Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-09

the house. the mining bill. one of the most
important before the assembly.
Representative Lipscomb has intro
duced nineteen bills. nine of which have
passed the house His first bill was the
anti-pool BILL which became law after
hard fight and having enlisted the min
isteriol support of the entire state. He
also introduced the check bill, which
was defeated In the senate; also the bill
preventing hunting in Jefferson county
on enclosed premises; bill to allow the
wife to appear as witness against the
husband in cases of abandonment, and
several laws of local nature.
Representative Ovens has introduced
two bills, but thus far none have passed
the house.
The Jefferson county delegation is con-
sidered one of the ablest in the assembly.
and all are earnest workers
CODE COMMITTEE.
A member of the code committee stated
to me this afternoon that his committee,
in their later consideration, had decided
that there should not be double taxation
of corporations. Their first report 1t will
be remembered, was that corporations
should be taxed twice, once as per Stock
in corporation as given in by the presi-
dent of such corporation and secondly
as holder of stock in said corporation.
They say now there should be but one
assessment The committee has also re-
canted in the fees for the feeding OF
prisoners and say the price should re-
main at 80 cents per day, which has been
in operation since 1886.
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS.
The appointment of a railroad commits
sion is now troubling the chief execu-
tive more than anything else. There are
several applicants, chief among whom
are Col. Shorter the present incumbent
and Col. Jas. Crook, of Calhoun In con-
versation with Gov. Johnston today rela-
tive to this particular matter, he said nve
had made out first class cases, but that
he had not yet passed judgment. On an
finland prediction as between those now
in the field, think the race is between
Crook and Shorter, and the leader can
not now be picked.
Newspaper men are conspicuous for
their absence. O'Neal, of the Huntsville
Mercury is here looking after some To-
cal bill of Huntsville; Editor Rawls is on
hand seeking to be commissioner of
Limestone; jerks, of the Eufaula Times
is here, but as he spends a large portion
of his time here he is not considered
visitor.
There are a good number of Birming-
ham citizens here looking after business
matters. Some local bills, some general
bills and some offices.
Representative Altman, on being asked
to state what he knew of the inferior
criminal court bill, said:
Two OF three bills have been prepared
on that subject by gentlemen not men,
bers of the legislature. Aseertaining that
there was much diversity of opinion not
only on the part of the citizens of Biz
mingham, but among members of the
house from Jefferson, /, at the sugges-
ton of parties who had taken an interest
in the matter, concluded 1t was best to
introduce the bill published in your Sun
day edition, and instead of having it re-
ferred to one of the regular committees
of the house to have it referred to a
special committee of all the representa-
tives from Jefferson. This was done. I
do not favor several of the provisions of
the bill, and as every representative from
Jefferson with whom have talked agrees
with me, there is no chance for it to be-
come law in its present form.
"By introducing and referring 1t to this
special committee at once, 1 saved time
in getting it on the calendar--an impor-
tant item at the close of the session.
also held it in position to amend it
thoroughly, by the assistance of the whole
delegation. np rr
1--WE hope to so amend it as to make 1t
satisfactory to all concerned, and to meet
the best interests of the county.
1.-THE delegation meets tonight to con-
slider what shall be done, and will report
to the house as soon as possible.
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