The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-08


 By Mir Sprott To allow defendants in all misdemeanors to demand trial by jury.
 | By Mir Screws: To provide for the ap- | pontment by the sheriff of Montgomery county, Alabama, of an assistant night
 jailer. to fix his compensation and pre- | scribe his duties.
 By Mr Screws: To increase the salary of the solicitor of Montgomery county | from $300O to $4200 annually. | By MT. Screws: To regulate the | charges for tolls for long distance tele- | phone service between points within this state to prevent discrimination and pro- vide penalties for the violation of this act.
 Bills Reported Bills were reported in the senate today as follows:
 | By MT. Screws (commerce and common carriers): To amend an act entitled, An act to authorize the owners and operators | of street railways to furnish free or re-
 duced transportation to members of the police force and fire departments and san- | itary inspectors of cities and towns of this state into o, through which said rail-
 ways are operated, and to grant special
 or reduced rates to pupils attending schools, approved November 23, 1907" | By MT Sherrod, notice and proof (re- vision of laws): To amend an act entitled, An act to establish the Morgan county | law and equity court" etc, approved l February 9, 1907.
 By MT. Walker. notice and proof (public | loads and highways): To authorize the court of county commissioners of Coosa county to buy mules, horses, road ma | chimes and tools for the purpose of work | ing the public roads of Coosa county; to work the convicts of Coosa county on the | public roads of said county; to employ | laborers and superintendents to work and supervise the working of the public roads of said county; to collect from persons subject to road duty in lieu of work on public roads the sum of $7.50 each per
 annum, and to provide for collecting the same; to buy for use on said public roads any and all kinds of road material to employ an engineer to survey and grade said public roads; to fix the age of road duty from 15 to 55 years. and to use such sums of money from the general funds of said county for the purpose of working
 and improving such roads as said court
 of county commissioners may deem neees-
 sary
 By MT. Arnold (privileges and elec-
 tions): To exempt from the payment of
 poll taxes the active members in good | standing or all volunteer Ire cOmpdnleS
 in incorporated towns and cities in this
 state
 By Mir Curry (agriculture): To author
 ize empower and require the commits
 soners' court, board of revenue or other
 court of like jurisdiction of Chiffon coun-
 ty, Alabama, to donate or appropriate
 sum of money not less than $2u0, and not
 more than $500, annually from the coun
 ty treasury, which said money so appro-
 prated shall be used in awarding prizes or premiums to be offered to encourage a better system of agriculture and stock
 raising in said county; to create a board of award which shall make rules and reg ulations governing the awarding of the prizes or premiums, and provide for the payment of said money.
 By MT. Norman (agriculture), taken from adverse calendar: To regulate and define what is known as the filler used in commercial fertilizers, sold and manu- factured in Alabama, giving the name of substance in pounds on each bag or package and provide penalty for the vo- iation of the same.
 By Nr. Fowlkes (agriculture): To pro- hlo.c the transportation of cotton seed and ungnned cotton from any county In Alabama where the cotton boil weevil is known to exist to any county in Alabama where the cotton boil weevil is not known to exist, and to provide for the condem- nation and destruction of any cotton or cotton seed so shipped.