The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-16
By BERRyMAN G. BETTY

Montgomery, March 15.- Special )- After four hours of indefatigable labor II the house this afternoon passed all but five sections of the revenue bill now before that body. The measure which |. the house had under consideration this | afternoon was substitute to the bill offered last week by Mir Smith The house. which had developed it. E self into a committee of the whole, II showed considerable dispatch In dis posing of the B sections which that body had under consideration this aft ernoon and it looked as if the whole
 bill would be passed before adjourn ment At 5:9O p. m. an effort was whole adjourn, but a majority of the members was against the idea and ad- \ HJournment was not taken until T H clock.
 N At the time of adjournment the com E,mittee of the whole had acted upon 33 Eieections of the bill
 An effort was made to have the AInembers stay in session until the four
 femaifiing sections had been passed. but 1.-the members were tired of their labors,
 land the committee adjourned until to-
 morrow morning at 10 o'clock, at
 which time sections 34, 35, 36 and 37
 will be considered together with sec
 tion IS, which was not considered this &afternoon.
 U One of the features of the afternoon
 session was the introduction of an M- Mo Af Montgomery providing for tax of s5 fto be paid by lawyers, physicians, <identists, engineers and other profes- Isional men who maintain offices in all 1.-the cities and incorporated towns of \ the state. The amendment by MT. Mas N tin. which he designated as section S3 h, \ Mll increase the revenues of the state @ Approximately $5o.oo0.
 Almost immediately upon assembly or i lthe house in it's afternoon session Repre- \ kIsentative Brindley moved that the house Iresolve itself into a committee of the M whole in order that the revenue bill \, might be considered. This was, order N ed. Representative Sullivan of Mobile. \ being named chairman of the committee x by Speaker Almon.
  M then begun.
 Section 1, relating to the privilege tax M bf telegraph and telephone companies M yas taken up. The section provides tha! G such corporations whose lines shall not [ exceed 15O miles shall pay at the rate of VI k1 per mile; each telegraph company N whose lines exceed 15O miles. $500 as L well as the 1 per mile; each telephone f company where lines exceed 200 miles, q k3OO The section provides that no ad- M titional privilege taxes shall be levied, 1t bxcept licenses required by cities and E Iowns, and except upon real estate. N Amendment to avoid a technicality was L passed.
 & Section 2, relating to express coni- N banies, was passed. No material change N bver the schedule of four years ago was & made, except in so far as municipal li- q lenses are concerned. The change was E mmaterial. Representative Richeson pro- & bosed an amendment providing for tax | if S250 on such companies as have a VI inc less than 50 miles. Tfis amendment H vas adopted.
 H Another amendment. to this section was .s ffered by Representative MulSey which 'l provided that sections A. B. c. D. E. and VI town through M should be eliminated q rom the bill. The effect of the Mulkey 'S lmendment is to prohibit municipalities ,t rom collecting privilege tax from ex- M press companies on the basis of popula- II ion MT. Mulkey said he thought cities
 md municipalities should be allowed to
 evy their own tax, and not be guided II .y ahy set law.
 M MT. Cranford of Walker moved thal M he amendment be tabled, which yot, II prevailed by a vote of 49 to 26. The
 lommittee of the whole then adopted ection 2.
 e {, Section 3, relating to sleeping ca, S |ompanies, was then taken up mi. M ection was amended by MT. Brindle, H 10 as to include the franchise tax and k license $2500 annually. This amend " .hent was adopted and the section was Y dassed as amended.
 vs1 To section 4, relating to the tax tt N ans. paid by insurance companies or r th0lr gross receipts. Mir. Smith offeref N substitute. The section sets fortf l. he amount of tax to be paid by in lurance companies in the various citie' If the state. Mir Mulkey thought th' lffect of Mir Smiths amendment wouls le discrimination between domestic Ind foreign insurance companies & Several of the members thought thi t0uld be unconstitutional. U .J On motion of MT. Lavender this sec
 hon of the bill was postponed unti he other sections had been acted upon This section was later taken up, Mi 2 lmith moving that the section be adop.
 las A number of minor amendment
 Eero offered to this section, after whic'
 IIf. Smiths substitute to this section pR6 Adopted.
 1 sotion B. requiring that every person xr.o oNmu u4Imn ON RAGE 2A