The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-01

the committee can hold sittings ant its members will be entitled to pay. Lieutenant-Geverncr Secures Control Senator Gardner presented for pas sage the joint resolution placing the control of the Senate clerical and secre- tarfal force under the direction oi the President of the Senate. The joint resolution defines the duties of the va rfous legislative employees, and 1t was originally intended to apply to the House as we'll as to the Senate. but. In response to a request from Speaker Martin, the House was left out of the provisions of the resolution. The reso- iution. among other things. provides that each committee clerk must at tend every session of the Senate. The resolution was then passed.
 A second resolution of Senator Gard ner, which was also passed, provided that when the Senate adjourned Fri day. 1t should adjourn until Monday noon, February l.
 M The Senators then got chance to pass some local bills. Five of these measures were passed before the time came for the Senate to pass general bills. .,
 Under the head of unfinished busi- ness. the Thomas bill. to regulate pub lie warehouses. was taken up. The bill provided that any man or firm who opened a public warehouse, must deposit bond of s5,0o0 with the Judge of Probate of his county, together with statement as to who owns or controls the warehouse. Senator Gardner ad- vocated the bill as good measure.
 Senator Gum of Clarke was still opposed to the measure. It would abolish certain convenient landing nIa -s, iv, Ala ha Senator Thomas met this by confining the operations of the bill to the in- corporated towns and cities of the State.
 An amendment by Senator Moody changed the bill so that 1t would not only aply to warehouses in which cot ton was stored. but in which other ar ticles of value were stored as we'll. The bill was then passed with the amendment.
 The House bill. changing the law under which towns in Alabama may incorporate was called up by Senator Horton. Under the present law. pe- tition for Incorporation must be signed by fifty free holders. The bill re- duced the number of freeholders to twenty-five for the signing of the pe- tition. The bill was passed.
 Montgomery Bill Deferred.
 Senator Teasley asked that the bill making the judges of the City Court of Montgomery be taken from the call endar.
 Senator Lusk objected. He said the bill was not local measure. On the contrary, 1t affected the Jurisdiction Of the Senate. The bill, he said, proposed to lengthen the term of one of the judges and shorten the term of another by two years. He objected to the Sem ate taking up the bill before 1t was reached on the calendar. The objection was sustained. The Senate recessed at o'clock.
 The Senate spent the afternoon in- dustriously at work. Bill after oill was passed, with no discussion until the Senate Bill No. 157 had been passed and some of the senators wanted the rate bill reconsidered.
 The bill which was introduced by MT. Lowe, provided that judges of law ana equity courts and of city courts in counties having not less tan 10000 inhabitants should be paid out of the State treasury. These courts. in the main. have had their judges salaries paid out of the county.
 wouId Cost Treasury $5O,00O.
 The bill in question made all the salaries payable from the State treas uxy.
 The bill was safely passed. and the Senate was going on down the line passing other measures before the fight was made on it.
 Senator Strother made the motion to reconsider the vote by which 1t passed. He was backed up in his fight by Senator Gardner. Tn reply to ques- tion. Senator Gardner said in his opin- ion the bill would take $50.00o year from the treasury which was not being paid out.
 The Senate had several parliamentary sparring matches over the bill before 1t was finally decided to send 1t back to the committee for further considera- tion.
 Another bill of some importance was the measure of Senator Reid of Coving- ton county, which provided that the re- ceipts and disbursements made by county commissioners should be print ed in a county newspaper. whenever there was newspaper in the county. and posted up at the door of the coun- ty court house when no paper was published in the county. The bill passed without opposition.
 The Senate occupied hardly an hour in its afternoon session.