The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-01
BILLS SIGNED
 BY GOVERNOR Conner Approves Four
 teen Measures. MOST OF THEM ARE LOCAL All Bills Not Yet Acted Upon by
 Chief Executive. Resolution Endorsing Conxressmsu Hefiin's Proposed Enactment to Reimburse south for Cotton
 Tax Meets With Favor
 able Action.

Gcvernor Conner yesterday signed fourteen bills passed by the recent special session of. the Legislature and one Joint House resolution. majority of these being local bills. the resolu- tion being an endorsement of Congress- man Heflin's bill for the refunding of the cotton tax levied on the South by the Federal government from 1861 to 1865.
 The resolution is an important one If 1t has any weight in having Congress act favorably on Congressman Hefiin's bill. This bill provides that 6S.000, ,O00 the tax levied of~the South for cotton tax. be refunded. Alabama's share of this fund would amount to $10,000, ,000
 All bills that had not already been signed by the Governor before he went away for his few days rest, were gone over carefully in his absence by Secre- tary Fort. All of the bills sent to the Governor for approval have not yet re- ceived his attention or signature, how ever.
 The full list of bills signed by the Governor yesterday is as follows:
 s. 4S. To provide for a license tax on each dog over the age of three months kept in the county of Russell and to authorize the Judge of Probate to collect the tax. All monies derived from this source to be applied to im- proving the roads of said county.
 s. 56. To authorize County Treas urers to transfer any balances on hand at the end of the fiscal year derived from fine and forfeitures. to the gen. eral or other fund.
 S. 54. To extend the corporate lim- its of the town of Thomasville.
 H. 128. To prohibit the manufac- ture, sale. barter, lending or giving of spirituous liquors in Pickens County after January 1. 1908.
 H. 2s. To regulate prosecutions for the sale of liquor in the State.
 s. 65. To better provide for the payment of witnesses before the Grim inal Court of Tallapoosa County.
 s. 72. To amend Section 32 of an act entitled An Act to establish a Law and Equity Court for Madison County" as amended July 31, 1907.
 H. s6. To prevent any person from drinking intoxicating liquors in the presence of passengers on trains CT street cars in the State.
 H. III. To amend an act entitled "An Act to establish the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama. to fix the time for holding courts therein and to provide for the appointment of a judge and the election of solicitor"
 H. 50. To provide for the registra- ton of all conveyances of real and per- sonal property. Such registration to be with the Probate Judges.
 H. 35. To provide for the more ef- fectual enforcement of the prohibition laws. Punishment for violations of the law is fixed at fine of not less than $50 and not more than $500, or not less than six months at hard labor nor more than twelve months. The bill further makes common carriers re- sponsible to the law where they de- liver intoxicating liquors c. O. D. It does not prevent, and specifically pro- vides for. the shipping to individuals s of prepaid packages is not prohibited.
 Fl. 134. To regulate the practice of law in Alabama This provides tha. graduates of the University Of Ala bama, on presentation of diploma and payment of all fees may practice in the courts of Alabama and the Supreme Court.
 H. 70. To regulate the practice of pharmacy and the sale of poisons in cities and towns of more than 300 in- habitants and to fix violations for same.
 House Joint Resolution relative to endorsing bill introduced by Thomas J. Hefiin in Congress for the return of cotton tax levied by the Federal Gov ernment on the Southern States dur ing the war between the States. This amount to Alabama will be $10,00O, ,00O
 S. 63. To provide for the improve ment of the roads of Madison County.