the S
ate during tie closing days, He
( d resident protein and succeeds
lieutenant governor when the latter
:alled to act as governor.
1t vii! be dp to Bouanchaud to p
y all bills finally enacted, He u
rave the duty of vetOing "A 3 per c
X severance tax if that hill Is 50 amen
III tle senate, a fight for 3-psr .
3 AK will be male in the upper be
\ While this increased tax is being foa
IL the senate jules DreyfuS, chair
I the house ways and means commit
Y il pat III fight 10 reinse.t the II
nH :acturers tax in the general lice
ill. The manufacturers tax viii /
lBut 100000 annual "Cnles
q 3 manufacturers license tax Is passe
avs Trey fus, 1.-The safe will hav,
levy an income TAX
friends of the puzzle school sys
s. dcceeded in having $4,000 of ths
~ eritanee set asile for tle public SC
~ 'u.d. Originally the entire inherit;
AK was paid to the school fund.
new revenue bill 0iverts it TO the
& rel fund.
~ The difference in price per G;