The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-15
SENATE WHISTLES WITH BILL
 TO EXTEND OFFICERS TERMS

When 1t was next called up for pas- sage, Senator Jones of Wilcox. said that the last. Legislature had made a proyis- ion which was included in the Johnston amendment. After this had been reme- died the bilf was passed but several mo- tions to adjourn had already been made.
 A report was received from the Joint Committee on the arrangement of the Judicial circuits of the State, and the committee was thanked and discharged by the Senate. -
 The report was as follows:
 ''To the Legislature of Alabama: The Joint Committee on Reafranre. ment of the Judicial Circuits of the State. beg leave to report that there are sum. eient judges now provided for to do all the wotk .s, reauired In the State without over distributed and we respectfully recori- mend as the most expeditions and satis- factory way of accomplishing this that the e,s.,s State 6e & divided into twenty judicial cery Courts and Chancellors be conferred upon the Circuit Courts and the Judges ished.
 By making this effective on and after the expiration of the terms of office of the present Judges and Chancellors no in- justice will be done any one. each circuit VIII De small and compact with Judge | liugants of every County, the business more eQuitably divided and the law more expeditiously and economically adminis- tered without any increase of cost to the The majority report was signed by Sem ators George P. Harrison, Hugh Morrow. c. c. NeSmith. R. H. Arlington and Rep resentative John H. Bankhead, IT,. A minority report was submitted as fol- lows:
 'On the part of members of the Joint Committee on Rearrangement of the Ju- dicial Circuits of the State, appointed by the House. we beg to report that we con- sider 1t impracticable to consolidate the Circuit and Chancery Courts and believe that on account of the increase of the business of the courts in many parts of the State and of the fact that the ar- rangement of the several circuits made by this legislature will likely remain un- changed for many years. we think 1t of great importance that the number of Judges be increased and that the State be divided into seventeen circuits. The minority report was signed by Rep resentatives John A. Lusk. R. T. Simp- son. John Foster and o. c. Maner. Extension of Terms. The tax assessor and collector bill was then called up by Senator Dunn. The entire Senate seemed to agree that such a measure should be passed but on the small points the members differed ana hitch resulted.
 Senator Goldsby of Mobile explained that the bill provided that the tax asses sors and collectors should not go out of office with their work half completed and new men receive pay for what tho outgo- ing officers had done
 Senator Rogers of Sumter said that if the terms of ofiice of the tax assessors and collectors were extended. he saw no reason why the terms of the County Su- perintendents of Education and County Treasurers should not receive the same treatment from the Legislature.
 Senator Hipp of Cullman said that he had no objection to this except that 1t en- dangered the passage of the tax omciai bill which he claimed to be Of decidedly more importance.
 you've got Rop Superintendent of Education in Cuilman County" retofted Senator Rogers, that's the reason you're not in favor of my suggestion.
 Senator Rogers then offered the sugges- tion in the form of an amendment. A motion to table was lost. The amenoneh' was then adopted.
 Senator Lynne of Morgan offered an amendment. extending the terms of once of the Probate Judges, Circuit CierKs' Registers in Chancery, Constables, etc. The amendment was tabled.
 Senator Bostick of Jackson onereo an amendment extending the terms of oince of the County Commissioners. HIS ""A also tabled.
 Motions to adjourn had been ringing ou' af,or every motion to table and half the Senators already had their hats in hand
 The Senate adjourned until io:SO o'clock this morning.