The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-24
SENATE MAKES RECORD WITH
 APPROPRIATION MEASURES

the Legislature will take away from the institution. There Is no increase in the maintenance fund at Auburn. Pay Interest on MOmfevalio Lands.
 There was also passed for the Ala bama Girls industrial School at Monte vallo bill to pay interest at sls per cent. on the funds in the State Treas ury derived from the sale of the lands of the school some years ago.
 The Legislature was generous to the nine district agricultural schools. The annual appropriation to these schools as whole is increased by s40.500. e
 The bills were managed by Senator Miller. chairman of the Senate Com mittee on Finance and Taxation, which passed on them, It was known by the Senate that they had received the endorsement of the Cover nor. The bills had been drawn after conferences with the Governor in which 1t was ascertained what amounts the Governor would favor. The Cover nor had mapped out a definite educa- tional program when he came into of- hce The friends Of the common schools and of the various institutions of learning in the State were assured the Governor would go as far. as the treasury would permit him in build ing up and Improving the educational system of the State,
 The record breaking appropriations were results of the Governors deter imitation to do more for general edu- cation than had been done by any previous administration.
 The Senate not only broke all rec ords for appropriations made in any one day by the Alabama Legislature but 1t broke all records this session for the assage of general bills. The Senate yesterday passed more general la fRa rtra< Aatv &6n.. fk fAr.- l. passed In week. It Furthermore passed the last of the administration railroad bills. Rate legislation now has no further personal concern for the Senate. What remains to be done on this subject must be done by the House.
 Bills Sent Back by Conner.
 The bills disposed If yesterday by the Senate were of subsidiary impor- tance. The principal bills were passed some weeks ago, although not, all of them have been signed by the Gov ernor. Three of these measures were sent back to the Senate yesterday by the Governor for amen Am ents. Among the bills so returned for improvement was the big rate bill. Senate Bill No. 16. The Governor wanted a slight amendment put in in referenre to tho rate on fertilizers. This was quickly done by the Senate. A clerical error was discovered in the interchangeable mileage bill. The most important amendment to any bill was the amend ment put to the anti-rebste bill which declared 1t should go into effect at once.
 The most important bill passed yes- terday in which the administration is interested. Is the reciprocal demurrage bill, allowing the consignee of goods to recover from the common carrier for failure to promptly deliver goods on their arrival Before passing the bill, the Senate. adopted the amendment which had been proposed in the House by MT. Tunstall. but which was refus- ed by the House because the leaders seemed to suspect that there must have been something wrong about it. The amendment provided that the consignee must make hls demand upon the rail- road in writing.
 The Reynolds bill on interchanR ReabIe and excess baggage was also passed by the Senate. The bill provides for in- terchangeable baggage checks. and reg ulates the amount of excess to be charged on baggage by a railroad Sem ator Hinson succeeded in having the bill so amended that 1t would not apply to the Hayneville Railroad, which was recently constructed in Lowndes Coun- ty.
 The State depository bill was yester- day passed without discussion. But the Senate indefinitely postponed the bill providing for an additional bank examineR at the same salary received by the present examiner.
 The bill which regulates the giving of bills of lading in Alabama. was also promptly passed by the Senate. without discussion
 The administration was also interest," ed in the Fuller car service bill which was passed by the Senate yesterday. The bill prescribes a rule of conduct for the railroads In the matter of supply ing cars to shippers,
 Raiload BiIs Amended.
 The Senate began it's session at 10 o'clock with prayer offered by Rev. MT. Avery of the House. There were twenty-five Senators present.
 Th Senate first went Into amending three of the important railroad meas ures which h q been returned bv the Governor. The Governor and hs, ad- visor had discovered several erro in the bills after their passage, and they were sent back to the Senate for correction. .{
 The first was Senate Bill No. 16 the famous rate and schedule bill. The amendment proposed in the bill applied only to fertilizer rates MT Black mon asked that the amendments be
 
 understand what was before the Sem ate. and he douhted If any Senator on the floor understood 1t. When the amendment was put on its passage, Senators Barbour, Blackmon and Jones asked to he excused from vot- ing. on the ground that they did not understand the measure or am snd- ment. The amendment was quickly adopted.
 Senate Bill No. IS Is known as the anti-rebate bill, and forbids the giv- ing of any rebates to any shipper by any common carrier. The a~eadment sent in bv the Governor provided spe- cifealIy that the bill should go Irto effect at once. The amendment was adopted.
 Senate Bill No. 1os, next up for amendment. is known as the inter changeahle mileage bill. The nropOssd amendment. which was adopted by tha Senate. was intended only to correct clerical error in the original bill.
 Senator Lusk presented ioint reso- lution marpinR out Ian Of wo-k for the Legislature for the c'osino aek. The revolution declared that wed1 ns-' day should be set apart as a day for committee wovk. The resolution fur ther provided that on and after Thurs day the Senate would consider orly Fouse bills. and the House would con- sider only Senate bills. The resolu- tion was passed and sent over to the House.
 Increase Llbrarian's snIary.
 One of the first general bil's called up and passed, was the bill increas- Ing the salary of the Supreme Court librarian and marshal of the Supreme