The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-23
DEPOSITORY BILL
MAY Be PASSED TO-DAY
Titles to Swamp Lands May Be Rati-
fled-Cullman May Be Required
to Pay Part of Cost of
County Line Bridge.

| montgomery, teDruary zz.-NSpecldl.1 =
| The dominance of the temperance send-
ment i'll the present legislature is every
where noticeable, and the man who goes
| out against it is sure to be laid low III
the end The senate spent a lot of time
| Thursday in talking about the local OPP
! ton bill and then passed it by a vote OF
| 20 to l. Just before it had passed by
| large vote a local option dispensary bill
for the whole state by almost as large
vote.
| The house committee has now voted to
report favorably the Moody dispensary
bill, the one passed by the senate, and
| as the house is larger temperance than
| the senate in fact, it will go right
| through. This will give two bills that
in their workings will make it mighty
hard to keep the sale of liquors by open
| saloon from being pushed out of most Of
| the counties.
| In addition to these bills there have
been passed a large number of county
dispensary measures that have the effect
Of eliminating the open saloon. Among
| these are Colbert and Madison. In the
former the only places where it will be
sold will be Sheffield, Tuscumbia, Leigh
| ton and Cherokee; in the latter only at
Huntsville. There is also much talk of
a movement to try. to get it out of the
large counties like Montgomery and JEFF
ferson.
Depository Bill.
The state depository bill is expected to
pass the senate before the end of the
week, as it is on the calendar and set
down for passage. This bill has a num-
ber of features interesting to the busi-
ness world. 1t allows the state to keep
its funds in banks over the state which
deposit bonds in excess of any amount
they will ever have on hand. 1t will save
large fees for transferring money ard
make places where county officers can
put money collected and be relieved of re-
sponsiblity.
"A bill of importance that is reported
favorably is that to ratify the titles TO
swamp lands of the state covering sales
made prior to 1879. There has a been a
lot of trouble about this matter from
the first and several owners are embar-
rassed at this time for transactions that
were made and cannot be cleared up so
far as titles go.
A bill has been reported favorably to
have Cullman county pay half the cost
of bridge across Mulberry river be
tween Cullman and Blount counties This
part of Blount wa staken and given to
Cullman and the Blount people want
them to pay for the bridge 1t created
quite furore before the committee.
Bills Signed.
The governor has signed the following
bills:
To establish dispensary at Searight
To amend certain sections of an act to
establish the inferior criminal court of
Mobile county.
To provide for jury trials at the same
time in both divisions of the criminal
court of Jefferson county
To create the office of assistant So
licitor of Montgomery county in lieu of
d.7uty solicitor.
Tehre are a large number of the rail-
road bills on the desk of the governor
and it is thought he will get them signed
by the middle of the coming week In
company with legal advisors he has been
going over them carefully and will not
affix his signature until it Is certain they
are legally drawn and passed.
The governor and the committee chair
men of the house are now putting in
time on the general appropriations bill
which will be reported early next week
so that it may get through early and be
out of the way. The revenue bill will also
go to passage before Saturday night in
full
Other Bills Signed.
Governor Conner signed yesterday the
bill to provide for jurors for the trial of
causes other than capital causes in the
criminal court of Jefferson county or
in other courts exercising criminal juris-
diction
He also approved the bills providing for
the holding of the county court of st.
Clair at Ashville, the county seat, and
at Pell City, and for the holding of spe-
cial and adjourned terms of the COM
missiorers' court of the same county at
Pell City
The governor yesterday appointed Ros-
coe T. Scott of Ensley and H. H. Mallett
of Birmingham notaries public.