The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27
Was Last Day on Which Bills Originating in Either House
 Could Pass the Other
TI-BOYCOTT BILL THREW
 SENATE IN HOT DISCUSSION
House Passes Bill Providing for Re- codifIcatIor of the Statutes of the Slate and Judge Mayfield Will
 Probably Be the codifer.

Montgomery, September 26-(special.)- The legislature SD t it's most important day to very go I pJtposes while it dis placed for the day s5me very important Iegislatlon. This being practically the last day on which bill originating in either house can by statute pass the other resolutions were passed in both houses to that effect. The senate did not fail to break the resolution, however, for the purpose of considering the house anti boycott bill This bill caused the senate the expense of almost the entire morning session, but it's final passage was a fore gone conclusion.
 The most important action of the house was the passage of the senate bill pro- vlding for the recodi1cation of the statues of the state. The bill provides for the election by the legislature of the codifier and while there are several unannounced candidates for the position, there is a general opinion that the job will fall to Judge J. J. Mayfield of Tuscaloosa. Other supposed candidates are Alexander Troy and w. L. Martin of Montgomery.
 The senate had a rather stormy exec utve session tonight The question be- fore the session was the approval of bill of the expressing and enrolling clerk, Mrs. Lula Wood Frances, for work done by her daughter and son prior to the ap- pointment of. her assistant
 The chairman pro tenn. of the senate, Joel w Goldsby, declined to approve the bill and 1t required some time for the sen ate to override him
 There will be no session Monday, both houses having adiourned~.s meet Tues sfy .. f,ouse.
 MT James motion to take from the ad- verse calendar the bill to make trading checks issued by corporations transfer able, provoked a good bit of wranglng, all good-naturedly MT. James had an uphill fight, but he won out by vote of S3 to g. MT Rich, chairman of the ju- dietary committee, explained that the committee had been largely influenced in its action adversing the bill by the recent decision of Judge Gray in the Birming- ham arbitration strike matter.
 The house resolved itself into the com mittee of the whole for the purpose of considering the bill and MT. Benners took the floor and explained briefly why he thought the bill should not be further considered. He had heard the recent ar bltration proceedings between the opera tors and miners in Birmingham when this subject had been fully considered, result ing in a decree from Judge Gray that the system Of discounting checks was great disadvantage to the laboring man and should cease. This had proven entirely satisfactory to the miners and caused the general public to rejoice. The decree, he said, was one rendered from a philan- thropic am. humanitarian viewpoint and fNf al 1Ci6 -atf ion. laxr this house.
 MT. James again took the floor in very earnest plea for a favorable report by the committee of the whole.
 Mir. Almon thought the bill should at least receive a favorable report and he so moved.
 MT. Simpson said it was too late in the session to accomplish any good, but he did not consider it good one even if it had a chance to become a law at this session.
 Scale Opposes.
 MT. Scale of Sumter claimed a priority over Judge Gray in the decision on this point, but he was glad that the distin- guished iurist had decided with him. He had decided a similar case in his county as the Birmingham case had been de- cided He opposed the bill.
 The committee of the whole declined to report the bill favorably for want of a quorum voting. The committee arose and reported progress thus putting to death the bill.
 The house adopted without division a joint resolution making Monday a re- cess day. A resolution providing for the consideration today of house bills only was also adopted
 Mir Lusk's motion to take from the adverse calendar the Hall senate bill to forbid foreign corporations doing business in Ia Mir. Lusk argued for the bill, that it would bring money into the treasury, as it would force all foreign corporations to organize under the state laws.
 MT. Arnold, MT. Benners and Mir. Wal l ker argued against tbe bill MT. Benners said that there were 1l44 foreign corpora tions doing business in Alabama, cover ing almost every branch of business. The | proposition to prevent these corporation doing business in the state was monstrous | The Alabama corporation laws, he said | were not now adequate to prevent many of these corporations to incorporate under | them.
 Judge Walker Surprised.
 Judge Walker was surprised that bill | of this nature should come before the | house. and more surprised that it should | hy way of the senate. MT. Speaker, in | a business way it would run a Chinese | Wall around the state of Alabama" de- | clared Judge Walker Does the gentle | man from Marshall want to convert the | state into a Korea-a hermit kingdom?' He moved to table the motion to take | from the adverse calendar, which carried | without division.
 The house passed MT. McCluskey's bill | to prevent persons hunting on the lands | of another in Lamar county.
 The bill to provide for an appropriation | to pay for securing the field notes of sur vey of lands lying between what Is known as the Coffee line of survey and the | thirty-frst parallel of latitude between the points where said lines cross the Per- dido and Chattahooche rivers was passed. | Mir. Byrne's bill was passed providing for the organization and regulation of corporationh not for pecuniary profit in the sense of paying interest or dividends on stock but fo- the benefit of it's mem