The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-21
MEASURES REPORTED
FAVORABLY IN HOUSE

court and commissioner court of the
northern judicial division of said county,
! with place of holding court at AshVille.
, in said county; in the same manner and
to the same extent as If said election pre-
cinet had never been attached to and
made a part of the southern judicial di
vision of said st. Clair county.
/ H. B. 759, by Mr.. Martin-To prevent
| the exhibition of plays or pictures Illus
tratiye of train robbery.
! II. B. 75S by Mr. Martin-To amend sec
ton 1872 of the code of 1896. CRelates to
| the recording of conveyances in order to
be ef-providing.)
H. B. 766, by Mr.. Rice-To amend sec
tion 1 of an act approved February 10,
/ 1899, entitled an act to amend an act en-
, titled an act to establish the Tuscaloosa
county law and equity court, approved
/ December 8, 1896
/ H. B. 767. by Mr. Rce-To amend sec
J ton of an act approved October l. 1903.
to amend an act to establish the Tusca-
loosa county law and equity court. so as
to fix the salary of the judge of said court
at S2700 per annum payable monthly.
{ II. B. 525. by Mr.. Sanders with amend
ment)-To amend section 1891 of the code
of Alabama 50 far as the same relates
to Pike county. (Relating to tax asses
sors)
/ II. B. 62S. by Mr.. Woolf-fo amend sec
ton IONA oil the cOue- OF 1880. tfeldleS 10
increasing license tax on insurance COM
panies)
II. B. 654. by Mr.. Kirby-To relieve
Cyrus Jones, Jr, as the only legal heir
of Cyrus Jones' Sr., DECEASED. by refund
ing to him money amounting to $25O2O be-
longing to the estate of the said Cyrus
Jones, Sr deceased, which escheated to
the state of Alabama for lack of claim
ant as shown by the minute entries of
the probate court of Madison county
Alabama, Vol. 30, page 42, and further evil
denced by treasurers receipt No. 3d. a.
d. 1905.
H. B. 769 by Mr. Rushton-To better
provide for the revenue of the state and
the more efficient assessment and collec-
tion of taxes, and for this purpose to
create a commission to be known as the
state tax commission of Alabama, and to
prescribe the powers and duties Of said
commission and its mode of procedure
and to abolish the office of state tax
commissioner.
II. B. TAT. by Mr.. Rattra y-fo amend
section of an act entitled an act to
authorize the court of county commission
ers or board of revenue. or court of like
jurisdiction in the several counties in
the state to cause elections to be held
in such counties or parts thereof for the
establishment of separate stock distdictS,
the suspension of the same, and to cause
elections to be held for the repeal of and
/ regulation of same, approved September
! 70, 1903.
II. B. 22s, by Mr.. Lyons with substi-
, tute)-To appropriate the . and per cent
funds in the treasury of Alabama, to the
Mobile and West Alabama Railroad COM
pany, to which a charter was granted by
act of the general assembly approved
February II, 1898
H. B. 667, by Mr.. Mtchell-For the re-
lief of Mary A. Pope, widow of an ex-
confederate soldier. being a resident OF
Marion county, Alabama.
II. B. 6S2, by Mr.. Sherrod-For the relief
of the school trustees of township 4,
range s. west, of Lawrence county, Ala
bama.
II. b. 7IS, by Mr.. Lee of Houston-For
| the relief of the dispensary of the town
; of Gordon, Houston county, Alabama,
whereas the dispensary in the town or
| Gordon, Houston county, Alabama, dld
pay to the state of Alabama $3.50 for the
4 year 1906 as a license to sell spirituous,
/ ynous and malt liquors in said town. and
whereas the law under which said dispen-
sary was run was held and declared un-
constitutional by the circuit court OF
/ Houston county, Alabama, after the TAX
ing out and paying for said license, and
prnor to the goth day of January, 1906; and
the commissioners who were running and
operating said dispensary were ousted by
: said court and ordered to desist by SAID
court from further running or operating
of said dispensary; and said commission
ers, In obedience to said order, ceased TO
run said dispensary any longer or 10 sell
spirituous, vinous or malt liquors uhdef
the said license any longer.
H. b. $50, by Mr.. Glover-To authorize
and provide for the enumeration OF the
inhabitants of cities and towns in the
state of Alabama and to make such
enumeration the ofnclal census VI St'io
city or town.
H. b. 565, by Mr.. Dudley with amend
menD-To confer upon foreign municipal
corporations of adjoining states the power
and authority to acquire own, take ana
dispose of property in the state OF Ala
bama for the purpose of procuring water
in this state for a municipal water sup
ply and also to confer upon such mum
Qualities the power to contract TO 1urhlsh
a supply of water to any town, city OF
municipality of this state.
IT. r. 500 by Mr.. Carmichael of Clay
with fundamentally amend section :
of an act to establish a charter for the
town of Ashland Clay county, Alabama;
II B. ri, by Mr.. Ragsdale-To amend
section of an act to amend section . T.
r. G and of an act entitled an act TO
establish a new charter for the city or
Bessemed. Alabama. approved december
IA 1900 approved February 2S. 1901,
IT r. 1852. by Mr.. Haley-To yacate ana
onnul that part of Ninth street from the
alley extending through blocks ~ ana ~
on which is the right or way OF .iie ho'iS
VILE and Nashville railroad south or the
alley extending east and west through
blocks 2sS and 269. and also that part OF
| Seventh street that extends from the
right of way of the Louisville and Nash
vile railroad south to the right OF way
Of the Southern Railway company IN the
town of North Birmingham. Ala as pup,
lie streets or highways. and TO annui anu
extinguish the dedication thereof
! IT r. TAG. by Mr. White of Lamar-To
amend section / of an act entitled. IAN
act to incorporate the town of SUFFICIENT
IN the county of Lamar. state of Ala
| hama" approved February II. 1897.