The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-02


 ty officials where counties have voted for change in the county seats. but the court house in the new county seat has not been completed. was the next to be taken up. It was passed, by vote of 59 to l. Mir Sherrod voting no. Tho bill is general in form, but applies es- pecially to Washington County, where 1 the county seat has just been ordered moved from St. Stephens to Chatom, and as the new court house is not ready. it was desired to hold court tenn porarily at St. Stephens.
 Tuscaioosa Judge Gets Increase. The bill increasing the salary of tho judge of the Tuscaloosa County Law and Equity Court to $2,700 was called up by MT. Rice and passed by a vote of | 51 to 2, Messrs. Cannon and Killen vot- | ing no.
 The Senate substitute for the House | bill appropriating $15,000 annually for | the encampments of the State militia, was received. The substitute increases the annual appropriation to s25.Ooo, or ! so much thereof as the Governor may deem necessary. The House, by viva voce vote. refused to concur, and con- | ference committee on the bill was au- l thorized, on motion of Mir. Lyons of Mo- bile. Messrs Lyons, Long of Morgan, and Woolf, were appointed as such con- l ference committee.
 | The Senate amendments to the city paving bills, of minor character, were concurred in on motion of MT. Pitts of | Dallas. despite opposition by Mir. John of Jefferson, after 1t had been favored | by MT. Pitts of Dallas; Mir. Long os | Butler; Mir. Gunter of Montgomery; Mir Haley of Jefferson, and Mir. Hoffman Of
 Mobile. The vote on concurrence was
 so to !, those voting no being Messrs | Glover, John, Lacy of Walker; Rags | dajo Gar 1 The House thereupon. at 1:45 o'clock. took recess until o'clock.
 As soon as the afternoon session had | been called to order. Speaker Carmich- ael called MT. Haley of Jefferson to
 the chair in order that he might cal
 up three bills for passage.
 l Must Apply to Commission. | The first was Senate Bill No. BIO, by | MT. Gardner, providing that railroads | may acquire land by condemnation fol I depots, freight yards and team tracks | only when permission is given for suck | condemnation proceedings by the Rail 1 road Commission. -- MT. Lacy of Walker opposed grantinf | this power of condemnation upon tn.
 railroads. but the bilI was passed b, | vote of fifty-eight to five Thos' | voting no were Messrs Cannon, Johr 1 Lacy of Walker, smith of Etowah ant | White of Perry.
 Mir. Carmichael then submitted a sub l stitute to House Bill No. s05, by him | self, amending the law confirming cer l tain rights upon corporations develop ing water power, in regard to building
 dams, etc MT. King of Jefferson feared
 the bill would permit of the construc | ton of dams so as to flood the landl
 where the bones of ones ancestorl | were buried
 | Mir. Carmichael explained. in reply | htpor nf "a al l tion of the Tennessee Rver, involving the building of three great dams ana | the expenditure of $19,000,000 tC which the passage of the bill was es. sential The substitute was adopted by
 a vote of sixty-four to five. Messrs
 Cannon. Haley. King. sherrod and | Smith of Etowah voting no. The bill was then passed, fifty-eight to five | the same members voting no. MT. Carmichael then had passed l without opposition, his bill, House Bill No. s45. granting permission to cor | porations to develop water power | to construct dams and locks IT
 exempting such property from tax. ation was striken from the bill | passed by vote of fifty-five to three
 Messrs Cannon, King and Sherrod vot. ing no.
 Pass Cotton Bureau Measure.
 MT White of Perry secured consid' 1 eration for Senate Bill No. BPS, makine
 appropriation for the soldiers home al
 Mountain Creek, both for repair ant maintenance. MT. White secured tn, | adoption of an amendment giving tht | Home $1,000 for hospital assistants
 and the bill was then passed by vot,
 of fifty nine to nothing.
 Mir. Powell of Bullock secured con
 sideration for Senate Bill No. 230. pro l viding for the collection, compilation | and publication of statistics of cottor 1 ginned, and establishing a bureau oi
 cotton statistics. ana after a minor
 amendment proposed by the agricul. 1 tural commission had been adopted the bill was passed by vote of fifty l two to seven. Those voting no were | Messrs. Long of Butler, Pitts of Perry | Ragsdale, Sample. Smith of Lee, White
 of Lamar, and White of Perry.
 MT. Gunter of Montgomery called up House bill No. Al. introduced by Speaker Martin, at the request of the
 Speaker, who is i'll at home, and 1t was
 passed. The bill provides for ascer-
 taining and establishing disputed boun- | daries. The vote on final passage was
 56 to 3, those voting no being Messrs
 Bulger, Cannon and White of Perry
 Mir. Glover of Jefferson secured the
 passage of House bill No. S31, fixing | the salary Of the judge of the Tenth | OlTCuIlb COunLy), al
 $4,500, to correspond with the salary paid the other judges in Birmingham
 The bill was passed by a vote of 5s
 to 5, the negative votes being cast by
 Messrs. Cannon, Killen, Rushton. Sher-
 rod and vann.
 1 Amendment fin Wrong BiII. Mir. Kirby of Madison called up Sem
 ate bill No. 175, the anti bucket shop
 bill. Considerable confusion was caus-
 ed when the committee amendments were reported. by the presence of an | amendment to one of the railroad bills
 which were acted upon by the same committee. The offending amendment
 was stricken out by unanimous con- sent.
 | The committee recommended that the ! bill go into effect January 1, 1908, but MT. Kirby proposed to strike out that | provision, and let the bill go into effect | July l, 1907. This was opposed by Chairman Lee Long. on the ground that the men engaged in the business pro- posed to be abolished, should have mo- tice of the new law, so as to rearrange | their affairs
 MT. Haley of Jefferson contended 1 that they had had notice since the last