The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-02
Would Give $b7,0O0 to
 Erect Buildings.
BILL PROVIDES $l,OO0 FOR
 EVERY COUNTY IN STATE
Districts Mast Furnish Part of
 Money and Grounds.
sCenssrshipv Reselution of MT. John Robbed of Power and Passed. Thirteen Measures Disposed
 of During Day.

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 With an amendment raising the amount to be appropriated from s5o,oot to ss7,ooo, the House yesterday after. noon passed the measure designed tc give State aid to the rural schools of Alabama in erecting and repairing public school buildings.
 The measure is designed for the as- sistance of the country schools only. the town schools being expected to look after their own buildings. It is the country children. the "bare-legged boys and the sun-bonnet girls" that the Legislature is endeavoring to as- sist, and various safeguards are thrown about the measure to make 1t apply only to those poorer districts which are unable to help themselves.
 Not over s1.ooo Is to be expended in 8 single county. and 1t was because of that limitation that the increase in the appropriation of s17,oeo annually was made. in order that the schools of every county of the State might avail Itself of the assistance. if 1t were needed.
 No single school district is to receive more than s20o, according to the bill. and the people interested in the repair .R ha .I1 @ahnn1 the erection of new one, must provide suitable plot of ground for the structure, and must raise at least $100 to go with the money received from the State.
 Thirteen measures, general and local. were passed by the House during the day The country school bill of Mir Arnold was the only one passed at the morning session. while at the after noon meeting one general and eleven special bills went through without op- position, s. sCensorship" ResoIusion Made "Harm-
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 The "censorship'' resolution present. ed by MT. John of Jefferson County. just before adjournment Thursday af- ternoon, designed to prevent any clerk from permitting a bill before the House from being taken away or copied, or from furnishing a copy himself, was itself subjected to the blue pencil of the Rules Committee, robbed of all it's drastic features, and passed in form that was described by a member of the committee as harmless.
 The Committee on Rules held a lengthy session just before the morn ing session began, and 1t Is understood practically all the time was taken up with the consideration of the John res- olution. In the form in which it was reported to the House and passed with out opposition, 1t simply makes the clerk custodian of the bills pending be- fore the House. A feature to have the printer number the pages of the print ed bills consecutively. for filing in book form, was left intact.
 All reference was cut from the reso- lution to have copies of bills made, and the public is in just as good position to obtain copies of measures. If they desire, as ever. That portion of the resolution was censored to a plain declaration that the clerks are the cus- todians of the bills. and must not let them get out of their possession.
 The Senate resolution for adjourn ment until Monday was concurred In, after some difficulty and delay, after it had been amended to make the hour for reconvening II o'clock in the morn ing instead of noon.
 Objects to Colleague.
 The House was opened with prayer b1' Rev. J. H. Bush of Montgomery, af- ter which the roll was called, showing ninety-two members present. As us ual. the journal was approved without reading.
 Leaves of absence were granted Mir. Lancaster of Fillmore and MT. Afford. of Geneva, for the day.
 message was received from the Senate transmitting a bill establishing a dispensary at Georgiana. Mir. Long, of Butler, with the statement that he divided on the question, asked that the bill be not sent to the Committee on Temperance. of which his colleague, Mir Jones. Is a member, as 1t was un- fair to either to refer 1t to a commit tee of which the other was a mem
 Mir. Jones moved to table his motion to refer the measure to the Committee on Local Legislation, and the ayes and noes were demanded on this motion. The House, by vote of 27 to 55, refus- ed to table. and the bill went to the Local Legislation Committee.
 The Committee on Rules reported favorable on the resolutions of MT. Long, of Butler. setting the Senate rail- road bills as a special order for yes terday, with an amendment making them special orders for Monday. The order in which rthe bills will be cor sidered follows:
 Senate Bill NO. To Ane Dill making +be nresent freight rates the maxi mum one, set immediately following
 Senate Bill No. 2-Fixing the meas ure of damages for failure to deliver SSeSate Biil No. 7-The anti-pass bill
 The Committee on Rules also report od favorably on the Senate joint reso- ,ntion providing for adjournment from last evening until Monday; but with an nnendment making the two Houses aanorvene at Il o'clock instead of l2. The adoption of the committee report m the resolution was put by viva ,,nce vote, and was declared by the Seeker to be carried notwithstand- ;np A considerable volume Of noes r"
 Argue over Idle Day.
 Mr. Sherrod of Lawrence took the matter up and moved to reconsider Inc vote. it having been announced too soon for him to demand a divis- ion Seeming not to have the utmost confidence in the accuracy of the Sneakers judgment in announcing viva vnce votes, he demanded a call of the,