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WILLIAMSON BILLPASSES SENATEPROVIDES THAT ALL STATE FUNDS MUST GO INTO THE STATE TREASURY23 “AYES” TO NINE “YEAS”Also Passes General Appropriation Bi Appropriating $35,OOOfOGO For Use Of State In Two Year Period.Baton Rouge, La.—Senator William*Monroe.—Lousianans did much for tlie common country in giving to the United States so great a judge as the late Chief Justice White, declared C. G. Severance of St. Paul, Minn.,president, of the American Bar Association, in an address before the Louisiana Bar Association at -Monroe. This dearly beloved man stood like a rock for the great fundamental truths embodied in our constitution, unaffected by the passing whim* and caprices of the hour Like his great predecessor. Chief Justice Marshall, the question as to whether a decision might or might not meet with popular favor clearly never entered his mind. He guided Ins course by the polar star of the constitution and never permitted it to be deflected by sophistical arguments which sacrificed the eternal verities for what was claimed to be u present good.”sou’s bill providing that all state funds be deposited in the state treasury and paid out on warrant by the state treasurer was passed by the Senate by a vote of 23 to 9. Under I the existing law, the various state boards and state departments handle their own money. The Williamson bill eentralieis the receipts and dis hursements in the office of the state ! treasurer.• f' ' • •L/J JfA* ' * A' 1 V ' - V a ® , i * ' » » mm • • » MIn arguing for the passage of his1 bill, Senator Williamson asserted that it would put the state departments and boards on a aound business basis. Under the present system, SenatorWilliamson said, various departmentsdeposit their appropriations in banks, receive interest on the money and use the money in the maintenance of the different departments. Senator Williamson asserted that this means that departments are spending more money than was appropriated to them.Senator Butler argued against the bill, saying he was told by State Treasurer Howell Morgan that the Williamson bill would necessitate the hiring of three or four additional clerks in the treasurer’s office and ; two or three clerks, in the state auditor’s office, at an approximate cost of I $113,000 a year.Chairman A. M. Smith of the appropriations committee brought the general appropriations bill up on final passage in the House under a suspension of the rules. He caused a few-exciting momenta when he requested that the vote be taken not only on the voting machine, but also on a viva voce roll call.“The voting machine has not yet been accepted and there is some doubt expressed as to the legality of its use,” said Mr. Smith, “and this will assure Its legality.Representative John Dymond toldthe House that Attorney General Coco would send the House in a few minutes an opinion that the use of the voting machine was legal.Mr. Smith then withdrew his suggestion and the vote was taken on the machine. After it was photographed the vote was polled.The Mil passed, 78 yeas to 24 nays. This is said to be the largest rote ever cast against the passage of a general appropriation bill. The bill appropriates $35,000,000 for the two-year period.Those voting against the hill were:Calongne, Claiborne, Conner,. Colvin, Dupre, Farmer, Fontenot, Guillot, Htmraon .uHnter, Jordan, Lafleur, Landry, Meyer, Mills, Mitchell, Mores!, Newosm, Phophit, Saucier, Shields, Tobin, Turner and Womack.Baton Rouge.—Praise for the members of the National Guard for their work in guarding the levees during the recent high water in the state is contained in a concurrent resolution introduced in the House by Jules A. Car-Yllle of Iberville which was laid over under the rulesMonroe.—N'elne Nelson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Nelson, died atBunch’s Bend as a result of the bite of a spider. The child lived three days after being bitten.Monroe.—At a meeting at Claiborne committees were named by the girls' and boys’ clubs to plan the community fair in October.Arcadia.—J. A. Stewart, superintendent of the Arcadia Cotton Oil mill, was elected vice president of the National Association of Oil Mill Superintendents at its convention in Dallas, Texas, recently. Mr, Stewart has been superintendent of the Arcadia mill eighteen years.Monroe.—More than 200 men of Louisiana and Arkansas hare juined the Arkansas-Louisxana Law Enforcement League during the last week, it is stated by officials of the organization. The roll includes citizens of Jones, Bonita, PIaiitorsville, Gallloa, Bastrop, Oak Ridge and Mer Rouge, in Louisiana, and Morrell. Crossett, Hamburg, Montrose, Portland, Purkdale andWllmot* Ark.Monroe.—A. J. Smith, prominent Ouachita planter, has returned from Baton Rouge, where he was elected president of the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation at its two-day conference.Shreveport.