The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24
CHILD LABOR BILL
 PASSES LOWER HOUSE
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 little better than slaves to wear out their lives in the factories of the state"
 MT Long of Butler was for the sub stitute and against the Goodwin amendment.
 Chairman Block of the reporting com mittee, was for the substitute. The amendment of MT. Goodwin lost, 60 to 25.
 Goodwyn Lost Out. An amendment by Mr. Goodwin to strike out that part which made the appointment of an assistant or clerk to be known as an assistant and be doctor. He lost out.
 MT. Goodwin wanted the hours of labor for children put at nine instead of ten hours. He said the infants should not be made to work longer than the common negro laborers. Again he lost on motion of MT. Kornegay, the vote being 50 to 35.
 MT. Tunstall wanted the finding of children under age in mills to be prima facia evidence of violation of the law. He was voted down.
 The bill was, after prolonged discus sion, passed, the substitute of the com mittee as noted above, being accepted without amendment.
 It is worth note that the senate committee on mining and manufa ctur- ing has passed for favorable report a bill very much like the house substi- tute adopted, the only difference be- ing the elimination of the compulsory education and the final say of the in- spector features.
 It was hard fight from the first, but the bill went through In line with the wishes of the governor, as pre- dicted in this correspondence yester day. The prediction was that twelve years would be made the minimum and sixty hours week the time.
 Fight in the Senate.
 In the senate this morning the bill to allow s250,000 for a new wing of the capitol was taken from the ad- verse calendar and put in line for passage. It had been given a black eye in the senate committee of finance and taxation but MT Teasley, who is fighting for 1t. called it up in the sen ate. MT. Miller argued against bring ing up the bill on the ground that the legislature had already voted to ap propriate $1,600,O 900 for building and he did not see how 1t could be taken care of He was not against the idea. but thought it could not be afforded at this time.
 MT. Miller presented d bill to allow the Boys Industrial school to admin ister in such way as is best the funds of the school. Mir. Teasley had bill to change the seal of the state to bear the imprint of the likeness of Emma Saosom, the General Forrest heroine, and the Bible class of the First Bap- tist church presented petition that the pistol bill be passed.
 Ozark School Law.
 A bill to give the ozark High school 5000 a year was lost in the house.
 MT. Powell of Bullock called up the bill to zx the time of holding the cir cult courts of the Third judicial cir cult. It was passed
 The bill to provide for compulsory pilotage on all vessels and craft cross ing the outer bar of Mobile bay, was passed.
 The next bill to come up was to pro- vide for an enumeration of census of the Confederate soldiers. Under the provisions of the bill 1t Is made the duty of the tax assessors to take the census. The bill passed.
 Municipal Code Bill.
 There was a lively tilt in the house in the afternoon between MT. Gunter. chair