The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-26
Nine Distinct Measures Have
Received Signature Of
the Governor
HOOD HOLDS CONFERENCE
WITH GOVERNOR Conner
Issues Orders That Strict Observance
is Expected in Montgomery With
In Ten Days-Considerab La
Dor Necessary in Places.
BY HERVEY w. LAIRD.

BY HERVEY w. LAIRD.
Montgomery, August 25.-(Special 1.-THE
entire temperance code of bills of the
special session of the legislature, which
adjourned last night, was signed by Gov.
b. b. Conner except two, which had al
ready received approval. They are as
follows:
II. B. 21-Defining duties of sheriffs and
solicitors and providing for their impeach-
ment in case of failure to do their duty.
II. b. 156-To prevent violations of the
prohibition laws by social and other clubs
and regulating the organization and con-
troll of such clubs.
H. B. 267-To regulate the sale of soft
drinks, prevent use of screens and enforce
carrying on of business on ground floors.
II. B. 257-The Fuller law, with 1900
words. intended to provide for raids and
destruction of contraband liquors, and to
make it easy to enforce other liquor
acts.
Fl. B. 104-To prevent violation of the
state liquor acts by foreign corporations
4 by revoking license to do business in the
u state.
II. d. 1oS-1O pTOVlQS Tor towns and
i cities making laws to enforce temperance
like those of the state, with like penalties
and punshments.
H. B. 3oi-To prevent gamlSpg by pro-
hibiting the use of locked doors, electric
bells and dumb walters, making every
place of a public nature open to the
officers at all times.
Tight Set of Laws.
Every man at all posted knows in
general way what these bills seek to Sc
cure in the way of the promotion of tenn
perance and good morals. Clubmen of
all classes agree that the bill to control
their organization is complete, reaching
the most secluded as we'll as the most
open of its kind. AS a result of its pass
age, liquors have been removed from the
most aristocratic clubs of the larger cities
who prefer to take no chances.
The Fuller bill is rounder, SO to
speak. 1t takes in every side of the pro-
hibition laws and fences them in so that
there is hardly a violation that is not
met by provision of the measure Its
most far-reaching provision is that for
raiding places under suspicion and de-
stroying contraband liquors.
The soft drink stand law is such as to
keep the places open all the time and of
easy access to the officers. While there
are some doubts as to legality of the cor
porations act, it is in the main taken
with great seriousness, while the outlook
is that the officers bill and the anti
gambling act will be effective
Bills of the list other than those signed
today, are the main basis act of Mr. Car
michael, and the constitutional amend
ment measure, both of which have been
signed already.
Dealers Are Warned.
Sheriff Horace Hood held a conference
with Governor Conner at the request of
the latter in his office today and talked
over the effect of the laws. AS a conse
quence the sheriff let it be known that
in 10 days all the soft drink places must
be within the law by having screens re-
moved and all distractions to the full
view of the street removed In some
cases it will require the removal of whole
walls to make the view full.
1t was also given out that within 10 days
all the liquor advertisements on billboards
and in street cars must come off, failure
in which will result in report to the So
licitor and prosecution. Any place that
has a revenue license is held to be already
in violation of the liquor laws and must
be reported as such to the solicitor AS
the laws are all effective on signature of
the governor, there is much hurrying to
get in line on the part of all the people.
Conner Pleased.
Gov. B. B. Conner is highly pleased at
the work of the extra session of the Leg
islature, which finally adjourned Tues
day night, and takes pleasure not only In
the code of temperance laws passed, but
many local measures as well. The Mobile
school tax law, by which they "changt
the support of the schools from a liquor
basis to property he puts 1t, is a
move that the executive takes as a very
progressive one and wholesome in the
extreme.
The executive feels constrained to con-
graduate not only Birmingham, but the
whole state, that there Is now a Greater
Birmingham, and the friction that has SO
long been a worry to the legislature has
been eliminated. 1t is certain now that
future fights will be kept down and that
Birmingham, instead of being a house
divided against itself, Is a great COM
munity with one purpose, and that pur-
pose a good and progressive one. II am
greatly pleased with the outcome in Bir-
mingham" said the executive.
The authority for county aid to high
schools is in line with high order Of
progress, he thinks, and the stenograph-
ers' bill. by which circuit and law courts
are to get good help, is. he is told, one
of great Importance. The jury law, about
which there has been great excitement
!. ot times, IL one that will entirely re-
nnOvs the courts and the selection of
0nsies from dangerous Environment" a.