The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-22

the substitute Dill. afte. being read at length. was adopted on roll call py vote of 72 to 2. The bill was then reao for the third time and passed py the House by a vote of 6S to 4. Tnose voting no were Cranford, Lee of Hous' ton, Parker and Pitts of Dallas.
 Immediately upon the announcement of the vote Mir. Tunstall of Hale moved to reconsider the vote by which tne bill had been passed, and to indefinitely postpone such reconsideration. This motion WIS passed, absolutely blocking any attempt to attack the bill In the future.
 Special Orders Set.
 Speaker Martin called the House 70 order at l0:15 o'clock and Rev. DF, Carey of Calera invoked the divine blessing. The initial roll call showed seventy-six members present The journal was approved without reading, on recommendation of the Committee On Revision of the Journal
 Several special orders were set, upon recommendation of the Committee on Rules, as follows:
 r To prevent. the carrying of concealed weapons, for next Tuesday
 To authorize the organization of mu- tual benefit aid associations, for Tues days . sf
 Relating to the jurisdiction of suits against nonresident corporations, for Tuesday.
 To increase the license tax on insu- rance companies, for Saturday.
 The bill to provide more efficient su- pervision for the schools of the State, which had been set for hearing for Sat urday, was con -inued until the thirty ninth legislative day, after the recess, as suggested by the author, Mir. Lee of Etowah.
 The Committee on Rules reported resolution for the adjournment of the Legislature from Saturday. March 2. un il Tuesday, July g. The Committee on Recess had recommended reconven- ing Tuesday, June IS, but. the Rules Committee reported date three weeks later.
 r MT. Bulger. of the House Committee on Recess. said the change was entlre- ly satisfactory to the Commi. tee, and was also satisfactory ito his excellency, the Governor" He moved the adoption of the joint resolution providing for adjournment and this motion prevailed withou- opposition.
 Leaves of absence were granted Mir. Price of Russell County and MT. Pear son of Shelby.
 Reconsideration is Postponed.
 The privileges of the floor were granted, on motion of Mir. Ballard of Autauga, to Hon. M. H. Smith of Pratt vile, a former member of the House.
 
 gomery, the privileges of the floor were granted to Hon. E. w. Fucker, also a former representative. and on motion of Mir. Haley of Jefferson. to Hon. w. C. Cunningham, former member.
 President A. G. Forbes of the Mont- gomery Commercial Ciub, was granted the privileges of the floor, on motion of MT. Kornegay of Dallas.
 MT. Urquhart of Jefferson. who made a motion Wednesday to reconsider the vote by which House Bill No. 330, the immigration bill, had been defeated, moved that the consideration of the question be postponed until a later date. Both MT. s eagall of Dale and MT. Car michael of Colbert sought to defeat the motion, but the reconsideration finally went over, by a vote of 46 to 32, until next Tuesday morning at II o'clock
 A resolution was adop ed providing for a joint session of the two Houses pose of electing an Associate Judge for the City Court of Gadsden.
 Several bills were introduced under unanimous consent. Among them was one to permit railroads to transport Confederate veterans to and from re- unions free of charge or at reduced rates. Another seeking to dissolve the Board of Trustees of the Medical Col lege at Mobile, and to vest the control of that institution In the Board of Trus- tees of the State University.
 MT. Pitts of Dallas called up his paw ing bill for cities, House Bill No 372, which was partially considered by the House last Saturday. The Committee substitute was adop ed. after it had been amended in two minor particulars on motion of MT. John of Jefferson. The substitute bie was then p~ ssed, without discussion. by a vote of o1 to 9. Those voting no were: Messrs. Bull nf rod, Moore, Oliver. Tunstall, White of Lamar and White of Perry.
 Argue over Mortgage Tax.
 MT Tunstall of Hale called up his motion to reconsider the l6-cent mort gage tax bill by Mir. Pitts of Perry. The bill makes 1t usurious for the mort gagee Q require or permit the mortga- the mortgage. Mir. Tunstall insisted this was unfair in the case of mort 1 gage bearing very low rate of Inter- l est. He secured the consent of the | friends of the measure to It's reconsid- | eration, and then proposed an amend l ment, which was adopted by, vote of GA to 0, providing that no such require | ment would be usurious unless the to- | tai interest and tax should exceed per | cent The bill as amended was then passed, wi hout discussion, by vote of 57 to 4. Those voting no on tinal pas |
 
 and Powell of Bullock Promptly at noon the Senate appeared | for the joint assembly to elect State | game and fish warden, headed by Lieu tenant Governor Gray and President | Perry Thomas The roll call of the two | Houses showed .hirty-four Senators and | seventy seven Representatives present.
 Lieutenant Governor Gray called for | nominations for a State game and fish 1 and Senator Reese nomi- ! mated John H. Wallace of Madison 1 County for the position. There being i no other nominations, President Gray | direc ed the ealing of the rolls, and | Mir Wallace received the vote of thirty | four Senators and eighty-six Represen- tatives, and was declared the unani- | nous choice of the Legislature for the | position by Speaker Martin. The joint assembly was then declared | adjourned by President Gray, he busi- | ness for which 1t had been convened | having been accomplished, and the Sem | ators returned to their own chamber.
 Debate over Revenue Measure.
 The eight general revenue bills were | called up. being special orders for that | hour, and MT. Hoffman of Mobile moved l, that Ihe House g into Committee of | lie whole for it's consideration.
 MT. Maner Of Montgomery moved to table Mr. honmans motion, as he said | the pills had already been carefully con- sidered. His motion failed, however. ! through lack of a quorum voting.
 MT. Tunstah of Hale suggested that | by going into committee Of the whole | time would be saved, as amendmen. s cou4d be adopted without the formality 1