Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-06

separate school district in Chambers
 county in this state. Education. Among the general bills introduced in the house were the following:
 By MT. Hefiin (by request-To provide
 for the appointment of an electric medi-
 cal board and to define their power and
 regulate the same.
 By MT. Cofer-To regulate the salaries of the solicitors of the various circuits of the state of Ala bama.
 Also-To repeal an act entitled an act to provide for the more efficient assess ment and collection of taxes. This re- peals the tax commission law approved a few days ago by the governor H. 1154, by MT Palmer-For the relief of D. w. Penn, ex-sheriff of Winston county. Local legislation. H. 1155 by MT. Clements-To amend section 8 of an act entitled an act to au- thorize the commissioners court of Tus-' caloosa county to establish districts In which stock may be prevented from run ming at large, so as to require majority of the land owners or free holders Of the entire beat in which the proposed district is situated, instead of the ma jority of those of the proposed district alone. Agriculture.
 H. 1156, by MT Lavender-To provide for the better working of the public roads in beats 10 and II, Bibb county. Public H. 1157, by MT. Hefin-To establish separate school district in Chambers county, in this state. Education. ,,s
 H. 115S. Also (by requesoITo. provid,e | for the appointment of an eclectic medi- l cal board and to define their power and regulate the same. Public health H. 1159, by MT Cofer-To regulate the examination of the allowances and ex- penditures of the commissioners court or board of revenue of Cullman county. Revision of laws.
 l H. 1160 Also-To amend an act to pro- vide a system of water works for the city of Cullman; to issue bonds for said pur- pose, and to create board of water works commissioners, to manage l maintain and control the said water
 works, approved Feb 21, 1893. Revision of laws.
 H. 1161, Also-To regulate the salaries of the solicitors of the circuit court of the various circuits of the state of Ala bama. Judiciary.
 H. 1162 Also-To repeal an act entitled an act to provide for the more efficient assessment and collection of taxes in the state of Alabama, approved Feb. g. 1897. Judiciary.
 H. 1163, By MT. Townsend-To relieve Vim. H. still, a minor of Pike county, of the disabilities of homage. Local legls- lation. 5t H. 1164, By MT. Longshore-To amend an act entitled an act to regulate the trial of misdemeanors in Shelby county, ap- proved Dec. g, 1896. Judiciary. H. 1165, By MT. Yarborough--To regu- late the trials of all cases in the county court of St. Clair county. and to fix the solicitors fees when pleas of guilt are entered in said court. Judiciary. H. 1166 By MT. Browne, of Talladega- To amend an act entitled an act to estab- | fish new charter for the city of Calera, approved Feb 21, 1893. Judiciary. HOUSE-AFTERNOON SESSION. The following bills were acted upon at | the afternoon session of the house: H. 1123-To amend sections 1 and Of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Fort Deposit, in the county Of Lowndes.
 treasurer of Dallas county. H. 938-To create a separate school dis trict in the county of Macon to be known as the Cross Keys high school district. l H. 936LTo amend section 1 of an act to regulate the practice and proceedings in civil cases in the circuit courts of Col bert and Lauderdale counties in this state | and in the supreme court on appeals from | judgment rendered in such cases, ap- | proved Feb. IS, 1895.
 H. 935--To fix the time of holding the l circuit court in Marion county in this state and regulate the proceedings in l such court.
 H. 5O4-lTo reduce the corporate limits of the town of Carrolton in Pickens county.
 HI 666--For the relief of Lula Morris, of Lauderdale county
 S. 1O38-To amend the charter of the | city of Birmingham so as to change and esta blish the time for holding elections | for mayor and aldermen in said city, | to alter, define and fix the term of office l of the present mayor and aldermen Of such city; and the mayor and aldermen ] hereafter to be elected; and to provide for l the drawing of lots to determine which of the present aldermen of said city shall i hold for the short term and the long term respectively.
 I H. 976-To authorize the board of con- trol of the Southeast Alabama Agricul- | tural Experiment station and school to 1 sell and convey the lot and school build l ing thereon, in the town of Abbeville, in 1 Henry county, and to expend the pro- ceeds thereof on the new school building now being erected in said town, or for l the improvement of said experiment sta- | ton. '''=
 H. S11--To prohibit the sale giving away or otherwise disposing of alcoholic, 1 spirituous, vinous or malt liquors, intox- 1 icating bitters. wines, or fruits preserved 1 in such intoxicants, within five mles Of i the court house of the city of Oneonta. i Ala, and to repeal all laws Tn connlct with the same
 l The house adjourned until 10 o'clock to- 1 morrow, and there will be no night ses- 1 sion on account of democratic caucus to | consider the constitutional convention in | the lower house tonight.
 SENATE. .a- In the senate today Senator Abercrom- .tie's general educational bill, which has I been the subject of much discussion and a deluge of amendments. again struck a snag- this morning Several times this bill ! has been on the. very verge of a final l vote, when it has received setback l This morning, afterit had been amended until it's best friends would hardly rec l ognize it as the original measure, the sec 1 retary, began; it's third reading for it's 1 passage when Senator Buchanan delayed !, it again by interposing motion that 100 l copies of the bill as amended should be l printed and its further consideration i nostponed until 10:30 a. m. next Tuesday,
 Senator Fitzpatrick supported Senator | Buchanan's motion. and said that there
 l was too much red tape about the origi- | nal bill, and he doubted that any sena- I tor on the floor, except its author, fully
 l understood the provisions of the bill, since
 1 1t had been mangled by amendnents
 I Senator Nolen thought the bill unwise, l arbitrary and obnoxious, generally; so much SO that he moved to have the coun-