The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-07


 the various assessors of the state to place the various cotton mills, which were exempted from taxation for a ps- riod of ten years in 1887. upon the as- sessment rolls for the current and all succeeding years.
 The position was taken by the op- position. however, that if the cotton mills were subject to taxation the pesent year. 1t was the duty of the as- sessors to place them on the assess ment books without instructions from the Legislature. and if they were not subject to taxation this year. 1t would be unjust, after the arrangement of ten years ago. to place them on the rolls.
 The speech which turned a doubtful conflict into one-sided victory, was that of MT. Tunstail of Hale County. one of the acknowledged leaders or the anti-administration forces. who deciar- ed that he had been informed by the Governor that the Attorney-General had submitted an opinion that the pee riod of exemption as provided by the original and amendatory acts had not yet expired. He thought it would be in the nature of the repudiation of obligation or contract of the State not to exempt the cotton mills for the pre- scribed term. no matter what might be thought of the wisdom of the original exemption.
 Speakers Given Three Minutes.
 Rev. w. J. Price of Russell county was presented by Speaker Carmichael to make the opening prayer. Sixty members responded to their names on roll call. as usual, the journal was ap- proved without reading.
 Leaves of absence were granted for the day to MT. Williams of Barbour. Mir. Elrod of DeKalb, MT. Woolf of Marengo. Mir. McMillan of Wilcox. MT. Lee of Etowah, Mir. Arrinton of Coffee, Mir. Moore of StClair. Mir. Kornegay of Dallas. Mir. Ragsdale of Jefferson. and MT. Foster of Tuscaloosa, and Captain Hasson, the doorkeeper of the House, who is i'll.
 On recommendation of the Rules Committee, the clerk, assistant clerk and two assistants were granted three weeks to complete the clerical work and bring it up to date.
 The Governor was authorized, by joint resolution. to pay such funeral ex- penses of the late Speaker Martin, as he might deem proper.
 Mir Armstrong of Jackson presented a resolution, which was referred to the Committee on Rules. limiting the day to three minutes.
 On resolution by MT. Weaver of Blount. Speaker Carmichael was in- cluded in the joint committee to read the new Code.
 At the request of MT. Sanford of Tailadega, the privilege of the floor were granted to Hon. J. H. John of Talladega. On the request of Mir Ball. lard of Autauga, the same privilege was granted to Hon. T. B. Love of Au- tauga, a former member.
 The Speaker appointed Messrs. Rush. ton of Crenshaw, Smith of Lee and ShaFrnd oa committee in regard to Senate amend ments to House Bill No. 243, in which the House refused to concur.
 Sennte Stands fer Mayors Salaries.
 A message was received from the Senate insisting on it's amendments to House Bill No. 491. affecting the sal- aries of city officials in Birmingham. Mobile and Montgomery, and Messra. John of Jefferson, Gunter of Montgom- cry and Lyons of Mobile were named as a conference committee. The Senate fixes the maximum salary of Mayors at $5.000 per annum, while $S,600 was the figure fixed by the bill as 1t left the House.
 The House concurred in the Cover nor's amendment to Senate Bill No. 12s, a local bill applying to Clarke county, to make 1t constitutional.
 On motion of MT. Maner of Montrom cry, Messrs. Woolf, of Marengo and White of Lamar, who were absent on account of sickness. were relieved from further duty on the conference committee on House Bill No. 610, the general revenue bill, and Messrs. White of Perry and Black of Wilcox were ap- pointed in their stead.
 The first bill to be taken up for passage was Senate Bill No. 165, the livestock sanitary board bill, for the eradication of cattle ticks, and the suppression of Texas fever and other communicable diseases of live stock, which was explained by Mir. John of Jefferson and passed without further debate by vote of fifty-ive to two. Messrs. Cannon of Fayette and Pitts of Perry voted no.
 Governor Conner returned to the House with amendments four House bills-three revenue bills and the meas ure making appropriation for the State Unviresity. The amendment to the JJn- versty bill related only to the man. ner of drawing the appropriation, and was adopted unanimously.
 Revenue Bills Amended.
 The amendments to the three revenue bills made minor changes in the meas ures to raise funds, into which no in- quiry was made by the House. All were concurred in by unanimous debate
 The Conference committee report on the juvenile court bill was received, together with message that the Sem