Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-03-04
HOUSE PASSES new
ROAD CONTROL BILL
Providing For New Commission,
But Governors Veto May
Get To Ii In Time

4
Simmons road commission bill
was passed by the House OF Rep
resentatives at 2::55 o'clock Fri
day afternoon by vote of So to
IS. Five democrats voted against
the bill.
Proponents OF the bill held out
to the last against any and all
amendments. Ira ID. Smith, of
Christian county, their floor
leader, said that no amendments
must be accepted because the bill
must not go back to the senate.
Proponents Of the bill succeed
cd in convincing most of the
democrats OF the house that it
was party measure. The bill
abolishCs the present Highway
Commission and names another
one with the provision that their
successors be named by the leg
islature.
Amendments proposed by IIar-
~ Meyers. OF Covington. demo-
crat, leader of the opposition to
substitute a bipartisan board to
be appointed by the Governor
for the democratic board named
in the bill and to do away with Il
clause permitting force ac-
counts were defeated.
MIR. Meyers claimed that the
force account clause will keep
Kentucky from getting federal
aid. The last amendment was
one TO reduce the salaries of the
board. 1t also was defeated.
Mr.. Meyers demanded 4 roll
call on his amendment 10 sub
stitutc the names OF ]. {. W.
Bcckham. Robert W. Bingham.
{. {. Mcngel and T. \. Fields
for those named in the bill
you say YOU want business
men and men Of ability" he said.
Lets see what you'll do with 4
former Governor ana Senator. !
want Mr.. Bcckham TO know who
is Tor him. 1t would seem from
the vote that Mr.. Bcckham's
NtaunchcSt supporters amount to
about thirty republicans and four
democrats, it was said.
The democrats who finally
voted against the bill were Mr..
Meyers, s. ". Adams. w. D..
Duncan. Harry Miller and Lee l.
Simons, who said that nc traded
his vote on the bill to several
people who agreed to read it in
the calendar if he would vote
against ii.
{. \. Nelson and W. l.. Cos
Sett. democrats, voted present,
while s. b. Lane, democrat, was
for the bill but paired.
The road department. rcorgan-
ization bill was not in the hands
OF Governor Morrow at midnight
Friday. the time limit in which
the bill had To be before him in
order that the legislature might
ovcrrule his veto. II he vetoed it.
After a long search for the
governor or his secretary, Gates
Young. chief clerk. announced at
II 80 o'clock that he had aban-
doned the search and would lock
the bill up for the night.
On motion of Representative
Charles a. Nelson. the two bud
get appropriation bills, set for
hearing Friday, were postponed
until Monday afternoon at =
O'Clock.
The senate during the after
noon tabled Senator Marshalls 81
bill, applying to the court OF ap-l
pcals' jurisdiction in land title,
cases and also defeated Henry
Lawrence's bill, which reduced
the life of ferry franchises from
20 to 10 years.
Mrs. Mary Elliott Flancry. thei
only woman member OF the leg
islature. had the pleasure OF see
ing her bill, extending provisions
of the Confederate pension act
to widows of Kentucky soldiers
who now reside outside the state,
and are in want, which, it was
said, will not apply to over al
dozen or SO Of the relicts of such
veterans, passed by the senate,
after it had been explained by
Senator H. Y. Bell.