Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-03-03
jim PARK OBJECTS
TO REVISED OIL BILL
Loses In Effort To Have All
Oil Inspectors Abolished
Day IL Legislature

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vote ,of 81 To 81, after consider
able debate, the house OF repre-
sentatives just prior TO adjourn
incnt Thursday afternoon passed
Frank L. Strange's oil tester and
gauger bill, which, ii it becomes
law. will place legal limit OF
5000 on the amount OF fees
which may be annually received
10y any Inspector in the state.
An effort is being made by the
bill to convert all surplus fees
received into the public treas
ury. So a special fund.
Should this bill be passed BY
the senate and meet the approx
al OF the governor. il will reduce
the oil Inspector OF Jefferson
county. tat present Roscoe Scar
cy, brother OF Chester Scarcy.
republican national committee
mani from an annual income
from that source which has been
NariouSly estimated at from SIS
Geo to S45,COO 10 one of $500.
Some OF the republicans have
charged that the democrats are
forcing this bill through. with
the knowledge that Governor
Morrow will veto IL. due to the
fact that II cannot pass the sen
ate before the tcn-day period
during which the governor may
hold a bill. elapsing with the sine
Tie adjournment OF the general
assembly Oh March 10.
Representative Lee Simons. of
Louisville. a member uf the rules
committee. put his bill providing
Tor city planning commissions.
and affecting second class cities
~ well d, first class. through
the house Thursday morning. Its
provisions. insofar ~ relate 10
Louisville. were embraced IN the
soCallcd city government bill a.
passed bN the house a few days
ago. but lest this should by any
chance fail oi enactment. Mr..
Simon> asked that the other
measure be passed.
Senator James Rash had the
first bill passed in the senate
Thursday afternoon. which was
rot done until after ! O'Clock.
The delay was occasioned by the
curolimeuts committee cOnpar
ing enrolled bills and discussion
whether or not any member OF
that committee except the chair
man could report. This was
raised on the point of having
Lills turned over for comparison
TO another member of the COM
mittee.
During the discussion oi the
oil Inspector bill in the house.
Representative James Park. re-
publican. Of Madison county. OPP
posed the substitute a. offer
cd bv the committee complaint
ed that the democrats were not
following the advice outlined edi
tOrially in the Lexington Herald
and the Louisville Courier Jour
nal to abolish the Office entirely.
lut were following a plan TO
save 50 democratic oil inspectors
and To reduce one" by whom he
meant Roscoe Searcy. Mr.. Park
objections. however. were over
ridden by a party vote.
At the morning session OF the
house. the Frankfort chapter OF
War Mothers was present as
guests OF the representatives
Their speaker. Mrs. Winston
Bowman Henry. in referring tGI
the plan eventually 10 build a
war memorial bridge across the
Kentucky river at the foot OF
the capitol hill. said that This
could wait. due to the preSsingi
needs OF the states charitable in
stitutions. However. she pre-
dicted at a future meeting Of the
legislature it would be enacted.
In the house the rules COM
mitteeadvanced TO first reading
Senator Bells bill. which defines
newspapers and job printing
shops a manufacturing plants.
the same status they now have
under the federals laws. and also
reported avorably Representa-
tive Ellis anti-evolution bill.
Representative Newman. OF
Hancock county. is planning to
introduce a bill in the house con-
tinuing in effect the state appro-
briation for pauper idiots.
The lengthy filibuster in the
senate is responsible for the de-
lay in consideration OF Speaker
Thompson's tax bill. What will
be offered to this act in the way