The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-29
MILLER SUCCEEDS LUSK
 ON JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Tarrant Is Given Place on Committees on Temperance, Ways ard Means and Education-Reese's In-
 come Tax Resolution.
BY HERVEY w. LAIRD.

Montgomery, July 2S-(Special blown to business Is the slogan of the solons of both houses of the legislature, and one bill is getting to look very much like another to those who are anxious to get things out of the way.
 The senate provided on the second day for agreeing to the amendment to the constitution of the United States for an income tax, and also to adjourn over Sat urday out of respect to the memory of the late Senator Bayles.
 Over-cautious senators thought it best to have the journal read in detail every day, but desisted when the clerk ran into the call of the governor for the extra ses- sion and the reminder that the supreme court had ruled that the minutes of the house are not the legal record.
 In the senate President Gray announced that MT. Miller had taken the place of Senator Lusk, resigned, as chairman of the judiciary, and MT. Lowe, the next man in line, had been given the place at the head of revision of laws, made vacant by the death of Senator Bayles.
 MT. Thomas goes to the Judiciary and constitutional revision. MT Blackmon to laws. MT. Merritt to rules. MT. Phillips to public health, buildings and grounds and penitentiaries. At his own request Mir King is relieved from the temper ance committee, Mi. Hinson taking his place.
 L Bills against rebating in insurance and providing for control of fraternal con- panies were presented, as were provis- ions for more bank examiners. Senator Hammer seeks to have the legislature all low aid in the erection of high schools by counties and to justify expenditures for the Emma Sansom monument at Gads- den by the board of revenue
 Senator Miller is asking that the board of revenue of Jefferson county be given the powers of the Jefferson county sani- tation board
 House Sessions.
 The bill to consolidate the various funds in the state treasury was presented to- day by MT. Urquhart in the house. This is a movement to have all the moneys of the state available when needed, thereby saving borrowing and legalizing what most every governor has done.
 Dr. Felix l. Tarrant, the new member from Jefferson, is given place on the com mittees on temperance, ways and means and education.
 Bills to pay the expenses of the ses- sions and regulating insurance were re- ported favorably in the house. The John A-inch pistol bill was reported with amendments that bonded officers and rural mail carriers be exempted.
 Mir. Long would have county officers make regular report to the state treas- urer; MT. Arlington seeks circuit court in Coffee, MT. Pitts of Dallas a dog tax, and MT. Lacy of Dallas board of rev enue for Dallas.
 MT. Vann in the house presented tho pure food and drug act; MT. Hoffman a bill to relieve impeached Sheriff Cazalas of Mobile of costs of his trial before the supreme court, and Mir Jenkins to make payment of delinquent taxes on lands for three years give title.
 MT. Searles would have $25,000 more for the Livingston Normal: MT. Fuller has a compulsory education act, and MT. Lee of Etowah 8 plan to sell bonds by cities and towns.
 The John bill to provide for filling va- cancies in police commissions was favor- ably reported.
 Both houses held only short sessions to- day.
 For Income Tax.
 Senator Reese's resolution for the in- come tax is given below:
 Joint resolutions:
 RatlIylng an amendment to the cOnSti- tuition of the United States proposed as Article XVI in joint resolution adopted at the first session of the Sixty-flrst Con- gress of the United States of America.
 Whereas, The Senate and House of Rep- resentatives of the United States of Amer lea in Congress assembled at first ses- sion of the Sixty-first Congress, adopted the following joint resolution, to-wit:
 Joint resolution, proposing amendment to the constitution of the United States.
 Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled two thirds of each house concurring therein), That the following article Is proposed as an amendment to the constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several states, shall be valid to all in- tents and purposes as a part of the constitution:
 Article 16 That Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes on in- comes. from whatever source derived without apportionment among these sev- eral states, without regard to census or enumeration
 Therefore, be 1t resolved by the legisla- ture of the state of Alabama (the senate and the house of representatives concur ring therein), That the amendment of the constitution of the United States proposed at the first session of the Sixty first Gen. Rress of the United States of America by a resolution of the Senate and House of
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