The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-14
SENATE REFUSES ID TAKE ACTION ON
 BOND ISSUE BILL
Resolution Calling for Re- port on Measure Referred to Rules Committee.
 Report Suffrage Bill
By l.. s. BETTY

By vote of 15 to Il, the senate today refused to take immediate action on resolution offered by Senator Bulger de- manding a report during the day by the Judiciary committee on the bond issue measure, which passed the house earlier in the week. The resolution, calling for an immediate report on the administra- ton measure, was referred to the rules committee.
 The woman's suffrage bill, providing for a constitutional amendment Tor the purpose of authorizing equal suffrage Tn the state was reported favorably py the senate committee on privileges ana elections The measure will come up for final passage on tuesday with chances indicating favorable action on the bill at that time.
 The senate equal suffrage resolution is a duplicate of the one introduced in the house several weeks ago and of the one which was presented today by Rep resentative John of Dallas.
 Indications are that both houses will vote on the resolution befre adjourn ment for the recess.
 "Blue Back" Speller
 The house bill requiring ihe use or Webster's Blue Back Speller in all the schools of the sate was reported favor ably today by the senate committee on education. but was later re-referred to that committee. Several committee mem bers insisted that majority of the com mittee did not vote on the bill. They were accused of .'hiding out in order to break a quorum.
 The business before the senate today was of routine nature, and, apart from the introduction of a few bills ana the passage of various local measures, the session was featureless.
 Among the bills introduced were the following:
 Ry Senator Hill To define and reg ulate the practice of optomery In Ala bama.
 By Senator Elrod: To regulate the fine and forfeiture fund of DeKalb county.
 By Senator Key: A joint resolution to establish and regulate good roaos day in Alabama.
 Among the bills passed were the fol- lowing:
 Rv Mir. Scott-To provide for build inc and maintaining public highways through incorporated towns ana clues by boards of revenue and contts or county commissioners in all coHhties of 2oO.0OO inhabitants or more, out of any money at any time subject to the disposal of such boards of revenue and courts of county commissioners for road purposes.
 Bv MT. John (By request.)-To au- thorize the state board feXaminers to issue first grade certificates to graduates of certain institutions or higher learning of this and other states to provide for the issuance or teachers certificates 10 persons hold ing certificates granted in other states; to authorize the extension of the terms of first grade certificates, of cecond grade certificates, and of third grade certificates and to repeal section 1723 of the code of Alabama as amended by section 1 of an act approved Angus, 21 1909.
 Br. Mr Fite-To abolish the office of treasurer of Tuscaloosa county, Ala bama, and repeating all laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act. and providing when this act shall take effect.
 Also designating the probate judge of Tuscaloosa county, Alabama, as eX officio custodian of the county funds of Tuscaloosa county, Alabama, and providing for his giving bond for the performance of his duties arising i,ere- under and prescribing his duties as such; providing for the receipt and dis bursement by him.
 By MT Judge with substitute. )-- To provide that plumbers in cities of 30,0o0 inhabitants or more shall be der which the licenses are granted and renewed to provide for the appoint ment and meeting of a board of ex- aminers, the scope of the examinations and for the supervision and inspection of plumbing and to provide a penalty for violating this act.
 By Mr. John-To establish and rain- tain a laboratory for making serum for treatment of hog cholera and to regu- late the sale of the serum.
 Br. Mir. Weakley--To authorize courts of county commissioners, boards of rev. enue, or other governing bodies of counties in this state, to make tenn sporary loans in anticipation of the col lection of taxes.
 By MT. Welch-To regulate primary elections in the state of Alabama.
 By Mir Hall--To abolish the office of county tax commissioners for every county in the state of Alabama. (Ways and means.)