The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-20
TARRANT ANTLSOcIAL CLUB
 BILL PASSES THE HOUSE

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 fJefferson) bill to require boards of revenue and courts of county commits sioners where q tax Is levied for build ing or repairing roads on bridges. to pay over to towns and cities one-half of such fund collected on property To- cated in the municipalities. The fund thus separated is to be used by the municipalities in building on improv- ing streets.
 The bill was . re-enatcment of the law passed at the last session but
 which was declared pn-constitutionai on account of Senate clerical errors.
 The bill was passed by vote or ss to i2.
 The House passed the bill amend- ing the State Livestock Sanitary Board
 law so as to allow the State veteri-
 marian to go into county to investigate
 contagious diseases of animals ana take measures to stamp them out and provide for expenses therefor. steamboats as Common Carriers. The bill of Mir. Long. of Butler. to nut steamboat lines In the class of "common carrier" and give to the raii- road Commissioner power to regulate their rates in the same manner as railroads and to provide punishment for discrimination in rates. was pass ed.
 Mir Lacy. of walker. had his bill called which allows in procedure Tor condemnation of lands, the party whose land Is condemned to open ana cIoss the case. The plaintiff Cor condemnin4 party) under existing practice, has the right to open and close
 The bill was passed Mir. John explained the purpose of House Bill 52, which Is to pronioAe reckless blasting or explosions where any quantity of material Is thrown up, on the premises of another. The oil' makes 1t a felony when a person A ir 5ured and d misdemeanor when the material falls on premises not belong ing to the offending party or the party for whom he Is doing the work. Mir. stollehwerek of Montgomery anu Mr Haley. of Jefferson. objected to the bill as being too drastic. The bill was passed. 4s to 2l. The House adjourned 10 ossseA pm.
 Afternoon Session. h,,l nroviding for the better pro- lection of fish in Baldwin county ~~'
 pavinr the way for the Greater BIT minrham. d bill of MT. King, provioine | that the charter of the City of Wyian' suburb sougle to be annexed pe vacated, and the charter annuAieo, Was passed. with the amendment that the snnulIment become effective January | 1. 1910. instead of October l. 1909. The charter of Ensley was vacated m
 the same manner. with two votes
 against. .,.u presented resolution.
 Here. because of the lack of quo- I rum. a recess of fifteen minutes was | ha q oRrfVQl 0f more OI | the lsnxmakers The baseball game proved d lure for more than score or those In Montgomery.
 The resolution was read. to the effect ! that only special orders as set be con sidered during the afternoon and night
 with House bills. exclusively, by the House. and Senate bills by the sen- ate. and thereafter Senate bills by the House and House bills by the Senate. to expedite matters looking to adjourn
 ment The resolution provided that the
 House remain in session Saturday. n was carried.
 Fees For Attorney General. The joint resolution that the Att torney General retain fees accruing to him through practice in the Federal Courts. instead of turning the fees to the treasury, was adopted.
 | Senate bills a. e2 and House bills | 372 and SIS. were reported favorably l by the committee on judiciary. Sen" I ate bill 22 is that of Senator Reese to
 define negotiable instruments. l Concurrence was granted the Senate
 amendment to the House bill provids | ing for prizes to be given for agricul-
 tural products In the various counties
 of the State. Mir. Cooper's bill for the regulation | of the sale of mixed feed stuffs was
 called. It's salient purpose is to secure pure food and unadulterated goods for stock. and was drawn by the infiuepee of 6 committee of wholesale grocers of Alabama. Mir. Cooper explained his Ebill. telling of the ingredients and pro- | portions necessary to secure passage
 of inspection. The bill. as amended to
 exclude patent curative preparations
 and to provide for uniform packages
 ana branding, was passed.
 Mir. Rice. of Tuscaloosa, pleaded for
 an amendment by which he sought to
 eliminate the printing of each ingredi.
 ent on the sack in which the mixed
 food is sold. The amendment was op-
 posed by the aNthor of the biii. and
 was laid on the table Mir Hoffman, Of Mobile, wanted to
 know the cost of Sthe session-the su. perfiuous cost He introduced Q reso-
 lution asking that the secretary of
 the House furnish the House with the |
 employ and attached to the commit
 tees; that those committees which have
 less than five bills pending dispense
 with the services of its clerk; that an
 effort be made to adjourn at midnight
 Saturday.
 Col. Johns bill to provide for elart. cal help and q secretary for the Su-
 preme Court. entailing a stenographer Tor each Justice, at a salary of $500 A l year. was passed by . vote of As to 1A Colonel Johns trading stamp biIi was called. He declared the trading
 stamp firms prey upon the community. giving cheap chromos for the starnps, for less in value than the amount maid
 by the consumer.
 They are sucking up money from
 our people" he said. and give nothing
 in return"
 | Provides Heavy License. The bill provides that license tax
 of $1.0oo 10 the city and $500 to the county when stamps sold are not more
 than $5,O0o a year; $2.000 and 3I. .0OO
 when more than $5.000; $5,OO0 and $3, 900 when more than $10,OOO.
 The trading stamp people do noth- ing, sell nothing and help nothing" said MT. Cranford. They live pros perously and well off the people or the merchants, whoever it Is that pays the bills. and give nothing in return"
 The bill was easily passed, and the trading stamp business was dealt death blow by the practically prohib- itive figures of the license tax.
 MT. Bulger's bill to amend Section 1851 of the State Code as to the man her of taking appeals. was passed.