The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-08
COMMISSION BILL 1. BACK ID GOVERNOR O'Neal Has Not Yet Signed
 Bill MAY REACH TT TODAY Senate Displays Drowsiness in Ses- sion-Adjourned To Hear Sen
 ator Gordon During
 the Afternoon

Montgomery, March 7.--(Special )-Bir-
 mngham's commission government bill.
 amended to suit the requirements of Gov
 ernor -Emmet O'Neal and enrolled in ac-
 cordance with the requirements of the
 state, paid it's final visit to the two
 houses today, when Speaker E. B. Almon
 of the house of representatives, and President Walter D. Seed of the senate affixed their signatures to the measure, and returned it to the state chief execu- tive. And while the signing of the bill was merely of local importance, 1t con stituted the leading work of the day in the upper branch of the state legisla- ture.
 Governor O'Neal announced tonight that he would not be able to reach the meas is hardly probable, however, that there are any errors of enrolment. The meas ure will be signed by the chief execu- tive as soon as 1t is passed upon. With the bill in it's present state, the governor steadfastly refuses to discuss his probable appointees to the commits sion, though it is still confidently be- | lieved that Judge Lane and Harry Jones will assist Mayor Exum in the office. All of the solons who were present at today's session of the higher house dis played the drowsiness of the day in their deliberations, the session lasting barely three-quarters of an hour Assembling at | noon, the body adjourned to hear Sena- | tor Gordon of Mississippi deliver an ad- dress after which recess was taken until | 3.30 o'clock
 Session in Senate | Senate was called to order at noon, promptly, with prayer by Rev. J. w.
 Cary of Jefferson Twenty-eight sena- tors were present, and President Walter | D. Seed was In his chair.
 Joint resolution was received from the
 house announcing passage in that body
 of resolution inviting ex-Senator James | Gordon of Okolona, Miss. to address the legislature at 12:45 o'clock. The resolu- tion was referred to the committee on
 rules.
 Resolution was introduced by Senator Rogers expressing the sympathy of the senate over the death of a brother of Senator T. S. Plowman. Rules were suspended and the resolution was passed. The brother of Senator Plowman died in Dallas, Texas.
 Message was received from the house announcing enrolment of the Birming | ham commission government bill, and | the signature of the speaker to that measure. President Seed promptly at tached his name to the document after which it was sent to the governor. I Senator Gordon visited the Senate early | in it's session and was escorted to q chair of prominence by senator Thurston | Allen. Courtesy of the floor was extend- ed to the Mississippian at request of
 Senator T. S. Frazer.
 | A motion was made by Senator Norman | that senate bill No. 92, relating to a | fertilizer regulation, be taken from the adverse calendar. An aye and nay vote | was called for. the ayes prevailing by a vote of g to ?.
 Bills Introduced Bills were introduced in the senate to- day as follows:
 By MT Sherrod: To amend sections
 555, 55S and 560 of the code of Alabama. By Mr. Sloan: To amend section 679 or
 the political code of Alabama of 1907 By MT. Sloan: To amend section 6S2 of
 the political code of Alabama of 1907
 By MT. Merrill: To amend sections 1861, 1862 and 1863 of the code of Alabama. By MT. Sprott: To permit surviving trustee or trustees to execute trust.