The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-31
HOUSE TURNS. ATTENTION
 10 THE PASSAGE OF BILLS

------------------s fssture, which he declared was unneces- cary.
 Nr. Byrns of Baldwin, stood for the raise, and sAid that the Confederate sol diers would net more money If there was q m1fe careful. examination of applicants.
 Thomas Amendment Tabsd.
 Representative NcClusky of Lamar, .oeclared that 1t was no answer to the arguments for the amendments to say that it would be improperly used. All laws. he said. were abused. He favored the rajsD. vote Of l. to N.
 Mr. Starr proposed to amend the bill by Introducing . provision that would allow the name. of any Confederate sol dler who had accumulated more than $Ao0 since his name was put on the list or who had added to what property he had when his name went oil the list until he had S400.
 Representative Walden of Morgan ex- pressed himself as heartily in favor of the Starr amendment and said that no mans name should be put on the rolls that did not belong there.
 Both tho amendment and the biIl were unanimously adopted.
 The House of Representatives met at lo:W o'clock Prayer was offered by Methodist Church.
 The roll call showed that ninety mine members were present.
 From the outset of the days proceed. fnGs the members displayed an anxiety to accomplish all the routine work possible as If to make up for time lost in the protracted debates of the two days pre- rious. There was no unfinished business and the House immediately got to work
 g Nv Bills Introducd.
 The roll of counties was called for the Introduction of hills. It resulted in the tntroduction of sixteen new measures. (which were read and referred to com mtttees.
 It is worthy of note that all of them are, general measures. One by Repre- sentative Thompson of Bfbb, proposes to create an additional member of the State Board of Inspectors. of Convicts whose duty 1t shall be to inspect the jails. guard
 houses and prisons of the State with the exception Of the penitentiaries.
 Ar. Arlington of Montgomery present. ed . bill designed to protect a purchaser or mortgage from e non-probated and
 un-recorded will
 Representative Minge of Marengo who
 is at the head of the Committee on Agri- culture introduced . copy of the Senate bill for the reduction of the fertilizer tag tax. The bill provides for the reduction of the tax tax to 90 cents. Mir. Minge's bill further provides for the creation of
 a department at Auburn for the study of stock raising.
 That the committees had been busy was shown by the reports. by the number of bills favorably reported. Sixteen bills were read a second time and put upon the calendar for today. They included the bill against State and county officials
 lobbying which was withdrawn Trom the calendar Wednesday to remedy an omis-
 sion from the bill. The general appro- priation bill, which carries the appro- priation for the expenses of the State was also favorably reported and put upon | the calendar for a third reading. "0rater Montgomery" Bill. The Senate bill extending and reafrang- ing the boundaries of the city of Mont gomery was favorably reported by the Committed on Municipalities. The bill has passed the Senate and 1t has had two | readings in the House. This bill 1t is | expected will pass the House in the next ! few days. Some opposition to it will probably be displayed on it's final pas sage. as 1t is understood that Messrs Maner and Hall favor the bill only with provision that the citizens of the territory l to be annexed shall be given the privilege
 of voting on the question of annexation The Commitete on Counties and County Boundaries favorably considered the bin | creating the new County of Liberty and it was put on the calendar for a third reading.
 By far the greater part Of the days session was occupied with the passage of bills. The Legislature has advanced to | that stage of its work where the final passage of bills Is to it the work of the most importance. At yesterdays ses- sion heavy inroads were made into the calendar no less than eight bills being passed. The calendar. however, is still large and 1t is a long way to its bottom. Provided for Deficiencies.
 Tie two deficiency bills which had been favorably reported by the Committee on Appropriations were taken out of their regular place yesterday at the request
 of MT. Handley of Randolph, and passed.
 One of the bills provides for the de- fciency of $11. .693. 70 in the expenses of the last General Assembly. The Legislative appropriation amounted to $55,000 for the expenses of the General Assembly, but this was found insufficient and the bill | passed yesterday was to remedy the de- l fciency. st The second bill carried an appropria- | ton of q, ,909. % to cover the deficiency ir ] the State printing and stationery ac. l count
 l The bill carrying an appropriation ot
 $15o for the purpose of raising the monu- | ment recently erected on the site o: Fort | Louise de La Mobile so that it can bs aeen from the Alabama River was also passed. The bill gives the Director of the
 State Department of Archives and His
 tory charge of the monument The pro.
 visions of the measure were explained tc
 the Legislature by Representative Du, l Bose of Jefferson.
 | The House adjourned at 1 p. m. to mee, today At 10:30 a. m,