The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-02
FLOOD OF NEW BILLS
Listened to Reading of the
 Governors Message.
Both Houses Will Adjourn Over Every Other Day Until Sep
 tember o-One Hundred
 and Forty-seven Bills. ..

The returned members of the Alabama Legislature in the first of the twenty-two remaining days of the session of lSB, went at their work yesterday with zest and eagerness which accomplished results generally satisfactory.
 The message of Governor Jelks review ing the rather extensive financial legis- 1ation of the winter session and suggest ing important legislation for the final sittings of the Legislature, was read, the report of the Senate Recess Committee accompanied by sixteen bills for introduc- ton was submitted to both the Senate and the House. Eighty-three bills in the House and sixty-four bills in the Senate were introduced, and the Gov ernor's veto of the White House bill was received and acted upon by the House.
 Program to Save Time.
 The chief interest of the days work in both the Senate and House centered upon the program adopted for saving time. The House and Senate adopted joint resolution providing for regular sessions of the House every day and for meet ings of the committees on the alternate days for one week or until the sth or September.
 The resolution provided that regular sessions of the House should be held on Septen1ber i, 3, 5, I and g. The resolu- .tion declared that no sessions should be held on September 2, and 8, and that those days should be given over to com mittee meetings It was further declar- ed that after September 9th regular daily sessions of both the House and Senate should be held unless a change should be decided upon.
 The object of the resolution was to ,arranse the committee meetings so that s-S. rufth the raQlllqr rpreceedings of the House and Senate. It is generally expected that nearly all !; of the new bills will be introduced during 1 fhe first week. In fact 1t Is thought ] that a large portion of them went before she law makers at yesterdays session. with the alternate days before the con1- mittees for work, it is thought that the new bills can be disposed of as fast as shey come in so far as the committees are concerned.
 Advancing the Work.
 It is expected that nearly all of the new bills that stand any chance of passage will be on the calendar of one house or inc other at the end of the first week. After this the House and Senate will be ready to daily discuss and act upon all bills on the calendar.
 The message of Governor Jelks was read in both houses. It was given the closest attenI1On Dy the oendtoI5 anu Representatives.
 The report of the Senate Recess Com mittee which labored during the summer months was submitted in both houses at the same time. Tn the Senate it was pre- sented by President Pro Fem Goldsby and in the House it was sent up by Rep resentative J. c. Rich of Mobile. The report carried with it the introduction of the sixteen bills which had been pre- pared by the committee. These bills, un- der the new Constitution, had to go be- fore the regular standing committees of the House and Senate. Under the old Constitution the favorable report of special committee could put bill on the calendar for final passage, but now action by a standing committee is required be- fore bill gets on the calendar.
 In the House the new and important General Municipal Bill was presented by Representative R. W. Walker of Madl- son, the chairman of the House Commit tee on Municipalities. The bill divides the cities of Alabama into three classes. The first class is composed of cities having population of more than 25 900, the second class of between 2.500 and 25,0O0 inhabi- 4ants and the third class of all incorpo- rated towns of less than 2,500 The biE declares that all unincorporated towns shall be known as villages. The bill pro- vides laws for all the classes.
 The attendance of both the House and Senate members was large. The ab- sentees were only those who had been kept at home by sickness.
 Both the House and Senate adjourned to meet at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn- ing.