The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-07

tain Items Of the funeral expenses or Speaker Martin, 1t having been State funeral, was immediately adopted
 Includes Foreign Money Lenders
 The Governors message on Senate Bill No. SIS, was then submitted to the Senate The bill in question, is known as the charter fee bill. and Is one of the revenue measures endorsed by the administration. The bill Is one to which the large mortgage companies object particularly. It provides that companies lending money shall pay a charter fee to the State. As originally passed. the bill had no allusion to for eign money lending corporations. j..
 The Governors amendment sent into theSenate declared that foreign money lending corporations should come un- der the provisions of the bill. The Senate. during the consideration of the bill last week, by an overxholm- ing vote, had refused to incorporate that provision in the bill when 1t had been advocated by Senator Reynolds. But when the Governor sent in the amendment, the Senate reversed it's atticn, and the measure was passed he wanted 1t to be passed. As passed, the bill provides for charter fee of one-tenth of one per cent. of the cap ital invested in the State.
 A ond message f-e;G the Cover ,s related to the payment of the ap- prnr~iation made by tha Legislature to the University of Alabama, The amendment suggested by the Gov ernor provided no monel car ried by the bill should be paid out of the State treasury until the Board of Trustees of the University should make requisition for the money. stat ing that the University was ready for ho fa h<. ha oh Ject of the amendment s that the money shall be kept in the treasury until 1t Is actually needed ny the Uni versity In its building operations. The Governors suggestion was immediate 1y adopted by the Senate.
 The Governor also sent in an amend ment to the State Tax Commission bill which was known to be an adminis- tration measure. The amendment re- lated to the clause of the pill which reuqired any person, firm or corpora tion, to render an account of the amounts they owed, and every other detail of information which the Com mission might desire. At the time the bill was passed, the contention was made that this provision was in- quisitorial. The amendment to the bill on It's passage, which had been proposed by Senator Reynolds, was sent into the Senate and by the Sem ate adopted. The amendment fol- lows:
 Provided, where each person, firm or corporation is not engaged in 8 business which Is subject to a tax on their gross receipts. or on the capital employed by them In this State. or to franchise tax, or a tax on intangi- ble assets, said commission shall not require information as to liabilities, earnings and profits, less conduct or expenses of said business.
 Tax Based on Capital.
 The Governor in message to the Senate, also suggested that an amend ment should be added to House Bill No. 611. This is known as the fran chise tax bill. It provides for a franchise tax based upon the amount of capital employed by corporations in the State. The Governors amendment read as follows:
 That each foreign corporation doing business in the State shall pay an an- nual franchise tax of twenty five cents on the first hundred dollars em- ployed or used by them in the State and five cents on the aIlotments be- tween $100 and s1 1000, and one-tenth of one per cent. on all remaining capf~ tai 80 employed in this State over and above $1,O00. This, too, was prompt ly adopted by the Senate.
 A resolution of Senator Reynolds provided that members of all legisla- tive committees which should sit in the recess should be paid. $4 day with the exception of the Code, Com mission, which, under the terms of the bill creating the bill, Is to be paid $1o a day for each member. The resoiu- ton was adopted by the Senate with out discussion.
 The Senate received from the House the bill of Senator Hammer providing for the organization under the Alabama laws of companies for the insurance of live stock. The bill had been slightly amended in the House, and the Senate voted to accept the House amendment.
 The amended joint resolution of the Senate providing for committee ta investigate the alleged fertilizer trust occasioned a bit of discussion in the Senate. The House amended the orig inal resolution so as to provide for an investigation at the same time of the oil mills of Alabama and the al- legged trust in that industry.
 Senators Engage in Play.
 Senator Reese made the point of