The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-04
SENATE SANCTIONS MORE
 MONEY FOR NORMAL SCHOOLS

were conducted by Rev. A. L. Andrews, D. D., pastor or the Dexter Avenue Methodist Church.
 Hon. Erie Pettus of Limestone, Judge C. A. Senn of Jefferson, Hon. l.. w. Grant of Calhoun. Hon. J. II. Bankhead of Jefferson, Hon. Hal Johnson of Talia- desa. Judge J. A. Anderson of Greene, Hon. L. D. Godfrey of Jefferson and Hon. M. Sollie of Ozark were accorded the privileges of the floor.
 . forty-Stx New Bills. On the call for new bills by districts, forty-six bills were introduced and reter- red to committees.
 A message was in the meantime recelv- ed from the House announcing that the lower branch Of the legislature, recogniz- ing the1mportance of Labor Day, had decided to adjouln Monday in recognition or the laborers of Alabama. The resolu- ton was referred to the Committee on Rules.
 Bills on their third reading were then taken up. The ilrst bill to be passed by the Senate was House Bill SS, which was called up by MT. Goidsby of Mobile. The bill provides for the further issuance of bonds. by the city of Mobile in order to raise the bonded indebtedness of that city, which will fall due in the near fu-
 
 Several other bills of minor importance were called up and passed. In Executive Session.
 A message from the Governor was re- ceived and the Senate retired into exec utive session. It was announced alter the session that the Senate had con- firmed the appointment by Governor Jelks of Hon. H. $. b. Mallory of Selma as a Trustee of the Girls Industrial School at Montevallo to succeed, the late Joseph B. Graham of 1alladega.
 The Senate then took up the Normal School bill, after the disposal of which and the passage Of other bills of less in- | terest, the body recessed until o'clock in the afternoon.
 At the afternoon session of the Senate, the Senators spent busy two hours purgfng the calendar of bilis. crossed in the House, or which developments since | the recess of the Legislature showed to | be dead issues.
 Nine bills were indefinitely postponed and 1t Is understood that there are others on the calendar which will meet with the same fate.
 Bare Quorum Present.
 The attendance at the session yester- | day afternoon was small. At times only | a pare quorum was present and on the l authors asked that they be informally passed until better attended meeting of the Senate could be held.
 The first bill to cause discussion during the afternoon was a bill introduced by senator Morrow of Jefferson, providing Tor an increase in salary from $500 g year to GOO year for the Assistant State Librarian
 Senator Powell of Butler opposed the bll. He said that he thought It was about time for the Legislature to stoI raising salaries. He dio not doubt the worth Of the young man who occupies the position of Assistant to the State Librarian but doubted that the duties which devolved on him were worth more than $60U q year.
 Senator Morrow replied that 1t was only by chance that the bill was not call. ed up before other salary raising bills and he thought the duties of the Assist ant Librarian too important and arduous tu receive a $6JO d year compensation.
 On d vote the bill was lost 15 to 8.
 Senator Morrow changed his vote ir order that he might movo to reconsider
 Later in the session he moved to re. consider and the bill will again be called up Tuesday at noon as a special order.
 To Adjourn Labor Day.
 The Committee on Rules reported that it's members agreed with the members of the House on the significance Of Labor Day and recommended that the Senate adjourn on Monday with the provision that they reassembe Tuesday at Io;S( o'clock. Tuesday was to have been an all lternate day on which the Committees would meet and catch up with their work. The Senate in adopting the report of the Rules Committee simply made Monday an off day instead of Tuesday.
 The purging of the calendar continued until 5 o'clock when the Senate adjourned to meet Saturday morning at 10 o'clock.