The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-02
MILLER SANITARY BILL
IS PASSED BY HOUSE
Under This Law, Which Is Now Up to
the Governor, WoodIaWn and Other
Towns May Enforce San-
tary Connections.
BY HERvEY w. LAIRD.

BY HERVEY w. LAIRD.
Montgomery March 1.-tSpecial. )-The
effect of the anti-bucket shop bill, which
passed the house this afternoon, will be
TO entirely eliminate vre trading houses
from the state ate january /, 1908. The
bill passed the ,te, making 1t effee-
tive July 1, b g house extended the
time to January.
This measure is, copied entirely from
the North Carolina statue, which recently
passed the supreme court of the United
States. 1t was prepared by Senator Reese
with the aid of Representative Pitts of
Dallas, and Mr.. Reese Introduced it in
the senate +54
Its effect will be to prohibit all dealing
in futures, making such offenses. naisde-
meanors punishable by fine and imprison-
ment. The bill is thought to be much
more stringent than the Boykin law of
Georgia.
The house passed the Miller bill for the
benefit of small towns. allowing them
to enforce sanitary connections. While
general in its nature, this bill was got
ten up primarily for the benefit of Wood
lawn. 1t has passed the senate and is
now up TO the governor
Important bills We're passed in the
senate follows:
Maintenance of old Soldiers Home; sup
port of health department; to tax solvent
credits ard Nntnide fer ms wins live
Stock.
The house refused TO accept the con-
ference report on the military bill which
agreed to increasing the amount for sup
port from $4,000 to $4,000 the raise be-
ing made in the senate. The lower house
insists ON the original figure.
Governor Signs Bill.
The Governor has signed the demurrage
bill by the operation of which It is ex-
pected that the shippers of the state will
be able to get of the railroads cars and
other equipment necessary to move the
freight The bill is one of the general
railroad measures that were provided for
in the platform of the Governor and
have had his close personal attention
ever since the opening of the present
session of the Legislature.
This bill provides. among a great many
other things, that shippers shall be sup
piled with cars when demand is made
for them and the roads are penalized II
they fail to supply the cars in the same
way that shippers are forced to pay if
they delay unloading. 1t is stipulated in
the bill railroads must furnish up to
three cars in two days after request is
made in writing: three to ten cars in
five days, and ten to twenty-five cars in
ten days. No shipper can make demand
for over twenty-five at one time
The fine is 81 per day and the total is
not to exceed $40. Any shipper who
makes other than a bona fide demand
for cars, securing them and not needing
them. will be subject to fine of $500.
Tlre following other bills were also
signed by the governor:
Providing for the holding of circuit
court at Goodwater.
Money for Schools.
Increasing the appropriations to the
white normal schools to $1,000.
Dividing Montgomery county into three
revenue districts.
Amending the charter of the Girls
Normal school at Livingston.
Regulating the selection of juries in
Mobile county.
TO provide for the payment to the Girls
Industrial school fund of interest on
land sales of the school.
To fix salaries of the chancellors at
s&4 and judges of the circuit court at
$4,000.
Providing for the removal of accounts
of the convicts from the office of the
auditor to that of the convict board.
To fix the time of holding the city
court'o Montgomery.
To authorize the board OF trustees of
the University TO make sales of Univer-
slty lands.
To create the office of auditor of
Walker county
To provide for holding separate terms
of the chancery court of Coffee county
at Enterprise.
To provide for dispensaries in Troy and
Brundidge.
To regulate the trials of misdemeanors
In Morgan county
To detach Lee county from the Third
judicial circuit.
To abolish the county court of Lee
county
To detach Lee county from the local
chancery division.
To limit the number of constables, bail
iffs and deputies that serve in the
Walker law and equity, court
To amend the stock laws of Clay county
To provide for holding circuit court at
Enterprise.
To provide for dispensaries in Houston
county.
of intoxicants near Union Hill Baptist
church. in Henry county.
TO provide for a board of jury commits
sloners in Choctaw county.
To prohibit the sale of liquors within
Camp Smith precinct and Wheeler pre-
cinet i'll Colbert county
Ii is expected that most of the i'm
portant bills will have reached the gov
ernor by Monday of next week. as both
sides of the hall are now getting busy in
order TO get away by that day.
The governor has appointed II. Y
Brooke of Luverne an examiner of pub
lie accounts the Rev. s. r. Emerson of
Pratt CITY, chaplain of the convicts. and
Trancred Belts of Huntsville, judge of
the new law and equity court of Madi-
son county.
For immigration.
In spite of rather strenuous opposition
an the part of Senator Lusk and Senator