The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-04
SENATE AFTERNOON SESSION.
Bill to Provide Stenographer for At
 torney General Was Defeated.

Bill to Provide stenographer for Alt torney General Was Defeated. The Senate reconvened at o'clock with | twenty members present. The House bill authorizing the employ
 ment of stenographer in the office of | the Attorney General was called up. | Senator Bostick said that stenogra- l pher was absolutely necessary for the | office to, .typewrite briefs and otherwise
 aid ina dispatch of the work of the office.
 Senator Powell of Butler said that he could not see why with the clerk, the
 law provides for the Attorney General | a stenographer. should be employed. Senator Blackmon of. Calhoun, said
 that the clerk, a lawyer. was kept busy
 drawing up briefs and otherwise assist | ing the Attorney General in a legal ca- | pacity.
 l Senator Castleberry of Castleberry said
 that the law did not provide that the
 clerk had to be lawyer. He thought that
 one assistant was enough for the busi- ness of the office.
 | The bill was lost, 10 ayes, 16 nays. | The message from the. Governor amend | ing the Soldiers Home bill so as in nc year the appropriation for the susten- | ance of the old soldiers could exceed $l2,- 800. was on motion of Senator Johnston | or tuscaloosa, cOncurred Tn.
 The House bill authorizing municipali-
 ties to purchase water works and give
 mortgages on such plants in order to
 make the purchase, was passed without | debate.
 | The bank bill, with the House substi- | ute and amendments was returned to the | Senate for concurrence. | Senator Rogers said that the bill was of | great importance and should be carefully l IT. KAI
 currence and asked for Committee on | Conference.
 | Senator NeSmith said that Senator RoG- CTS was well known as an opponent of
 the bill and he knew that a Committee on Conference would be fatal to the bill. He
 moved to amend the motion of the sena- tor from Sumter by substituting concur renee for non concurrence. r The Senate concurred, g ayes, 3 nays I The Governor returned without his ap- proval the bill requiring convicts to be returned to their home counties, when their terms expire in counties of 60.000 in- habitants or over. The Governor said l that the purpose of the bill was to apply solely to Jefferson county and he sug- tsested to amend by striking out 60,O0O rand inserting 100000. On motion of Sena- tor Morrow, the amendment was con- cured in.,
 | The House bill providing for two extra | examinations of applicants to teach, at | the State normal schools, and the Girls Industrial School was passed with but two dissenting votes.
 Passed Numerous Bills. House bill. prohibiting persons from l floating timbers on streams over which the county had bridges without giving bond to insure the county against dam age to the bridges, was called up by Senator Powell.
 Senator Bostick thought that the coun- | ties should build their bridges in a man. ner which would not work hardship on | the lumbermen.
 The bill was passed, 10 ayes, 8 nays. The House bill granting to the trustees | of the insane hospital all swamp and overfowed lands, granted by an act of | 1850. and providing for the sale of the lands by said trustees and authorizing | the trustees to settle disputes as to title, | was passed.
 Senator Morrow, who called up the bill
 said that these lands had been an eIe- phant on the hands of the State for
 some time, and he was of the opinion
 that this was a good way to dispose of | them.
 A message from the Governor convey | ing an amendment striking cement fac | tories from the bill to encourage the cot | ton factory industry in Alabama by ex- empting factories from taxation for a
 certain number of years, was concurred | in.
 The Senate also concurred in the House
 amendment to the Harrison resolution in structing the Alabama delegation in Con- gress to ascertain the reason why Gen. | eral w. c. Oates had not been allowed to | build a monument on the Gettysburg bat | tIefield to the members of his regiment | who fell near the summit of Little Round | the word instruct" and inserted in lieu thereof requested"
 The Maner bill providing for additional Justices of the Supreme Court was called up bV Senator Smith, but consideration was deferred until the night session.
 On motion of Senator Castleberry of the Senate conferees of the Conference Committee on the time of holding court
 in the Seventh district. the Senate re-
 ceded from its amendments.
 The House bill requiring owners of au- | tomobiles to register the machines and regulate their operation, was passed with l a Maner amendment
 House bill fixing the maximum salary of Third grade teachers at S30 and of
 the Second grade teachers at $50, brought out opposition from Senator Jones of Wilcox, who said that such an act would tend to blot out altogether from the list | of teachers, persons unable to secure a higher certificate than a third grade.
 Senator Blackmon. who called up the bill, said that he had been convinced that the bill was a bad one, and he
 wished to withdraw it, which was per- | mitted.
 Senator Morrow moved to reconsider | the vote by which the bill providing a stenographer for the Attorney General was lost. He said that he did not know
 when he voted against the bill that the ] Attorney General was paying for ste- i nographer out of his own pocket If he
 needed a stenographer this much, the sen
 ator from Jefferson thought he should | have one.
 Senator Hogue arose to speak against | inc motion. but the hour for adjourn