The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-01

tees were received before recess. ai- l though 1t was almost 2 o'clock. in order that the work of the clerks In placing the bills on the calendar might be facilitated. Some thirty bills were { fayorably reported.
 Two Senate bills were made special orders. as follows:
 | TO prohibit any aiding or altering | in the unlawful sale of liquors, on recommendation of the Rules Commit tee, for Saturday; following the re- ports of standing committees. For the redistricting of the State into judicial circuits, on recommendation of the Judiciary Committee, for today Standing committees aad the pending special orders.
 l A jcint resolution was presented by | the Rules Committee, ind was passed, l prcvicing for joint session of the two houses for 4;45 o'clock in the after noon, for the election Of two JuIgss of
 the City Court of Birnin gham. when l the legislators should vote for both JlJges at the same time. | Pass Summer SchooI Hill. l Two billt were in.- bduced, ono by
 M.. Jchn. to appropriate $500 to pay | the expert who examined the Tuskegee Institute accounts, in accordance with
 resolution of the Legislaturs and the
 other by MT. Rushton. to prohibit pawn Lrckers from keeping any class of deadly weapons in stock. | At o'clock, the House took a re- | cess until 3.s0 o'clock. Promptly at that hour. Speaker Car I michael called the House to order, and business was resumed. l Mr. Rice of Tuscaloosa, called up
 House Bill No. S41, to amend the law
 relating to holding a summer school at | 4 Tyx.4~- necessity to have the bill passed by
 both houses before recess. The bill was | passed at once by vote of 66 to O. l The Senate amendments to tue two fertilizer bills presented by Mi. Sfea- gall of Dale, ware received, and, on
 motion of Mir. Steagall, were concurred
 in by unanimous votes. l The Governors amendments to Sem
 ate bill. No. AS, creating the Fifteenth
 Judicial Circuit, which were important | in character, making 1t more certain in some of the provisions, were received | from the Senate and were concurred in | by vote of 6S to O..
 | The Governors message relative to House Bill No. 167. the State Depository bill. proposing that t should become effective at once. with some other lamehdments, was read. md tho House concurred in the amendments by vtte of II to
 The sane course was followed with respect to the clerical amendments to
 House Bill No. 1s6, the measure creat- l ing the Lee County Court of Law and Equity, suggested by the Governor. The vote on concurrence was 64 to O.. University to COntrOI MedIcs. MT. Lyons of Mobile, called up the | bill transferring the ownership and control of the Medical College ae Mo
 bile from its own board of trustees to | the board of trustees of the State Uni- versity. The bill. which was introduced
 at the request of the management of
 the school was passed by vote of 64 10 o.
 MT. John called up the measure,
 House Bill No. T32, making appropria-
 tion of funds to make effective the bills | to raise the salaries of the Supreme and
 Circuit Court Judges and chancelloro. and to provide funds for the payment
 of the judges of the County Courts, pro- posed ' . be paid in future by the State 1 The bill was passed without debate by
 vote of 56 to 5, Messrs. Coleman, Kill len. Mitchell, Rushton and Sherrod, vot- ing no.
 After the joint session had been held for the election of judges of the Blrm-
 ingham City Court, MT. White of Per ry, called up an "old soldiers" bill to make appropriation for the Soldiers
 Home at Mountain Creek It was
 passed without debate by unanimous
 vote As the measure originated in
 the Senate it will now go to the 5ov-
 ernor foI approval.
 The pension bill was taken up, on call
 of Mir. Bulger of Tallapoosa. The oill
 raises the amount of property which would serve as a bar to receiving a pen sion from $400 to $750. Mir. Sanders of Pike. offered an
 amendment raising this limit from S750 ..R member of the subcommittee that pre-
 pared the substitute for the Buiger bill himself an old soldier, moved to
 lay 1t on the table as impracticable,
 and this was done.
 Wants to Increase Pensions. MT. Smith of Franklin offered an amendment fixing a minimum of $96 per year for the pensioners of the first
 class, $60 for the second class and $40 for the third class. These figures, he thought, would make the total expen-
 ditures for pensions about $e77.00o. He
 thought this could be afforded by the
 State.
 Mr McCrory of Conecuh and MT.
 Sample of Morgan both opposed the amendment and 1t was tabled They
 contended the best the State could do
 was to put all the money the State could spare into the pension fund. and then, as provided by the bill, divide 1t
 among the pensioners, as much as pos sible to each
 The Committee substitute was then adopted by a vote of GA to 0. the bill
 was read the third time. and passed by a vote of 63 to o. Mir. Pitts of Dallas called up. under unanimous consent, Senate Bill No. 136.
 local bill applying only to Dallas County, and it was passed without op-
 position.