The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-08
MANY MEASURES
 ARE INTRODUCED
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l (C0NTINUED FROM PAGE 1.) | lating to the call of an extra session. It
 was granted and he then declared the in- ] troduction of such bills not included ln ' the call were unconstitutional. l By MT. Haley: To establish the gov 1 ernment of municipal corporations of over | 30000 population.
 lusk Controversy. The controversy on the Lusk bill in the senate grew out of the question of
 what the constitution meant by saying
 that two-thirds are required to take up
 measures not @ part of the call.
 Lieutenant-Governor Gray held that Q
 majority could take it up, but two-thirds 1 must vote to pass it. With this MT. | Spragins took issue.
 The constitution stipulates that "when
 the legislature shall be convened in spe- | cial session there shall be no legislation | upon subjects other than those designawd
 in the proclamation of the governor call 1 ing such session, except by vote of 1 two-thirds of each house." The prohibition bill of MT. Lusk about
 which the controversy came up provides
 among other features for a state officer whose duty will be to seek out and prose-
 cute violations of the law. On reassembling in the afternoon a reso- | lution prevailed that the meaning | cepted is that two-thirds shall be the | vote on passage of a bill not mentioned
 in the call of the governor. Call of Districts. 1 These bills were presented: 1 By MT. Hammer: To amend code with l regard to embezzlement of money by pulp 1 lie officers.
 By MT. Shorter: To repeal act for test | n to | tain sections of the railroad commission I act.
 By MT. Leith: To prohibit carriers from l accepting rates higher than prescribed by
 statute Also to fix time of courts in
 Walker and Winston counties.
 By Mr. Doster: To provide more money | for the Alabama Girls Industrial school.
 By Mir Hinson: To prohibit transporta- I tion companies from refusing admittancs 1 to trains to persons holding tickets bought t statutory rates.
 Fly Mir Reid: To deprive the railroad 1 commission of the right to enforce rate | and regulation laws.
 1 By Mir. Merritt: To provide for county convicts Also sections of the railroad commission act.
 | By MT. Reese: To amend section 2575 | of the code relating to insane hospitals | Also for statue of the late Senator John | T. Morgan.
 | By Mir Wimberly: To prevent common l carriers from charging more than stat | utory rates
 By MT. Hamberger: A resolution to fix
 the salary of the chancellor of the Mo- | bile division.
 | By MT. Reynolds: For compulsory ed- | ueation; also to prohibit sale of arms | also to amend the warehouse laws; also | to prevent corporations from refusing to carry passengers at statutory rate. l By Mir. McWhorter: To provide for
 examination of books of carriers; also for
 an eDileptic colony; also enforcement of z laws in this state when cause arises in | another state.
 On motion of MT. Miller all railroad
 bills were ordered printed
 Notes of the Day. The alacrity with which the average
 member of the legislature gets upon a | popular band wagon is amply illus | trated in the way members have fallen i over themselves to present prohibition
 bills. Only one was put In in the
 senate but half dozen were recorded | in the house, the speaker being in the l list. A feature of the Ballard bill to 1 make the sale of liquors unconstitu- | tional is that 1t provides a vote on constitutional amendment at the next | general election.
 | Administration measures were pre- l sented in both houses by men selected | for the honor. In most cases they went | to the two committees on common carriers, MT. Overton being chairman of the senate and MT. Lee Long of the house. Little can be told of what they | provide until they are worked over. | They are to be printed and will be ready for the members by Saturday morning. The bills were prepared by l the attorney general and his associates l ft, taf nf 10 of fai nf a l state litigation
 | Governor Conner made a departure l from the usual by having his message l printed beforehand. It was ready in | neat pamphlet form and was sent to l the. two houses as soon as the execu- | tive was notified that the legislature l was in session. The governor has been | very active in the Hobbies of the hotels 1 since the members began to arrive. 1 securing a line of them with regard
 to their feelings on the bills to be taken up. It is believed that most of the
 railroad bills will be passed. Senator Reese of Dallas is determ- ined to get his bill through for | statute to the late Senator John T.. 1 Morgan in statuary hall, Washington | He presented a resolution to that ef- i feet almost as soon as he could get | the eye of the chair. Alabama has two | places in that hall. One has been filled l by the statute or the late J. L- nh- Curry, educator and statesman. The
 other ought to be filled with re-
 membrance of the great Alabama sena-
 tor thinks MT. Reese and several oth- ! CTS. A bill to this effect passed the 1 senate at the last session.
 Senator H. E. Reynolds of Bibb is great man for the farmers. He has | presented bill that will result in bet
 ter conditions for the warehouses of
 the farmers union. It has been said by the tillers of the soil that they can | not obey the laws and hold cotton for higher prices as they desire at this 1 time Mr. Reynolds is one of the best | known business men in the state. | merchant of Centreville and a lawyer | who might have made reputation. He | is regarded as an authority in the sen | ate on complicated questions Of law. Hard work Is to be the rule In the | session with a view of getting through 1 in 4 short time. Chairman Overton l called his committee of the senate on common carriers at once, sessions be- ing held at the capitol and the bills | gone over carefully. 1t was thought | that there would be short session l G,ck 1ou opd then adiOurnment.