The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-22
MOTION SAYS HE IS
 ALMOST SWANPED
Wants Help in Getting His
 Bills Through
TALKS TO REALTY MEN
Aboiishing the Municipal Tax Col lecfors of the State-Figh
 on the Fee system

''I am swamped with bills. l need help," was the declaration of Representative T. II. Motion, when he appeared before the Birmingham Real Estate association yesterday afternoon. The meeting was called 10 consider the bills now before the legislature in which real estate men are interested. All of them, and 20 others, are being handled by MT Molton.
 MT Notions speech was characteristic and frank. I'm an amateur he de- clared. There is more politics down there to the square inch than there is | business in the whole town. Vote for my bill and I'll vote for yours seems to be the rule. l just can't get all these bills | through by myself.
 Until this rumpus came up over the speakership, and the newspapers fixed me Up as boter and declared that my hands were tied, l had thought l would get the other members of the legislatu to help me put these business bills through and follow them in the commit- tees to prevent their becoming lost. I had to keep quiet and look on.
 T only did what l thought was right in voting for MT Almon. I had not promised MT. Long anything finally, and when they tried to put the thumbscrews on me because I was elected on their ticket I thought best to vote my own sen timents.
 However, I have since asked the other members from Jefferson if they intended to fight my bills on that account, and believe from their answer that they will stand by me.
 Now. you must send experienced men down there to appear before the commit tees and help us get these things through
 All MT. Notions bills relating to real estate matters were indorsed by the asso- citation, and a committee consisting of R. P. McDavid, Hill Ferguson, Asbury Thompson, and Murray Brown was ap- pointed to go to the legislature.
 Municipal Tnx COIlestors
 One of MT. Notions bills, to which lit tie reference has been made, is that abol- ishing the municipal tax collectors of the state, making the county tax collector an ex-officio municipal tax collector It is
  ham S5000 annually in the cost of trans- cribing the taxes from the county assess ments, and would save the taxpayers no end of trouble. They would pay their city and county taxes at the same time and place. It would. however, turn a great many city tax collectors out of job The bill was referred to the committee on municipal organizations and will come up for hearing Wednesday,
 Mir. Motion has all the bills drawn by MT. Smyer and MT. Bowie to remedy the evils of the fee system. half dozen of them fixing a liberal amount of fees as a maximum to be drawn by county officers. including register in chancery. city and circuit clerks. sheriff, probate judge, tax assessor and collector. The bills provide that the fees above the fixel amount be devoted to good roads and schools. None of these bills has yet been introduced, but MT. Motion states that they will go in this week.
 The bill drawn by the Chamber of Com merce to put the back tax commissioner on a salary has been turned over to Walker Percy by MT. Motion.
 The Bowie bill, to prevent arrests by sheriffs and constables in misdemeanor cases, except on warrant sworn out by disinterested party, has been introduced by MT. Motion, and is set for hearing for Thursday at o'clock, when Sydney J. Bowie will appear before the committee. MT. Motion has three coroners bills, one setting the maximum to be drawn by the coroner at s1s0o; another making 1t H. legal for man to serve as coroner's juror more than once in one year. and the other making it illegal for any one sur geon to conduct more than one post mortem examination in a single year. These have net been introduced woodinwn Inferior Court Another bill in MT. Notions possession is one to establish an inferior court in Woodawn. He has introduced a bill to exempt members of the National Guard | from jury duty, and it is now before the l judiciary committee. His bill requiring mechanics liens to te recorded with the office of the probate judge has been | favorably reported.
 | The house committee reversed MT. Notions bill reducing the time limit for the satisfaction of mortgages and other liens from 20 to 10 years. This bill seeks to cancel mortgages if not foreclosed within 10 years.
 Another one of Mir Notions bills now before the judiciary committee is that to regulate the business of junk dealers | forcing them to report purchases of cer- tain junk to the police chief before melt ing it into an unrecognizable mass, while a companion bill makes it grand lar