The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27


 - - - - John and several others and had the support in the senate of Mir Reese and large number of the leading members.
 The bill to exempt water power plants passed the senate and it was agreed to take up the Blackmon bill to allow sherffs and deputies to ride on passes tonight.
 The code committee on conference came in with report of agreement and the report was accepted. It was related that the bill had not legislated any out of office.
 There was considerable of a fight in the senate over rules for the balance of the session. but nothing came of 1t.
 The bill to prevent running Of pay trains on Sunday was passed in the senate also.
 Hospital Investigation.
 The bill to have the governor appoint a commission for the further conduct ol the investigation of conditions at the insane hospital was passed in the house, with a salary of $10 a day and 10 cents a mile. Mir Lee of Houston and MT Kirby thought that S4 day Is all that should be allowed. MT. Haley, MT. Good wyn, and MT. Bulger were for the slO figure, which finally prevailed. The com mission will be named by the governor ana report to him. It will be composed of the present committee as follows: King, chairman; Gunter and Arnold; Senators Spragins and Hayes.
 The bill to allow the railroad commis- sion to raise as well as lower rates was reported favorably in the house
 The live stock law was amended so as not to apply in certain areas of ter rltory in small counties In an amendment passed by the house.
 Miller Saved Bill.
 The salvation of the water works bill was the Miller substitute; without 1t the committee would have adversed the prop ostion entirely As 1t was, he could only get an agreemnt to report the substitute, the members of the committee not prom ising to support 1t on the floor of the senate.
 Mir Miller went before the committee and found that there was a majority dis position to adverse the measure. To pre- vent this action he asked permission to draw a substitute meeting the objections of those who were opposed to the original This was the bill reported favorably. Sen ator Miller said that the substitute will all low Birmingham to condemn the present system when the limits of city are extend ed to take in the cities and towns now served Or it will provide for erection at once or a new pldut iOT IoH iliiiibhaiii III case it desires to build one. It will thus be seen that the Miller sup stute really made 1t possible to get the matter before the senate In way 10 have it fully discussed.
 House, Afternoon.
 MT. Ballard of Autauga called up his bill to make it unlawful to practice as an attorney at law without having obtained n license therefor. The bill was passed. The next bill was to better provide for l the arrest of persons committing homi- eide, rape, arson and robbery by giving a reward therefor This provides foi a reward of $1O0 to be paid by the county when an arrest is made of person who | is fleeing from justice. The reward is to 1 be paid after conviction and prevents or | flcers from getting the reward. MT. Stengall of Dade opposed the bill | in its present form. He said it would be | great hardship on many counties Of the | state where crimes are frequent. l MT Rice of Tuscaloosa also opposed the 1 bill because of the expense that it would l entail upon the counties He moved that l the bill be tabled, and it carried. The bill of MT. Lacey of Walker to make 1 1t the duty of teacher examining boards to l report to the state superintendent of all | examinations made by them and places l the examiners upon a salary basis. MT l Lacey thought the fee system was being l abused. One examiner had drawn $lSD salary last year.
 I. Mir. John said that for a man to have l drawn that salary he would have worked twenty-seven Sundays, and he thought the statement conclusive argument | against the fee system.
 The bill provides salary or $lsoo TOT | the examiner who acts as secretary of | the board and s1200 for the assistant | The bill was passed.
 Mir. John reported for the rules com | mittee a resolution to have the after | noon sessions at o'clock instead Of 8 o'clock. It adopted.
 The committee also reported favorably 1 the senate resolution providing for ad- 1 tournment from today until Monday, and further amending as to fix sessions next week on Monday, Tuesday. Thurs day and Friday and on Monday, Au- gust ,, which is to be the day for final adjournment. The report was adopted.
 Ex-officio Fees.
 Mir. Bulger called up his bill amend ing the code with relation to the eX officio services, fixing the maximum sal | ary of S750 in each of the counties of the state. MT, Bulger said that the pur | pose of his bill Is to increase ex-officio services in the rural counties He said i the code now allows S25O for eX-officio | services, but under the bill the sheriff would have to submit to the com missioners an item account of ex-officio services and may draw salary of, not exceeding S750.
 Mir Pitts of Dallas and Mir. McCrary 1 of Conecuh supported the bill. Mir. John l offered an amendment which was adopt ed, providing that in counties where sher- ifs receive more than s10,000 he shall receive no ex-officio fees. It was sug- gested that this amendment would only affect Mobile. Montgomery and Jefferson | counties. The bill passed
 Mir Arlington called up house bill 13S9; ITO exempt from taxation all property | of any person, firm or corporation who i has heretofore patented and owns exclu- | sively or has heretofore secured and owns exclusively, or who shall hereafter pat ent and own exclusively. or shall here- after secure or own exclusively the pat ent right on any article designed for the purpose of protecting human life and ] property, and which has not heretofore 1 been manufactured for sale except such property as is devoted exclusively to the manufacture of such article, and to exempt from taxation the stock held by stockholders of such corporation
 Mir. John said the Dill is directed at a device patented by a Montgomery man to automatically throw the wheels of railroad train back on the track, after 1 they had jumped sarne and If the 'le-