The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-03
FARMERS TO BE PROVIDED
Short Sessions Held by the
 Alabama Lawmakers.
Senate Passed Half . Dozen Bills, and House Asked the Railroad Commission for Impor-
 tant Information.

The Alabama Legislature has before 1t bill for the relief of the alleged corn famine existing in certain parts or the State on account of the drought or last summer.
 The bill. which was introduced yester- day by Representative l.. $. Schuessler of Chambers, makes provisions for the purchase of 10000 bushels of seed corn which is to be sent out to the farmers who suffered most from the dry spell that parched the corn crop of Alabama.
 Under the terms of the bill. the corn is to be bought and distributed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and In- dustries.
 The bill brought home to the Legisla- ture the effects of the unprecedented dry weather of last summer. It was not generally thought that the desutution was such as to require State aid.
 The bill will be given careful con sideration and 1t is not improbable that the Committse on Agriculture to which it was referred will make favorable re- port to the House on 1t.
 hint of the conditions alluded to in the bill was contained in the remark of Representative J. J. Kelly of Choctaw Friday on the anti-cigarette bill In an swering the statement of another mem
  from giving away load of shucks to his neighbor, because shucks were fairly good substitute for cigarette papers, the representative from Choctaw said: '"The bill won't effect my county because no shucks were raised there last year."
 London's Bill Sidetracked. The bill introduced by MT. London of Jefferson limiting the pay of County Treasurers to s2,O 900 was side-tracked yes terday morning by an adroit parliamen- tary move. during his >absence. The oi'l had been considered by the Juuciary Committee and was on the calendar TOT third reading and final pessaga..-tyM MT. London was not present at yesterdays session of the House When the title of the bill had been read MT. Honman, of Mobile moved that the bill be recom- mitted to the Judiciary Committe Tnere was no discussion of the motion and the House adopted tho motion without an effort on the part of any of the mem bers to prevent it.
 Tha bills passed yesterday included the Senate measure providing a dispensary for Uniontown. Perry County. The bill was by unanimous consent, called out of it's place in the calendar by MT. Hardie of Perry.
 Representative Starr of Dallas asked for information as to the sentiment or the people of Uniontown on the dispensary He wanted to know if the people wanted 1t. In reply MT. Hardie said that ne had made his race on the dispensary issue and had won out over a saloon keeper who fought the proposition.
 Goldsmith Against Dispensaries. On the bill MT. Goldsmith of Lowndes obtained leave to explain his vote. He said that he had no desire to see the bill defeated but that he never had voted for a dispensary and he never would. Mir. Lee of Butler who is minister. and MT. Kelly of Choctaw, were at their request excused from voting The oiil was passed with a few dissenting votes There was a short discussion of the bill providing compensat ton for the clericai work of Judges of Probate for making out rsg,s,ration lists under Section 1s7 of the Constitution. The bill. as originally in troduced. gave the Probate Judges cents for each name. but the committee cut the amount to 2 1-2 cents
 An amendment making the compensa- tion 3 cents per name was offered by MT. Hoffman of Mobile, but 1t was tabled on motion of MT. Kelly. MT Simpson of Laudsrdale offered another amendment making the amount cent a name. This amendment en- countercd considerable opposuon ana some discussion ensued.
 MT. Pilley spoke against 1t and declared that 1t was inadequate for the work which the Probate Judges had 10 do on the registration lists. Similar argu- ments were adduced by MT. Deloney or Colbert who had not completed his re- marks when the hour for the adjourn ment of the House arrived. The bill Will come up this morning under the head of unfinished business.
 Convened at Noon.
 The House met at noon. later hour for converting having been named to all low those members who spent SnudaS with their families to reach the city or the morning trains.
 Prayer was offered by Rev. J. M Ell ott of Mon gomery.
 The roll call showed the presence of 8 members
 Senator Johnston Is confident that wher reports but there were no reports. Th committees had on account of absen members held no meetings since Satur days session and there was no bill re ported favorably to go on the calendar
 The introduced bills, however, cam with rush. Seventeen were sent up t inc merits of his uniform text book hil average.
 One of the important measures was tn hill introduced by Representative L. S Gloucester or CndWoers' making eac County Superintendent of Education collector of poll taxes in his county.
 Pay of County Superintendents.
 Mfr Schuessler also introduced bil making the pay of County Superintend ents l1-2 per cent of the money the handle.
 MT Thompson of Bibb introduced a bil specifying what persons are to be exemp from poll tax. The present list of exempt ed ones is under Mir. Thompson's bill enlarged somewhat HIS nst make nreacbers. school teachers and some oth ers exempt from working on the publi roads.
 Representative A. S. Fletcher of Madi son introduced bill creating Stat Department of Banking with a state oin ciaI at the head of it and with numoe or bank examiners working under nm The bank examiners under MT Fletcher