The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-27
LEGISLATION ,p LEGISLATORS.
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3 NIN a5A systematic move was made yesterday | in the'direction of securing the enactment l of an adequate revenue law for the State. This was the meeting in the Senate
 chamber at 3:30 o'clock in the afternoon ! of the House Ways and Means Commit | tee and the Senate Finance and Taxation
 Committee, in joint session. with a view 1 to taking such action as might best and
 with the least delay secure the ends de- sired. Action at the last session of the Legislature in the direction of revenue legisiatton' was defeated, 1t was said, through the inability to arrange anything
 like concerted movement on the part of both houses, and the ehairmen of the two committees, Senator Dunn of Clarke and Representative Simpson of Lauderdaie,
 decided at this session that the only
 means by which tangible results rniSht
 be secured would be to find common ground and then proceed with the prepa- 1 ration of the revenue bill.
 Capt. R. T. Simpson, chairman of the House committed. presided at the meet ! ing, which was attended by consider able number of members from >both ! houses. Representative Wilkinson of Au- tauga moved for tho appointment of a subcommittee of three from each house
 who should undertake the drafting of a revenne bill, with exclusive charge of the matter. this committee to make any use 1t deemed advisable of any revenue bill already introduced as material from
 which to prepare a new measure or ap- prove. with or without amendments. any bill already presented.
 The motion was amended to make the | subcommittee consist of three members l from the Senate and four from the
 House, with the chairmen of the Ways and ATaana and Ttfnanoa and Taxatio1a Committees ex-oficio members. The fol- lowing were named as members of the subcommittee:
 For the Senate Senators Dunn, Nor
 wood aud Thomas.
 For the House-Messrs Simpson, Ben ners. Deloney and Minge. The task assigned this subcommittee is the drafting of a revenue bill which shall meet with the needs of the State,
 and which shall also be so framed as to
 meet If possible the approval of both houses.
 Senator Dunn. in announcing the Sen | ate members of the subcommittee. re- ! counted the futile efforts at the last ses- sion to secure the revenue legislation de-
 sired. and expressed the hope that some 1 thing might come of the action now be-
 ing taken.
 Representative Deloney protested against his appointment on the sub-com-
 nittee. alleging his unfitness for the duty, and declaring that only lawyers should be entrusted with so grave responsibility. Senator Dunn held that Mir. Deloney. in view of his experience with such mat ters, was the man for the place, and
 Chairman Simpson insisted that he serve. A misapprehension of the bill of Hon.
 o. C. Maner of Montgomery, which seeks
 to forbid bucket shops and bucket shopping in Alabama has arisen in the minds of many. Mir. Maner says that his
 bill in no way interferes with the busi-
 ness of legitimate brokers.
 The blli" said Mir. Maner yesterday
 lis only directed against bucket shops
 It seeks to forbid gambling on the mar
 ket quotations of any Board of Trade.
 It is aimed only at that class of dealers.
 A reading of the bill will show that 1t
 in no way affects legitimate brokers who
 do a legitimate business of buying and
 selling"
 A bill making Solicitors elective by the
 people is before the House Judiciary
 Committee for consideration. The bill
 vas introduced by Hon. R. T. Goodwin
 of Montgomery. It provides that all so-
 licitors in the State, with the exception
 of deputy and assistant solicitors, shall be
 elected Dy majority or the voters or the
 judicial circuit or of the county in case of a county court. The bill declares that
 the solicitors shall be selected at the gen.
 ersl election to be held in November, 1904
 The Judiciary Committee of the Senate
 yesterday adversed the bill to exempt
 bank presidents, vice-presidents and cash
 iers from jury duty. In the opinion of
 the committee this class of citizens should
 be required to serve on jurles as we'll as any other class.
 A bill amending sections b446 54t7 and
 644S of the Code by Representative Ifoff-
 man of Mobile. was passed yesterday by
 the House. It raises the age of consent
 in Alabama from 10 to IA years. By the terms of a bill introduced in the
 House yesterday by Representative | George II. Parker of Cullman, the salary
 of the Chief Clerk in the office of the 1 Secretary of state is raised to S1.5Oo an- | nnaIly. The present salary of the Chief Clerk In the ofire of the Secretary of State Is $1,OO0 annually, an amount which