The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-16
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 Public Roads and HiKhways-Smitf of Fillmore, Chairman: White of Perry, Smith of Lee, Henley. Turner, Avery, l Rainer, Coleman of Lowndes. Johnson Peete. Jones. Malone. McCrory. Price. White of Lamar.
 Mining and Manufaeturing-Bioch Chairman; Fuller, John. Oliver. Moore, Smith of Etowah, Pearson. Smith of Franklin, Cooper. Armstrong, Lawson. Carmichael of Clay, Turner, Elrod. Lan- l caster.
 Counties and County Boundaries Jenkins, Chairman; King, Lacy Of
 Walker, Altman, Pitts of Dallas, Full CT, Powell of Bullock, Pearson. Ma lone, Pratt. Price, Pugh. Doyle Of Ma rengo, Lee of Barbour, Lawson. Public Health-Ragsdale. Chairman; Yam. Lovelady. Maner, Johnson. Coop CT, Lawson Afford, Benners, Coleman of Lowndes, Thompson, Norville, Doyle of Clarke.
 MiIitary--Long of Morgan, Chairman; {; Goodwin. Haley. woolf. Norvilie. Ar- rington, Parker, Hughston, Williams, Benson, Coleman of Marshall, Thomp- son. Smith of Franklin.
 Public Buildings and Institutions Goodwin, Chairman; Yam, McCrory. Benners, Armstrong, Afford, Baltzell' Cannon. Brown. Burney. Crum. Mid' dleton, White of Lamar.
 Capital and Grounds-Lee of Hous-
 ton, chairman; Goodwin, Cranford,
 Tunstall, John, Avery, Hoffman. John
 son, Powell of Bullock, Rice, Sherrod,
 Benson, Thompson.
 Claims and Fees-Mitchell, chairman King, Oliver, Lindsay, Pugh, Hughston, Carmichael of Colbert.
 nA0 man: Benners, Williams, Lancaster, Glover, Killen, Dudley.
 Game, Fish and Forestry Reserva- tioTl-Lindsay, chairman; Maner, Sher- rod, John, Lee of Houston. Long of But Ter. Fuller, White of Lamor, Thompson, Vann, Gunter. Norvill, Steagall. Engrossed Bills-Lacy of Walker, chairman; Power, Lacy of Dallas, Bal lard of Autauga, Fuller. Enrolled Bills-Williams, chairman; 1;
 Smith of Franklin, Benson, Pratt, Pow ell of Covington.
 Revision of Journal-Steagall, chair man; Glover, Rainer, Smith of Lee, Rice.
 Federal Relations-Bulger, chairman; Pitts of Dallas, Foster. Carmichael of Colbert, Maner, Tunstall, Woolf, Ar mold, John.
 Rules-Speaker. John. Maner, Tun- stall, Long of Butler. Carmichael of Colbert, Steagall
 For Election of Senators.
 On motion of MT. Long, of Butler, the
 clerk was instructed to print 1000 copies of the rules and the list of com mittees. An amendment by MT. Bulger, of Tallapoosa, to include the joint rules of the two Houses, and one by MT. John, of Jefferson, to include the Sen ate committees are to be included in the pamphlet.
 MT. John, of Jefferson, presented two joint resolutions fixing next Tuesday as the time for the election of the two United States Senators, to succeed
 Hon. John T. Morgan and Hon. E. W. Pettus, for the terms beginning
 motion of MT. John, the resolutions
 were referred, without being read, to | the committee on rules. MT. Bulger, of Tallapoosa, presented
 concurrent resolution, prohibiting the employment by any officer of either House of any help without the written permission of the presiding of ficer, and providing that the engross- ing and enrolling clerks should keep
 expense accounts. The resolution was referred to the committee on rules. At 4:15 o'clock, J. Kirk Jackson ap- peared at the door of the House with
 the initial message of Governor Conner 10 the Legislature, and It's reading was
 immediately begun by Assistant Clerk | Herbert Its reading by various clerks
 was continued until the end was
 reached, the message requiring forty | five minutes.
 Members Are Inattentive. The members of the House engaged generally in attending to their corre- spondence or in conversation during the reading Probably third of the members deserted the Chamber before the clerks had read five minutes. Each | one knew what the message was to con | tain.
 At noon, on completion of the read
 Ing, 1000 copies of the message were
 ordered printed for the use of the mem- | bers of the House.
 The call of the House for the intro | duction of bills was then taken up, and the members did not cease their ac- tivity until a total of no measures had
 been presented. The call was inter-
 rupted a number of times. however, by
 the reception of messages from the
 Senate. by resolutions and motions, and ! in 0fhAr