The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-28
many prevlous eommlttee

been on many previous committee days.
 When the House Committee on Re- vision of Laws met yesterday morning in the Supreme Court library, for illus tration. 1t was confronted with but a single measure to be considered and that was of local nature.
 It was generally true, though not uni- versally so, that the House committees spent their time in the consideration bodies considered principally the bills emanating from the House. The time has now passed when a measure can be reported from committee in the house in which 1t originated. be passed by that body, transmitted to the other, evc= if that step is taken without en- grossing the bill. be there referred to and considered by q committee, re- second body. be engrossed and signed by the presiding officers of the two houses before the time arrives for taking the recess.
 This fact Is recognized by the mem bers of both houses, and unless some very important measure. to which there $ no opposition, should arise, 1t IS not likely any attempt will be made during the remainder of the week to push through measure In such man ner.
 The remaining three days of the week
 
 dar. Some few important measures will be taken up in each house and dis posed of. and the more important measures that can be reached toaay mating them will be sent across the hallway to the other house. Friday and Saturday will be devoted, under the rules, to the passage of senate bills by the House, and House bills by the Senate.
 Pitts BiII Is Adversed.
 One of the House bills which was acted upon adversely by the senate making 1t usurious for the lender of money to require or permit the mort gagee to pay the fifteen-cent mort gage tax on such mortgage, in case amount to more than eight per cent. The committee took the position that the bill tried to accomplish an impos- sible thing.
 agreed to report favorably on the bill introduced by Representative Rice Of Tuscaloosa, prohibiting any social club from keeping on hand any stock or m thought by the committee, would have a good effect in preventing evasions ot prohibitory and Sunday laws
 The Committee on Public Health or the House has decided to report favor ably the Senate measure to create State livestock sanitary board. The measure is designed to prevent the spread of Texas fever, the disease originating with ticks, which has prov en such q menace to the stock-raisers of the State. This bill has been face. tiously referred to as the anti tick bill. It is proposed to place the fight against the ticks in the hands of pr C. A Carey, of Auburn, who has achiev- ed a name for himself in work or similar character in the past.
 The House Committee on Claims and a fn rnn0rf adversely on the bill introduced by Representativ Lacy of Dallas to give the members Of the Legislature $S per day for their ser vices. The members of the Committee explain that this action was taken, not because they do not think the legisla- tors are all worth the higher ngure' but because the bill is in contravention of the Constitution.
 The Committee agreed to the Senate bill validating the witness fees Tn Walker County, which were contracted under the law passed aets py the rast ITdi- LeE cial Circuit, which was later declared unconstitutional.
 Fixes Pay of Witnesses.
 The Committee adversed also the Senate bill to fix the rate of pay of witnesses for the State at $1.50 per day, and mileage of cents per mile, and the House bill to increase the ex- oficio" fees of sheriffs, for duties in connection with empanneling Juffes, etc. from S2.50 to $7.50
 The Senate Committee on Revision of Laws of which Senator Bayles IS Chairman, reported favorahly the b1ils of Senator Reese regulating the liabll- ity of surety and guaranty companies The series of bills included three meas ures. The first of these provided that a guaranty company should be regulat- ed and held responsible under the laws of Alabama. The bill forbids the guar anty companies from taking any ad- vantages of stipulatlons Tn contIatts, ttI which were inserted in violation or me laws of the State.
 The other bills related to the forfei- ture of bonds of guaranty companies, given for the completion of certain construction work. One of the bills provided that in case Of deviation rom the plans agreed upon the owner Of a new house could recover from con- tractor and his bondsmen, unless the deviation was plainly against the in- terest of the contractor. The third Dill . provided that in case of such deviation, if the contractor was in fault, ne ana his bondsHen would be held liable for his share of any resulting loss from his fault. although there was devla- ton from the plans.
 The Committee also reported favor ably the bill of Senator Hammer. which for record within the legal time.
 The House bill rearranRinR the mile age schedule of the members of the l Legislature, was also glveh favor 1 able report by the Committee. The old 1 mileage schedule was made out num- number of new railroads have been 1 built, and the routes of number of 1 members in coming to Montgomery l have been changed The new County l of Houston was left unprovided for in the old schedule.