The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-19

the employment of felony and misde- meanor convicts on the public roads of the state.
 Senator Folmar: To provide an ap- propriation of s17,000 to aid in the erection of a dormitory at the Troy Normal college. 4s4
 Senator Nance tby request: To pro- vide fora chemist and an assistant in the department of agriculture; also to establish a state board of agricul- ture.
 Senator Fite: To repeal sections 113- 20, inclusive, and 6686 of the code, and providing for abolition of the bureau of cotton statistics.
 Senator Stevens: To provide a pro- ceeding to establish heirship.
 Favorable Reports
 Favorable reports were read by the committee on rules and the committee on local legislation. The first commit tee reported on the establishment of telephone in the cloak room of the senate The committee on local legis lation' reported favorably the bill pro- viding for the esta blishment of an in ferior court in Montgomery.
 In order that committees might have time to meet tomorrow the Senate ad- journed with the house to meet again on Friday at noon.
 House Session
 Committees of the house were given a plenty of work today in the number of new bills introduced to that body for con ,sideration. Introduction of bills occupied most of the attention of the represen- tatives. Ninety-four representatives were present upon roll call.
 Walker Percy of Birmingham brought to the attention of the soons the most sweeping suggestion of the day in the introduction of bila providing for an amendment to the constitution to further regulate the fee and commission system. As announced by State Senator Morrow in the senate some time ago, strenuous fight along these lines will be made in the present legislature.
 Both MT. Morrow and Br. Percy have secured the promise of the Sheriffs asso- citation to aid them in their fight.
 Bills Introduced
 Bills were introduced In the house as follows:
 MT. Lavendar: To amend section >663S of the code.
 MT. Darden: To amend section 663s of the code, relating to witness fees.
 Mr. Hollis of Choctaw: To provide for an assistant solicitor in Choctaw county and to fix his compensation.
 MT. Page: To repeal those sections of the code which prohibit municipal off cer from serving a public utility corpora ton.
 MT. Fowlkes: To exempt from taxation certain moneys on deposit.
 MT. Smith: To amend section 2SS4 of the code relating to appeal cases to the su- prene court.
 Mr. Walden To empower county com missioners of Morgan county to make an appropriation to Salvation army officers in that county
 MT. Acker: To fix the salary of -the judge of the city court of Talladega.
 MT. Rylance: To make appropriation for the maintenance of the Camp Hill 1ndus- trial school.
 MT. Rice: To provide for typographical map and survey of Alabama; to amend section 5364 of the code, relating to the charging of iurors to give to the sii- preme court additional power in certain cases.
 MT. Judge: To amend section 7162 of the code of Alabama, relating to coroners jnn,iests. The bill will stop coroners' in- quests except when the judge or solicitor has a doubt as to who killed the de- ceased; to prohibit the admission in evil dence of confessions when made in the presence of an officer of the law, aiming to do away with the third degree meth ods: to provide for the establishment of voting places in precincts with 600 inhab- itants and more; to require clerks of cities and towns to give an abstract of all tax improvement charges, or other claims that may be due the city; to provide for a uniform system of book keeping for the state offices and for pub lie offices in the cities of the state.
 Mr.' Motion: To amend section 2164 of the code, relating to the fixing of max mum amount of fees to probate judges of the state; to amend section 2164 of the code, relating to duties of the tax col lector and three bills to amend sections 664S, 7162 and 7164 of the code. relating to coroners; also a bill to regulate the max imum amount of fees of the tax assessor.
 By Mir. Percy: To amend section 2S3S of the code; to prohibit the lending of