The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-13

ing ex4minAttOn Of teachers DC made special order at once because teachers l examinations would follow almost immediately. IL was acted upon and the bill taken up. Under the present law teachers must serve ten years before they can secure a life certificate. Under the amend ment six years will be sufiicient. The amendment was adopted. and the bill as amended was then passed. Disssction Dlll Is Passed.
 MT. Pitts of Dallas. asked that third reading. The bill is to legalize the dissection of human bodies in this State. and to provide for the use of | certain bodies for such purpose. The | bill applies to the use of bodies by | students under instruction and sane tions the use. of the bodies of crimi- nals whose bodies are not claimed within six hours after death and of bodies of convicts dying in jail whose | bodies are not claimed within twelve | hours after death.
 The dissection must take place at a place properly selected for 1t and can l be done in large towns only on sane ! ton of the mayor. The bill also pro- vides that the skeleton of such bodies must be prepared for anatomical pur- | poses
 
 | reading was withdrawn in order that Mir. Pitts might offer an amendment, allowing relatives to claim the bodies ut any time. The amendment waQ adopted and the bill was passed as amended.
 The bill to prevent the removal of ginners tags from cotton bales and to provide penalty therefor. intro ,luced by MT. Lee, of Barbour. was ad- vanced to third reading and passed.
 The regular order was called and House Bill 160, providing for a Bureau of industrial and Labor Statistics. and the appointment of Commissioner of Labor and outlining his duties and pro- viding for the expenses of the Bureau. was taken up and advanced to third reading. The bill was introduced by MT. Lyons. of Mobile.
 Under the terms of the bill, the Commissioner can compel witnesses to come before him and be sworn. The bill was laid on the table. Soil Survey Bill Discussed. MT. McMillan's bill providing for the of soils of the State. was advanced to third reading. The bill has among its purposes the prevention of the spread of disease among crops. It is also in- tended to show tn. resources of the State. and to cause maps and other ihdtSeTS VI IhAOTmdLlOA 10 pc prepared. that the farmers might be informed of their soils. The sum of $l0.000 was asked for this annually.
 motion to lay on the table was de- feated. ... MT. McMillan was recognized by the Speaker and took the floor to argue in favor of the bill. The United States government, he said. had already com menced survey. He was not prepared to say what would be the beneft of the bill to the State at large, but he knew how the destination of all litera- ture that would help the farmers by the Agricultural Department had al- ready worked wonders. This bill, he said. was the only one on the calendar that would bene6t the farmer and he hoped the members of the House would pass it.
 of the bill.
 Mir. Pitts. of Perry. spoke. of the benefits of the soil survey made by the United States government in his county and said:
 If you want te rest of Alabama to prosper as has Perry. you will pass this soil survey bill"
 Continuing. Mir. Pitts said By this survey you will discover just what minerals you have in your State; you will find what other valuable materials
 
 members of this House who will xo into Rip Van While sleep on this question. I hoIe no member will vote in the negative.
 MT. Kornegay, of Dallas. said he just wanted to make a few remarks" and was greeted with laughter and ap- plause. He was afraid of Increasing expenditures. he said. but would not oppose anything in favor of the farm CT. therefore he would vote for the bill. '"o
 MT. Pitts of Perry caused some amusement by asking to interrupt Mir. Lee of Barbour County for the pur- pose of asking question. He used the opportunity to enlarge on his speech of few minutes before and get before the House something he had forgotten before. -i
 Mir. Bloch said he feared the amount specified in the bill, $10,0O0, would not be enough. This was the only objec- ton he had and he hoped the bill would pass.
 Mir. Fuller of Bibb said he did not understand that farmers in Alabama were clamoring for the passage of the bill but he did know they were asking the Legislature not to increase their appropriations. For this reason he hoped the bill would be defeated and the $1O,000 saved to the tax payers. 4
 Bill is Passed.
 The. previous question was moved and carried. The framer of the bill MT. Pitts of Dallas. was under the rules given the privilege of closing the debate. He said 1t was true there was no petition from the farmers before the House but the members of the House knew and ought to know just what the farmers want
 'The tillers of the soil have no time for petitions" he said, but they do expect those who represent them in the need"
 He told how the United States gov ernment stood ready to help the State in this matter and would put into Ala bama soil investigators. man for man. that the State would put in this work It stood ready to help on the map question and other reports.
 He was interrupted by several ques- tions. and finally had to stop while message from the Senate was read. The message conveyed the news that resolution had been adopted by the Senate memorializing Congress to es- tablish a fish hatchery in Alabama.
 Mir. Pitts then resumed his argu- ment. On final vote the bill was passed 57 yeas to 36 nays.
 Fertilizer Report Printed.
 At the opening of the afternoon ses- sion Clerk Brown started to read the report of the Committee on Fertilizer, but was interrupted and on motion of MT Long he was instructed to have nf ha rtr tA1