The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-11
AUDITOR BILL
PASSED HOUSE
Substitute for the Measure introduced
in The Senate
PREPARED BY Mr.. GIBSON
Will Have No Difficulty in Passing
Upper Body.
POWER OF AUDITOR CURTAILED
Salary Reduced from $4,000 to 81 800
Per Annum, and After the First
Term the Office Will
be Elective.
PREPARED BY Mr.. GIBSON
POWER OF AUDITOR cURTAILEO

Montgomery. December 10.-(Special)-
The bill creating the office of auditor for
Jefferson reached its third reading and
passed the house this afternoon.
The bill which was passed in the house is
a substitute for the senate bill, and curtails
the duties of the Office to some extent. AS
it passed the house it meets with no oppo-
sition 1t will go to the senate Monday,
and will be passed without objection Rep
resentatlve Gibson, who is the author OF
the substitute, gave out the following in
terview tonight, which embodies the
changes made in the original bill.
1.-The substitute offered by me for the
original bill creating the office of audi
tor tor jefferson county, passed the
house this evening. This bill is the re-
suit of a conference of the members in
the house from jefferson, and is APP
proved by them.
J differs from the original in the toi-
owing particulars:
u. m salary IS reduced from $1,000
= aH Her anAum.
Yae ottice IS Il ade elective after the
ffzt 5=rin. Istaad of appointive, and
lae term Of office is tour years instead
of SIX years.
a8 Il creates the 3fi of auditor pure
and simpiS and IL not provide for.
clerks to do work now being done by
other county officials. 2
"a. 1t leaves the other county officsrs
in statu Gro. md NH cause no fric0on
or eoUf{Fsien. INFORMS TO theypub1ic
demand as / urdersia no H.
aTha an VIII 81 so the senate Monday
ana VII D. ems Iaw before thesrecsss
unless ,nare is some objection in the
W. A county like Jefferson, paying as
an does oue-sixfh Of the xes of the
stafe should have - 5xl-.alner of pub
lie aecaun 5 ana l believe that all bllsi-
less men will justify our actionsdn the
matter
HOUSE.
Tn the house this morning Mr. Smith, of
Escambia offered a resolution of thanks
to Richmond Pearson Hobson for his brav-
cry in blocking the channel of Santiago
bay, which was very laudatory, and provid-
ing that the resolution should be duly
signed by the speaker of the house, the
presidentof the senate and the governor.
On motion of Mr. Waller the rules twsre
suspended and the resolution unanimously
adopted. - s
VIII Go to Atlanta -.tff a.
The assembly has again changed its vote,
and decides to go to Atlanta on the 18th, to
attend the peace jubilee. This morning Mr..
Delchamps moved the reconsideration Of
the vote by which The joint resolution of
yesterday was passed resembling the for
mer vote to attend in a body the jubilee.
Mr. Brandon spok in opposition to the mo-
ton and Mr.. Robinson favored it. The
latter claimed that the recess would in 10
way interfere with the plans to receive the
president here on the 18th. The assembly
will leave Montgomery in a body at 6
o'clock Thursday morning on a special
train provided by the Western railroad.
They will go from Atlanta to Tuskegee with
the presidential party Friday and leave
Tuskegee a few hours in advance of the
president, in order to be in session when the
president reaches the city at 3 o'clock.
The Wallace Game Law
The bill introduced by Mr.. Wallace for
the better protection of game, game man,
mails and song birds, a special order
for u o'clock, and after being amended so
as to apply to but ten counties in the state,
1T was passed.