The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-15

judicial circuit and to transfer the cases pending in the circuit court of Marengo county and the jurisdiction to try and determine the same to the Marengo law and equity court, and to repeal conflict ing laws.
 By Mr. Horton (notlce and proof For the relief of Gidewell brothers, to ~e- imburse them for material furnished and labor performed for the completion of the Eighth District Agricultural school building located at Athens, Limestone county, Alabama, on account of the de- ficiency in the appropriation of the leg islature of Alabama for the erection of said building.
 House Afternoon Session The Stollenwerck automobile bill was the first measure cf the afternoon session and was passed without any outspoken opposition on the part of the representa- tives. The bill prior to it's passage In the house was so amended as to provide that forty per centum of the revenues collect ed should go to the city or county from which the revenue originated. The bill was further amended to provide that the license imposed should not be in lieu of taxes, but to take the place of further licenses.
 The license scale was so graded as to conform with provisions of the proposed revenue bills. The bill was passed by a vote of 62 to o.
 Birmingham's commission government bill was then returned to the house, the amendments proposed by the governor being accepted by unanimous vote. General Revenue Bill Judge w. H. Parks of Andalusia fea- tured the afternoon session of the house by the introduction of a motion calling upon the ways and means committee of the house to report the general revenue bill by tomorrow.
 Representative Pitts of Dallas county spoke in favor of the motion, stating that time was so short as to make imperative quick consideration of the measure. Representative Merritt of Macon coun- ty declared the motion a bad one. talk ing exception to the provision which stat ed that ''the Brindley bill" should be reported. MT. Merritt stated that there are three bills pending before the com mittees and that the Brindley measure should not be singled out for a report. The representative then reviewed it's history of the Brindley bill declaring that it was a product of the efforts of Governor Emmet ONeal, w. P. G. Harding and others He then declared that the committee lad held the measure up, as we'll as all of the measures, be- cause of representation of business men throushout the state that the bill would paralyze business.
 For faithfulness and fidelity" declar- ed MT. Merritt, "I will put this com mittee up against any committee in the legislature, even the one which the dis tinguished gentleman from Covington heads"
 
 Representative Jenkins of Baldwin county declared that the motion was not reflection on the committee but that 1t would end in reflection on the house if the motion should not be passed. He said that the governor was a part and parcel of the legislature, and that he had right to be Interested in the meas ure.
 "We want to get off this calendar the many bills now on it. he declared. There are too many there.'
 Representative Rice of Birmingham said that he thought the motion an un- wise one, saying that 1t was reflection on the committee. The duty of a com mittee," he said, "is to ferret out bill, and to report only such measures as are thoroughly well thrashed out"
 MT. Rice stated that the committee has done it's duty well. Meaning of Motion Representative Walker Percy Of Birm- ingham read at length rule B of the house. which provided for the return of bills from the hands of committees, with censure and blame.
 "Were I a member of that committed" cried MT. Percy, 'and this motion were to be passed, l would submit my resigna- tion at once. I wouldn't stay on 1t minute"
 MT. Percy declared that one could not judge the work of a legislature by the size of it's calendar.
 ..The truth about the thing" he said,
 lis that there are too many bills passed. The state would be better off with tho creation of fewer jobs, for which the majority of the bills provide" MT. Percy attacked Judge Parks as chairman of the judiciary committee. How many of the meetings of his own committee has he attendedT' ho uueried. "Is he in a position to crit icize any member for ms attention to committee work?'
 The representative thoroughly scored the idea of having the house take charge of the bill. He said that the revenue bill. as no other measure, de- manded the best attention of commit tee.
 MT. Percy explained the sections of the constitution which require the gov- ernor, auditor and treasurer to sub init every four years a general revenue bill to the legislature as an aid to them in replenishing the treasury Of the state. He said that the effect Of the motion, if adopted, would be to de- stroy the committee.
 Feels Degraded Representative Cranford of Walker