The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-15
MAY STAY FOR MONTH LONGER Legislature May Remain
 Till August l5. THAT IS OPINION OF LEADERS Most of the Work from Now on Will Be Done in Committee. Mere Than 400 Bills Now Before ,he House and More Will Re Added Tuesday-Many Are of
 Importance.
THAT IS OPINION OF LEADERS

Present indications are that the leg islature will be in sesion until the mid de of August, according to Hon. A. Il. Carmichael. speaker of the House. and several of the members who are well posted on the procedure and the rapid ity with which new bills are dispo 'ed of.
 There are already before the House more than 400 bills and there wi4i b. many more added to the list on TGes- day. Of this number most are local in character and will be easily dis posed of. but there are some pills "f general importance that will require much discussion and may cause great delay.
 Of these there is the Municipal Code bill which occupied the attention of joint committee from the House and Senate. of which Gaston Gunter Is the chairman. all day Saturday. This co.n-' mittee succeeded /in reading over hundred sections and there are 19S in all. As tar as it has gone, the con- mittee has made but few changes in the bill. but there are sections to come over which it is said there will be strong arguments.
 1t has been decided to thrash out objections to all important bills in committee. instead of on the floor of the House, and for this reason Ire quent adjournments will be had. The Legislature, under the law, has only eleven business days left in which to conduct its business, and these eleven days. it is said. would not be sufii- cient were they to follow in cons a@u- tive order.
 It Is to avoid the necessity of an cx tra session, therefore, that adjolrn- ments will be had and the real business of the session conducted in commit tees.
 Another matter that will delay .the session Is the report of the commit tee. the House members of which will be appointed Tuesday, to investigate the charges made against the Insane Hospital at Tuscaloosa. No one can foreteIl at this time just how long this Investigation will last; but the resolu- report to be made at this session of the Legislature.
 Speaker Carmichael says if there is any delay in making this investigation, have to remain in session by system of interim adjaurnments until the con- mittee is ready to make its report.
 one whole day of the session will tended to regulate mining in ;his State. Notice of this has already been served on the members by the commit tee on mining and manufacturing. Ing and going over the bill. The amend ments the committee has made have changed the entire bill and it will not come before the House until printed copies are ready for circulation among the members.
 Other matters that will require dis cusion include bill introduced con- cerning the establishment of water power plants, and the bill asking for a change in the constitution so as to permit the use of the convict funds for the building of roads.
 There was an interesting discussion rrN hte lat at l,~ change hotel between several mem bers of the House and Senate. It was thought by some that instead of apply ing the fund derived from the con vict system to road building the eon- victs ought to be used by the State for this purpose.
 It Is not unlikely that this ques ton will come before the Legislature and a bill on these lines introduced as a substitute for the proposed change in the constitution.