The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-03

Prssidsnt Thomas held the point to bs well taken. Senator Moody filed . protest against this ruling
 The bill to appropriate s1.so0 for the contingent fund of the Governor was called up and passed.
 For State Reesiverships.
 The Senate then went into q discus- sion of the Lusk bill providing Q way for the State to take charge of prop srty of foreign corporations which tho Governor may declare to have forfeited their charters. Tho Senate was still on this same bill when the hour for adjournment arrived.
 The regular order for the afternoon session was the call of local bills. It was closely followed. but now and then a general bill was called up and passed under unanimous consent.
 The Moody bill esta blishing new charters for dispensaries in Alabama. was taken up. The bill provided a joint management between the towns and the counties. The bill was an important piece of e.spensary legis!a- tion. but the Senate was not ready for 1t and 1t was tabled.
 The bill providing that Boards of Revenue and County Commissioners should be authorized 10 pay the sheriff of such county for ex-officio service, was passed.
 Senator Reese offered . resolution son for doves from August to Novem- Der l. The resolu ,n he said. had the approval of the state Game War den. There was some discussion of the power of the Senate to suspend a law bv resolution. but 1t was passed. Greater Rlrmin9ham Bills Pass. Two ,of the merger bills. com panion bills to the Greater Birming- ham bill, were passed. They provide a system tor administering the estate" of municipalities which have been as- auired by a large city. The bills were | called up by Senator Oveyton. A hill to allow Columbus. Ga.. to get It's city water from Russell County in Alabama was pass The bill was | general in Its terms and might apply l to all boundary counties of the State. but 1t Is a matter which Is of no special | importance except to C.rard and to Columbus. The bill was introduced in | the Ho.se by Mir. Dudley. The bill of Mir. Jenkins to relieve the stockmen of Baldwin County from what | they believe are irksome provisions or the live stock law. passed at the winter session. came up and Was passed. There | was no opposition to the bill. Senator Strother had passed a bill 1 to relieve the tobacco dealers who had paid the tobacco license fixed by the Legislature and which tox was repeal ed by the Legislature in view Of the widespread criticism. which was aroused by the measure. The bill re- funds to the dealers the license money
 they have paid to the State on this tax
 Killed By a Close Vote. | The bill called up by Senator Stro- | ther and which authorized municipal- ! to oxtend fhair limits Wnen
 the public health demanded 1t. was in- definitely postponed by the close vote | of 13 to 12. The bill was attacked by | Senator Jones. who declared that II
 completely altered the code in refer | ence to municipalities , | At the request of Senator Teasley
 the Senate passed the House bill es'
 empting plants from taxation. which are exclusively engaged in the manu'
 facture of devices for saving life. 1 The bill to authorize municipalit, 1 to sell water to a second municipality
 was called up by Senator Strother ant | passed.
 l Senator Reynolds succeeded In hay l ing the Senate pass the Lee bill amend l ing the law in reference to local none, ! lenders.
 1 The bill making an appropriation tc | pay the State Statistician of the Cot ton Bureau. was passed. having beer called up by Senator Wilson. Int
 bill fixes the salary at $1.50o annually and 1t aso gives the department funf | for the purchase of stationery anf
 supplies.
 The Hous ebill regulating the prac tice of medicine fin Alabama was passed The bill was introduced by Mir. Pitt,
 of Dallas and was endorsed by tn.
 State Medical Society.
 The bill which appropriated s4.0ct
 annually to the State Department ot | Agriculture for department work and for the conduct of experiments and in
 stitution work, we passed. The House bill to prevent the ra. | moval of ginnc-'s tags from cotton bales was pass