The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-18
HOUSE HOLDS
 BUSY SESSION TWenty-eight Bills Are
 Introduced. MEASURES ARE REPORTED ON Committee Recommends Appro-
 priation for Capitol. J sir. Lacy wouia Have Legislators paia ss a Day--Invitation to go
 to Birmingham
 Resgscd.

With the introduction of twenty eight bills, favorable reports by com mittees on forty eight and adverse re- ports on three and without debates or discussions, the House yesterday was prosa!callyi busy. Considering the fact that only one hour and twelve minutes elapsed between the first stroke of Speakers Martins gavel and the last. 1t will be seen that the solons wer too busy for oratory. or for any surplussage of motions.
 A number Of important measures were presented during the session. One provides for compulsory poll tax, in- stead of one made optional upon the desire to vote. as at present. This measure was introduced by Mir. Cole man of Marshall. and aims to amend the Constitution.
 Another proposed law of interest is the bill of Mir. Lacy, of Dallas, to fix the pay of members of the Legislature at ss per day. The measure. however. was believed by some of the members to be defective. in that 1t does not propose to amend the Constitution which fixes the present compensation of legisla- tors. h
 number of bills were introduced looking to better roads.
 number of reports upon important measures were presented by the differ ent committees. no less than ten of which submitted reports. Among the important measures recommended by committees were the following:
 To provide for the examination of all applicants for railroad telegranAers and dispatchers. ,s ..
 To appropriate ssoo,ods to heSsup- port of the public schools Of the Statc. and providing that the Auna .stfaip 20 to the longthening of tho sih1dA torn. rather than to the incFeese e acaeii- CTS salaries.
 Favor Capitol tmpr6s za%nt.
 To appropriate $250s00D f6f the cors1- pietion of the Capitol building, and the acquiring of additional ground and the erection of other buildings for the use
 For the creation of 1 state game and fish department. in charge of q com missioner. and for the preservation of fish.
 To make the minimum lentgh of terms of school in, the State six rnonths.
 For the sale or other disposal of cer- tain University lands.
 The three measures upon which ad- verse reports were made, are of minor conseauence. relating to judicial pro- cedure and processes. The adverse reports were by the Committee on Re- vsi.a of Laws, all the reports of all the other committees having been fav- orabie.
 Three special orders for the consid- eration of bills by the House were made. each of the bills mentioned hav- ing been fovarably recommended by the Committee having 1t in charge. These three special orders follow:
 H. B. 24. by Mr. Tunstall-To ap- propriate $500. .000 to the public schools of the State. was made a special order for this morning, immediately follow ing the reading of the journal
 IT. B. No. 2s. by Mir. John. of Jeffer- son--To increase the salaries of the justices of the Supreme Court. was made a continuing special order, im- mediately following the disposal of H. B. No. 24.
 H. B. No. 1s2 by Mir. Goodwin. of Montg0mery--To appropriate $250,000 for the Improvement of the State Capi- tol building, was made a continuing special order for next Monday at 12 o'clock. &
 Refuse nirmiashana InvitatiOn.
 Rev. Brooks Lawrence, the Anti Saloon League worker, opened the ses- sion of the House with prayer. The roll call which followed revealed the presence of 1os members. The journal. according to custom. was approved without reading, on recommendation of the Commissee on Revision of the Jour- nal.
 MT. Middleton of Chiffon was granted leave of absence for yesterday and today. and later in the session a simi- lar leave, for one day, was granted Mir. Rainer of Bullock.
 Chairman John of the Rules Commit