The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-11

l Bessemer opened the senate with prayer. i He offered thanks for the present legisla- l ture and urged that the members be made 1 to remember that they making history
 and keep them from doing anything for | which they would be ashamed. He called 1 down blessing upon the Governor and | his work for the state, and closed with | a plea for the children, the mothers, the l wives and the sisters, related to every
 prospect of the legislative future. Bills Presented. | By MT. Heacock-To amend section 2O47. By MT. Moody-To relieve banks from
 municipal taxes
 By MT. Miller-To amend 121s of the I code.
 l By MT. Reynolds-To provide for consti- 1 tutional amendment to distribute school
 funds on basis of school attendance. 1 By MT. Blackmon-To create a board of l veterinary examiners
 1 By Mr. Spragns-To prohibit carrying l concealed firearms.
 The bill to adjust licenses on insurance
 companies in municipalities was reported 1 favoraby.
 The bulk sales bill was set for Il 80 a. m. Thursday, and the constitutional bill
 for noon Wednesday.
 1 The bill to pay old soldiers a reputed back sum due. to make pensions payable 1 quarterly and to prevent use of pension | fund for any other purpose were reported l favorably.
 The income tax resolution was called up by Senator Hayes and passed. It ratifies
 the change In the national organic law. There was not vote against 1t. MT. Strother sought to get his bill for
 injunctions in multiplicity cases adversed
 on the calendar. He cited the case of 110 people killed in the Virginia mines, and
 the fact that there was no recourse for
 damages under the ruling of the courts.
 The bill remains on the adverse calendar by vote of 15 ayes and nays. House Session. l Bills adopted favorably: To regu- l late equity court injunctions; to strengthen municipal credits; to pro- tect secret societies. to impeach back
 ward officers; to provide for enforce
 ment of prohibition laws in cities and 1 counties; to provide two assistant l bank examiners and for branch banks, | to regulate trading stamps, which will | come up today; to change examina- 1 tion laws for teachers. Dr. Ragsdale, of the Jefferson dele gation, was assisted to the chamber by his wife and physician to be present when the new county bill comes up.
 Mrs. Ragsdale was given the privilege
 of the floor.
 A strong Birming gh am lobby is pres
 ent against the bill to make the new
 county out of 450 square miles of
 Jefferson county
 Bills passed: To provide branch
 court at Albertville; to purchase sur face right for schools; to establish
 seventh grade in Winston county high school; to allow $5 entrance fee for high sch ools; to relieve the commits
 sioner of agriculture from making
 daily report; to regulate public print ing; to amend Lowndes county road laws; to allow condemnation of lands for railroad right of-way. An effort
 by MT. Lacy of Walker to reconsider this bill was lost.
 MT. Mastin called up his bill to lay
 tax of S1 head on dogs. It was defeated by a vote of AT to 38.
 Senate Afternoon.
 MT. McWh orter spoke in the after noon in favor of the bill for compulsory education, following a warm opposing
 address from MT. Hammer in the morn ing. MT. White opposed the bill and
 Mr. Hammer moved to postpone the
 whole matter.
 MT. Spragins opposed the bill, though he was for it in 1907. He was tired
 of so much regulation. This body goes
 so far. he said, as to try to tell how large a tree a man may cut from his own land, or how small sack a man
 may use in selling his own goods.
 MT. Jones opposed the bill. He was
 afraid of its effect on the negro When
 MT. Reynolds made him admit that he did not know how many schools there
 are in his own county he said any way
 he was opposed to the bill. MT. Jones
 fs opposed to educating the negro. as education spells the negro for farm
 life. He regarded the idea as extreme ly dangerous.
 MT. Reynolds closed, defending the
 bill and denying the accurary of fig
 ures presented; also denying the state
 ment that the Federation of Womens
 clubs is luke warm on the question.
 He presented signed statements from the federation women showing that
 they are in entire accord. He showed that the Alabama teachers in two ses- sions had indorsed the proposition. Bills Favored. | Among the favorable reports of the day were the bill of Senator Miller to en- large the rights of water works com panies to condemn lands. MT Reese's bill to provide for regular sized package of grain and mixed foods is on the senate calendar. A bill In the house provides against frauds and adul- terations in mixed foods for stock. MT. Forester gets here in time to push his bill to relieve Houston county of any part of the debt of Henry county, obliga- | ton having been declared by decision of | the supreme court.
 The Dallas county dog tax bill passed