The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-24
House Refuses to Pass Amendments. COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO CONFER ON DIFFERENCES Four Other Prohibition Bills Arc
 / Passed. vann Pure Food Bih is Passed. While senate Works Fast in co.sid-
 erins sixty-fiye
 Bills.


 Things happened in hurry in the Senate Monday. when sixty-five bills were disposed of during the day. Among them, five of the prohibition wave" bills. each relating to some phase of the sale or drinking of li- quor or punishment therefor.
 The Tarrant social club bill introduc- ed in the House by pr. Tarrant of Bir- mingham. and supposed to have been one Of the series drafted by Judge Weakley. was passed, with two amendments, by a vote of IS to 1. The House. however, when notified of the amendments. refused to concur in them. and Committee on Conference of both houses was named tb arrange the difference.
 The bill provides that no social or literary club, or organization of any kind, will be allowed q charter until 1t is assured. by sworn starement. that no hauor win be kept, stored or dis trtbuted, nor before the list or members is filed with the Probate Judge of the county in which 1t exists. Clubs al- ready possessing charters which con- tain the provision to keepsor sell li- Quor. must take out new charters.
 The amendments were to the effect that clubs formed for non-pecuniary purpose be exempt from taxation or license to the amount of $2,000 and that the bill against gambling places or games will not apply to games of cards. checkers. doTiinoes or any on which on money Is -staked. This last it was to which the House objected.
 The other prohibition bills included: The Fuller foreign corporation act. which provides for the cancellation of the licence or right to engage in any business of Nany foreign corporation which Is authorized. by its. charter in the State of it's organization, to sell or otherwise dispose of liquor which Is prohibited by the laws or Alabama. The bill prevents such a corporation from establishing any agency or to en- gage in business Of any Kind whafso- tile, or any other business is denied them The bill was also amended by the Senate so as not to apply in for eiSn drug corporations. 4
 second Fuller bill. allowing physi- clans who operate pharmacies, to sell pure alcohol on prescription for medi- cinal purposes only, was passed
 The Ballard bill allowing cities and towns to pass ordinances not inconsfst- ent with the State laws. to promote temperance and to better. enforce the prohibition laws, was the fourth Of the prohibition bills passed. /
 The Rice bill to regulate soft drink o stands so as to eliminate the possibil- ity of their becoming means for the evasion of the prohibition laws. by pre- scribing the elimination of screens. booths, and other means of cutting off the public view, was the fifth passed.
 The Vann pure food bill was passed by the Senate. with an amendment. The bill prescribes that 1t shall be un- lawful for any persons firm or cor poration to sell or offer any article of food or drugs which is sadulterated or afuhr hA1 taf poisonous or deleterious substance. and providing fines not more than $500 or Imprisonment for not more than one year or, on a second conviction, not exceeding $1,0O0 or more. than two years Imprisonment
 The bill Is lengthy and defines what is to be termed "adulterated" food or drugs. or ''misbranded" food or drugs. By drugs" according to the bill Is meant all medicines recognized in the National Formulary or United States Pharmacopeia for the internal or external use, and any substance in- tended to be used for the cure. nitiga- ton or prevention of disease of either man or animals.
 By food according to the bill, is meant all articles used for food. drink or confectionery or condiment for man or animal. whether simple, mixed or compound.
 The examination of specimen of the food or drugs shall be made by the Commissioner of Agriculture and In- dustries or under his direction by the State chemist CT the municipal or county chemists or inspectors. If 1t be found that adulteration or mis- branding has occurred, the party whose --goods are thus examined Is notified to appear before the official. If the of- fense comes under the provisions of Tl.trn Anf khaa ha District Attorney of the Federal Court is notified-if under the State act. then the solicitorNis notified of the offense. No dealer is prosecuted if he can produce affidavit to the effect that he bought the goods suspected from tobber or shipper who guaranteed pur- l1ty and compliance with the law.
 The bill is considered one of the most important and significant passed by the Legislature at this session. It affects every foodstuff used by the people of Alabama, and all will be in- spected, butter, lard flour, mollasses, candy, vinegar-everything Known to the housewife.
 A bill of Representative Mastin. to provide for the exemption of old Con- federate veterans of the State from peddlers license was so amended as to exempt them from physicians. law yers, and hunting licenses. The HOuSo, however ulu uOb anu d conference was called.
 The Senate opened session Monday morning with a bare quorum present. At times it was difficult to muster the necessary eighteen votes with the sem ators moving about the chamber and in and out. Eighteen votes. altogether cast, is necessary for the passage of any bill under the Constitution. On the important Tarrant club bill there was only IT passed at the first roll call, and a second call was necessary to gather in the necessary IS votes.
 The last of the moral wave" meas ures was the anti-gambling bill of Dr. Tarrant's, which passed the Senate last night with practical unanimity. With the passage of that bill. the work of the prohibitIonists and moralists in Alabama politics is finished. so far as the present session is concerned and a signal victory has been recorded for them from first to last. in the halls of the Legislature.
 The calendar of the Senate, with the exception of a few bills, three or four at the most, was cleared last night.