The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-16
John is Chairman of the Judiciary. no NEW MEASURES
 ARE INTRODUCED Members Transact Mass of Bust ness in Short Session.
 - Many BilIs Are Local In Nature--yvnen Message Of Governor Coaer rs Read Legislators Fay small
 Attention to Its
 Reading.

With the announcement of the House committees by the Speaker, the reading of the initial message of Governor co- msr to the Legislature. the introduce ton and reference of no new bilis. and the consideration of host of other matters of consequence, the three hours of the fourth days session of the House was filled to oyerflowing with important business.
 Indeed, it seemed doubtful if the leg- islators would be able to adjourn until this morning without holding a session later yesterday afternoon. but. largely because of the stress of business in the clerks department. if was determined to meet no more until today.
 The first matter of importance at the day's session was the presentation and adoption of set of rules for the gov ernment of the deliberations of the House. based upon and very similar to the rules in effect at the session four years ago. Following this. tho new committees of the House were announced by the Speaker, and Gov ernor Corners message was read at Jay,srtt, tr t,,a IaVvrnalxers
 When the call of counties for tfls introduction of bills was begun, all the members drew forth their piles Of bills ana laid them on their desks. ready for Instant use when the call had ad- vanced to the proper county. And thus the deluge began.
 The call had not advanced far be- fore 1t was seen that the record of seventy-lve measures introduced last Thursday would be eelipsed. and long before the end of the roll was reached, 1t was seen that the total would ag- gregate more than hundred new
 Two-cent Fare BnI.
 And the bills include some very ina- portant ones. too; they are not all of an ineonsequential nature, although the proportion of local and special bills had grown enormously since the previous
 
 seem. from the way the bills came tn for a time that some of the legisla@ tors had spent the interim since the sessions of last week in canvassing their counties for local bills to present. Probably half or two-thirds of the bills presented are local or special measures.
 The long sought two-cent railroad fare siIl made It's appearance during the morning. House Bill No. 152 being presented by Mfr. Coleman of Marshall. There was no hush of expectautcy as the title was read, however. as the members were not expecting tt, and were themselves busy getting out other measures to present.
 The subject of regulating. more than is done under the present laws. the customs of ''toting' pistols seemed a popular subject with the legislators. No less than six measures relating Co that subject were introduced, as fol- lows: No. 90. by Carmichael. of Col bert. to prohibit shooting at any buiid- ing in which there are human beings; No. 104, by Pitts, of Dallas; No. 1s0s by Urquhard. of Jefferson; No. 11S. by Doyle. of Marengo. and No. iss. by Woolf of Marengo. each~designed to regulate the possession and carrying of concealed weapons; and No. ISL by Urouhart of Jefferson, to prohibit the carrying of a rifle, shot gun, etc., on the puDltc niBnWay.
 Bills for Education.
 The schools are also we'll provided for in the big grist of bills of tho morning. No. 94. by Johnson, of Coosa. proposes to appropriate $400.000 to the schools of the StatI: No. 101 devotes the proceeds of the fertilizer tag tax to the schools; No. 14f, by Kirby of Madison, compels employers of children in factories to provide suitable school oo,oro,,a oda tfOns for their instruction and No. I42, also by Kirby, Is com pulsory education law. No. 153. by Coleman, of Marshall. places the ap- nronriation for the schools at S500.000. Two bills by Foster of Tuscaloosa. rafer to the Boys Industrial School No. t7s being an appropriation for the new machinery and equipment and No. I79 for the current maintenance of the school. No. 1s0, also by Foster, pro- S,iSas for the safe of certain University lands.
 lad ana there are a host of other meas- nres presented relating to the subject og temnerance. Most of these are of local character. providing dispensariea for particular cities or counties, or pro- hibitfng the sale of .intoxicants in cer- tain localities. The two loeai option bIis are No, 12S. by L4ovelady of JeI- ferson, and No. TIT, by Bulger of Tal- iapoosa. Another temperance meaAure ne general interest is No. 135. by Sher- rod of Lawrence, prohibiting the ship ment. or the acceptance for shipment, of any liquors at any place in Alabama outside a prohibition district, to begent into such district
 The first measures to be presented by either of the two Republican mem bers of the House. Messra Barton and