The age-herald., 1901-02-27
BOTH HOUSES
 HARD AT WORK Many Bills Passed by [egis-
 |ature Yesterday REVENUE BILL GETS THROUGH In the Senate the Uniform Text Book Measure Is Placed Upon Calendar Long Insurance
 Bill Passes the House
REVENUE BILL GETS THROUGH

Age-Herald Bureau, Clancys Hotel Montgomery, February 26.-(Special.)- I Both houses of the General Assembly of Alabama spent a busy day in the consid- | eration of important legislation. The House passed the revenue bill, | which had been discussed for two days, and finally submitted to a special com | mittee for redraft The committee re- ported late this afternoon, and 1t required about two hours to pass the measure.
 Chairman Whitson of the special com mittee explained that the substitute of- fered by the committee was practically to re-enact the license schedule passed at the session of es-'s9, and that other sec tions of the revenue code of 1s96-'Y were | left In operation.
 The House made quick work In the passage of the Long insurance bill. The bill providing for the republication of the Alabama Supreme Court Reports was also passed
 In the Senate a resolution was present. ed naming next Monday as the day for final adjournmet.
 The school text book bill was placed upon the Senate calendar today and 1t Is expected that the measure will come up for hearing on tomorrow. A lively fight on the measure is expected. The House.
 Immediately after reading the journal in the House this morning, MT. Long of Walker called up his bill to prohibit pools trusts, monopolies and conspiracies to control the business of fire, lighting or storm insurance.
 Without debate the House passed the moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed, and gave notice that he would ask consideration of his motion on tomorrow.
 Mir. Long moved a suspension of the rules in order that the motion to recon slider be immediately considered. In speaking to his motion, MT. Long made an attack upon the Southeastern Tariff Association, and quoted some figures which he said clearly showed that the insurance trust was robbing the people of more than S5OOO0O annually in this State. He again made reference to the withdrawal of the Birmingham lobby,
 
 measure, but had later secured one third reduction in Birmingham rates, and had then returned home The motion to sus7pend the rules was adopted and on motion of MT. Harwood the motion of re- considering was tabled. The bill went to the Senate without engrossment.
 Supreme Court Reports.
 The House next took up the bill pro viding for a reprint of the Alabama Su- preme Court reports. The bill seeks to contract with the West Publishing Com pany to republish the reports up through the ninety-fourth and agrees to take two hundred sets of the reports paving therefor $49000. The reports are to be de- livered within four years. One hundred and fifty sets, one to be provided for the judiciary of the State, in exchange for the incomplete sets now provided and the State may sell the remaining fifty sets In the debate 1t was esti- mated that the cost to the State would not exceed $25, GOO, as the sale of old books returned and of the fifty sets would net the State some $25,000.
 | MT. Hammond of Etowah, singly led the fight against the measure, saying that 1t was discrimination in favor of the lawyers.
 Messrs. Porter of Washington, Jones of Concord, Harwood of Greene, Whitson of Talladega, Goldsmith of Lowndes and Clarke of Mobile, supported the measure, and 1t was passed by a vote of 56 to 14.
 Advertising Scheme.
 The bill to appropriate s10.000 for the purpose of equipping a car to advertise the resources of Alabama, was defeated after a short fight. Messrs. Clarke, Ham, mond and Walden opposed the bill and Mir. Woolff championed it. MT. Clarke was sarcastic in his ridicule of the car idea, saying that 1t would not provide space for the rich resources of this State. Room would possibly be provided for half dozen jars of fruit, three or four bot ties of wine, a jug or two of moon party necessary to accompany the car. He said that Alabama should not be con-