The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-11
FEW BILLS ARE LOCAL
Majority of Proposed Laws of State
 wide Interest.
Various Subjects of Legislation Em. braced, But Railroad Mafters Are Left Untoached--Two Speakers Address Joint
 Session

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 That is, in brief, the record of the important things accomplished by the Alabama House of Representatives yes- terday. But to add to the good record of industry by the Representatives bs- fore they departed for their homes, ad- journment having been taken. like the Senate. until Tuesday m6rning. there may be added the fact that the officiai returns from the sixty-seven counties of the stats were opened by Speaker Martin in the presence of joint as- sembly of the two houses. two aAdsess- es by men of national reputation in their respective lines of life work. and a considerable quantity of routine work was disposed of.
 Of the seventy-five bills presented by the solons. surprising proportion are of Statewide interest. Only six Of the entire number are local or special bills. requiring notice of their publi- cation in local papers to be filed with them. And there arc dozen or nf- teen bills which will receive attention of a general nature from all over the State.
 Nothing in the nature of q general railroad bill was presented. but it is assumed the Conner bills on rates and general regulation will make their ap- pearancs shortly after the Legislature Governor-elect will have taken place before the gavei of the Speaker again falls. and 1t seems likely the introduce ton of tho bills upon which NIT Corner made his campaign for nomination and election will shortly follow that event
 Embrace Many Subjects.
 Meanwhile, measures of such general nature as antitrust bills. anti-lobby bills, anti-bucket shop bills. education- al appropriation bills, railroad teiea graphers' examining board biiis in- creased pension bills, juvenile court bills. child labor bills. bills regulating the hours of labor in factories, pure weight bills, and bills reducing the le- gal rate of interest to 6 per cent will attract the attention of legislators and statesmen generally.
 There are two of the anti-bucket shop bills, an active campaign against this form of so-called gambling having been instituted some months ago by the Southern Cotton Association. The first of these to be presented ia by Mir. Rushton of Crenshaw. and the other by Mir. Kirby of Madison. The two meas ures will be probed into carefully by the committee. and later by the House itself
 rrhu a~.k AtfI sn ko ,.o.x.s.z -. G :. Mir. Rushton of Crenshaw, who. indeed, was the author of the first seven meas- ures to be presented to the House This first bill has reference to the supplying of the books of the assessors offices of the various counties.
 One of Mir. Rushton's seven bills, which will attract attention is the antitrust bill. Two others of some what general interest are those de- claring incompetent as evidence In court, any confession or other state- ment that an alleged criminal may make to a sheriff or official under him. while confined in jail, and one fixing the liability of telegraph companies for the transmission and delivery of telegrams.
 Four Educational Measures.
 There are four of the educational ap- propriation bills, ranging in amount proposed to be appropriated for the schools. from S50.000 annually to sSb0,- 900. MT. Henley. of Escambia Coun- ty, presented House Bill No. 10. appro- priatng S20o. 900 from the general fund, which had been transferred from the fund. to the support of tho schools. Former Speaker Tunstall. of Hale, proposed to appropriate $300,00O: Mir. Bulger, of Tallapoosa, suggests, in House Bill No. 67 that the sum should be $350, 1000. and Mir. Arnold. of Call houn, in House Bill No. 62, proposes an of $50,00o annually.
 A feature of the bill of Mir. Tunstal as that the proposed appropriation ap- piles to the present year.
 Colonel Sam Will John, of Jefferson, drew the prize for having the most bills to introduce. he having presented six teen to the House, all with a single rubber band on them. Mir. Lee of Hous- ton. was a close second with eleven measures. A feature of Mir. Johns hills Is that nearly all of them arc of considerable public interest One, for is an anti-lobby bill: an- other Is a Juvenile court bill; still an- other Is designed to regulate the use of money in campaign funds; one pro- vides that certain university, and Girls School" coal lands shall be worked by the State with convict labor: one is for the regulation of the prac- flee of law in Alabama, and there are others to provide reformatory for in- ebriates, under the supervision of the insane asylum trustees, with an appro- nriation of $50,0O0, and for the estab- iishment of a State tuberculosis sana- tarium.
 To Limit Work Day.
 MT. Smith, of Fillmore, has a bill, in which 1t is proposed to limit the work day in factories to ten hours, and MT. Kirby, of Madison. has measure. to regulate the employment of children in factories.
 Four pure food" or anti-adultera- t,on. bills were presented. Mir, Maner, of Montgomery, presenting three Of them. Mir. Cooper. of Calhoun. pre- sented the fourth, which is directed es- necially at the subject of drugs. One of MT Maner's bills has to with the subject of paints. and the others to other phases of the anti-adulteratiou problem.