The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-18
.In. q lor.h.tlon q U. a.~ eosa-

tim. of forA.tlon Of tn. a.~ eosn- | ty.
 MT. John spoke at Iength upon the
 statute--section IA of the Cods---on the subject of new counties and upon the line of Alabama reports applicable to the case. He Insisted that the su-
 prems Court had not given the Leg
 islature the right to interfere in .
 case when cause of action is be- gun. It was the opinion of MT. stoIlsn-
 neva counties which had paid their part of the indebtedness should have | . bearing on the Houston case. He believed that . debt can exist even | though there were assets at the same time. He believed the equity was on
 the Henry county side. ', Mir. Malone. of Henry, spoke against the bill. He believed that Houston Ilcounty morally assumed the obliga- ton In question when the matter of
 new county was agitated in 1908. Mir. Lee. of Houston. closed the de- bate tor his county's side of the case. He said that the territory embraced in Houston county paid ss Pa of the taxes for the support of the old coun- ty. prior to the separation on Febru- ary Q. 1903.
 eve have the word of the worthy
 and honorable probate judge" added MT. Lee. 'that the total indebtedness for all purposes was about s10.0o0 at the time of separation." He believ- ed that there was no, equitable debt chargeabie to Houston after its prop erty had all along contributed to the surplus of el5.o0o which exceeded the total debt.
 MT. Lee, held that. his county was
 in the Legislature because It's citizen ship had been directed here by the 1 Supreme Court. He twitted Mir. John for mot opening his conscience to Houston county when he did so. as the record, shows. when Cullman county applied for relief to the Legislature some years back"
 It was pointed out that Houston had yielded all money its property had brought to Henry county before sep aration but certain taxes collected during the current year.
 MT. Lee closed with an eloquent ap- peal for conscientious judgment on the case. saying that Houston citizens.
 would abide the decision of the Leg
 islature.
 Passed By Close Vote.
 The bill boiled a majority of 3S to
 s5 but was lost for lack of a two-
 thirds vote, the subject not being mem
 toned in the Governors call.
 s Tae House passed the bill of Mir. Woolf establishing the Marengo, coun--
 Law and Equity Court at Demopolis. as we'll as the Rainer measure to re- qufre cotton gins to post schedule
 of charges for ginning to prevent dis elimination The latter bill provides punishment for gins violating 1t. The House adjourned to o'clock D. m.
 The House. at the night session, passed the bill amending Section sS5 of the code so as to allow militiamen full pay for their respectiye ranks as the United States soldiers of like ranks
 are paid. when, the militia is called into active service. They are now paid only one half the United States pay.
 MT. Haley of Jefferson. called up his bill to give Jurisdiction to Justices of the Peace in mechanic liens cases up 1 to si00. The bill was passed. The House re-enacted the bill ate tempted to be passed at the last extra
 session. replacing the tax on foreign
 money lending corporations. The bill | was in the form of an amendment to
 Sections ss47 and ss4s of the Code. l To change the open seasons on squir-
 rels so as to confine 1t to from Octo4
 Der to February l. was attempted in
 e bill of Mir. Ballard of Pike. but 1t was tabled.
 Mir. Rushton's bill, aiming <at the Southeastern Tarif Association. was next called. It penalizes any person who divulges to one fire insurance agent e rate offered by the agent of a company of the non-board class. It l was passed.
 1 The operation of unincorporatsd as-
 sociations issuing insurance policies l has provoked such difiiculty in suing
 for the rfghfs of policy or certificate
 holders that a bill to effect service on
 them was passed at the instance of Mir. Ballard of Autnuga. It provides that | service of summons and complaint may
 be had in-su cases by serving any ohieer of such association in any coun> | ty of the State where insurance ia ir | force. The bill of Mir. Pearson was paseed providing that the election law be so
 amended as to permit no candidate's name In any event to appear on bai- l lot under more than one party emblem. The House passed the Hoffman bill | for the regulation of lis pendens. II causes the Probate Judges in all coun- | ties to keep books for the purpose of
 recording notice of suits for posses
 sion of land at the instance of plaintiff or his attorney which shall act as notice to all subsequent purchasers.
 Mir John had his bill called which
 allows any tax-payer of a city or town when bonded interest of such muni- cipality is six months or more in arr rears, to certify the same to the State Auditor. who shall order the Tax Az sessor of the county in which the city lies to raise taxes in the latter sum-
 ciently to make up for the interest m
 arrears. The bill was passed over for
 further consideration.
 There was no flow of opposition to
 the Gunter bill to allow the Clerk of
 the Supreme Court to charge fees for copying Supreme Court decisions for lawyers and employment of @ stenog-
 rapher at $50 per month.