The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-19

ed large number of bills during the day of more or less importance.
 In none of the measures introduced was there anything further than the regulation and modification. in some in- stances. of bills already passed.
 There was a lively fight over the passage of the revised cotton seed meal law. or rather the act regulating the sale of cotton seed meal. The require ments of the old bill were such. it was alleged. that the mills would have to tear out all of their machinery and put in more to manufacture the meal with the per centage of ammonia that the old act, passed at the summer session, required.
 Another bill, in which there was great interest, was that changing the municipal code. the amendments effect ing Greater Birmingham. This will cause a general shaking up in the mu- nicipal affairs of the Magic City, and will further complicate matters there.
 During the afternoon bills were passed in rapid succession, but nearly all of them were of minor importance. many of them pertaining to matters in- cident to the present session.
 At 10:30 o'clock Speaker Carmichael called the House to order. He read a telegram from Mayor Pat J. Lyons, of Mobile, protesting against the passage of statutory prohibition in Alabama, and also long resolution by the Coun- ell of Mobile protesting against the passage of such bill.
 The first motion before the House was that of Mir. Long. of Butler, who wanted the House to dispense with the printing of the Senate railroad bills in order that the hour of final adjourn fnent might not be delayed any longer than necessary. ;
 A bill to authorize the re-arrange- ment of the corporate limits of North ably. This bill was merely matter of form. making the boundary lines con form to those laid out for Greater Bir- mingham.
 Leith Bin Taken Up.
 The first measure taken up for con- sideration was the Leith bill to regu- late the sale of cotton seed meal. and proved to be very live issue before 1t was finally passed. This is one of the bills included for consideration in the Governors message, and was first con sidered favorably by the Senate
 Mir. Pitts of Perry wanted an amend ment passed that all sacks of lower grade should be labelled How grade meal or hulls." In his argument favor ing this amendment Mr. Pitts intimated that the bill was framed up for the benefit of the mills. He said that he was opposed to the bill, but that if up.
 Mir. Long of Butler said that to pass the bill would be for the Legislature to back water from it's position at the regular session.
 MT. Pitts of Dallas said the bill was in the Governors call and 1t seemed to him that Senator Leith would have provided for the words meals or hulls" If he thought such names were need ed. He said all this talk about fool ing the farmers about cotton seed meal Is nonsense.
 s'The farmer knows as much about this meal as the meal men do,' he said.
 MT. Kornegay spoke for the bill and said that he saw no necessity for the amendment
 MT. Bloch saw no further harm in 1t than the causing of considerabple trou. ble to the manufacturers. The anend- ment was formally adopted.
 After a, long discussion the House adopted the bill, with all amendments, by a vote of 52 to l4.
 For Relief of SchoOIs.
 Mir. Lee of Houston introduced bill to provide for the collection of a special tax in counties where the in- come for the schools will be disturb ed by the enforcement of prohibition laws. It limits the tax to $1 on S1.- O00 and provides that the combined county and, stat etaxes shall not be over S1.25 per $1,000.
 Mir. King asked permission to call up the bill to amend the municipal code so as to provide for the aldermanic body of Greater Birmingham. MT. Bloch wanted to know If the entire Jeff ferson delgation was for it. Mir. King did not know and MT. Bloch wanted to hear from them.
 Mir. Glover objected to the substitute to the present section of the code and Colonel John spoke in favor if it. He thought it would be better to have small wards than to have one alderman have large ones. He said that the wards of Birmingham are too large anyway. Representative Gunter oocu- pied the chair all through this discus sion.
 As the code now. stands Birmingham will have twenty wards and forty aldermen. and the bill proposes to have twenty-five wards in cities of 50,000 or more. and one alderman from each ward. MT. Glover wanted to know if the passage of the amendment would not mean that certain members of the city council of Birmingham would be legiSlaLe0 out or OItice.
 MT. King said that such would be the case unless the court held that they could not be legislated out.
 MT. Glover said that he was opposed to any bill that created an entirely new council for any city.
 The amendment was passed by 4S to z. Under its provisions nine alder men of Birmingham will go out of of- flee under the reorganization plan of greater Birmingham.
 The House then passed the bill of MT. Lacey of Walker to- make better pro- vision for paying witnesses who appear for and at the instance of the State in the trial and investigation of criminal cases and charges in the circuit court of Walker county, or the Walker coun- ty law and equity court or before the judges or grand juries of either.
 At 1 o'clock the House adjourned until p, m. It was announced that members of the House had been re- quested to assemble on the Capitol steps and have group picture taken
 At the afternoon session the rules committee submitted a resolution mak- ing the excess baggage bill and that relating to the recording of deeds by typewriter special orders for tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. It was adopted.
 The business of the House was sus- pended long enough to allow a photo- grapher to operate.
 Mir. Sherrod asked unanimous con- sent to call up his bill which is intend ed to amend the bill entitling all Con- federate veterans and their widows. who are over 80 years of age to draw a pension of the first class.
 The original bill provides that proof