The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-11
MONTGOMERY
 POLICE BILL
CContinued from Jage one.)

late the pay of county treasurers was the pext measure on the calendar.
 Mir. Wood explained that the bill neither decreased nor raised the pay of county treasurers. It provided, he said, that they should receive 1-2 per cent on all money paid to them and l-2 per gent on all money paid out The pill was passed ayes 69, nays 7
 Backburn's Bill Recommitted.
 Mir. Biackpurn's bill making burglary of hn inhabited dwelling in the night time h capNal offense was next considered.
 The author explained his bill stating that the committee had reduced the minimum penalty from twenty years to two years.
 MT. Foster of Tuscaloosa thought that the bill ought to be recommitted. It was ! serious measure, he said, and one that beemed to repeal existing burglary laws He moved that the bill be recommitted 10 he Committee on Revision or Laws ana he motion prevailed.
 A communication was read inviting the members of the house to a reception to be given ythe Ionian Club at the resi- Hence of Dr. W. M Wilkerson, 322 Church Street, and the House recessed until bclock.
 Local Bills in Afternoon.
 The afternoon session of the House be- gan at o'clock.
 The roll was called and sixty members Answered to theirA nas-.es. "s'
 The House immediately began the work before 1t. Under the rule adopted by the House governing the afternoon sessions pnly local bills were to be passed The pane of each member was called and he was given the opportunity of calling up local bill.
 In this way MT. Foster of Pike called np ard had passed House bill 72 amending the gct establishing dispensary for Pike County. The bill was passed without op- position.
 MT Maner of Montgomery called up the bill providing guards for the Montgomery County jail. The bill encountered no op- position in its passage.
 In the same manner was passed House bill 385 repeating an act to establish the Walker County Law and Equity Court.
 Opposition to Dispensary Bill.
 Representative Thompsons bill estab- fishing dispensary in Blob County was the first local measure to meet with op- position.
 MT Starr of Dallas said that he under stood that prohibition prevailed in Bibb County. He did not think that the House should overthrow the prohibition law with the dispensary.
 MT. Thompson said that he was un- der the impression that he represented Bibb County. He said he knew the wishes of the people of his County and he would insist upon his bill being passed. MT Bogart of Jackson, expressed on the floor his disapproval of the bill be- cause of the fact that prohibition pre- vailed in the County.
 The bill was passed by vote of 55 to 1a The bill authorizing the sale of Whis- key at Short Creek in Jefferson County. was called up and explained by MT. Ben ners. It was passed by vote of 55 ayes and nays.
 House bill 227 for the relief of J. s. Webb was called up and was passed.
 Montgomery Police Commission.
 MT. Reynolds of Chiffon. called up when his County was reached, Senate bill G. providing for the establishment of a Board of Police Commissioners for the city of Montgomery. The bill was re- ported by the Committee with a substi- tute.
 The original bill provided for the elec- ton of the members of the Commission by vote of the people. The substitute makes the Police Commissioners elective by the City Council. The first election will be by the new Council next Novem- Der.
 The bill puts the entire police force of the city of Montgomery under the turls- diction of the Police Commission. It Is understood that the Montgomery delega- tion in the House and Senate have agreed upon the bill and that the Senate will accept the House substitute
 The bill was passed without opposition. The Senate bill introduced by Senator Screws of Montgomery making all justices of the peace in the six city beats of Montgomery County elected by the a people was called up and passed The bill provides that there is to be only ona justice of the peace in each of the citv beats who is to be elected by voters of the beat.
 The birl providing vote of the qualified electors of Talladega County for the au- thorization of certain municipal cornora-