The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-21

the jails and other places where pris- oners are confined other than the peniten- tiaries. The inspectors are to serve with out pay, save for their actual expenses, and county authorities are required to make such changes for the care of pris- oners as the board recommends and at the countys expense. MT Londons bill to limit the salaries of county treasurers to s20o0 has great local interest in his county, but is a general bill in it's terms.
 MT. Benners of Jefferson introduced bills allowing cities of 20.000 population and counties with over 40.000 to expend money in caring for such sick and wound ed persons are are unable to provide for themselves in any hospital.
 Cunningham Introduces Bill.
 Mir Cunningham introduced a bill to amend section 5511 of the code so as to read as follows: Any person who by force or violence to person or property seeks to prevent another from doing work of furnishing material, or contracting to do work or furnish material to any per- son or corporation engaged in any lawful business or calling must on conviction be fined not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars F5aa MT. DuBose's bill on health gives en- larged powers to the health authorities in suppressing contagious diseases and provides for the expense.
 MT. Thach's bill to provide for the monthly payment of teachers is in answer to a demand that has been swelling for some years.
 MT. Lusk of Marshall got in the first bill to abolish the much discussed back tax law.
 MT. Rich of Mobile offered two bills of general interest, one to turn over to the Mobile and West Alabama railroad the two and three per cent funds now in the treasury, and to appropriate S20,O0O to the extension and repair of the buildings of the medical department of the univer- sity at Mobile. Another appropriation bill today was one to gove s45,0OO to the deaf and dumb school for enlargement of it's buildings. Also one by MT Goodwin of Montgomery to devote $500 to the erec- ton of building just south of the capitol to hold such Confederate, relics as the ladies of the White House association may collect. This carries with it the preservation of the old White House here but 1t Is not mentioned in the bill. Mr. Screws introduced the same bill.
 Teachers Bill.
 Mir. Edwards proposes to change the time of the teachers examinations from January and July to April and October. MT. Foster of Pike desires that the ap- propriations for the normal colleges at Livingston Florence and Jacksonville re- main at $75O0 and that at Troy to get $9000 per annum. He would also have every applicant for admission to the senior classes of the normal colleges to hold a first grade certificate from the state board, and then when they gradu- ated their certificates to be for life and of the first grade. He also desires that all circuit judges and chancellors be paid 10 cents per mile while travelling on official duties He would also have the people to elect deputy solicitor in each county. He also introduced the very im- portant bill providing for the holding Of elections in the counties for levying the 1-mill tax allowed by the new constitu- tion. He leaves the initiative to the com missioners' courts.
 MT. Lyman proposes that no public or ficers shall be exempt from road and street duty, but allows them to pay communication in money if they desire.
 MT. Werner of Tuscaloosa introduced general law providing for elections by the people on bond issues for buildings, roads and the like.
 MT. Bankhead proposes the Fourth Ju- dicial circuit judge to have both common law and chancery jurisdiction.
 MT. Davis introduced the bill to in- crease the governors salary to s50O0. as requested in a resolution of the constitu-