The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-14

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 Ssastor nsynolds. of Bibb. as soon n fhe roll was called. presented Q reAolsltien expfesslpg the hearty. appre-. cietion and thanks of the Legislature ot Alabama to the people of Mobile for their hospitality on the Mardi Gras trip. The resolution was immediately passed under suspension of the
 Senator Lusk offered . biiI providing fer two seertarfes of the Supreme Court Instead of one as at present :. Under the bill each of the secretaries is to receive st,5oe annuallg. Under sns bill, s9ss see.ssariss ,. gre appointed p,n pidns that they may be removed by sthe Chief yustice. It is further prer vided in the bill the Chief Justice must remove a secretary at the request of three Associate Justices.
 Tn order that the committees might have time te do their work Senator Lusk offered a resolution which pro- yided for an adjournment of ths Leg islature from Thursday until Saturday. The resolution was passed. d
 The bill of Senator Hammer to pre- vent short weights in the sale of meal and flour was up for few minutes, but by consent of its author. the bill went over until t0d2y.
 The Senate then united in passing number of ieeal bills. For half an hour any senator could call up and have passed any local bill in which he was interested.
 The Greater Mobile Bill was passed during this time. In the absence of Senator Hamburger. the bill at his re- quest was called up by Senator Will son. of Blount. Senator Wilson also SKaroA an or,a ,dr.,N Nfat xrxl.f bod .A, prenared by Senator Hamburger, slight 1y changing the boundaries of the new city of Mobile. The amendment was adopted, and the bill was passed with out discussion.
 The bill continuing the annual ap- propriation of the land clerk in the office of the auditor was called up by Senator Miller and passed.
 neiias Treasurer Re-kcstnbIished.
 senator Reese succeeded in having passed his bill repeating the act which abolished the office of county treasurer of Dallas county. The bill re-estab- fishes the office and provides fer the election to fill 1t. The bill was passed.
 The bill inereasing the appropria- tions to the Normal Schools Of the State from sio,eco to sf5.eoo annually was called up by Senator Gardner. He said the bill had been approved by four committees of the Legislature, the House Committees on Education and Appropriations and the Senate Committees on Education and Finance and Taxation. The Educational De- ton in Alabama have approved the measure.
 MT Gardner also made the point, af- ter question from Senator Reynolds. that the attendance on the Normal Schools had increased 100 per cent since the time five years ago, when each of the four Nor-laI Schools re- ceived an appropriation of s7,500 The appropriation was merely to keep pace with the growth of the schools. Mir. Gardner also showed that sixty-two per cent of the graduates of the schools were now actually teaching, and that many others had discharged their ob- ligations to the State for their tuition at the school,
 The Senate recessed before the con- sfderatton of the bill was completed
 Twenty-e eight senators were in their seats when the afternoon session was opened. Thas consideration of the Nor nal School bill was immediately re- sumed --7.-
 Senator Hayes said a good word for | the Normal School at Florence The committee had carefully considered the | claims of the Florence school with those of the other schools. The repu- l tation of the school was we'll known. | The school. at the request of the com | mittee. had submitted a full statement of the work of the institution and that statement impressed the committee. The chairman of the committee. Sen ator Reynolds, according to Senator Hayes. would present the claims of this and the other normal schools.
 Pleads for Normal Schools.
 Senator Reynolds, said, in advoeat- ing the bill:
 Like the senator from Etowah, I | was doubtful about the bill. I was | doubtful that the appropriation to the | Normal Schools should be so largely | increased. But when I heard the state l ments of the officers of the schools, | when read the statements in answer | to the twelve questions we asked, when | I heard the statments from men who knew what those schools were I be- came convinced the appropriation was fair and Just. The Normal Schools of |