The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-06
EDUCATIONAL MATTERS TAKE
 UP DAY IN THE LEGISLATURE
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vicious and dangerous and he attacked it in a vigorous speech MT. Lusk cited some cases where administrators, guard ians etc., had almost taken up the entire property with fees.
 On motion of MT. Pilley the bill was indefinitely postponed
 MT. DuBose of Jefferson offered reso- luton calling upon the superintendent of education for a transcript of the minutes of the state text commission
 The house bill to increase the appro- priations for the State Normal schools reached the house from the senate with an amendment. The house passed the bill originally increasing the appropriations for the schools at Troy and Florence from $7500 to $l0O0O per annum, the money to be paid out of the public school fund. The senate added the schools at Livingston and Jacksonville to the bill.
 Would Hurt Common Schools.
 MT. Lusk of Marshall was ready quick ly on his feet to oppose the bill, on the ground that it would take an additional 10000 yearly from the common school fund. He said that every student in the normal schools were now getting the benefit of in the neighborhood of s100  schools was getting only $1.40 He moved the indefinite postponement of the bill and senate amendments, but MT. Eos ter of Pike raised the point of order that the motion was, out of order, as the question before the house was concur renee or non-concurrence in the senate amendments. The point was sustained by the chair
 Mr. Kelly of Choctaw spoke against the bill, and MT. DuBose of Jefferson favored it. MT. DuBose declared that the best friend to the public school was the man who wanted the best teachers. He spoke in complimentary terms of the work being done by the normal schools
 MT. Lee of Butler opposed the bill, be- cause 1t would take some money from the public school fund.
 MT. Scale of Sumter, supported the amendment and told of the needs of the Livingston school.
 MT. Blackburn of Jefferson dealt some of the opponents of the measure a solar plexus in his earnest appeal for the sen ate amendments. He said that the amendments were just and right He jolted MT. Kelly of Choctaw for his posi- ton in not wanting to vote for the appropriation because 1t took money from the public school money. He showed from the auditors report that Choctaw only paid in round figures $S0O0 into the state treasury for all accounts. while 1t was draining for schools alone Sl1, ,OO0 He also reminded MT. Lusk that Marshall was paying but $17.000 into the state treasury, while it was getting back for the common schools alone $13,0O0
 Speaker Tunstall took the floor and after explaining the status of the meas ure, especially urged the increased ap- propriation for the Livingston school, 1t being the only normal school for girls in the state
 MT. Arnold of Calhoun strongly urged concurrence~in the senate amendments. He went somewhat into detail of the work being done by the normal schools.
 The house concurred in the amend ments by vote of A to S. The house then adjourned to reconvene at 10 o'clock Tuesday.
 House Bills Intro duced.
 The following bills were introduced into the house today:
 By MT. Byrne-To further regulate the