The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-19

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 authorized to take an affidavit. The bill was passed.
 Mir. Johns bill making appropriations for the expenses in distributing of the acts and journals of the extraordinary session was passed as was another bill by the same author appropriating s45O for the printing of an additional sup- ply of the acts of the Legislature. The bill requiring the Secretary of State to have the journals of both House and Senate printed In two volumes was passed.
 Bills Pnssed. The following bills were passed: To provide for incidental and con- tingent expenses of the extraordinary session of the Legislature, and to ap- propriate money for the payment of same.
 To provide for the publication of the general acts of the Legislature.
 To extend the time for the comple- tion of the court house and jail build ings at Abotham. Washington county.
 The bill to regulate the trial of causes in the Supreme Court was the
 next bill in order. It had been amend
 ed by the committed. Col. John ex-
 plained the legal technicaIities of the
 bill. MT. Pitts called for the reading or the second section again, and found
 a defect in 1t nlative to special
 charges. MT. PittsNwanted it special ??? PIT 2? and by special
 consent of the House the word with in" was inserted and the bill passed. MT. Fuller's bill to amend the Dill
 regulating public warehouses. which bill proposes to exempt mutual corpor- l ations from the operation of the orig inal bill was called. The real pur- l pose of Mr. Fulier's Is to exempt the
 Farmers" Union from the warehouse | requirements.
 Mr. Fuller explained the bill and an- swered a number of questions regard ing it. MT. Hughston opposed the amendment He thought anyone who | took the farmers cotton to store should give bond for the faithful perform. ance Of his duty. MT. Ballard. of Autauga. thought Mir. | Fuller's bill was a good one. The | Farmers Union had said we want | warehouses for our own use. They asked the Legislature, he said, to all low them to store their cotton in their own houses without giving bond or paying license.
 Mr. Long, of Butler, offered an | amendment to repeal the entire act of the last session. The Speaker ruled 1t out of order.
 Mir. Long said if it was bad biil for the Farmers Union, then it was a bad bill for anybody else in the State. He thought 1t was no hardship to pay a license of fifty cents. nor did he think 1t was asking too much to ask bond of s5,000. The Farmers Union, he said, ought not to have any special privi- leges. He moved to lay the bill on. the table. The motion was lost, 25 yeas, 39 nays.
 MT. Pitts of Perry, argued for the bill. He agreed with Mir. Lancaster. who said the Farmers Union shouId be required to give a bond, and that this ought to stay in the bill. The license should be revoked he thought, The bill 1 was lost on the two-thirds ruling, the vote being S6 yeas, nays, 25. This Is the first bill to be defeated at this ex- tra session on this rule. The bill was included in the call.
 MT. Johns bill to provide for new buildings at the MontevaIlo school was passed.
 On Railroad BiIl. The Senate's amendment to the rail- road passenger -ejectment bill requir- ing & passenger to give notice of in- tended suit within a year after cause of action, and the reduction of the stat utory number of years in which suit may be brought from ten to six years caused some discussion in the House. Action was suspended and the bill tenn
 
 Commerce and Common Carriers could look over the amendment. MT. Jenkins's bill to further regulate | elections. It provides a plan whereby | a voter can move from one county to another without losing his vote. Mir. | Jenkins said the bill was prepared by | the Attorney General and would in crease the voting lists by one-third. It requires that man moving from one County into another can secure County a certificate that his record is clear. The bill was passed.
 MT. Long of Butler moved that the House now concur in the Senate amend ment to the passenger ejectment bill. tee of conference composed of Messrs. Long of Butler, John and Haley were appointed by the Speaker.
 MT. Kerby's bill to regulate the taxa tion of life and fire insurance com state and having their principal office Home Fire and Life Insurance Com panies from taxation.
 In response to questioning MT. Kirby said the exemption applied to agents licenses only. The bill, he said. was in- tended to help keep insurance money in the state. Further discussion of the bill went over nntil tomorrow morning.
 Mir. Pitts of Perry. succeeded in hav- ing his bill passed which prohibited the drinking of liquor on trains or street cars when women are present
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