The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-09-16

nOunceu tnat II no jurors cOulQ be Select-
ed from this county he would order
Sheriff Leach to so to other counties and
there summon jurors. Twenty-four men
were on the regular panel for this term
of court and of this number seven have
been accepted as jurors. At the close Of
court this afternoon the judge said he
would draw the names of fifty men from
the wheel and they would be given to
4 he sheriff and his deputies to summon
here by o'clock tomorrow morning.
amendment. He said the fellow who
wanted the stock law should build the
fence but he was willing to compromise
by letting the counties jointly build the
line fences.
Stock Men Near His Hehrt.
Mr. Davis of Etowah, deplored the ten
dency of the discussion. He came to the
Legislature with the stock law very near
his heart, the question In his county hav-
ing already caused neghbors to resort to
the use of the shot gun. He supported
the bill before the house as the best that
could be offered, leaving the whole matter
as 1t did to home rule. He begged for
moderation in the consideration. He said
his county had the meanest stock law
ever enacted and he wanted to get rid of
it. IF we have to jump from the frying
pan into the fire, gentlemen, for God s
sake give us an opportunity to jump"
he concluded.
The Pilley amendment was then voted
down by 2S to q.
Mr. Scheusser of Chambers, offered a
substitute for the whole bill, which pro-
vided that from and after the passage Of
this act 1t shall be unlawful for any do
nestle animal to run at large in the state
The substitute was ruled out of order In
the committee Of the whole.
After a further wrangle motion by Mr..
Rich that the committee arise and re-
port the bill was carried and the house
adopted the report of the committee.
Mr.. Rich Offers Substitute.
Mr.. Rich then offered a substitute for
the entire bill which would in effect make
1t unlawful for any stock to run at large
after January 1, 1904 Before the clerk
had finished the reading it seemed that
almost half the members were clamoring
for recognition evidently for the purpose
of opposing the substitute. Points OF or
der were flung at the speaker from all
directions, but Mr.. Lusk's motion to table
the substitute was readily carried.
Mr.. Arnold wanted an amendment to
permit parts of counties having stock to
vote to come under the provisions Of
the general bill. Mr.. Callahan thought
the amendment a good one.
Mr.. Benners said he thought the bill
had been discussed sufficiently. and he
moved the previous question on the pas
sage of the bill The motion carried by
the close vote of "a to 30.
The house then adopted the substitute
bv vote of SO to A.. The bill was then
defeated by a vote Of AZ to "a. The de-
tailed vote on the final passage of the
bill was as follows:
The Vote.
Ayes-Messrs. Speaker Almon. AIRING
ton, Ballard. Bogart Brown (St. Clair.
Rvars. Cook, Davis, Fletcher. Foster
(Tuscaloosa). Frazier. Fulton, Haley.
Hammer, Handey. Hickman. James.
Johnson (Coosa). Kilen. Lyman. Lusk.
Mccluskv, Parker. Pilley, Preston. Rey
nolds. Rich, Rucker, Scale. Siglin, Swim
dali, Walker, Watts, Wilkinson. Wood
a.
ners. Barnes. Blackburn, Byrne. Gala
han. Crum, DeLoney. DuBose. Edwards.
Elliott. Espy. Glover. Goodwin. Gray.
HOFFMAN. Holland. johnson (RusselD,
Joiner. Kelly. Lanier, Lee (Butler). Leigh
CEscambia). Mills, Mccrary Mcdonald,
Newman Peters. Posey. Powell, Pugh.
Rushton, Searcy, Sha1er, starr, Ihach,
Thomas, Thompson, Werner. Waddell,
walden Warren, Wheeless. Virgins,
Williams Calhoun, Williams (Coving-
ton)-47.
Afternoon Session.
Mr. Rich's bill to appropriate $4,000
for the Improvement of the buildings Of
the medical department of the University
of Alabama at Mobile was called up by
the author. An amendment by the com
mittee providing for four annual pay
ments of 5000 each, was adopted. Mr..
Rich then set forth the necessity for the
appropriation that the state could prop
erly take care of its own property. He
explained also that each county in the
state had the privilege of sending one
pupil to the school without tuition. New
appliances and equipments were very nec-
essary to keep up with modern teaching,
and II was proposed to spend much of the
appropriation III this way. Representa-