The age-herald., 1900-11-29
WITH LAWMAKERS AT STATE CAPITAL House Passed Bill Repeating
 Back lax Law, OTHE IMPORTANT BUSINESS Senator Morgan Formally Re-
 elected at Joint Session NUMBER NEW BILLS INTRODUCED Several Lively Debates in the Lower House-ApproprIation for Pan-
 American Exposition Wanted.
 Yesterdays Proceedings
Senator Morgan Formally Re-
 elected at Joint Session
NUMBER NEW BILLS INTRODUCED

Age-Herld Bureau, Hotel clancey Montgomery, November 2S.-(Speeial ,- The lower House of the General Assembly of Alabama today, by vote of 73 10 IS passed the bill offered by Mr. Griffin of Cullman repeating the back tax law.
 The bill caused very little discussion on the floor of the House, there being no meiu- Der to champion the famous measure sn- forced four years ago, with the beginning of the Johnston administration.
 There is practically no doubt but that the bill will pass the Senate by substsn- tially the same vote as in the House.
 MT. OBrien of Jefferson, chairman oi the committee reporting favorably the bill explained that the measure sought to re- peal the back tax law, and spoke briefly In support of the measure. He said he thought that the bill as originally passed had proved of some benefit to the Ststs, but it had served It's purpose and 1t wss now measure of persecution for the se, eral commissioners to All their pockets rv bounding the tax payers. He thought the bill now worse than those Of percution in the days of carpetbagism.
 MT. Craig of Dallas said that he could not agree with the gentlman from Jeffer- son in approving the back tax measure originally passed. He did not believe that the State had ever intended to have a sp, going around smelling into the private business of every citizen. Mir. Craig citet1 many cases where the tax payers of Da- las County had been persecuted under the law, and he desired it's repeal
 MT. Clarke of Mobile was the other mem Der to speak on the bill He said that the measure had been enforced in some coun- ties in such unjust and oppressive man ner to make 1t, if not originally intend ed, class legislation. There was not the speaker thought, another act upon the stat ute books of the State so odious as the back tax bill. Every taxable article should he taxed but he felt assured that the way and means committee of the present House could frame some measure that would prove far more satisfactory to the people of the State.
 MT Clark demanded the previous ques- tion upon the passage of the bill and it was passed by the following vote:
 Ayes - Messrs Speaker, Anderson, Ar mold, Baker, Bankhead Benners, Plair Brooks, Byars, Clarke, Chapman, Graft Craig, Crenshaw Delonsy, Dickson, Dill Fleming, Foster Garner, Gavin, Gillian Godfrey Graves of Barbour, Griffin, Qun nels, Guyton, Hammond Haralson. Har wood, Heacock, Hehin, Henley, Hiliard, Hogue, Hollis, Holt, Hoyle, Jones of Cone cph, Jones of Monroe, Jones of WilcoN, Keith, Knight, Lacey Leath, Long of Hell ry, Long of Walker Maxwell, Merrell, Me Milan, o'Brien. Oliver Pettus, Porter of Coosa, Porter of Washington, Powell RI ley, Rivers, Screws, Seibles, Sentell, Simp- son, Stringfellow, Striplin, Troup Tun- stall Walden Williams of Covington Vii Hams of Marengo, Wilson of Bibb. Wilson of Clarke, Woolf, Young-73.
 Noes-Messrs Baldwin, Bartlett, Bran don, Breedloye, Bulger, Bullman, Carmich- ael, Curry, Deans Goldsmith, Harris, John sen, Jones of ee, Poole of Clarke, Spears Ward, Whitson-1S
 Absent and not voting: Messrs. Alman Efl1 of Hardy, Henry, Kennedy, Poole of Lowndes Wallace-9
 New Bills.
 Mir Troupe of Morgan introduced bill into the House today to create for Ala bama Chickamauga Park commission to consist of seven who shall be appointed by the Governor. Two members of the commission must be women and members of the United Daughters of the Confed- eracy.
 The bill is in keeping with the sugges ton made by Gen. Alexauder F. Ste~art in his address before the General Assembly last week for the State to erect suitable memorial in ChickamauEs Park to the Ala bama soldiers who we're engaged fin the battles of Chiokamauga and Missionary Ridge. The bill makes @p appropriation not to exceed s1b,000 to erect the meporlal
 MT. OBrlen of Jefferson iptroducsd bill to appropriate 1000 to have s suitable
 
 can Exposition at Bpffalo.
 Should Ifoh w. D. Jelks assume tenn porary control of the executive ofice, the Senate will be called upon 10 elect a pres- ident pro tempore of the Senate. Senator D. S. Meador of Morengo will in all prob ability be unopposed for thds honor. The Senator from Morengo is very popular in the present Legislature as in four others which he has served, and his legislative experience fully fits him for the presiding officer of the upper house.
 The General Assembly held joint ses- sion at noon, and the election of Hon. John Tyler Morgan to be Senator in the national Congress from Alabama was officially de- clared.
 The House.
 The House by resolution, today decided that in future only general bills are to he considered at the morning session and local bills during the afternoon. Local bills are 10 be taken by a call of counties, each member being ralloed to call up one local bill for passage.
 The folloing bills were passed by the House today:
 H. 233 To establish a county court fot the county of Cleburne.
 H 149 For the relief of R. U. Dubois of Hale County, Ala.
 H. 257. To provide a new charter for the
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