—SixtyAhree buildingpermits were issued here last week, representing activities totaling $109,-840. The reports the last several weeks have shown building activity brisk, with prospects for the activity to continue good all summer.DeQuincy.—A banquet was held at the Van Noy Hotel with thirty men present to perfect plans for financing a Scout head-quarters for the Scouts of DeQuincy. Several hundred dollarswere -raised.Baton Rouge.—The House committee on constitution and executive messages today brought in a substitute forthe Williams and Raynard bills to move the state capital. The Williams bill provided for locating the capital at New Orleans, while the Raynard bill named Alexandria. The substitute bill provides that the seat ofgovernment shall be located at a city to be designated by the qualified voters of the state.New Orleans.—Twenty thousand additional kilowatts of electric current will be available for use in New Orleans by July 15. according to announcement made here.Monroe,—Announcement is made ofm ithe completion of the Arkansas-Louisiana Highway in Arkansas, connecting with Arkansa-Louisiana Tourists’ Way at the Louisiana line north of Bastrop. The road is 153 miles long and cost approximately $3,500,000 and was three years and six months under construction.New OrleEins.—Erection of a statue to the memory of Dacte Alighieri, famous Italian poet and author of La Divlna Commedia, is being planned by Italians of this city.Monroe.—-A dusting machine for usein the fight that is to be waged inNorth Louisiana against boll weevil Infestations has been installed at the North Louisiana experimental station.Monroe.—J. W. Smith, Monroe architect, has the contract for preparing plans and sped fictions for the Union pariah jail at^armerville. It is expected thia building, which will cost (15,000, will be completed this summer.Monroe.—Virtually all of the Louisiana parishes east of the Ouachita river will be tick free this year.New Orleans.—A new sensation In the fight over racing in New Orleans came to light yesterday when it became known that the entire directorateof the Business Men’s Racing Association has tendered its resignation.Baton Rouge.—Passage by the Sen-Ifonroe.—* Before-the-war interest £§ py- unanimous vote of the conservators tes on farm loans reduced to 51-2 tion committee’s substitute for the per cent are announced by Secretary i bill to define the state’s policy in deal-J. M. Watkins of the Ouachita Valley jug with the conservation of natural National Farm Loan. Association* as. gg,g settled the fight in the uppereffective in the New Orleans federal land bank district.Ne% Orleans.—Visitors to the American Legion Fourth of July festival at the Fair Grounds will be given a chance to view a picture of “No Man’s Land” as the soldiers in the trenchessaw It—a barren shell-torn waste withbarbed wire entanglements and debris.Shreveport,—Advices from Bossier City state that the chairmen of the deparfhients of the Bossier PariahFair met recently and revised the catalog for 1922, with additional premiums provided in each department.Patterson.—E. Trahan of Lafayette was killed and five other occupants of an automobile were injured when their car turned over when the driver,Irving R. Foote, of Lafayette, attempted to give ample room to an approach-1 ifife car.branch of the legislature over carbon black legislation.Baton Rouge.—The Senate today, yeas 32, nays 0, passed a bill to amend Section 4 of Article 10 of the constitution so as to exempt overflowed lands from taxation.Bunkie,— A revival meeting la which the Methodist and Presbyterian churches are co-operating is in progress in the Methodist Church here. Sunday evening six men in the regalia of the Ku Klux Klan filed into the tabernacle and delivered to the evangelist $50, expressing their appreciation for his services.-Shreveport-—J.V. Hendricka, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hendricks of this city, is representing Centenary college At the T. M. C. A. conference atBlue Ridge, N. C Ha was electedpresident of the Centenary chapter of the T. M, CL Jl At its Meant meetingBaton Rouge.—The House completedits consideration of the general appropriations bill on second reading and ordered it engrossed and passed to third reading. The measure carries a total of $35,000,000 for the two-year period.New Orleans.—The New Orleans and Mississippi valley delegation to the Brazilian centennial exposition, to be held this fall at Rio de Janeiro, will be composed of at least 200 members, according to reports submitted at a special committee meeting.AwillmodablerrDiifuUose,wellbrceicoat.NewoveiWe;AfELHIIODHhu-taiecjttijJuDitfieldOpencstalswLit*Heroworllust*
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