The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-02
MEMBERS OF LEGISLATURE WENT TO WORK EAGERLY
NEW BILLS IN SENATE
RECESS COMMITTEE SUBMITS
 RESULTS OF WORK.
Upper House Received Sixty-Four New Bills and Adjourned Un- til Wednesday Morning
 Brief Session.

s1A vvS~~~SS&sy Brief Session. The first day of the reconvening of the Alabama Senate was marked by a flood of new bills, to be disposed of within the ! twenty-two days of work. Sixteen of the sixty-four bills intro- duced in the Senate were included in the report of the Senate Recess Committee which was submitted by Senator Goldsby. The Senate was called to order at noon by Lieutenant Governor R. M. Cunning ham. Thirty members answered to their names at roll call.
 Rev. Ernest c. Nave. pastor of the Fifth Avenue Methodist Church. conduct ed the devotional exercises. appealing to the Creator for Divine guidance in the deliberations and expressing the thanks Tor keeping the body intact since the re- cess.
 Leave of absence was granted Senator Hearst of Etowah until September g on account of illness in his family. The privileges of the floor were granted Hon. Alex M. Garber of Talladega, Con- gressman William Richardson of Hunts vtlle Hon. Edward de Grafenreid of Greensboro. Hon. C. H. Mandy of Jeffer- son, Hon. w. T. Perry of Jefferson and Hon. E. D. Smith of Birmingham A House joint resolution was read pro- viding that both branches recess today, Friday and Monday in order that Com mittees might have opportunity to get their work in shape. The message was referred to the Committee on Rules. On motion of Senator Hipp of Cullman a Committee from the Senate composed of Senators Hipp, Dunn and Rogers was appointed by President pro tenn. Colds by to wait on the Governor and inform him that the Senate was in session and ready to receive any communication from him.
 The written message from the Cover nor was then read and formally received. Three hundred copies were ordered to be printed for the use of the Senators. The call for the introduction of new bills by districts was then made. Sixty four bills were introduced and referred. Chairman Goldsby of the Senate Recess Committee then submitted the report of that Committee which was as follows: ITO the Senate of the State of Alabama:
 Your Recess Committee, fully realiz- ing the grave importance and many diff faculties of the task assigned to it, en- tered upon its duties with diffidence. Nothing but it's sense of the necessity of the work before it, it's appreciation of the confidence reposed in 1t by the Senate and the knowledge of what has been ex- pected of it by the people of the State of Alabama. has sustained 1t to the con- pletion of its work. "It is hoped that 1t may be permitted to say that, though sometimes discourag- ed by the amount of labor before 1t, 1t has striven hard. eoaseienti ously and ,dili- gently to discharge its trust and to de- serve the appreciation of the Legislature and the people of Alabama.
 Tt is believed that few. who have not attempted such work under such circum- stances, appreciate. fully, the obstacles which it has encountered and the tangle of perplexed questions it has sought to overcome and unravel.
 Limited in time, finding before it intri- cate subjects novel to the trend and custom of legislation which have existed since Alabama has been a State, and under which an established order of things had grown, through generations, into settled principle, it has been called upon to mould and fashion laws to con- form to new fundamentS of government.
 AS 1t worked the matter grew, but 1t has plodded on and now presents the re- suits of its labors with the satisfaction begotten of the knowledge of having given faithful endeavo., to the accom- plishment of the purp ses for which it was created.
 Upon examining the new Constitution, your committee has considered it it's duty to prepare bills upon the following sub jects, which bills it submits to you with it's report: viz:
 T. To regulate primary elections in the State of Alabama.
 "2. To provide for the incorporation and government of municipalities in the State of Ala bama.
 8. To regulate and fix the license or privilege tax upon the avocations, occu- pations and businesses hereinafter emu merated and set forth for all the mun- cipalities within the State of Alabama
 '4. To authorize cities and towns operating under special charters, granted by the Legislature, to amend any of the provisions of their charter within the limits prescribed by the act creating the same.
 ''5. To prevent two or more prosecu- tions for the same offense where mayors and police justices have final Jurisdiction.
 '6. To provide for a general stock law for the State of Alabama
 -. To provide for the issuance of bonds by counties having 25,000 inha bitants or less.
 'S, To provide for the issuance of bonds in counties having a population of more than 25OOO
 g. To provide for the creation of separate school districts in the State of Alabama.
 TO. To provide for an election to levy and collect special tax for the support of public schools in the various counties in the State of Alabama.
 I'll To punish bribery on the mart of members of the Legislature.
 '12. To define and punish the ofxSnse of corrupt solicitation of members of the Legislature or other public officers of this State or of any municipal division there- of
 '13. To confer and limit powers of pri- vate corporations.
 "A To provide for the examination of banks.
 '15 To provide for the regulation of banks.
 '16 To provide for the revision. codi- fication. digesting and promulgation of the statutes of this State, both civil and criminal
 Some of these bills are presented to you without comment other than that they have been carefully considered by your Committee and are submitted to you for your action.
 Your Committee was we'll pleased to find. in the discharge of its duties in ref erence to the necessit of submitting a report upon a subject so important and difficult as a general election law, the Bahkhead bill which is now upon the Sem ate calendar.
 While it has prepared several amend ments to this bill and has devoted no lit- tie time to it's consideration. 1t has found it to be carefully and skillfully drawn. with evidence of a thorough knowledge of the existing laws upon the subject, and your Committee expresses its apprecia- Al -N.