The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-27
MEMBERS OF
 HOUSE RESORT
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(Continued from Pare One) It provides for penalty for violating the law. a fine of not less than $lO0 nor more than s1,ooo. It was passed. yeas 46. nays 10.
 Reward for Mufaerers.
 Mir. Ballard. of Pike called up the bill to better provide for the arrest of persons committing homicide, rape, wards. It provides for a reward of $100 to a person who gives informa- tion which results in arrest, and con- viction.
 It was thought by Mir. Long of But Ter. that if thi sbill became a law 1t would break the State"
 The purpose of the bill, MT Ballard. f als from being shielded in their crime or from escaping from the coun- ty in which the crime was committed.
 MT. Stegal opposed the passage of the bill. He said the bill was in awkward shape. He thought the law. if it bbecame such, would be liable to gross abuse. and if it were it would be great hardship on some of the coun- ties. There would be some cases, he said, where an officer of the law would be tempted to ait for some friend to make an arrest and thus get the re- ward. He hoped the bill would not pass.
 Mir Rice of Tuscaloosa took the ground that every county could offer rewards in special instances and gen. eral law offering rewards would be a bad one.
 The bill was tabled by an overwhelm- ing viva voce vote.
 A bill to establish a uniform sys- tenn for the examination and licensing nf ohar nf tio col infrn- | called.
 It was explained by MT. Lacy. the | to make returns to the State: The bill for license fees taken in by the ex- MT John said he was in favor of | any bill which would do away with
 The bili provides for a regular board of examiners composed of the Super | intendent of Education and two mem bers of the board. one of whom shall | act as clerk and receive salary or | clerk, who shall receive a salary of
 The bill was passed, yeas 55. nays. l The Committee on Rules offered a resolution making the hour for meet ing at the afternoon session o'clock instead of 3. on and after M .sn,n1;cn M1mday; on | | the ground that one hour intermission between the morning and afternoon session was insufficient. | MT. Foster. MT. Pitts of Perry, ana Mir. Ballard of Autauga, spoke in | favor of the resolution. and 1t was adopted.
 l Affects SheFin's Fees. A bill to compensate sheriffs for ex- . | officia services, a bill affecting the sheriffs and making their ex-ofnclo work more efficient. was passed. l The bill limits the fee to s750; and requires the sheriff to make an item ized sworn statement of the service he has rendered In cases where sher- | if received s10,000. the ex-officio fees are not to apply.
 1 wyn of Montgomery explained his vote He regretted the injustice done to the Sheriff of Montgomery by the Io.0o0 | clause. but for the good of other sher- l iffs he would vote for the bill. | For the purpose of encouraging a l device which it is said will throw a train back on the track if it jumps 1t, 1 tio Nnfor ten years, the capital stock l necessary to put the device on the mar ket, was called up. Pictures of the de- | vice were shown to the members of the | House. The bill does not exempt from taxation any property. The Dill was | passed.
 l inc instruments, office furniture. maps | and other necessary equipment which was burned up recently in the office of l the Mining Inspector of Birmingham. passed. 1t appropriates $1,50o for the | purpose.
 Publication of Local Laws. | A bill to provide for the publication of local laws enacted by the Legisla- | ture in some daily or weekly neWspa- per in the County affected came up for
 The Sneaker vacated the chair and said the bill was prepared by MT :; Frank Julian, Secretary of State. and he said. that as men were expected 10 obey the law they should have an op- portunity to read what the law is.
 MT. Rushton offered an objection on l the basis that 1t was putting an ex- pense on counties that was unneces-
 Mir. sherrod said he could see noth- ing unreasonable in the bill. The gen eral laws had to be published. he said. and he could see no reason why the To- cal laws should not be printed. Every man and woman read their County pa per. he said. from first page to last, and 1t was the best way to acquaint the people with the law: in fact. 1t was the only way the people could know
 Mir Lee, of Houston. said the terms of the bill were not unreasonable. but he could see no reason for the law. He said there had not been law put on the statute book that failed to be known of by reason of citizens telling about 1t. one to another.
 Mr Long opposed the bill, so did Mr Ballard, of Autauga.
 Mir Haley spoke in favor of the bill, and said he believed this was the only proper way to give to the people of the country a thorough and accurate knowledge of the law
 Wanted No FiIiEusterinE.
 Mir. Kirby moved the previous ques- tion, and when asked to withdraw it by MT. Tunstall sad he did not want any filibustering.
 MT. Tunstall replied that he wanted to pass the bill and wished to speak about it. MT. Kirby withdrew his motion.
 MT. Tunstall said many important local laws had been passed, that the people ought to know about. and he knew of no better way to do it than to cause the publication of these laws in the country newspaper.
 He asked unanimous consent that the publication might be changed from three to one insertions It was ob- jected to and MT Tunstall immediate ly moved the matter be reconsiderei, 1, which motion prevailed.
 The member from Hale then moved to amend the bill so as to read that laws be printed one time only. The amendment was adopted.
 The bill itself failed to reach a vote.
 MT. Goodwin offered resolution that. on approval of the Municipal Code hill of the Governor, 2.OOO copies of ] lou, ha printad and distributed