The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-05
RAILROAD BILL
 PASSES SENATE

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 (Continued From Page One) | l I unjust" said Senator McWhorter. ''It | is clearly apparent that the railroads | will have to rely for just6e not upon ! the Judgment of the Senate. but upon | the intergrity of the courts" The bill was passed without amend. | ment, and with no votes against 1t. | The House resolution providing for a l joint committee to look into the advis- l ability of a recess session, came into ! the Senate at the afternoon session. and went to the Committee on Rules, al- l thou an unsuccessful motion was made i to pass it Immediately.
 Pasa Railroad Commission Act. i There were thirty-two Senators pres ent when the session began. in spite \ of the bad weather. The prayer was offered by Rev. MT. Malone of Henry County.
 | Senator Hinson of Lowndes. present. ed bill to dispose of the interest aris- ing from the school funds in the treas ury coming out of the dead" sections. The Educational Committee reported favorably the bill amending the laws regarding the examination of teachers in Alabama.
 Senator Miller under unanimous con- sent. called up Senate bill 325 and had 1t passed. The bill provides for the payment of the expenses of the Chief Examiner of Public Accounts. Here tofore the law has provided only for the payment of the expenses of the as- sistant examiners.
 At this Juncture Senate bill A, the General Railroad Commission act, was taken up and passed.
 The Senate considered the amend ment to Senate bill Is. made in the House. This Is the, bill making the a~ris1 pnf fn0 the original Senate bill. the maximum rate was fixed to go into effect July 1. 1907. The amendment made the max imum rate effective January l. 1907.
 The proposed Game Law, being a spe- cial order, was reached at this Junct- ure and the Senate went Into It's con- sideration. A small amendment had been made in the bill by the Senate Committee. which discovered that the House had named the closed season" for snipe at the only time snipe were to be found in Alabama.
 This amendment was quickly adopted. and the Senate went into one of the prettiest fights of the present session.
 Senator Lusk opened up on the bill and arraigned 1t In severe terms. He declared that the provision creating the game warden with wardens for every beat. would be productive of contention, neighborhood quarrels, III feeling and contention. He was sarcastic in dis cussing the provision which said that squirrel should not be snared or killed except in the fall or winter, and pie tured the farmer going out into the fields and begging squirrel to desist from eating up his corn and go back into the woods.
 Amendments Are Tabled.
 Senator Thomas asked If in that same provision 1t was not set forth that any citizen of Alabama could protect his property.
 Senator Lusk asked the adoption of an amendment, which he submitted, striking out all reference 10 the State. County and beat wardens The amend ment was tabled by vote of IS to 10.
 Senator Reid followed in an argument against the measure in It's present shape. In his opinion. the bill went too far. It was clearly piece of radical legislation. It inclined, he said. to make hunting which was the great popular sport in Alabama, the privilege of a class There was in his opfn- ion, no necessity for the elaborate pro- vision for spying on and hunting down yfolators of the law. and this operation of the law would be productive of hardship and recrimination. He had lived in a county where q game law
 
 there was a general desire on the part of all classes to see that the law was reIigiously observed. He. too. offered an amendment, which-wOuld have had practically the same effect as that offer ed by Senator Lusk This amendment was tabled 19 to G.
 Senator Lusk then presented an amendment which lowered the salary of the game warden of the State from $3.- OOO to S2.OOO. and provided that he should be appointed by the governor instead of being elected by the members of the Legislature. This amendment was tabled by q vote of Is to II.
 Mir. Lusk offered another amendment. which decreased the salary from $8,00O to S2.0OO The Senate refused to table this amendment by the close vote of ayes 13. nays II.
 Senator Reese offered a substitute, making the salary $2,sS0. Before a vote could be had .the Senate decided