The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-17
DULL DAY
 IN SENATE Bill Providing Pay for
 Chemist Passed. 0STE0PATH BILL SENT IN Minority of Committee Dis agree with Majority. Session Was Brief, But Several New Bills Were Presented and Three
 Were Passed-Chemist
 Bill Debated.

As is usual at the Monday session the Senate yesterday did little beyond the regular routine of introducing new bills and receiving the reports Of committees on measures previously introduced.
 Three bills were passed. One of these, by Senator Goldsby of Mobile authorizes owners or lessees of lands to prohibit hunting thereon. Another, by senator Hall of Baldwin fixes the tax on corpor ate procedings The third. by Senator Harrison of Lee amends the Code fixing the compensation of the State chemist for analysis of the contents of stomachs of persons in cases where there is sus- picion of death having been caused by poison.
 Two reports were submitted by the com mittee having in charge the osteopathy bill, one favorably, and one by dissent ing minority, unfavorable. with a substi- ute bill The substitute decrees that all persons desiring to practice medicine
 within the State shall pass an examina-
 ton before the regular medical board and on the subject now prescribed for all can-
 didates, with the exception that persons
 applying for admission to practice, who state in writing that they have not studied
 major surgery and do not intend to prsc-
 tice 1t, may be admitted without examina-
 ton in that subject.
 Minority Report on Osteopathy.
 This bill, 1t will be seen, only slightly
 amends the present law on the subject,
 and 1t is understood that the osteopaths
 are far from satisfied with the minority
 report. The substitute bill purposely
 omits all reference to ''pathy" of any sort, but 1t works no hardship for the Osteopaths or for members of any other aahnnl Vnarelv stimulates that All sons desiring to practice medicine in the State must pass a certain examination. Although a slight concession to the eX- ponent of the new cult, Tn that exami- nation in major surgery is eliminated in certain cases, a line of practice with
 which the osteopaths profess to have no desire to deal. 1t is probably not such Q concession as the osteopaths desire. for It does not openly recognize the osteo- pathic school and the osteopathic
 methods of treatment of disease. The two bills are on today's calendar l and a lively debate Is expected when they come up. The minority measure is sup l ported on the part of the committee by | Senators Harrison, Johnston of Tusca- l loosa and Long of Henry, while the ma | Jority includes Senators Bostick of Jack son, Rodgers of Sumter, Hogue of Perry and Norman of Chambers. The Senate | Is believed to be pretty evenly divided or | the matter, and the majority measure can | hardly go through without a contest. Senate Met at Noon. The Senate was called to order at noon l by Senator Goldsby, Lieutenant Governor | Cunningham not being In the city.
 Prayer was offered by Senator Norman | of Chambers.
 The roll call found only seventeen mem | bers present, not a quorum, but others came in within a few minutes and the 1 work of the day was taken up. f Among the bills introduced was ohe by
 Senator Screws of Montgomery to abolish | the offices of notary public and ex-ofiicio I justice of the peace in Beats 1, ?, B. 4, g. l and 6, in Montgomery County. These are l the city beats.
 l Senator Castleberry, of Talladega, h. l troduced a bill to declare the assets of l insolvent corporations trust funds for the l payment of the creditors of such-corpora- l tions.
 | The establishment of an inferior court
 for precincts 15 and 20 in Calhoun County | In lieu of a justice of the peace. is the | object of a measure Introduced by Sena- | tor Blackmon of Calhoun.
 | Another bill by Senator Blackmon Is
 to amend the law fixing the powers and
 jurisdiction of the City Court of Annis- l ton.
 | A bill Introduced by Senator Woolf of | Marengo makes an appropriation for the 1 compensation of the Land Clerk in the l office of the State Auditor for the years l 1903, 1904, 1905 and 19O6
 Senator Hall of Baldwin Introduced a l bill to prohibit certain foreign corpora | tions from doing business in the State. | A bill for the relief of M. L Grady, as guardian of the four minor children of