The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23
THREE BILLS SIGNED
COTTON SEED MEAL MEASURE nrs-
 COMES 4 LAW.
Lee County Pxohibttien Ensctment and NontevaIlo school Bill Are Alse
 Given Approval of the Chief Executive.

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 Governor Conner signed three billl Friday passed by the extraordinary ses sion of the Legislature, making then
 law. Of these the cotton seed nes
 bill, which regulates the sale of cottor seed meal, is of the most general i'm portance. The other two are the Let County prohibition bill and the Monte, | vallo school bill
 The cotton seed meal bill was xiver l eonsiderabls attention both in the i House and In the Senate. especially | when certain amendments were pro. posed. This bill was introduced to correct certain features of the bfil passed at the summer session. and which was much complained of by the | manufacturers of cotton seed meal. The old bill required that no cotton seed meal except that with per cont ammonia should be sold as ''Higi, Grade" meal. bearing tag to that ef- feet. All meal containing less than the per cent was to be tagged Low Grade" The manufacturers protested against this, saying that it is practi. caily impossible to sell the low grade meal. and that to make meal of more than Ia per cent ammonia would ne- cessitate the tearing out of their ma chinery and putting in new. It was further argued that the 1-2 per cent requirement was ample.
 The bill as 1t was passed permits the tag High Grade" on cotton seed meal with over 8 per cent ammonia. That with between 1-3 and per cent is to be labelled standard" All meal with smaller per cent than 1-2 per cent is to De labelled low grade meal. A penalty is attached for failure of man. ufacturers and sellers of the cotton seed meal to have tags on the bags that they offer for sale.
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 The Lee County prohibition bill was introduced in the House by Represen- =-aatiye Smith of Lee, and provides for the prohibition of the sale, manufac- ture, bartering for or giving away of spirituous or malt liquors in the County of Lee after January i, 1908.
 The Mont evalle School bill icame very near failing when brought up in the Senate Wednesday. faiiins to receive the required two-thirds vote. It was bought up again. however. and went through with ease.
 The bill provides for the immediate payment of the s200,000 appropriated at the regular session of the Lexisla- ture for the Girls Industrial School of Montevallo. This bill. as originally passed. provided that the appropriation should be divided into four separate payments of 1000 each, to be paid annually, one payment in 1907, one in 1908. in 1909 and 1910. The first payment has been made.
 When the school opened this fall 1t became apparent that the fund would be needed immediately. It was brought to the attention of the Gov ernor that nearly 800 girls had been turned away because of lack of &C., commodations for them. Immediately the Governor and other friends of the institution set about making 1t possi- ble for the entire appropriation to be available at once; so that the required buildings might be erected and provis- ions made to accommodate all the girls who desired to attend the school.
 The passage of the bill means that the money will be available as soon as the treasurer gets it in, or as soon as the fund from which it is to come warrants 1t. Already the work of erecting more buildings at the school has been commenced. and with the added money the work will be push ed, and more commenced at once.