The age-herald., 1901-02-10
CITY AUTHORITIEST
 WILL FIGHT BILLS Two Measures That Will Work Hardship on Birmingham ARE BEFORE LEGISLATURE Were On Calendar With Favorable Re- port, But Committee Succeeds In
 Having Them Recommtted.
 Full Text of Laws.
ARE BEFORE LEGISLATURE

Two bills affecting the government of the city have been introduced into the Legis- lature, which are unanimously opposed by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen.
 These bills were placed on the calander with favorable reports, but last Friday the members of the legislative committee of the City Council, who were in Montgom- cry looking after the charter amendment bill, succeeded in having both bills recom- mitted, and say that there is unanimous op- position to them in the board, and that they will be able to defeat the measure.
 The city officials contend that these bills will reduce the revenues of the city $20,000 per annum with not single cent reduc- ton in the expenses of the city. They fur ther contend that the passage of the bills would work a great hardship on the poor people of Birmingham.
 One of the Bills.
 One of the bills is an amendment to the act creating the Inferior Criminal Court of Birmingham, the full text of which is follows:
 A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act
 to establish an Inferior Court of criminal
 Jurisdiction in the city of Birmingham, to
 define itspowers and provide for the elec-
 tion of judge and the appointment of a
 clerk therefor, approved February Il, 1895.
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Alabama, that Section l, of an act ito establish an Inferior Court of Crimi- nal Jurisdiction in the city of Birmingham, to define its powers and to provide the election of a judge and the appointment of a clerk therefor" approved February Il, 1895, AI& 4. 1o1 as follows: That there is hereby established in the city of Birmingham an Inferior Court of Criminal Jurisdiction to be known as the Police Court of Birmingham, which shall have exclusive Jurisdiction of all offences against the bylaws and ordinances passed and ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen ot Birmingham within the territory em- braced in the police jurisdiction of said city, and it shall also have the power to examine all persons charged with violations of the statute and common law of Alabama com mitted in precincts twenty-one and thirty seven, Jefferson county, and to commit the same to jail. admit them to bail or discharge them as the law and evidence in every case may require.
 Sec. g. Be it further enacted, That sec tion 5, of said act be, and the same is here by repealed. hi eral Assembly of Alabama, that said court shall not exercise jurisdiction of any mis- demeanor committed in precincts tWenty-one and thirty-Seven of Jefferson county, and that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed
 The Other Measures.
 The other bill is an amendment to sec tion l of the act to limit the jurisdiction of justices of the peace and notaries public with the powers of justices of the peace in precincts 2 and S7 in Jefferson County, and in all the wards of the city of Birmingham, the full text of which follows:
 bill to be entitled act to amend sec
 tion of an act entitled "an act to limit
 the criminal jurisdiction of justices of
 the peace and notaries public with the
 power of justices of the peace in pre-
 cincts 21 and 37, in Jefferson County and
 in all the wards of the city of Birming-
 ham," approved February 9, 1895.
 Section l. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Alabama, That section l Of an act ito limit the criminal Jurisdiction of justices of the peace and notaries public with the powers of justices of the peace in precincts 21 and 37, in Jefferson County, and in all the wards of the city of Birm- ingham," approved February g, 1895, be, and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: That justices of the peace in precincts 21 and 37, of Jefferson County, and in all the wards or the city of Birmingham, shall not have or exercise Jurisdiction of or over any criminal case, or matter whatsoever, except to take affi- davits and issue warrants thereon, return able to the Criminal Court of Jefferson County for any misdemeanors committed in Jefferson County, or to take atfidavits and issue warrants thereon returnable to the Police Court of Birmingham, in such cases as may be within the Jurisdiction of such Police Court, and to take affidavts and is- sue warrants thereon and examine all per- sons charged with felonies committed any where in Jefferson County, Alabama, and to take affidavits, issue warrants and ex- anime persons charged with being fugi- lives of justice from other states and ter ritories of the United States.
 Sec. 2 Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby repealed.