The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-19

The Committee on Conference on the House vagrancy bill, to which amend ments were added by the Senate in which the House failed to concur yesterday re- turned a report, concurring with the Sem ate amendments.
 The bill introduced in the House was by MT. Goodwin and was an exact copy or the Georgia vagrancy law. When the bill passed the House and went to the Senate the Senate adopted as an amendment the Harrison vagrancy bill, which although founded on the Georgia law is more re- plete and has not some sections Wnlcn have proved vulnerable to the lawyers or Georgia.
 When the Committee on Conference as- sembled yesterday, Senator Harrison de- tended his bill and the Committee, alter due consideration, concurred with him.
 The report of the Committee was con- cured in by the Senate and sent forth with to the House. The House members of the Committee on Conference do not anticipate any fight in the House on con currence with the report.
 The House Committee on Banks and Banking met late yesterday afternoon to consider the bill of Representative Bank head relative to insurance rates in Ala bama. The bill seeks to make a more eQuable arrangement of the tax on life and fire insurance companies in Alabama.
 Representative Bankhead appeared be- fore the Committee yesterday afternoon in support of his bill. Speeches in oppo- sition to the measure were made by W. J. Boykin of Gadsden and Bibb Graves of Montgomery. The Committee adjourned before the consideration of the measure had been completed.
 The Committee will meet this morning at o'clock at the Capitol to hear other arguments upon the bill.
 In the published account of the colloauy between Messrs. Benners and Lusk Thurs day MT. Lusk was made to object to the substitute of the Committee on Ways and Means, saying that the substitute made the mortgage tax 30 cents on the first hundred dollars and 30 cents on each $lOO over.
 MT. Lusk said in the substitute it is provided that the fee be 30 cents on the first $1O0 and 15 cents on each $100 over.
 Mir Benners said the Committee recom- mended 30 cents per $100 throughout. Mir Lusk said the printed substitute had 1t 30 cents on the first s1O0, 15 cents on all oth- CTS.
 Represeftative J. Manly Foster. one of the House leaders has been quite i'll at the Exchange Hotel for the past two days. He is apparently suffering from malarial fever, his temperature being very high yesterday.
 MT. Foster will leave for his home in Tuscaloosa this morning accompanied by Colonel w. W. Brandon, Reading Clerk of the House.
 The Greater Birmingham bill was in- troduced in the House yesterday by Rep resentative DuBose of Jefferson. The bill is said to provide that the incorporated towns shall vote upon annexation before it becomes an assured fact.
 The fight on the bill was made before its introduction and the measure will in all probability have easy sailing.
 Beginning Wednesday the Senate will hold night sessions.
 The Senate Committee on Rules yester- day afternoon reported favorably the Dunn resolution providing that after Tuesday the Senate meet at 10 a. m., re- cessing at l p. m., reconvening at 3:S0 p. m., recessing at 5:3O p. m., reconvening at D. m. and adjourning at pleasure. The report was concurred in.
 Mir Maner of Montgomery, yesterday, by request of the Alabama Cordage Com pany, introduced bill in the House, amending the Greater Montgomery act.
 The bill changes the corporate limits of the city of Montgomery by excluding