The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09
JEFFERSON FEE BILL
 KILLED IN HOUSE Smaller Counties Feared Elf
 fects of Measure VOTE WAS DECISIVE Sought To Reduce Fee Evil By Re- quiring Deputies To Have War; rants for Making Arrests in
 MisdemeanOr Cases
WAS DECISIVE
BY HUGH W. ROBERT s

Montgomery February S.-(Special.) ) | One of the anti-fee bills of Jefferson county, that which would have re- quired all sheriffs to make no arrests | for misdemeanors unless armed with warrants, was killed in the house this morning by conclusive vote. | The fight was begun yesterday aft ernoon at which time Representative Percy severely arraigned ex-Sheriff l Higdon and the administration of that official. Representatives Judge, Bar nard, O'Neill and Mcdonald. all of Jeff ferson, opposed the bill in arguments on the floor. The house was then ad- | journed and the battle renewed this | morning.
 | Representative Lavender of Bibb
 made a telling speech against the bill and he was followed by Representative Martin of Jackson. who also opposed | 1t on tho ground that 1t was an ex- treme measure. and while it would rem edy the promiscuous raiding of craps shooters in Jefferson county. 1t would give negroes too much latitude in the rural communities. according to the opinions of the speakers.
 l The fight was brought to head son moved that the bill be laid upon the table. The Judge motion carried by vote of 56 to 40.
 The vote follows:
 | Against Tabling-Mr. Speaker. Acker, Arnold, Bell of Autauga, Brindley, Brown
 of Pike Capps, Cranford. Darden'
 Fletcher. Fuquay, Greene, Helms, Hollis
 of Choctaw, Hollis of Walker, Horton Jackson, James, Jenkins Of Bullock' Johnson of Clarke, Kilburn, Lawson, Let son, Merrill, Merritt, Motion, Mulkey, Me- Gowen, McLendon, Page, Pegram, Percy, pittman. Pitts, Pruett, Rice. Rylance, Waldren, Wheeles, Wilhite-40. l For Tabling-Avery, Barnard, Brewer, | Boswell Brown of Tuscaloosa, Burton,
 Bush, Butt, Carroll, Chamberlain. Dennis, Boswell, Eastis, Edmonds, Flanagan, FowllSes Gewin, Griffith, Hood, Hdddles- I ton. Jenkins of Baldwin, Johnson of El- I more Johnson of Marshall, Jones' Judge. Lane, Lavender, Lee, Long, Martin or | Calhoun, Martin of Jackson, Mastin, Mat
 thews, McCurdy. Mcdonald, o'Neiii' Overton, Pharr, Popwell, Quin, Ramsey
 Richeson, Roberson. Sanders, smith,
 stickland, stollenwerck, Sullivan, Thomas Twombly. Waddell, Waits, Walker. Whatley, Williams, Wright-56 l The House Routine | Eighty-six members were present
 when the house was called to order al
 1O:30 o'clock this morning by Speaker Al mon. The invocation was offered by the Rev. MT Preston, representative from | Clay county. Only a few local bills were reported by committees after which the 1 roll of counties was called for the intro 1 duction of bills.
 Bills were introduced as follows: I By MT Lavender; To amend section Al
 of the code, relating to contests in thu
 election of judges of probate; to repea | section All relating to contests in tht
 election of justices of the peace and con | stables.
 By MT. Griffith: To prescribe the duties l of the tax assessor and tax collector oi l Cullman county.
 By MT. Horton: To provide for the maintenance, construction and equipment | of public roads in Limestone county. l By Mr. Butt: To make the public drink 1 ing of liquor on railway trains and or | street cars a misdemeanor; to make il unlawful for a common carrier to sell [ l ticket to any person in an intoxicated
 condition or to admit one on the trains. l By MT. Pegram: To provide for extra 1 help in the office of the governor during the present session of the legislature.