The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-10
THE HOUSE.

The time of the house was consumed in passing two bills and the introduction of twenty more. MT. Hoffman asked unanimous consent to take up the Mo- bile refunding bill and it was granted and the bill passed. The debt to be re- funded is over two millions of dollars. There was no opposition.
 The first bill on the calendar to re- peal, so far as the Cullman district Is concerned, an act to further regulate school districts in that county, and to re- enact section ten of an act to establish the Cullman school district, was passed. MT. London raised the point that the re-enactment of a section of an old act, was the passage of a local law in viola tion of the constitution, and he voted against 1t.
 The new election law was made the special continuing order for Wednesday after the reading of the journal.
 MT. Blackburn asked that the bill to make the judge of the Inferior criminal court of Birmingham elective, and to in crease the salary to 5000, be taken up out of it's order by unanimous consent and the house was about to grant it., when MT. Benners interposed with an objection. He asked MT. Blackburn to let 1t go over and come up for the first thing at the afternoon session tomorrow for the consideration of local bills, say ing he was not yet prepared to say what his own position Is on the bill. As one objection was fatal to immediate consideration, the bill perforce went over.
 MT. Goodwin asked unanimous con- sent to make the White House bill a special order, but MT. Lusk objected.
 The general appropriation bill came over from the senate and the house con- cured in the amendments. The bill now goes to the governor as soon as It Is signed by the presiding officers.
 Some interesting Bills.
 Among the bills introduced in the house were a few of general interest. Perhaps the most important in the eye of the aver age newspaper reader was one by MT. Hoffman to require the railroads enter ing Mobile to erect suitable passenger depot in that city. This Is an old subject which has been thrashed out in every pos- sible way, including hearings before the railroad commission. The roads want to build a depot, but the trouble has been to agree on a site The bill seeks 10 set- tle this along with other matters at issue
 Mir DuRose of Jefferson introduced a general bill for ascertaining and marking tbe boundaries of burial places The idea is to stop the desecration of grave yards.
 MT. Wood of Macon seeks to have enough money set aside out of the convict hire to pay a chaplain and teacher of the conyicts. and also to require every con- tractor working as many as hundred men to employ teacher and chaplain
 MT. Minge of Marengo. chairman of the committee on agriculture, introduced a bill conforming the statutes applying to the department of agriculture 10 US new scope as embracing industries.
 MT. Arlington of Montgomery seeks to give Commissioners courts authority to pay assessors and collectors for work for which no compensation is now provided. and also to allow these courts to pay as- sessors quarterly and reserve the amounts as charges against the fees and com missions allowed them.
 MT. Callahan introduced the same bills in the house relative to consolidating the courts of Morgan county into law and equity court, as Mir. Lynne introduced in the senate.
 MT. Scale of Sumter introduced a bill adding the governor and state superin-