The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-09
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The Lusk judiciary bill will probabl, come up at to-day's meeting Of the Ju dietary Committee The bill divides thu State into eighteen judicial circuits There are at present fourteen circuits. The circuits as outlined in the Lusl bill are as follows: First Circuit-Houston, Henry. Pike Geneva and Coffee. Second Circuit-Barbour. Bullock, Rus sell. Dale and Lee. Third Circuit-Macon, Tallapoosa Chambers and Randolph. Fourth circuit-clay. Cleburne and Calhoun.
 Fifth Circuit-Talladega Shelby, Coosa and Chiffon. Sixth Circuit-Etowah. St. Clair and Blount.
 Seventh Circuit-Cherokee, DeKalb
 Jackson and Marshall. Eighth Standardization and Limestone. Ninth Circuit-Morgan. Lawrence and
 Cullman.
 Tenth Circuit-Lauderdale. Colbert.
 Franklin and Marion.
 Eleventh Circuit-walker and Wins
 ton. -E
 Twelfth Circuit-Pickens, Greene. Tus- caloosa, Fayette and Lamar.
 Thirteenth Circuit-Dahas, Hale, Per- ry, Wilcox and Bibb.
 Fourteenth Circuit-Autauga, Lowndes, Montgomery and Fillmore.
 Fifteenth Circuit-Choctaw. Clarke, Marengo, Monroe and Sumter.
 Sixteenth Circuit-Baldwin. Mobile and Washington.
 Seventeenth Granddaughter. Crenshaw, Covington. Conecuh and Escambia.
 Eighteenth Circuit-Jefferson. ' Saturday at noon will mark the begin ming of what promises to be one of the most lively legislative battles of this ses- sion in the Senate. The upper house on the Committee on Privileges and Elec- tions, yesterday decided to begin the con- sideration of the general election law at that time.
 Three hundred copies of the bill were ordered to be printed for the use of the members.
 The minority report, which Senator Craig announced when he reported favor ably the Recess Committee election law, will not be made. Senator Craig explained in the session of the Senate yesterday that the members of the Committee. who were to file the minority report claim to be in the majority. The chief difficulty in making a unanimous report was the clause of the Bankhead bill providing for the numbering of ballots, which wasomitt- ed in the bill of the Recess Committee.
 The Temperance Committee of the House met yesterday afternoon. in the hall of the House of Representatives. af- ter the adjournment of the House. Rep A. S. Lyons, of Mobile. sec ond on the committee. presided in the absence of Chairman Johnson. The com mittee had before it several local bills of minor importance.
 The Werner dispensary bill is now the most important measure before the com mittee This Is general State dispen- sary bill. It makes provision for one election for a dispensary in every county where prohibition does not prevail. The bill will be considered by the committee at its next meeting.
 The Appropriations Committee of the House will meet this morning to grapple with the proposition for an Alabama ex- hibit at the Worlds Fair in St. Louis. The committee of which Major W. A. is chairman. will meet at 9l D clock at the Capitol. The meeting is called for the special purpose of con- sidering the bill making an appropriation for a State exhibit at St. Louis.
 Hon. R. R. Poole. Commissioner of Ss anu otiictS ilCACStCU ti0 exhibit will appear before the commit l tee. : The House Committee on Revision of Laws has before it one of the livest l matters presented to the Legislature, the | general stock law question. The ques- | 'ion is treated in two bills which are | now under consideration. by the Re- 'ision of Laws Committee. One of the measures is the Thomas bill which was considered at the winter session, and ater recommitted to the committee. The