The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-13


 Code, relating to the incorporation of burial societies, were passed.
 The senate bill to require a list to be made and kept of all corporations form ed under the laws of Alabama, was in- definitely postponed.
 Mir TIoffman's bill getting after the little money lenders who in m ny eases charge cxorbltant rates of interest, was called up. The bill seeks to regulate the business of the fellow who lends money on personal property, by providing the expression in the note of security, the date of lending the money, the rate of interest charged, and all other charges necessary to secure the loan The note must then be filed Tn the office of the probate judge Mir. Hoffman and Mir. Starr supported the bill and cited Nases where hardships had been we ked D charging of exorbitant rates
 MT. Foster of Tuscaloosa
 bill a vicious .t-
 closely into d Iiiels.s~ pri7 exorbitant rates are charged, MT. Eos ter said the courts are now open to the borrower for relief.
 MT. Blackburn supported the bill, and MT. Werner wanted the measure indefi- ntely postponed MT. Goldsmith and MT. Walden favored the bill The bill was finally, withdrawn and recommitted to the Juulclary committee.
 The Senate.
 The senate met at 10:30 o'clock ,Lieuten- ant Governor Cunningham presiding.
 The devotional exercises were led by Dr. A. L. Andrews of Montgomery.
 Immediately after the call of districts for the introduction of new bills. senators sent in floods of requests for unanimous consent to call up local bills.
 Ar,opC tba bi1ls of this nat1Irp paSsed was the DuBose house bill authorizing Howard and Owenton colleges to become bodies corporate, with the general powers of corporations.
 Senator Stone of Cherokee called up general bill providing that all agricultural schools be under the general supervision of a board of control, to be composed of the attorney general, the superintendent of education and the commissioner of ag- riculture The bill further provides that agriculture be taught in the school under the inspection of the professor of agricul- ture of the Alabama Polytechnic 1nsti- tute.
 Objection was made to the bill by Sem ators Lancaster and Johnston on the grounds that changing the control of the schools from farmer trustees to state office holders They believed that this would throw political influences into the school management. which they thought would mean ruin to the institutions.
 Knock for Agricultural Schools.
 Senator Castleberry said he lived in a district which had an agricultural school. As an agricultural school, the institutions are failures. but he averred that they are great things for high art and piano play ing. He favored the control being put Tn the hands of paid state officers, who would make it their business to see that the schools performed their expected func- tions.
 Senator Dunn thought that the present system of agricultural schools IS 10 an extent a failure on account of peut Jeai- ousies existing in the school boards. lie was in favor of the bill. Further con- sideration of the bill, however was iaid over until Wednesday noon' TOT WHICH u was made a special order. A.
 Senator Johnston then called up the motion to nonconcur with the house m US concurrence with the governor III ms amendment to the veteran reileI Dlh' iie said that since the arguments or the pre- ceding afternoon he had been fuliy con vinced that the point of unconstitutlon- alitv raised at that time by Senators Frazer and Blackmon was well founded. He. therefore moved to indefinitely post bone action of the motion to non-concuf, The constitutional point was raised that an indefinite postponement could not pc had on a motion to non-concur. The point was sustained.
 The difficulty thereby raised or com polling the senate to act on an uncon- stitutional bill was avoided by the adoption of a motion by Senator John ston to withdraw his motion to non concur and to set the matter down as special order for Monday, September 2S. The original bill is therefore dead. Action will be taken however. on a new bill in- troduced by Senator Blackmon which provides for s5O000 appropriation.
 The general election bill was then taken up as a special order. On motion of Sem ator Smith the measure was taken up section by section. The bili came up in the form of substitute framed by the 
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