The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-03

SectiOn the rient 10 tax tnemeSiVos mills for support of the schools.
 There was one phase of the bull to which Mir. Tunstall wanted to call at- tention. If . tax is levied by districts instead of by counties. the towns would get most of the money and the little places outside would get practically nothing.
 MT. Lee of Baldwin thought the peo- pie were sVfnciently taxed, and that It would not be proper to put more tax on them at this late day.
 Mir. John said the House was not passing any law. but merely proposing an amendment to the constitution ana giving to the people a right to vote on 1t.
 The bill was finally defeated by the House; yeas. 66; nays. 26. The law requires a three ffths vote of the en- tire membership.
 MT. Scales bill to fix the time for holding the examination of teachers. passed the House. The time nAea oy the bill Is the first Mondays. Tuesdays and Wednesdays in March. July and December.
 Mir Hughston's bill to fix the Tees of the sheriff for feeding prisoners confined in jail under the charge or conviction of any indictable offense. was called. By its terms. sherihs who have only twenty-five prisoners or less could collect at the rate or 50 cents per day per prisoner TOT twenty-five and less than nifty, 70 cents; and over nifty prisoners. not more than 30 cents . prisoner. The bill failed to pass.
 MT. Haley's bill to amend Section 29O4 of the Code of Alabama. wnich increases the expenses of the state Board of Mining Inspectors. allowing travelling expenses. passed by vots' of. yeas. 47; noes. II.
 MT. Cooper called his bill to regulate and fix weights under which -four. corn meal and rrits shall be packed in the State. In support of the bull Mir. Coop CT said there was a great deal of fraud going on in this line and he wanted to "smoke the rascals out" The bill was passed.
 To provide Tor the cancellation of deeds of lands that have been sold by the State for erroneous collection or taxes. MT. Armstrong's bill was passed amending Sections 410e and 107 of the code.
 More yaIary for Clerk.
 Mir. Smith of Fillmore asked for vote on the bill to increase the pay of the Assistant Clerk in the Agricultu- ral Department from $1.200 to $1,boO. The vote was agreed to but there were objections made to the passing or the . bill.
 Mir. Tunstall thought that as all the salaries of the clerks in the capitol building, had been raised the one left ought to have his raised.
 Mir. John opposed 1t, remarking there were charges against tho Department.
 Mir. Smith said he cared not what charges were against the Department. the clerk was from Elmore County and as honest as any man in Jenerson County. He had to live in Montgom- cry and he thought the clerk ought to have more money
 MT. John said. Let him go back to Fleetop."
 Let you go back to Jefferson" re- torted Mir. Smith, land stay there"
 The bill was passed, yeas. 35; nays. 27.
 Mir. Lovelady's hop-jack bill passed the House. as did MT. Smiths bill to provide for examination of applicants for second grade teachers certificates.
 The Senate bill to erect monuments to "Alabama's heroic sons' was placed on the calendar. favorably reported by the committee on judiciary.
 MT. Goodwin called up MT. Rush. toms libel law bill which gives to newspapers the chance to prove by evidence the truth of their statements It was objected to by Mir. Jenkins of Baldwin.
 Pure Food Bill Voted Down.
 Consideration of the pure food law was taken up, the clerk Of the House resuming the reading at the point where he left of at Thursdays session
 The bill was defated, yeas, 26; nays 25.
 The sneaker relinquished the chair to sneak in favor of his bill to ratify, legalize and confirm all sales and cons veyances heretofore made by electric light and power companies. water com panies and street railway companies or all of their property and franchises to any corporation, authorized by It's charter to do such business. IL passed without objection.
 The sneaker then called up the bill to appropriate money for the printing of the journals of the two houses or the Legislature. These journals could not be printed. he explained, unless this bill was passed. It went through without objection.
 Another bill called up by the speaker was one originated by Mir. Lovelady relating to the duties of chaplains at convict prisons. It was passed
 MT. Carmichael then called for the bill to amend the law relating to the establishment of a bureau to collect, compile and publish cotton statistics. He offered a substitute for the bill fix ing the salary of the superintendent at salary of $1,500, the officer to be appointed by the Governor. It speci- fled the way in which cotton statistics should be obtained. It required cotton growers to give accurate returns of all cotton ginned in pain of heavy fine.
 The substitute was adopted but the bill was lost. yeas 36, nays 3S.
 MT. Haley's bill to provide for the incorporation of mutual aid, benefit and industrial companies or associations, came up.
 MT Glover explained that MT. Haley had been called home on account of sickness in his family. and had asked him to say to the House that this bill had been introduced by MT. Haley at the request of the Insurance Depart ment of the State. The bill passed.
 The House was kept busy for over an hour concurring in Senate amend ments at the conclusion of which a bill introduced by Mir. Foster. relating to the filing of deeds, was called and