The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-20
NEWSPAPER MEN
 MAY GET PASSES
Senate Committee Acts Favor
 ably on Subject
PERcY's BILL IS HEARD
That Legislators May Become More Familiar With Provisions-Rc-
 quests for Appropriations
BY BERRYMAN G. BETTY

Montgomery. January 19-(special.)- J.
 Newspaper men of Alabama will be given
 free passes on the railroads of this state.
 If the favorablA report of the senate
 committee on commerce and common
 carriers Is adopted by both houses of
 the legislature At session of the com
 mittee it was decided that the barter of
 passes for advertising was no evasion of
 the law, but a legal prosecution of bus
 mess. The measure was introduced in
 the senate by MT. Screws, and was backed by the Alabama Press associa- ton.
 Another bill providing similar relief for sheriffs was also favorably reported upon by the committee
 Agricultural Appropriations The house committee on agriculture has decided to report favorably two bills of agricultural interest throughout the state, the first providing an appropria- tion of s25,000 for farm demonstration work in Alabama, and the second meas ure providing an appropriation of S27, ,OOO to aid in the extermination and eradica- tion of the boil weevil and other agri-  cultural pests.
 The committee at the same time ad- versed the bill which seeks to establish department of chemistry at the de- partment of agriculture. This measure also called for the appointment of a chemist and an assistant chemist at the capitol.
 It was the sense of the committee that the Alabama Polytechnic institute was able to provide for the duties of the chemist. The appropriation bills are quite are expected to be of great aid in the agricultural development of Alabama. Commission Measure A joint session of the house and senate committees on municipalities met for the purpose of discussing the commission government bill of Walker Percy of Bir- mingham, and ended their deliberations by ordering copies of the measure printed and circulated in both houses. This is done in order that the members of the legislature might be given an opportuni- ty to thoroughly review the various meas ures covering commission government which already have been introduced
  been introduced by Senators Screws and Allen.
 "Bents the Dutch" In the opinion of J. Lee Long, chairman of the committed on appropriations in the house. 'it beats the Dutch' to see how appropriation measures are pouring into the legislature. MT. Long states that In view of a sure deficit at the end o1
 the year. all of the appropriations can not be even partly met.
 Just because we were good to linsti. tutions and people last year." MT. Lone | states, they are flooding us this year and demands are coming from every sec. tion of the state for more state money If we wish to keep up our policy of re- trenchment. we must at once get busy
 The same condition prevails in the sen ate as in the house. where the large percentage of all the bills call for ap- propriations.
 Agreement Probable In all probability promoters of the va rious municipal commission bills in the legislature will at an early moment seek to come together in the interests of their measures, in order that the legislature | might decide upon one measure that will tained that a multitude might serve the purpose of defeating the dearest wishes of the promoters unless some agreement Is reached. ti D. Another joint meeting of the commit tees or municipalities Is expected to be held within the next few days.