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amendment, which was ordered by a vote of 29 to o.
 Senator Atkins again proposed an amendment similar to his original meas ure to relieve the banks of the loan stringencies. Motion was made to again table the clause, which prevailed the sec ond time by a vote of Il to G.
 Amendment No. 8 was offered by Sen- ator Fite to avoid technicality in sec ton l. The amendment was unopposed.
 Senator Atkins, with the amendment squabble over. moved that the bill be referred to the committee on finance and taxation. Senator Sherrod moved to table the motion. which was ordered by vote of IS to g.
 The measure was then put to vote of the senate on third reading and final passage and prevailed by a vote of
 Session in Detail
 The senate was called to order promptly at II o'clock with prayer by Rev & M Adams of Chiffon. Presi- dent Seed was in the chair and 26 sen ators were in their seats. Reading Of the journal was dispensed with. Messages were received from the house announcing amendment to the senate bill auth orizing the appointment of railway policemen and the bill in- increasing the salary of the assistant solicitor of Montgomery county from s3000 to S3600. The railway bill was amended to include all public utilities and the local bill was amended to make the salary S3600 rather than s4200. Both amendments were concurred in by the senate.
 President Seed affixed his signature today to house bills S7, 10S. 119. 39, 76 and 124 the signature of Speaker Al mon having already been attached to the measures
 message was received from the house announcing the appointment of Representatives Bell of Pickens, Paige, Rice. Lavender and Pharr as the house committee to assist in the preparations of amendments to the present jury com mission bill. President Seed promptly thereupon named Senators Sprott, Crumpton and Tunstall as the senate committee.
 Senator Atkins moved to reconsider the vote whereby senate bill 165 was yesterday passed in the upper house. It was ordered. Senator Tunstal1 there upon moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was ordered to third reading, which was also ordered. Sen ator Godbold .thereupon moved to in- definitely postpone consideration Of the measure. Senator F'ite moved to lay this motion on the ble. following upon which a pa rliamentary wrangle ensued as to which of the motions should take precedence.
 Senate rules were called into the de bate, which showed that the motion to postpone indefinitely took prece dence over the motion to lay on the table. Senator Sprott discussed the measure pending arrival of an authorl- 4 li.., tor at tag The bill under fire was the one which as passed yesterday regrades the scale of solicitors fees. Upon casting up the ballot the motion to postpone indefr nitely was lost by q vote of l7 to II. The bill was thereupon passed in It's integrity by vote of 1s to II. Senator Norman reported to the sen ate in behalf of the joint committee of the upper and lower houses on the oc- casion of the recent visit to the Mercy Home for Girls, the Boys Industrial school and the Alabama Home for Ref uge. Majority reports of the commit tee urged additional appropriations for all of the Institutions, but minority report of the joint committee opposed recommenda tions to further aid the Alabama Home of Refuge.
 Additional buildings for the first two institutions were recommended at a cost of s45,000 when the finances of the commonwealth are in better con- ditfon. 4r.
 The committee recommended that the per capita for the Bcys' Industrial school be increased from s1o0 to 7,5o, and that s15,000 building be erected as early as convenient. With respect to the Mercy Home the committee recommended a building to cost $S0.000
 The majority WI of the committee on the House of Ref urged a new building to cost s4Oo0 and a Appropriation of s300o per year for the ! ars of 1911, 1912, 1913 and 1911.
 The reports were referred to the finance and taxation committee.
 Bills Introduced Bills were introduced today as follows: By MT. Stokes: To protect livery stable keepers.
 By Mir Fite: To authorize the record ing of certified copies of the records of deeds and the admission of such certified copy or certified copies Of records thereof in certain instances in evidence. By Mir Merrill: To amend section 2974 of the code of Alabama.
 By MT. Spragins Nby request: To pro- vide for the appointment of state board of architecture, for the licensing of archs tects and the regulation of the practice of architecture in the state of Alabama. By MT. Spragins: To further prescribe the duties of the assistant attorney gen erals. .'. te By Mir. Brown. WIT: To amend sec ton 5513 of the code of Alabama of 1907. Bills were reported today as follows:
 Bills Reported By MT. Moulthrop- Municipalities and municipal organixatlcns): To ratify, con firm and validate the census of the cities