Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-05
TIE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. General Appropriations Bill Passed
 by the House.
GOLD AND SILVER CAUSES
A Red Hot Debate-The Brooks and O'BrIen Bills. .-DOlngS
 of the Senate.

MONTGOMERY, Dec. 4.-lS1eciai. line most important business transacted by the ass, mby today was tue passage by the house oi the general appropriations bill. The Dili had been reported favorably by the joint caucus of the democratic members. I he following new bills were presented: House bill 476, by Mir. Smith oi Autauga To anne I'd the law for tae relief oi needy Confederate soldiers.
 House bll AT, by Mir. Grant-Po fix the times and places tor holding the courts in The rlst Judicial circuit.
 House bill AIS, by Mir. Routon-To iucor- porate the town of Brantley, in Crensnaw county.
 House bill 479, by Mir. killibrew-To incorporate the city or Ozark, in Dale county.
 House bill 45O, by Mir. Graham--ro authorize the municipality or Selma to toice .roperly owners 10 connect all waste pipes with sewer.
 House bill 4S1, by MT. Savage-ro pre- vent justices oi he peace in fayette county from bringing to judgment defendants liy- ing in another preclnct.
 House bill 4S2, by MT. O'Brieu--To arlend sections and 10 of the act to create the board of education of Birmingham and to prescribe it's powers and duties.
 House Dill 4S3, by MT. i<ennedy-To amend section 49O of the code, relating 10 what shall be rated by tax assessors on list and poll tax books.
 House bli ASA. by MT. Prowell-ro repeal the act prohiulting The sale of liquor In Magnolia beat, Marengo county.
 House bill 4S5, by MT. Meador-To ap- propriate S1163, 70 to pay for the expenses of the legislative assembly of 1892 and 1895. House bill 4S6, by Mir. Coleman-To au- tborlZe the county superintendent of Mar shall county 10 dlsburse certain school funds belonging to township g, range east.
 House bill 4S7, by MT. Brooks-ro levy taxes for the use of the state.
 House bill 4SS by Mir. Boykin-To regu- late pleadines in criminal cases.
 House bill 489, by MT. Clark-To provide for the examination of witnesses on mo- tion for the appointment of receivers. House bill 490, by Mir. Ott-To incorpor- ate the Lauder dale County Fair association.
 HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
 The following bills were read a third time and passed:
 House bill f6-ro al thorize the mayor and counciimen ofthe city Of Demopolis to issue bonos of the city oi Demopolis for an amount not exceeding Sl5, GOO, bearing not more than per cent interest per annum, payable semi-an uually, for the purpose of erecting and establishing water works for said city.
 House bill 193-To divide the county of Madison into four commissioners dis  the members Of the commissioners court
 GENERAL ASSEMBLY NOTES.
 Mir. O'Rren's bill is to amend the act cre- atiug the board of education of Birming- ham by allowing the board to charge resi- dent pu pills such incidental or other fees as it may deem necessary, and to charge non- resident pupils tuition as 1t may see fit. The bill also provides for treasurer for the board of education and divorces the duties of that flee from those of the city treasurer.
 House bill ds3 provides that an assessor must Lote on his iist the township and range In which each person liable for poll tax resides, and in the assessment book the number of each race in each township lia- ble to pay tax.
 Mir Brooks bill, No. 4S7, provides that there is hereby levied tix of 5h mills on all property liable to taxation tor the years 1895 and 1896, but that If at any time a,t-r the assessment of taxes in either Of said calendar years Il shall appear to the governor that the rate of taxation hereby fixed will produce more revenue than Is required 10 meet the obligations of the state, he may, by proclamation, suspend the collection of any portion of the taxes. MT. Will amson of Henry introduced q resolution instructins tbe doorkeeper to se- cure q suitable field near the capitol, wherein those members of the house in- clined 10 indulge in spurts of eloquence, pathos and rhetoric may relieve themselves III fellow members.
 The hottest debate of the session was had today over an amendment 10 the Demopolis bond bill. The bill provides for the issu- ance of bonds payable in god. The amend ment sough. to make them payable in cur rent money. Half dozen red hot speeches were made on both sides, and the amend- meut was finally defeated by vote ot 50 to 36.
 It should be understood that the debate today was on the business issue rather than on the political question. The lest vote on the silver question was had last week, resulting in big silver victory. The question WAS clearly one of friendship toward silver then. The question today was on whether or not il was good busi- ness judgment 10 strike out the gold clause; whether the bonds would sell as readily with it out. The house decided that, 1t being clear that the people of Demopolis wanted the bonds payable in gold because they thought a larger market would be open 10 them, the house should not de- cline to grant them the favor they asked.
 IN THE SENATE.
 Prayer was read by Rev. MT. Anderson of Montgomery.
 Bills were introduced as follows:
 By MT. Wharton--To perfect titles 10 land adversely held and claimed by citizens of this state.
 By MT. Hollis-To authoriz. superin- tendents of education of Lamar, Fayette and Walker counties to call school boards to provide a uniform series of school books.
 By MT. Milner-To authorize the hiring of convicts to the Mobile aud West Ala bama Railroad company.
 By Mir. HogIe-lo prevent stock from running at large in certain parts of Perry county.
 By Mr. Kilpatrick-To regulate the gin- ming of cotton at public or private gins for . pay.
 ' By MT. Walker-To establish an insur- Ice department for the state of Alabama.
 Mir. Walker-1o incorporate the city of
 knbia, in ihe county of Henry; munic-
 rganizations.
 BILLS PASSED.
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