The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-22

calendar. he argued. 1t could not be brought up for passage today.
 Mir. Tunstall moved to table Mir. Johns motion and 1t was done.
 County Convict BiiI.
 Among the Senate messages to the House was the bill which takes the matter of the hiring of the county con victs out of the hands of the State board, placing 1t with the counties again. This biil had been amended by the House and the Senate had declined to concur in these.
 A conference committee agreed with Senate and the House adopted the re- port. The bill was passed in It's origi- nal shape
 MT. Gunter, of Montgomery. took up the question of the reconsideration of the bill which called for an amendment to the Constitution which bill perrnits towns to levy tax to the amount of one per cent of the assessed vafua- ton.
 The bfll would not affect Montgom- cry, he said, and therefore it could not be said he had any personal interest in the measure.
 It would benefit the smaller towns. which towns would need more money now that their liquor licenses are cut off. Five mills (the presene rate). he declared, was not sufficient for city government. It would not give money enough to run tNc SCuuoiSs
 Tho motion to reconsider prevailed and the bill immediately put on It's third reading again. On roll call the bill was lost, it falling to receive c constitutional majority.
 Club House Ball Up.
 MT. Carmichaers club house bill to prevent the drinking of intoxicating liquors or selling or giving them away in any club room or other place in Ala hama was called.
 An amendment was offered by Mir. Goodwin for the purpose of permitting a man to serve liquor to his friends in his own home. It was adopted.
 Mir. Lyons offered another amendment to the effect that this bill should not be put in operation in cities where the prohibition bill will not go into effect until January l, 1909. until such time as the prohibition bill is effec- tive.
 MT. Kirby opposed. the amendment. He did not want the operation Of the bill delayed in Madison County, be- cause he did not want boys or young men of his county to be able to get whiskey at any time.
 Mir. Urquart asked him whether the prohibition hill did not go into effect in his County in January. 1908. He replied 1t did. whereupon Mir. Urquart told him the amendment would not af- feet his county
 MT. Pitts said some queer speeches were being made. Madison County he submitted. was supposed to be dry now. and that being the case he wanted to know why the gentleman from that County should say boys and young men could get wbiskey there.
 Mir Goodwin said the amendment was only in keeping with the general prohibition biii.
 Carmichael Explains It.
 Speaker Carmichael took the floor to talk about his bill. He said 1t was to ! remedy defect which was believed to be in the Georgia laws. He thought the friends of the bill would only act in justice if they accepted the amend mept.
 The bill. he admitted. was in effect a general prohibition bfii and he believed 1T It was passed as it is, 1t would mean prohibition in January, 1908. This. he said. was not in keeping with the ex- pressed wish of the Legislature and therefore the amendment offered by the gentleman from Mobile ought to be adopted.
 1t was done. yeas. 40: nays, s4.
 The vote on the bill as amended was. yeas. 6a: nays, 13.
 RaiIroad Bills Taken. Up.
 The House immediately took up the Senate railroad bills. 1t being the de- termination to put them all through as quickly as possible.
 On Mir. Harrison's biIlI giving to peo- pie 6 right to bring suit if elected rom entering trains because of re- fusal to pay more than statutory fare, caused some discussion.
 MT. Lacey wanted the bill amended to provide that notice of contempla- ted suits against railroads must be served within one year of the incident giving the right of suit
 MT. John wanted the bill to go through as it came from the Senate ana the amendment was tabled.
 Provision for Contest.
 Mir. Goodwin offered an amendment to Senate bill No. 2s to give the rail- roads the right to contest rates in the State courts, specifying the city or chancery court of Montgomery.
 MT. Go9dwyn said the House was passing bills of great importance and which would be of lasting character. He thought an amendment ought to be carefully considered.
 It was not proper. he thought, to deny the right to railroad or any other corporation to go-not into a Federal court-but into our own State courts. ltt
 We are too prone to go too far" he said: The people of Alabama are not asking for such measures. They believe the State should be fair to the railroads"
 At this point in the argument, the recess for lunch Twas taken, and upon recOnvening in the afternoon other business intefvened before the railroad measures were again taken up.
 The first half hour of the afternoon session was given over to the consid- eration of local bills. There were not many of these and they were quickly disposed of.
 Entrance Fee of Corporations.
 With the discussion of general bills MT. King, of Jefferson. gained the floor to call up a bill which is intended to reduce the entrance fee for foreign cor porations. It was passed. It provides that the entrance fee for foreign cor porations wiGh a capital of $1,000 and over shall be twenty-five per cent of the first $1O0 and one-tenth of one per cent for all over the first $1Q0.
 MT. King said under the present law corporation of $1000,000 would have to pay $1.603 entrance fee but under his bill 1t would have to pay only $250.
 The law as prescribed by the code, he said, was keeping out foreign cor porations and unless some change is made, 1t would be difficult for many people in Jefferson to renew their mortgages.
 Under the terms Sf @ bill by Mir. Goodwin, which was passed yesterday afternoon, the clerks of the circuit courts of counties will be on the same basis as are the city court clerks as regards ex-officio fees.
 It was after this bill had been dis posed that the chair recognized Mir.