Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-03-15

II house bills now pending III tue
upper branch are in such a jam
| as To make their enactment i'm
probable, il not impossible, in
the few hours remaining Of the
F! session.
! In Tuesdays senate session the
! Joint rate bill. introduced by Ira
! ID. Smith, and which passed the
house & TO 2. was victorious,
/ without amendment, p To ;. This
Is a variation OF the wcll-known
Finn bill' which has been op-
posed strongly by the railroads,
and provides for joint rail and
water rates TO points OF dcStina-
tiou under control Of the state
railroad commission.
When the house passed the
Hall bill. to complete the lei
icrson Davis monument. in Todd
county. il was the occasion Tor.
some beautiful tributes To the
memory OF the hero Of the '1ost
cause" who. like his great an
tagonist. Abraham Lincoln, was
native kchtuckian.
The house voted g to 32 to-
pas, Senator II. Y. Bells bill.
which extends TO the newspapers
and job printing establishments
Of Kentucky the same status
they now have under the federal
law. OF being manufacturing
plants. This bill was opposed by.
Icon j. Lewis, of Louisville. and
Fred NauIloosc. oi Johnson
county. but it was champioucd
by Harry Miller. of Lexington.
whose arguments prevailed.
The house refused To concur in
the senate amendment, 10 the
lp25 and 1924 budget bills. tho
some oi these amendment, were
only a return by the senate to
the budget commission recon-
mcnlation. which had been turn
co down previously by the ohu~c.
a, result. conference COM
mittcc. composed Of Representa-
livc> Drury. {. \. Nelson, and
lluu;,man. was named To- take
the matter mp with the senate .
and see ii "A settlement could bc
The items disputed are
au increase Of 100000 each wear
to the Board Of Charities and
Corrections; an increase of SO .
COO Tor the state board uf health
IN the 1925 budget. and an in
crease OF SlOO in the lieutenant
governors allowance. which only
applies to the next lieutenant
governor.
The House also passed q Sen.
ate bill which gives tho right to
tbc State University and Normal (
SChuui, 30 acquire property by
condemnation proceedings. I
With amendments recommend .
-d bv Representative Jack Rich
ardsou and others. the Brock age /
pi consent bill. raising the age oi .
-ouscut To- IS. and making it ap- I
ply equally To both sexes, passed
the lluusc.
The amendments provide that .
il MAY be possible 10 plead the
previous moral character ul the I
complaining witness in defense. I
and also FIX the jurisdiction ini
-ascs of juveniles involved in the /
juvenile court.
The amendment as to previous
moral character was adopted. IN
order TO prevent the danger Of .
Use of the law for Matchmaking
which would always be-
possible, it was pointed out. byl
luv person claiming TO bc less (
than Is. and OF course. IN case of
luubt. the blackmail featured
would always be a factor.
Due TO time limitation. the I
Brock moving picture censorship
bill. which was opposed by manyl Il
new wspapcrs OF Kentucky. IS dead
in the House rules committee, |
having failed TO obtain first read
ing there.
In the Senate. similarly. the 4
D'Donovan Sl0.O0OCOO soldier
bonus bill. having failed TO oh
tain first reading, died at mid
night last night.
The House by vote OF "a TO o.
passed the Rash bill. appropriat-
ing $4,000 for Dawson Springs
sanitarium.
The Senate accepted the
Houses original draft OF the bud
get bill. thereby cutting out the
100000 increased granted Mon
day to the Board Of Charities and
Corrections. and $4,000 to the
State Board Of Health.
The Senate voted 10 20 II tol
accept the House amendment TO