The St. Mary banner., 1921-10-15
SENATE ADOPTS ENFORCEMENT
MEASURE, WHILE HOUSE
WANTS BAN RAISED.
VOTE CLOSE IN The SENATE
Amendment FaiIs-Houee Votes 81 To
27 To Memorialize Congress To
Allow Light Wines and Beer
To Be Sold.

tion bill to make it possible to prose
cute violators Of the dry law in the
state courts. Then, by vote Of rs to
10, 1t adopted the Prowell resolution
to memorabilia Congress to modify the
Volstead Act to permit the sale OF
beer and light wines.
There was debate only upon one
point. This was on tine effort of Sena.
tor V. J. Smith o. New iberia &c
suspend the rules for the considera
ton of an amendment allowing a per
son to transport legally acquired bev'
erages for personal consumption. This
motion failed despite Of % yeas to II
nays, the rules requiring vote OF
twothirds to suspend the rule<
Shortly after the lenatJ had acted
on the Hood bill and the Proweu reso-
luton the House became involved In
q debate over the liquor question.
Mr.. Barrett>of the Third Ward, New
Orleans, calhea " his concurrent reso
luton to memsjalze Congress tC
modify the Volstead ace oy permitting
the sale of light wire and beer. In
moving it's adoption Mr.. BTex Con,
tended that it woul furnish q means
for putting the booFIegser out OF bust
ness. The resolution was adopted on
0 roll call, yeas 81. nays ".
Development OF warehouse
system which will enable farmers
20 store their products at rea'
sonabls cost, ascertain the quality OF
farm products. and market them to the
best advantage of producer and con.
sumer is the purpose Of bill intro
duced in the House by Representative
Ferd G. Claiborne Of Pointe Coupee
The bill would create state ware,
house commission OF seven members
20 be composed Of the commissioner
of agriculture directors Of extension
of the State University and Agricul,
tura College and five men to be ap
pointed by the governor with interlap'
ping terms. Members Of the commits
sion would serve without pay except q
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 farmers
Is proposed in bill introduced in the
House by Ferd c. Claiborne OF Pointe
Coupee. The penalty to be imposed
would be a term in the penitentfary
The bill declares that "any 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
oe profit who shall knowingly or will.
fully make q false account or return
of the sale thereof shall be deemed
guilty Of . crime under the provisions
Of the act''
The Dreyfus bill to prohibit tipping
In hotels and restaurants was recon-.
nitted to the health and quarantine
committee.
J.
The Reilly bill to substitute electro.
eution for hanging condemned crimi
halls was recomnlitred to the peniten
tiary committee.
A bill to permit the sale Of bonds
authorized prior to July /. 1921, at
less than par and accrued interest was
introduced In the House by Mr.. Smith
Of vermilion. The purpose is % per
NIT the floating Of bonds for which
there has been no market on account
OF financial conditions.
4 A resolution by Mr. Browne OF Cad
do to enforce the provision in the
constitution to limit the Introduction
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
stiution would 60 into the general
fund instead of the school fund as was
the caee under the old constitution
according to the terms Of bill nearly
ready for introduction In the Legis.
1ature.
Governor Parker sent q 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
turs.