The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-07

MT. John of Jefferson resented the term vicious" that had been applied to the bill. It fell far ehort, admit ting everything that was said of 1t, of being vicious. MT. Kirby of Madi- son opposed the bill as class legisla- tion. He thought the lawyers had brought forward the legislation in the interests of their clients.
 The Conference Committee on House Bill No. 61o, the general revenue law. was received. together with a mes sage from the Senate that the Confer- ence Committed report had been ccn- cured in by that body.
 Exempt Cotton Mills for Year.
 The report provided for an annual license fee'of $l00 for piano and organ dealers, for each county in which they operated. The tax on fertilizer plants. as provided by the Senate. is retain ed, and the license tax on cotton mills is made a graduated one.
 The section making provision to place cotton mills on the assessment rolls for this year are stricken out.
 Mir. Maner of Montgomery at once moved concurrence, while MT. Hofv- man of Mobile, the author 0; the cot ton mill amendments that were strick- en out. moved non-concurrence. He declared the question of concurrence did not matter to him, but did to the people of the State. He insisted, If the House should go on record. after going out and taxing every class of property in the State but one. ard should exempt that one--coston mills --the members should vote with their eyes wide open.
 The bills that had been passed, he said, would add aboIt $75.009.0 900 to the tax rolls of the State, while the assessed valuation of the cotton mills would be about s25.00o coo rhe nues tion, he thought was as 10 the taxa tion of all property but one class, and the exemption of that class.
 Mfr Tunstall, of Hale, said he had voted for the proposition when the bill was up for passage. He had since been informed the time for which the mills had originally been exempted had not expired. He had so been informed by the governor with whom he had talked over the natter Any other arrange ment now would be in the matter of reuudiating an obligation of the State.
 Senate Wins G'oinf.
 The report of the committee was then concurred in by a vote of fifty-six to five. Messrs. Edwards. Gunter. Hoff- man, McDuffie and Parker voted no.
 The conference committee on House Bill No. 491, the city salary bill, report ed in favor of the Senate amendment to make the salary of the Mayor of the first class cities $5,000, instead of $3,- 600. The report was concurred in by a vote of fifty-four to one. MT. Cannon of Fayette voting no.
 Senate Bill No. 220, by MT. Barbour, amending the school law so as to per- init examinations to be held for second grade certificates/in June, was called up and passed by vote of fiftyfive to nothing.
 Mir. Tunstall of Hale asked for and was given consent for the passage of a local House bill( to establish nor nal school for white male and female teachers at Montevallo. Hale County. The vote on final passage was forty- three to fourteen.
 It was sought at this time to se- cure the passage of Senate Bill No. 291,- the Teasley bulk sales" bill. but atten- tion was called to the fact that it was after o'clock, the hour at which the further passage of bills was to cease according to the resolution of Sne House at the morning session, and the point of order was sustained.
 A resolution was presented by Mir John of Jefferson and was passed. re- questing the Speaker to prepare re- vised set of rules, to conform to mod ern parliamentary practice. and direct ing the clerk, during the recess, to re- wise the calendar, giving the list of bills their authors and the committees reporting them to the House.
 MT Hoffman of Mobile moved to take his bill providing for immediate trials of persons accused of criminal assaults from the adverse calendar, and to refer it to the Committee of the Whole, but his motion was defeated.
 The House took recess until the ev- ening session at 5.20 o'clock.