The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-15
HOUSE PASSES DEPOSITORY !.
 BILL AFTER HOT FIGHT
evening session. the House adjourned until Saturday morning.
 Report on Judge's Salaries.

v Report on Judge's Salaries.
 The opening prayer was offered by l Rev. S. E. Wasson, pastor of the First Methodist Church of Tuscaloosa The initial roll call showed eighty2twe members present As usual, the jour- nal was approved without reading.
 The Committee on Judiciary sub mitted favorable reports on the bill to pay the salaries of Judges of city law and equity courts, and other courts with similar Jurisdiction over g single county from the State treasuxf and alsotsubmitted measure desigY to throw safeguards about the passa z of bills. and to punish any chahkx, or alterations In such bills The Committee on Education recom- 1 mended the passage of the bill to au- thorize the redistricting the public | school districts of the State. Two measures of interest were re- ported by the Committee on Agricui- ture. A substitute was presented for Rowe's bill, to protect live stock from dogs by providing a license tax on all | canines. and reported favorably on the measure. providing for an expert ex- animation of the soils of the State MT. Smith of Elmore was granted leave of absence for the day. A call of the counties for the intro. duction of bills was held. and a large number were presented. The first to be sent to the clerks desk was a meas ure by Mir. Ballard of Autauga, ta make 1t unlawful for persons to pracs tice as attorneys-at-iaw without a license
 Mir. Thompson of Macon introduced a biH to amend the amended amendment to the act relating to the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. Mir Maner of Montgomery. presented a e tt N<z- s~ a.- Al leading Judge of the City Court Of | Montgomery from ss.oo0 to $500 per year.
 special Orders set.
 Several resolutions seeking to create special orders. were presented and re- ferred to the Rules Committee, as fol- lows:
 By Mfr Urquhart of Jeffersou--to set House bills Nos. s4 and s5, providing for the extension Of limits of cities and for the merger of adjoining towns known as the greater Birmingham, bills. for such date as the committee might decide.
 By Mr., Lyons of MobiIe-To set House bills No. 1so. creating the Bu- reau of Industrial and Labor Statistics, for February Is.
 By Mir. Lee Of Etowah--To set House oiii No. bS2, for the more efficient su- pervision of the public schools of the State, for February 2i.
 By Mr. Jenkins of Baldwin-To set House bill No. 237, to establish a State Normal School at Daphne. for satur- day. x ,.-.15
 By Mfr. Kirby of Madison--To set House bill No. 157 for the payment of salaries of Judges of County Courts, for such date as the Rules Committee might decide.
 By Mir. Lyons of MobiIs-ro set House bills Nos. IFS and iTs. to appro- prtate money for apparatus, etc. and for Haintenance of the Boys Industrial School for Monday.
 The Govsrnot'a iuessags on tas fish and game bill. rroposiug large num- her of aneudh1snts to the measure to meet his ideas, which was laid over from "Wednesday afternoofi was faker, up and Mfr. Steagall Of Dale. the au. thor of the measure. moved that the House concur in the amendmessts pro- posed by the Chief Executive.
 The amendments were read to the House, large number os interested members following the reading by ref erence to the bill to note their effect upon the provisions of the various sec- tions.
 Mir. steagall of Dale. said the friends of the bill were pleased with the sug- gested amendments, which affected the 1GN0At IAG luCdSuTS FdLHEf than us merits. and threw safeguards about 1t. The vote on the amendments was then taken, the House concurring In them by a vote of 78 to o.
 Mir. Lee of Etowah presented a reso- iution that the Speaker. after con ferring with the chairmen of the busy committees should fix the hours of committee meetings today. to the end that there should be no clash between the various committees as to attend ance of members. It was passed under suspension of the rules.
 Argue Over State Depository.
 A resolution was referred to the Commitsee on Rules. instructinR the clerk to have printed in the calendar the name of the author of each bill. and the subject matter of each bill which seeks to amend a section of the Code.
 The State depository bill. House bill No. 167. by Mir. Long of Morgan. which was made a special order for Wednes- day. was taken up The Committee on Ways and Means had reported a substitute for the bill, which came up for consideration.
 The substitute measure was explained at some length by Mir Long In brief, 1t provides for the depositing of public funds with banks which furnish proper
 
 such deposits by the banks Is provided for. Mir. Long explained. because it Is forbidden by the Constitution.
 Mr. Pitts of Perry opposed the bill, believing 1t in violation of the consti. tutionaI prohibition of the loaninE of money by the State. He wanted to play safe" in the matter,
 MT. Sample of Morgan presented a substitute for the measure of his col- league, which he explained. It pro- vided. he said, for the depositing of county and municipal funds, as well as State funds, and permitted security by surety bonds. as we'll as bonds. thereby ensuring to the benefit of the small local banker.
 Mir. Cranford of Walker spoke as q practical banker in favor of the orig inaT bill and against the Sample sub- stitute. He thought the original bill perfectly safe for the State, as State or national banks would be good secur- ity, but he feared the surety bond feature of the substitute would only make for the bringing of law suits.
 Mir. Hughston of Lauderdale favored the substitute. believing 1t provided good security for the State, and would get the money into circulation, where 1t would do the most good. He liked the feature of the substitute of limit ing the amount of deposit in any given bank
 Mir. Ldng of Butler, called attention to the necessity in modern industrial conditions of depositing the money Of the State in banks. and declared him. self in favor of the committee meas. ure. It made tine State absolutely safe, he said:
 Calls 1t Lending Money.