The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-06
GOVERNOR SIGNS
IMPORTANT BILLS
State Repositories Provided in
the Counties
THE INSURANCE TAX BILL
Life and Fire Companies Increased.
Railroads May Contest Rates-Bu-
reau of immigration Is
Provided For.

Montgomery, March - Especial J.
Among the important bills signed by the
governor today was that Which provides
for state repositories in the several coun-
ties. This is a plan by which the money
of the state can be kept in places other
than the treasury and be safe.
Other bills made law are the Jamestown
exposition appropriation of $4,000; MAIN
tenance of the Polytechnic institutes re-
funding of the debt of Mobile, giving
$45, 900 for the medical college at Mobile
and $4,000 for the deaf and blind school
at Talladega for new buildings, taxing
intangible assets and increasing the taxes
on life and fire insurance companies 10
and 1D2 per cent, respectively, on gross
premiums; providing means for railroad
lines to contest rates made and estab
fishing a bureau of immigration.
The full list of bills signed since Mon
day evening follows:
To provide stock law for Hazer Green
beat, Madison county.
To prohibit sale of liquors near Nance's
Creek church, Calhoun county, and sew
eral others
To regulate branding and tagging fer
tilizers. 1t renders void contracts for
sale of goods which do not come up TO
the analysis.
To tax intangible assets. This bill is
expected TO cover such valuable properties
of public utility corporations as fran
chises.
To extend the city limits of Tusea-
loosa.
To refund the Mobile city debt by new
issues of bonds
TO provide for an election on prohib-
ton in Tuscaloosa county.
To provide for working the roads in
Henry county. =
To provide for an immigration board
and to name commissioner and define his
duties Carries $24O0 a year salary for
the commissioner and $1,000 a year ex-
penses.
To amend the poll tax laws. The
changes are clerical.
TO provide means by which railroads
and other common carriers may contest
any rates made in the state by suit in
the city court of Montgomery.
To regulate the doing of business IN
the state by foreign corporations.
SO provide for inspection of miners Oh
in Jefferson county.
To provide for taxing solvent credits.
TO provide for state repositories.
To provide for participation of Alabama
in the jamestown exposition. An APP
preparation of $4,000 is carried.
To make appropriation to the Alabama
Polytechnic institute in lieu of the tax
til h The amounts are as follows: 1903,
So 600: 1862 $36 000 1909-10, $3S 900; 191O-11,
sac, 900.
To provide for the expenses of the
committees of the legislature who in
spected the Boys Industrial school and
bp Home a Mountain
To authorize the division of Conecuh
county into road precincts.
To establish dispensary at Dayton.
To provide for working roads in PICK
ems county
To establish a normal school at Daphne.
To relieve Cyrus Jones of money es-
cheated to the state.
To provide for prohibition in Warrior.
To provide for trial of misdemeanors in
Marengo county.
Fixing time for circuit court in Bibb
and Perry counties.
To amend inferior court act of Demopo-
lis.
To appropriate $4,000 for building at the
deaf and blind institute at Talladega
To appropriate $4,000 for support Of
the medical school at Mobile, with 5000
a year maintenance.
To increase the tax on life insurance
companies from per cent on gross pre-
miums to per cent and on fire from !
per cent to 2la per cent.
To permit courts of county commits
sioners to compromise certain claims.
To appropriate money for the national
guard. the sum being $4,000, as COM
pared to $4,000 t>a year before.
To increase the salary of the chancel-
lor of the northwestern division from
5000 to $500.
To increase the salary of the police
court Judge in Birmingham to $4,000.
To regulate terms and juries of the
circuit court of Madison county.
To change the boundary lines of Sui
lgent.
To provide for the inspection of jails
and cotton mills.