Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-13

law, which the members are anxious tc dispose of, as 1t has been consuming nearly all the time of the house for the past two
 or three days.
 Mr. Whitten introduced a joint resolu- tion providing that mmittee of five be appointed to investigate charges of fraud
 made by the public press against members of the house in voting upon house bill S21 | (alien railroad bil), which committee shall have the power, in making such in
 vestigation, to compel persons to appear
 before it by writ of subppaa ana to com pei them to produce any and all papers they may see fit to examine h such investi- gation. The resolution, under the rules, WAS re ferred to the committee on rules. The house then proceeded to the con-
 tinuing special order, and section 2i of the
 revenue ill was taken up. Colonel John opened the argument in favor of saio sec- ton. et
 MT. Whitten of Lowndes followed with
 an argument opposing the provisions ol the section and iavoring au amendment offered by Mir. Knight of Hale On yester. day, which provides that household goods shall not be enumerated as stipulated in
 the bill. When the previous question was called and a vote taken 1t resulted in the defeat ot Mir. Knights amendment. Mr. Brooks of Mobile then moved to strike out section 24, and opposed it's pro- visions in detailed reument. The motion of MT. Brooks was defeated, and section 24 was adopted.
 the tax payer, to be administered by the assessor or his deputy, that such list is a true and correct list of all his real and per- soual property, was amended by MT.
 Knight of Hale, providing that any tax assessor returning such list as having been in.x h mt Tn ha be guilty of misdemeanor, and upon evil dence shall have an indictment returned against bim.
 Section 26, repeating subdivision 8 of section 451 of the code, exempting shares of capital stock Of corporations held by share- holders, was adopted without amendment. MT. John amended section 27 in the fol- lowing language: "This shall not include moneys on deposit and used in business and corporations already taxed.' This amendment applies to subdivision 6, section 17, which provides for all money boarded, whether in the custody of the owner or on deposit in bank or elsewhere
 in this state or another state subject to
 check, draft or order, or in any safety de-
 posit box, safe or vault or elsewhere.
 Sections 28 and 29 were adopted without
 amendment.
 In section 30 MT Calhoun Of Clarke moved
 to strike out the last six lines of said sec- tion. Defeated.
 MT. Whitten moved to strike out section 31 in its entirety. This motion evoked a lengthy discussion. Upon this question MT. Knight, the brilliant young legislator from Hale, made one of his best arguments. He opposed the section on the ground that
 it would drive capital from the state and
 hold out no inducement to new invest
 ments. On the other hand he claimed that
 this section provided for an invitation tax to new investments.
 MT. O'Brien followed MT. Knight in a
 clear and forcible argument upon the same
 plane of thought.
 Mr. Brooks of Mobile opposed the sec- tion.
 Upon a final vote the motion to strike out section 3l was defeated.
 A motion then made to strike out lines from one to eleven, inclusive, and all of line twelve, except the words, ''no writ ten,' of section 31 was defeated. Mir. Davis of Marion at this juncture moved the bill and amendments lie upon the table in view of the fact that other leg islation is being barred, and as he did not believe it possible to pass the bill. A vote upon this motion resulted: Yeas 31, nays Al, and the house refused to table the bill and amendments.
 AFTERNOON SESSION. At the afternoon session, through re- quest of Mir. Sanford of Montgomery house bill 320, to authorize the treasurer to honor warrants drawn upon him by the
  tentiary cases, was taken up and passed. After this bill had been disposed of the house proceeded to consideration of section 33 of the assessment law. MT. Sanford moved to strike out the enacting clause oi the bill on the ground that the house would devote the remainder of the session to the discussion and then not enact the bill into a law. He said that i'm. portant legislation was being left unre. garded in tbis extrsvagant consumption oi s;. lad and the house refused 10 strike out the engcting clause.
 MT. Kelly moved to reconsider the vote | by which this motion wss lost, and to lay that motion upon the table. Carried. MT. Forman~of St. Clair introduced 8 resolution providing that no member be allowed to speak more than three minutes upon the revenue bill. The resolution was adopted.
 MT. Kyle of Morgan then moved that sec. | tion 33 be stricken from the bill. The motion was lost by a vote of 45 10 16. Mir. Cameron ot Sumter moved that In consideration of tine fact that the enemies | of this bill were taking every means oi consuming the time oil the house in unnec- | essary discussions and general filibuster. vious agreement to consider the bill by sections, and moved that the previous question upon the passage of the bill bf l ordered. This motion called forth strong opposition ITOui tue eueufeb Oi tue Diil The chair ruled that since the agreement had been entered into through majority vote of the house that i. could be dissolved by tine same majority vote. The motion | carried and third reading of the bill wal ordered. rs,f,' is.f
 The third reading consumed nearly ar hours time. Mir. Kelly of Calhoun being the introducer of the bill had the right under the rules, to close the debate upon the passage of the measure.
 A vote upon the passage of the bill re- sulted-yeas 32, nays'49, and the bill wal lost.
 The members voting yea a!were: Messrs Speaker, Barron, Boy kin, Brown of Rus. sell, Cameron, Dale, Fleming, Fulton, Gewin. Gibbons, Graves, John,- Kelly,
 Lipscomb, Naples, Mastin, Mayfield Matan, Montgomery, McClusky, 'Brien Patton, Perry, Prowell, Rand, Roach Rogers, Rowe. Smith of Greene, Smith o
 Mobile, Whitten, Williams of Bullock-82 The members voting no were; Messrs. Banks, Beesley, Beeson, Bel. finger, Brooks, Brown of Russell, Burks Calhoun, Camp, Coleman, Cook of Talla- dega. Cook of Wilcox, Davis, Deans, El- lis, Fletcher, Ford, Formau, Franklin,