The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-30

spection and use of illuminants in mines in the state of Alabama, and sales of illuminants for the use in mines
 By MT. Espy. To appropriate $1OOOO for the purpose of building dormitories for the Southeast Alabama Agricultural school at Abbeville, Ala.
 By MT. Overton. To appropriate the sum of $30,o00 for the year 1905, 1906 1907 to w. M. Walls of Cleburne county, an ex-confederate soldier.
 By MT. Screws. To regulate the fees of the sheriffs for feeding prisoners in jail under charge or conviction of any indictable offense and to provide the payment therefor.
 By MT. Allen. To authorize the super intendent of education of Alabama, sub ject to the approval of the governor of Alabama, to sell strip for a railroad right of way, not exceeding one hun dred and twenty-five feet in width, in Limestone county.
 By MT. Williams. To amend an act entitled an act to ike the time of hold ing the circuit court in the Third judi cial circuit of the state of Alabama, ap- proved August 19. 1909.
 By Mir Walden. To provide for the disposition of the property of education al corporations whose stockholders are unknown or where the amount or number of shares are unknown.
 by MT. JuStlCe 10 dulHOr1Ze ana leBdl- ize the payment of the appropriation made by Section 7S6 of the code of Ala bama for the fiscal years ending Sep tember 30, 1908, September 30 1909 and September 30, 1910, for the Alabama sani- torium for consumption and tuberculo- sis.
 By MT. Kilby. To amend Section 12Ss of the code of Alabama of 1907
 By MT. Morrow. To provide for the settlement of the claims of persons who bought of the trustees of the Alabama Insane hospital lands commonly called swamp and overflowed" lands and the title thus acquired was afterwards ad Judged to be invalid.
 By MT Lovelace. To reapeal act entitled an act to better provide for the maintaining and keeping in repair the public roads of Escamba county.
 By MT. Allen. To authorize tn gov ernor of Alabama to sell a strip for a railroad right of way not exceeding 125 feet in width across the lands of the Eigth agricultural school located in Limestone eouaty
 By Mr. Curry. To authorize women to hold the position of office of clerk of tine probate court, and to exercise the powers and perform the duties of clerk of the probate court in this state
 By Mir. Miller To authorize a de- fendant charged with vagrancy, or with playing at game with dice. commonly known as "craps" to demand an indict ment by grand jury.
 Night Session in House
 Montgomery March 29-(Special. )--The house reconvened at S:15 o'clock, at which time the Stollenwerck bill to prescribe and fix the maximum amount which cities of the state may annually assess railroads was taken up as unfinished business MT. Stol1enwerck explained that his bill was simply designed to fix req sonable rates. He declared that many towns in the state charge an excessive license which would be prohibited by the operation of his bill.
 Judge Almon said he considered the bill good one. that it was designed to keep down excessive rates, and that t should pass.
 MT. Rylance thought that municipal- ties should be allowed to make their own assessments and opposed the bill.
 The opposite view was taken by Mr. Pitts, who said municipalities could not be depended upon to act fairly by all persons and corporations in the matte of assessments. Other speeches were made by Representatives Butt and Hud- dleston, both of whom favored the bill.
 On motion of MT. Arnold the bill, with its amendments. was indefinitely post pOned by a vote of s to 39