The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06
10 GIVE ES1OO,OOO
 FOR THE NEW WING House Passes Bill Within 10
 Minutes 4 ROOM BADLY NEEDED House Defeats Plan to Repeal the Anti-Shipping Provisions of the Fuller Law - Routine Work in House
By BERRyMAN c. BETTY

 Montgomery April 5.-(Special)-The | house this afternoon passed the bill ap- propriating s100,0o0 for the purpose or | erecting the north wing of the capitol | building The bill was called up by MT. Smith, the author of the measure, who | explained the urgent necessity for the extension of the state capitol, and called attention to the governors recommenoa- | ton that the bill be passed. | The bill provides for a building com | mission to be composed of the governor, | the chief justice of the supreme court, the attorney general, state auditor, secre- | tary of state and the director of the department of archives and histohy who | is designated to act as secretary of the
 commission. The money is payable s5o,ooo
 in 1912 and $D,0O0 in 1913.
 | MT. Smith, in speaking for the bill, said | that the necessity of the extension was | evident to all who know the present con | gested condition of the capitol He called | attention to the fact that there are sev-
 eral state departments that have not quarters at the capitol and urged the passage of the bill.
 | MT Smith was the only member who
 spoke on the bill and the measure was | passed within 10 minutes after 1t was called up The vote was 30 to IS. Retain Anti-Shipping Law The house defeated MT. WaddelIs bill | to repeal the anti-shpping laws of the | state by decisive vote The bill sought to repeal those sections of the Fuller act | which prevented the shipment of liquor in | the state The bill was opposed by sev- | era pronounced local optonists in the .-ofi{t hot the duty of the legislature to protect all | territory that wished to remain dry from
 all efforts to force whisky into that sec | tion
 Tine bill by MT. Burton of Chambers to | abolish the office of county treasurer was | tabled after some discussion. Mir Burton | had made several efforts to get this bill | before the house, and action of that body | this afternoon was in decided opposition to | the passage of the bill.
 Morning Session The first business of the morning ses- sion in the house was in reference to motion by Mr. Sanders of Pike to take | from the adverse calendar his bill to repeal the Fuller act. His motion was | lost by a vote of 56 to 21.
 Waldens Bill | MT. Waites called up his bill to appro- priate $5O,0o0 for the construction of addi- tional buildings for the State Normal | college at Florence, s12500 to be appro- | priated annually for the next four years | Judge Almon spoke for the bill, stating | that he knew the condition of the school and that he considered the measure a | meritorious one. The bill was passed | by vote of G6 to 12
 | Mir Rice's bill to provide additional pro- | lection for policyholders in the consolida- of no pa n iac hU tyi1r bo | insurance commissioner powers of arbi- tration was called up and passed by a | vote of 69 to 0.
 The next bill taken up was the measure by MT. Walden to regulate the paymeik of pensions for Confederate soldiers, sail ors and their widows. The bill passed
 by vote of v to O. The house then took up the Smith bill
 Expenses of DOOrkeeper
 After the adoption of the conference report, MT. Pitts called up Judge AL mons bill to provide for the payment of expenses incurred by the doorkeeper of the house and doorlkeeper of the senate The bill passed without opposition. Before adjourning the house passed the bill by Senator Sprott to appropriate Sfo,- GOO for the Alabama Normal college at Livingston. the bill carrying with it an amendment providing that the appropria- tion be paid in instalments of s1OOOO per annum for the next four years. This bill passed by "a vote of 51 to 4.
 Afternoon Session The first bill taken up at the after noon session in the house was the measure by Mir. Brown of Tuscaloosa to further regulate elections in Ala bama and to prevent corruption. The bill was called up by MT. Waddell at the request of the state democra tic executive committee. The bill was passed.
 MT. Barnard called up MT. Percys bill to empower the mayor and board of aldermen, boards of commissioners or other governing bodies in the towns and cities of the state to contribute financial aid for the relief of employees of the fire department, police depart- ments and other departments of towns and cities. The bill passed with a bare quorum voting.
 MT. Capps called up Senator Espys bill to appropriate s10.0OC for the pur- pose of building dormitories for the Southwest Alabama Agricultural sch ool and experiment station at Abbeville The bill passed by vote of 72 to 5.
 Mr.. Burton of Chalmers called up his bill to abolish the office of county treas urer MT. Burton said he had not made his bill local because there had been demand for general bill He de- cared that if the house wished to re- trench the best way to save the state money would be by abolishing the of- flee of county treasurer. He made an earnest speech for the passage of his bill, maintaining that the office was unnecessary.
 Mir Nicholson of Butler. opposed tn e bill, stating that the people in his county were satisfied with conditions as they obtained.
 On motion of Mir Lavender the house tabled Mir Burtons bill.
 To Amend Jury Law
 ha hN Senatnr SnrQtt La r,,ar .I