The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-30

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 his speech
 MT. Sapders said that the statutes O the state should not be encumbered witt such laws as the Fuller and Carmchae acts. Gentlemen, I ask for the repea of these bills. They cucumber tho statutes of the state. they are worthless and they should not be allowed to re main.
 1 During the course of his speech Mir ;! Sturdivant offered a resolution calling fol the publication of MT. Sanders speech 1T the Montgomery Advertiser. and tha $50O00 be appropriated for the purpose oi rectifying any wrongs done the state by the operation of the Fuller and Carmi. chae acts.
 The speaker declared the resolution out of order, though the members of the house roundly applauded it.
 House Inattentive MT. Sanders then resumed his speech the members of the house giving little attention. The 10-minute limit had been previously suspended and the Pike rep resentative occupied the floor until the hour of recess, when he had 32 pages of unfinished manuscript before him.
 MT Sanders of Pike resumed his speecl to take from the adverse calendar his biiio tO iCpOdi lIt ulltI diiu acts when the house reconvened at clock this afternoon. An effort was made to prevent Mr. Sanders from con tinuing his speech, but failed. and th( Pike representative was given 10 min- utes more. At the conclusion of this timf a motion was made to again allow MT Sanders 15 minutes. but the motion failed On motion of MT. Page of Conecuh the motion of MT. Sanders to take his bills II. II I11
 Special Order
 At the conclusion of MT Sanders speech Mir. Darden of Blount called up his bill to amend section 6SlS of the code, prohibiting judges of courts from engaging in the practice of law in ad- dition to his judicial duties. MT. Oar den, in speaking for the bill, said that he knew of judges who preferred to re- sign from the judiciary rather than give up their practice. He declared that judges should give their whole time to their judicial duties and that by doing so they would be in a much better po- sition to serve the state. The bill was then passed by a vote of GA to ?.
 MT. Sanders again took the floor and demanded that his motion to take from the adverse calendar his bill to repeal the Carmichael act be put to the house. The chair informed MT. Sanders that his bill had been tabled, but the Pike represen- tative insisted that his motion be put, with the result that the bill was again tabled.
 Mir. Pitts called up his bill to amend section 7677 of the code, relating to tam- pering with railroad appliances with a view to wrecking trains. The bill was passed without opposition.
 The bill by MT. Pitts to prevent trains, engines, cars and other vehicles on rail- roads and street railroad tracks from being wrecked or caused to be wrecked and to provide for the punishment there for, was called up in regular order and passed by vote of GA to 1.
 Committee Reports
 The committee on appropriations re- ported favorably a number of senate measures appropriating money out oi the state treasury for various purposes
 One of the most important bills re- ported was a measure apppropriattng s65, 900 to the State Deaf and Dumb in stitute at Talladega.
 MT. McLendon made a motion to take from the adverse calendar his bill to exempt Confederate veterans In tue state who are physicians from paying a license. The motion was lost.
 To Abolish County Treaurer
 MT. Burton of Chambers moved to take from the adverse calendar his bill to abolish the office of county treas urer.
 Mr. Waddell thought the bill unneces- sary and spoke against taking the bill from the calendar. He declared that it was in the power of the county commissioners to abolish the office if they wished to do so.
 of Ar tended by MT. Pitts, who said he con- sidered the bill good one.
 This was also the view of MT. Mol ton and MT. Darden, both of whom maintained that the bill would save the several counties of the state that had not already abolished the office several thousand dollars per annum. MT. Dar- den thought that the bill was partic- ularly meritorious, declaring that there was no need for the office of county treasurer. He said what was good for one county was good for another, and that if some counties in the state were in better condition without county treasurer that it necessarily followed that all the other counties would be in a better condition.
 MT. Thomas of Chambers, colleague of MT. Burton, opposed the bil, main taining that there was no occasion why the office should be abolished. This was also the view of MT. James, who declared that he knew the abolition of the office would not benefit his county. He said that the right to abolish the office of county treasurer should be given to those counties that want it. but that it should not be forced upon counties that do not want such law.
 MT. Bush of Mobile said that the banks are the proper place for the
 
 taking MT. Burton's bill from the ad- verse calendar.
 The opposite view was taken by MT. Huddleston of Elmore, who said he saw no reason why the county treasurer should be abolished.
 The previous question was then called by MT Pitts, with the result that MT. Burton's bill was taken from the ad- verse calendar.
 StOllenwerck Bill
 The next bill taken up was the meas ure by MT. Stollenwerck to prescribe and fix the maximum amount which the sev- eral municipalities of the state may an nually assess and collect of persons, firms or corporations operating railroads as common carriers for the privilege of doing interstate business within the limits of such municipalities. Mir Stol- leHNeIch pileliy eApidlIed liie pfONlSlOnS of the bill and asked that It be passed without much discussion.
 MT. Mullley said he opposed the bill because he considered it class legslation. and that therefore he hoped the measure would not pass.
 The Stollenwerck bill was under dis cussion at the time of adjournment this afternoon, and will come up tomorrow morning as, unfinished business.
 Bills Introduced
 Bills were introduced in the senate to-