The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-27
SENATE AFTERNOON SESSION.
nefeated a Bill for Maintenance of
 School Buildings.

.-nn serate reconyened at o'clock. lieutenant Governor Cunningham pre- siding and twenty members present. The pending question was the bill ap- propriating s25o annually to each or tne nine district agricultural schools for the nurpose of keeping in repair the buiid- ings . Senator Lancaster of Fillmore spoke In favor of the bill He said that the build ing at wetumpka was in poor conol- lion. and he was reliably informed that the other buildings were in a similar condition. The appropriation was small
 and he saw no reason why 1t should not be granted.
 Senator Thomas of Barbour protested against going into the treasury for more appropriations. He said that the towns in which the schools are situated deriv- cd enough benefit from the institutions to keep the buildings in repair, and he thought that they should be made to
 stick up to their fine promises made
 when the schools were located. Senator Long of Henry wanted to know
 how long the senator from Barbour at- tended a district school. zone year and a halt" replied Sena- tor Thomas. land the town in which l attended school had the honor of my presence for that length of time even 1 if I did fail to pay my board bill.
  lie schools should be given the same appropriation if the district schools were granted the fund.
 Senator Rogers of Sumter asked the senator from Barbour was 1t any req | son because his wife and three daugh- | ters all wanted a diamond ring. and ne was unable to buy but one, was 1t any reason that he should fail to give his wife the ring because his three daugh- ] ters also desired 1t.
 The senator from Barbour replied. If | the senator from Sumter has one pone | of corn bread and his wife and three daughters all want 1t, shall he give 1t to his wife and not divide it in four parts" Senator Rogers then spoke in favor of l the bill. He said that the schools are not supported by the State. but are supported by money derived by the State from farmers through the fertilizer tag 1 tax and the State should not object to
 adding a little to the appropriation. The bill was defeated on its final pas- | sage.
 The Senate then adopted a rule by | which only Senate bills could be called
 up and each senator was allowed to call
 bill as the roll was called. A number of local bills and several general bills of minor importance were
 passed.
 l Among the general bills passed were
 the Hipp bill. prohibiting punishment for
 contempt of court for any act done out
 of its presence without trial by jury;
 the general pharmacy bill. which pro-
 vides for the maintenance of a pharma-
 ceutical laboratory in Montgomery for
 the examination of candidates for cer- tifcates: the Harrison bill providing for
 the reassembling of grand juries in
 cases of lynching or riot; the Harrison bill providing for a $500 appropriation for
 the erection of a monument and head
 and foot stones to the Alabama Confed-
 crate dead. buried in Stonewall Ceme-
 tery. Winchester, Va, and Spragins bill
 prohibiting the sale or distribution of
 trading stamps.
 1 All of these bills were passed practical
 ly without debate and the Senate recess
 ed at 5:30 o'clock to reassemble at 8 l o'clock.