The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-06
LEGISLATION ,nD LEGISLATORS.

A Committee representing both Houses of the Legislature which was recently appointed to investigate and pass upon the advisability of recognizing the judi cial circuits of the State met last even- ing in the Supreme Court room to dis cuss the matter. No definite action was taken, the purpose of the meeting being merely to consider the situation and de- eide later on such action as may seem necessary. The, work of some of the judges in the State is said to be excess sive. and the plan is. if possible, to equal ize this by the creation of more circuits or in some other way that may seem ad- visable.
 In this Committee the Senate Is repre- sented by Senators Harrison. NeSmith and Arlington. The House Representa- lives are Messrs. Simpson. Foster, Bank head, Maner and Lusk.
 Another meeting of the Committee has been set for Monday at o'clock, at which all who are interested in the mat ter of rearranging the Judicial Circuits are requested to be present.
 The bills favorably reported by Com mittees of the House yesterday included the important measure introduced by MT. Werner of Tuscaloosa regulating the Ma tional Guard of Alabama. The important feature of the measure is that it gives the Governor the right to remove any of- ficer of the Guard for reasons sufficient to himself. right which he has not un- der the present law. It has been argued for the bill that 1t would in many cases save the State expensive courts martial. It is also claimed for the bill that 1t would prevent such military imbroglios as in the past year have brought the Srd Infantry into unpleasant notoriety.
 There is some opposition to the bill. just how strong. it will be developed on the third reading of the measure. Whatever opposition there Is to the measure is based upon the claim that it gives the Governor the right to take an officer S commission away from him without a trial. The Military Committee of the House, however, looked with favor upon the measure.
 The House Judiciary Committee yester- day reported unanimously the bill favor ing the States reprinting certain volumes of the reports of the decisions of the Su- preme Court. But one amendment was added. This requires the books taken by the State to have burned in each back Property of the State of Alabama" and the number of each set. By this means any set or book can be traced wherever it is found, and returned where it be- longs.
 Under the provisions of the bill about five years are allowed to republish the reports; this will make the cost fall light " on the State. and give 1t plenty of op- portunity to recoup by selling part of the books 1t subscribes for. and by sell ing sundry odd volumes. now held by the different Judges. who are required to re- turn them to the Secretary of State. as they receive the reprint.
 The first meeting of the Committee on Pensions and Soldiers Home was held yesterday afternoon in the Hall of the House of Representatives. The Commit tee had before 1t two matters of special importance. One was the bill increasing the pension fund of the State for Con- federate soldiers by an appropriation and the other was the bill giving control to the State of the Falkner Home for Con federate Soldiers at Mountain Creek Both bills were introduced in the House yes terday by Representative Walden of Morgan. The Committee approved the hill to increase pensions but 1t took no action upon the Soldiers Home bill.
 Representative Walden of Morgan. the champion of Confederate soldiers in the House. scored for his comrades yester- day. MT. Walden loses no opportunity to help out the needy wearers of the grey
 In the early days of the session Mr. Walden introduced a bill appropriatlng $100,O00 for the relief of Confederate sol dlers and their widows, in addition to the