The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-03


 panies who had entered before the pas age of the franchise tax bill was called up by Mr. Reynolds and passed.
 House Session.
 With the session waning the mem bers of the house exhibited a continued spirit of delay and 1t was o'clock before quorum appeared, fifty eight members answering roll call
 MT. Hoffman secured unanimous con sent to call up the Cooper ssh ort loan" bill to make it a misdemeanor to charge or take or accept as much or more than per cent per month for the loan or forbearance of money, the fees charged for negotiable or obtain ing loan considered as part of inter- est. MT. Hoffman offered to amend the bill by adding a provision to prevent | loan companies from tacking~on extra charge for the preparation of papers and to make the act of charging more than per cent a criminal offense and imposing a fine and imprisonment, and also providing that notes must be issued in duplicate. There was some objection to the Hoffman amendment and 1t was with drawn. The bill was then passed without debate by d vote 1 of 4S to IS.
 MT. Sherrod of Lawrence introduced the following resolution. which came upon the heels of q report by the rules committee fixing a number of special orders:
 Resolved. That the rules committee | of the house is hereby enjoined and re- strained from changing the special or ders on the calendar as the same now 1 stands, and should said committee in any manner violate this restraining or | der, that it's charter be revok ed and it Abe not permitted to transact any fur i ther business in the state of Alabama" l ,1fYff ion, was referred.
 The bill providing that the president of the board of convict inspectors shall give bond in the sum of $20000 was passed.
 The bill of Mr. Lindsay of Choctaw requiring that tax collectors and as- sessors to keep their offices at county court houses was passed
 The Rice bill to prescribe rules of evidence upon application of Cenfed- crate soldiers sailors or their widows for pensions and to provide for spe cal sessions of the boards of pension examiners on the first Monday in Octo Der. 1907. was passed.
 Mr. Rattry of Cherokee called his bill to provide that the counties shall furnish blanks to justices of the peace, notaries public and eX-officio justices, and con- stables necessary for their business in the courts, and it was passed.
 Hotel Bill Lost.
 MT. Vann's bill providing for the proper sanitary conditions in hotels inAs and boarding houses was defeated. This meas ure was indorsed by the Commercial Travellers and provides for a change of sheets for each occupant of ayroom, and for protection against bugs and other insects and against rats, mice and other animals. The bill applied to boarding houses charging sl per day or more, and to hotels charging g per day or more.
 Local School Tax.
 Mr. Pratt called his bill proposing amendments to the constitution as to per init local taxation for school purposes. The tax cannot exceed three mills. MT. Pratt spoke briefly in support of the bill and was followed by MT Jenkins, who told of the success of a special school tax in Baldwin of mills and said his people were delighted with the measure, and he thought the people should be given an op- portunitY to vote to tax themselves for better schools.
 MT Tunstall opposed the feature of the i bill making the district the unit for che tax instead of the county. He favored county unit, so that the wealthier dis cts could help the poorer districts. Mr. 'er of Tuscaloosa indorsed the posi-
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