Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-09
NUMBER 334
ELLIS INTRODUCED.

The following measures were intro
duced this morning:
Walker Thy requesD-To repeal the ex-
isting prohibition law in Guntersville,
Marshall county; temperance.
BY Boykin-To regulate the admission
to practice law in the courts of Alabama
This bill provides for written examinat-
ions by applicants instead of oral as
at present, to be answered in writing be-
fore judges or chancellors, and must be
submitted by the latter to the approval
of at least three judges of the supreme
court. Graduates of the law department
of the State university are not included
in this bill. 1t was referred to the judi
ciary committee.
BILLS PASSED.
The following bills were rushed
through, after it being decided to consid-
er first all house bills on the calendar:
To prohibit the manufacture, sale of
giving away liquors within five miles of
Mount Moriah Baptist, Bethel Baptist,
Harmony Baptist, Kyle Spring Method
ist and Mount Ararat Methodist churches
in Jackson county
To unite all of fractional township 13,
ranges with all of township 10, range 4,
between Oak Tuppah creek in Choetaw
county into one township school district.
To require licenses for operating flying
jennyes or other devices of similar kind
for profit
To repeal an act entitled an act to
far as the same applies to Blount coun-
ty approved Feb. 23, 1888, and also to
re-enact section 1876 of the code as to the
county of Blount.
To amend an act entitled an act to de-
fine and prescribe a lawful fence in car-
tain portions of Madison county, ap-
proved Feb 2S 1889, as amended by Sec
tion l of an act approved Feb. 21, 1893,
and as amended by section of an act ap-
proved JAM 20, 1895. Passed as amended.
no cot nyf ~ n ynh A4a1 oil 10
In section 16. township 5, range east, in
Jackson county.
To operate a separate school district
out of the territory within two miles Of
the court house in the city of Ozark.
To create and incorporate township 10,
range 8, Hale county, a separate school
district
To establish a school district to be
known as the Gate City school district Of
Jefferson county.
To establish separate school district
in Dale county known as the Sylvan
Grove school district
To ratify and confirm the organization
of the Mobile and Birmingham Railroad
company, and to declare its rights,
powers, franchises and privileges.
To prohibit the sale, giving away or
otherwise disposing of liquors, or intox-
icating elders within precinct s, inelud-
ing the interpretations of the towns OF
Fitzpatrick and Thompson, in Bullock
county.
To establish a separate school district
to be known as the Logan school district
in Cullman county.
To amend sections IL, Is and 16 of an
act approved January 26, 1891, entitled an
act to establish a charter for the town
of Woodlawn, in Jefferson county.
To extend the corporate limits of the
town of Woodlawn. Extend the police
jurisdiction of the corporate authorities
of said town, and to further define the
duties of the mayor and aldermen of said
town as to the school fund
To amend an act to create the Eleventh
judicial circuit.
The senate bill, fathered by Mr.. Rob-
inson, of Mobile, to fix the compensation
of the Governor secretary of state, aud
itor, treasury, attorney-general. super
intendent of education, chief justice and
associate Justices of the supreme court,
chancellors, circuit court Judges, and cir
cult court solicitors, which was adverse
ly reported from the finance and taxation
committee, was lost by vote of 10
to 8.
The bill to regulate the fine and for
feiture fund of Gilmore county was made
q special order for January "a.
The bill to regulate the management
and work of convcts in the state was
made a continuous special order FOR two
days earlier.