Smyrna times., 1933-03-29
597 BILLS STILL
AWAIT ACTION
Adjournment of Session Seen
Unlikely Before About
April 25 or May |
PAY PERIOD NEAR END

With a mass Of bills confronting
them and but ten days remaining
Of the present session, members of
the General Assembly have not as
yet considered day for final ad-
journment. Many of them have
expressed the opinion that the ses-
sion cannot possibly be ended be
fore April 25 or May !, especially
if consideration is to be given to
the several important measures
that remain on the calendar. The
House calendar shows 321 House
bills and SO Senate bills or a total
Of 800 The Senate calendar shows
158 Senate bills and 19 House bills,
or a total Of 237, making a grand
total of 597 bills that have been in
troduced and are awaiting action
in the two branches. In addition
there probably will be one or more
bills to provide regulations for the
manufacture, sale, and distribution
of liquor, beer, and wines. Two
such bills are before the Legisla-
ture but no action will be taken on
them until the special commission
to investigate conditions in this
State has made its report and rec
concentrations Final adoption of
these regulations, it is expected,
will take considerable time and
thereby cause another delay. AL
though it is true many bills in the
Senate and House are identical and
many others will never be reported
by the committees now holding
them there remain numerous pro-
posed acts which are considered of
Importance to the welfare of the
State and which should be passed.
The political makeup of the Gen
eral Assembly, however, makes it
improbable that several measures
of a political character will be al
lowed to die in one branch or the
other. The Republicans control the
Senate and the Democrats control
the House and strictly party meas
ures have little chance of becoming
laws This will reduce the total
by nearly a hundred bills but it
will leave more than can be dis
posed of in the ten remaining days
of the session The law specifies
that the session shall not continue
for more than so days. That is all
and at the end of the so days their
pay and their mileage allowance
will stop. If they remain in ses-
sion beyond that date they will
have to work for nothing If the
Legislature sits every day contin-
uously from now on the go days
will be up on April z. There is a
provision that after the 10th day
no business can be transacted un-
til the budget bill has been passed,
but this is seldom adhered to- The
budget bill has been completed and
has been introduced in the House,
but it had to be recalled because
/ the budget committee had not plac-
ed its final approval on the mea-
sure 1t may be reintroduced again
with the committees approval and
without any changes in the origin
al Democratic members of the
House have intimated they would
not act on this appropriation bill
until the Republican members of
the Senate had agreed to pass
some Of the important measures
the House Democrats believe
should be adopted. If this attitude
is adhered to it is expected there
will have to be numerous confer
ences on he bills involved and an
other delay is foreseen here. It is
therefore the prediction of the
members of both branches that
final adjournment cannot be reach
ed until the latter part of April
and possibly May 1, despite the