The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-29
COMMISSIONS ARE HAVING HARD ROAD Something Wrong With All
 the Bills MAY BE RETURNED Both Mobile and Montgomery Have Found Errors of Omission or
 Commission to Be
 Rectified
By BERRYMAN G. BETTY

Montgomery, March 2S-(SpeciaD- Commission government bills now in the
 bands of Governor Emmet O'Neal are as systematically troublesome as the question of prohibition. If there is any thing to happen to any of the measures that pass the state legislature and goes into the hands of the states chief ex- ecutive for his signature, that some thing will invariably happen to the measures which seek to break up the old form of municipal government, and to establish in its stead commission gov ernment.
 The latest suggestion Of errors per- tainng to such bills Is now said to be found in the Montgomery measure, which it seems members of the Mont gomery delegation are endeavoring to have returned to the legislature in or der that some mistakes might be cor rected. A more mysterious reason for the return of the bill, however, is said to be that the representatives desire to tag
 on to the bill an amendment or two the nature of which has not yet been made known. It is given out that the errors are not of the kind which can be att tributed to enrolling or expressing de- partments at the capitol, but to errors which were written into the bill at the time of its passage through the two houses.
 Whether or not Governor O'Neal will | accede to the requests to send the bill back is not yet known. The city of Montgomery, like Birmingham and other cities, is clamoring for the new govern ment and candidates have already an- | nounced their determination of entering 1 the commissioners race.
 
 Birmingham Measure 1 The Birmingham bill holds the palm when 1t comes to troublesome measures, the instrument having already been re- | turned to the house three times. with 1 new amendments every time except the | last. However, the bill has not yet been l signed by Governor O'Neal, nor has it's | time expired in which by law 1t can be- | come a law ipso facto. Six days are al- | lotted to the chief executive in which to consider such measures, which six days 1 in the Birmingham instance will not eX- | pire before Thursday or Friday. It is | taken that the document is now in such
 shape as to rest with the ready approval 1 of the governor, though direct informa- | tion to this effect has not yet been ob- 1 tained.
 | One reason why the governor has been | delaying the signing of the Birmingham measure is due to the fact that under | the provisions of the bill he is to ap- | point two associate commissioners to serve with Mayor Culpepper Exum under | the new form of government. Friends | of some of the leading politicians of the | Magic City have been holding long con | ferences with the governor during the past month relative to his preference in | the matter.
 Mobiles Status
 Senator Stevens' hill which seeks to | establish a commission form of govern
 ment in the city of Mobile will be sent hack to the legislature probably on to- morrow In order that few provisions | relative to the health department of that city might be changed. Mobiles delega- ton, 1t is understood, Is in sympathy with having the mesure returned, though