The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-27
Delegation Here With
Proposition.
Would SELL LIQUOR
IN TIE GULF CIT
An Excise Commission Law Has
Been DRAFTED.
@3 W -s
Matters Of Isee.se, Penalties. CisSsn>t
Hours ana All rAat Pertains 70
ne rsams weuIA -
Regulated ~
MsAiIfans.

The Mobile delegation to che Legislnn
ture comes armed with Its own espo%
cial prohibition provision. 1t 10 a.
sired to sell liquor In the Gulf City
state constitution, Mobiles excise con1-
mission law has been drafted to be
submitted during The special session.
Representative r. o. Hoffman, who
arrived early yesterday afternoon. ox~
plains the excise commission. The
commission. to be composed Of three
members appointed BY the Governor. II
frame. and liquor II 10 be sold under
its regulation.
The matters Of license, penalties
closing hours. and all that pertains %
the traflc are TO be arranged BY the
commission. whose Jurisdiction IL 20
coincide. In a large measure. with that
OF q police commission. And BY vfr-
ised sale Of iiqhok In Mobile win be
effected. 1t IL local Law, pertaining
TO Mobile alone.
Section to4 Of the constitution pro-
vides that nothing In Section 100.
which defines the right OF the Legisz4r
ure in the passage OF local laws. shall
Feet the right OF the Legisisture to
aaet local laws regulating or prohfb~
ting the liquor traffac.
man. Is unanimous In favoring the To-
gaiixed sale Of liquor. with high H.
cense. and strict regulation. ana the
members are willing to submit the
matter 10 the vote OF the people.
The proposed Excise Commission
statute Tor Mobile County. 10 the only
local prohibition Legislation which =
work ON Local HzlIs.
Local stenographers were In demand
yesterday. Many OF the army OF law
makers brought with them rough drafts
Of local bills and the typewriters clHti<.
ed through yesterday and iest night
II has Developed that the local bills
will be In number far beyond expeeta-
tions, ana viii aid TO extend the Ieu4th
of the session beyond the term ~ bY
the politicians. Bills as TO thxatfnn
make w the. creator part ot the local
The Supreme Court opinions during
the past year have been IS fruitful ID
their attack on local iegislation a. on
the general acts. and there 81 much q
mend along every line.
The little sInadvertencfes" commons
qpire, in many instances. rectffylnxs
and several instances colae OF come
plants OF the iapseB IN the code
Thus, the dentists have been Nobby.
ing for, q new correction that afxectx
them. The new code. in providing It's
Jury exemptions. omitted the dentists
from the list OF those favored by ex~
emption. The old code included fke
dentists along with physicians. law
ysrs and the rest. but from the new err
gan the dentists were left cut. And
now they look to the Legislators TO ba
placed with the rest OF the exempt
Hon. Sam VIII John Is the champion %
the dentists.
The Government BY Commissions
brings it's quota of lobbyists. Despite
the glowing enforcement already given
the measure, there has developed some
opposition. though whether this Il ssr
rious remains yet 70 be Determined.
AS q matter Of fact II appears that che
success OF the Commission Governmept
measure will depend upon the
success or failure Of other pending
bits. Thus. IL is told. that the success
of the Greater Birmingham bill will
have it's erect upon an almost unani-
nous Birrningham delegation as 10 the
Commission Government.