The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-09
TWO MORE DAYS
 FOR LEGISLATURE: Will Finish It's Work Next
 Thursday Night MANY LOCAL BILLS Nothing of Real Importance Remains on Calendars for Consideration.
 Lawmakers Are Glad of
 Chance to Rest
By BERRYMAN c. BETTY


 Montgomery, April s.-(Special.)-Th legislature of Alabama has two days more in which to complete it's work. The work will be done on Tuesday and Thurs day of next week and the two legisa- tive bodies will adjourn late Thursday night
 When the two houses convene on next Tuesday both calendars will present rather an unusual appearance-an appear ance somewhat in keeping with the limit ed time for the disposition of all remain | ing business. Each calendar will be greatly reduced fin size, the house call endar showing an absence of some 200 measures that have adorned the pages of that volume for the past few weeks. The reduction in the size of the house l calendar, however, will not indicate that the bills that have been printed upon It's pages have passed. Neither will the sen- ate calendar indicate a like result. Each calendar will contain a number of bills but each will contain the bills of the other house. The senate calendar will contain only house bills. and the house calendar will contain only senate meas urcs.
 When the two houses adjourned Fri day night something like 250 or 300 bills were swept from the senate and house calendars. About two-thirds of these bills were house measures. With only two days more In which to complete the work of the legislative session bills that had to be read the first time in either house when the legislature adjourned Friday night will all be taken from the calendars and re1egated to oblivion Twelve o'clock Friday night sounded their death knel, for at that time the three days limit expired, and bills that had not then re- ceived their first reading in the other house came to a sudden end
 When the hour of 12 o'clock approached Friday night there were entreaties from about 25 members of the house to turn the clock back. Within a few minutes of the hour a dozen members sprang to their feet, holding bills in their hands, and waving frantically towards the speaker. At first 1t seemed that Speake : Almon might give instructions for the hands of the clock to be reversed, and for moment he deliberated, but before he issued any instructions the hour hand Ol tiit great ClOCk pOiHttQ to ln6 De- ginning of a new day and sleepy mem- Der called time. The gavel descended, sounding the death knel of scores of bills and the house adjourned.
 Work Next Week
 There are few very important measures to come up for consideration next week. most of these measures have already been disposed of, and the two houses next week will be busy in finishing up their work. There may be a few import ant bills to come up in one or the other house, but it is not believed that any of the measures will cause much discussion. The majority of the bills to be considered next week are local, many of them hay ing passed the first house on Friday.
 Practically all of the school appropria- ton measures have passed The most im- portant of these in so far as the size of Friday night. These were the University. Auburn and Montevallo appropriation bills. The appropriation to the three institutions total $7o0,00O, of which amount s3o0.o00 was given to the University s100,- 900 to be apportioned to the medical de- partment at Tuscaloosa. Bills appro- priating funds to the various normal and agricultural schools have also been passed several of them receiving favor able consideration cn Friday.
 All of the appropriation bills provid- ing for funds for the schools of the state were passed with an amendment giving the governor discretionary powers In the distribution of the money appropriated. This amendment was attached to all of the bills on the governors suggestion, his message to the house setting forth that he considered it wise, owing to the condition of the treasury, for the house to attach this "rider.''
 While it is probable that the condi- tion of the treasury within the next year will be such as to warrant the full pay ment of the funds appropriated, the gov ernor preferred to he on the safe side, and unless the resources of the state per- mt, 1t is unlikely that the various state institutions will receive all of the money appropriated to them