The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-22

m ye8teroaye put1 xrom me uay pfeVl- ous The stream of measures that pour
 ed to the Clerks desk was large enough.
 When the end of hae roll with the call of the County of Winston had been reach | cd, fifty-ons bills had been read and re- | ferred to the various committees. The number of local bills was eur- | prisingly large. It had been thought that the constitution had thrown so many restrictions around local legislation that | it would cut but small figure before the Legislature. but the bills introduced
 Tuesday and yesterday are evidence that | the legislators will have to devote a considerable part of their time to local l legislation.
 Much Local Legislation. The constitution requires that all local
 lesisiation must have had notice given by | publication in some newspaper in the county affected for four consecutive weeks of the intent and purpose of the | proposed local legislation. Notice and proof of such publication must accompa- | ny each of the local bills. This notice and proof Is entered upon the journal
 and the provision has given the office force of Clerk Frank N. Julian more work than any other requirement of the Constitution. There is, on account of
 the restrictions placed upon local legis-
 
 from previous sessions of the Legislature and 1t Is said that the decrease will be | still more marked as the session length | ems.
 Two Memorials Presented. l During the call of counties for the in- | troduction of bills, MT. Lusk of Marshall, | presented two resolutions containing me-
 morials to the Alabama Senators and | Congressman on Federal Legislation af | fectiAg Alabama
 | In the first resolution Congressman H. | D. Clayton was congratulated and conn
 mepded for the bill which he had Intro | duced in Congress to donate the public lands now in the State to the State of
 Alabama for the beneft of the common schools of the State. The resolution urged l all members of the Alabama delegation | in Congress to assist him in his efforts to I have the bill made a law. The bill is now on the calendar of the lower House of Congress with a favor
 able report and there are strong hopes that the Committees action will be sus-
 tained by Congress.
 | MT. Lusi's second resolution was direct | ed towards the improvement of the Ten nessee River between Chattanooga and the head of Muscle Shoals. It set forth that by dredging and other improvement | the river between those two points could | be made navigable all the year around. And it recounted the advantages and benefits that the people of Alabama living
 in the Tennessee Valley would receive from the great improvement. | It urged the Senators from Alabama
 and the Representatives in Congress to l use their efforts to have an appropriation
 made for the improvement of the river be- tween the points named.
 | Both resolutions were referred to the | Committee on Rules. 4
 Reports on the Books.
 Hon. A. s. Fletcher of Madison, filed I the report of the joint committee from | the House and Senate which had ex- | amined the books and offices of the Au- l ditor and Treasurer. The House mem
 bers of the Committee were Messrs. Fletcher, Bogart of Jackson and Schuess- I Ter of Chambers.
 The Committee reported that the books
 of the Auditor were well aBd neatly kept | and that there had been a great improve | ment in the method of keeping the papers l and records of the Auditors office. The | improvement had been made possible the report said by the appropriation by the | last General Assembly.
 The Committee reported that careful count of the money in the Treasury showed that there was in the vault $946,- | II. Treasurer The Treasurer's books, the | Committee reported, were correctly and
 neatly kept.
 The Committee's report recommended | the payment of $10 each to Messrs. H. T. Bartlett and W. H. Hubbard of Mont | eomery, expert accountants, who had | counted the money in the vault Of the l Treasurer The Committee further rec
 commended that an appropriation be made | for the enlargement and improvement of the Treasurer's vault
 l A bill providing for the enlargement of the vault in the State Treasury was in- troduced by Mir. Starr as soon as the reading of the report of the Committee | had been completed.
 | One Bill Reported. Chairman J. c. Rich of the Judiciary Committee reported favorably the Senate
 bill providing for the pay of subordlnate employees of the House and Senate. The
 hall provides pay for those employees not specifically named in the Coae It
 uras introduced by Senator R. l.. Hipp in tha urner house and was passed by the
 Senate.
 The hill limits the assistants of the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk or the House to eleven each. It provides
 that each subordinate employe shall re-
 ceive A per day.
 The bill is on the calendar of the House
 for the third reading and 1t will come up
 today for final passage.
 The Rules Committee also reported fa-
 yorably ths\joi rules which had orig mated in and had been adopted by the
 Senate. The joint rules were practically the same as those that prevailed in the
 last General Assembly. They provide that
 each house shall give precedence to
 massa1e from the other and stop pro-
 ceedings when one Is announced to hear
 it.,
 The Committee on Rules made a fa-
 vorable report on the resolution of MT. Thomas of Chambers instructinng the
 doorkeeper to. keep the door of the House
 shut and allow 1t opened only to those
 entitled to the privileges of the floor. Under the rules a favordable report was
 also made by the committee on the res olution of MT .DuBose Of Jefferson in- structing the Speaker to arrange with
 various ministers of the city for the open
 ing of each days session with prayer.
 The committees report in each instance