The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-20
BOTH CALENDARS
 ARE CONGESTED Scores of Important Bills to
 Come Up SITUATION REVIEWED The Alabama Legislature Looks Into the Face of Eight Hard Days WOrk-Night Sessions
 Necessary

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 Montgomery, March 1s-(special.)- 1 When the legislature meets in this city at noon on Wednesday, the calendar in both of the houses will be over burdened. Every day the congestion has been growing more and more pro- nounced. but on no previous week has the calendar shown the proportions of this weeks condition In fact. at no previous week has the house calendar shown half the number of bills that the house calendar will show when work is started on the middle of this week. Heretofore the heaviest batch of bills has been contained in about 35 pages. but on Wednesday the house calendar will show in the neighborhood of TO pages-brimming over with "hefty' measures to be considered.
 In the senate the calendar will num- Der not more than 30 pages, repre- senting about half of the bills that are to be considered in the lower branch of the state legislature.
 
 house session that body was kept in a position of statu quo in so far as the passage of bills was concerned, though every day committees were reporting lengthy batch of bills. The passage of the reveue bill occupied almost one half of the weeks work, while consid- eration of the governors veto of the newspaper pass bill usurped about one- fourth of the time The other fourth was largely taken up in. the introduc- tion of new bills, second readings and general routine. Few bills passed the lower body.
 The condition has not prevailed in the upper chamber, where every day more than a score of bills have been regularly passed Second readings, nevertheless, were given to more bills than the num- Der of bills that were passed.
 Senate Outlook
 The outlook in the senate for the week Is that the upper solons will have a busy week of it in considering the state revenue bill and the Smith regu- lation measure. It Is quite possible that these measures win be reported to the upper house in such shape as will enable quick passage of the instru- ments, though there is the possibility always that joker" of some kind will be found somewhere in the measures oy someone that will necessitate tangle. It Is a safe bet that the regulation measure will not get through the senate with out a fight on the part of the prohibit tionists, who are always going about looking for new worlds to conquer. They could undoubtedly start fill bustering movement to delay passage of the measure, and chances are that they will. ss ss.st
 The ways and means committee Of the senate is hard at work on reviewing the sections of the bill, and amendments galore are expected to be reported to the senate by that body on Wednesday. These amendments, as well as the amend ments to the Smith measure, will have 10 go to the house for action, and then to the governor, who will in. turn propose amendments which will have to be acted upon by the two houses.
 Therein rests the greatest argument for an extra session of the solons.
 Local Liquor Bills
 Many local liquor bills will limelight the proceedings in the two houses this week. The Screws measure for the city of Mont gomery will have to be acted upon in the house. The Sherrod measure for the two
  the senate again on Wednesday, after which it must revert to the house for &C., ton. On Friday of last week the Sherrod bill was killed, but notice at that time was given that motion would be made on Wednesday to have the vote whereby the bill was lost reconsidered.
 The senator who wrote the measure maintains that he expects to continue his fight to carry out the expressed wishes of the people, as he conceives the De- catur situation.
 The Stollenwerck measure which seeks to have state regulation of autos will be acted upon by the upper house this week if indications at the present time fall true.
 A measure of even greater importance, however, that is to be touched upon Is the Atkins measure to regulate racing contests at state fairs. Much opposition has developed to the bill, this condition being manifest not only in the senate, but in the lower house as well.
 A number of loan shark bills are to be finally disposed of. The Chamberlain measure is one of these.
 |. Few of the appropriation measures have been finally disposed of. and these will, of course, come in for their part of con- sideration in the houses this week.
 In the House
 With eight more days with which to complete the work of the present legis- lative session, the house will find on it's calendar when it reconvenes nex. Wednesday between 15O and 200 bills. Many of these bills are important meas ures, having been set down for a spe- cial order some time during the week. Several of the bills alone will consume one or two whole legislative days.
 One of the bills that will doubtless be called up during the present week is the Merrill compulsory education measure This bill has been on the calendar nearly a month. and it was at first thought that receiving 8 favorable report. But there is the story about "the best laid plans," and hence this measure has been hang ing fire in the house for several weeks. The author of the measure has not yet called up the bill. neither has it been made a special order for any time.
 The bill, which Is regarded as rather conservative compulsory education meas ure, is designed to regulate and require the attendance of children in the schools of Alabama; to provide for attendance officers; to provide for exemptions from the payment of tuition and incidental fees, and to provide penalties for the vio- lations of the act.
 There is little doubt but that the meas ure will be hotly debated when 1t final ly comes up for passage. There Is a strong element in the house that Is op- posed to all bills seeking to compel an attendance upon the schools of the state, x.,b;Ia fharo is also a strong p1emant In