The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04
Hottest Fight Was Over Automobile Licenses and the Regulation of Jitney Cars
UNDERWRITERS CAN CONTINUE WORK
 AS IN THE PAST
Palmists and Fortune Tel lers Must Pay $50 and Tax Is Also Imposed on Gipsies
By l.. $. RETTY


 Montgomery, August s-The house tu- day as committee of the whole. took up the consideration of the new license bill proposed hy the recess committee on finance and taxation, and reported by the committee on ways and means. Tho entire day was spent In It's consideration. and when the committee adjourned this afternoon scarcely oue-half of the bill had been adopted
 Owing to the fact that the license bill was not disposed of today. the house will meet again tomorrow for final disposition of the measure By tomorrow night tho entire license measure will have been adopted. according to indications.
 Features of the day were the fights on the automobile license tax, jitney bus reg ulstions and requirements concerning the Southeastern Underwriters association.
 Jitney Regulations Amended
 The license schedule on automobiles Is the same as that fixed by the committee reporting the license bill The regula- tions of jitnev lines were amended so as not to require them 10 name their routes and to operate on such routes. and the Underwriters association was granted tho privilege of continuing to do business un- der the present sysetm.
 The provision regulating the Underwrit- CTS association featured the principal con test of the afternon. Representative Sha- piro of Jefferson offered an amendment to the original clause. the effect of which would have been rather detrimental to the interests of insurapee companies in the state. 1t was declared by members of the house. The amendment Wac dofea ted. however. by vote of eo to 3e.
 Wilson Offers Resolution
 The house convened at 9 o'clock this morning with Speaker Carmichael in the chaii Several committee reports were read to the house. after which Represent tative w. K. r. Wilson of Mobile offered a resolution calling upon the legislature to remain in session until the 30 constitutional days have been used, The resolution was referred 10 the committee oh rules
 The house then resolved itself Into a committee of the whole to take up the consideration of the new license bill. The first five subdivisions of section 1 of the bill were adopted without discussion. all though several minor amendments were made.
 The first fight on the bill came when sub-dSision ( of the measure was reached. This subdivision fixes taxes on motor vehicles. as follows; Automobiles having d rating less than 20 horsepower, S.50. l automobiles Of 70 horsepower and less than 90 horsepower. sl2.50. automobiles of 30 horsepower and less than 40 horsepower, | S1750 and automobiles of 40 horsepower | and more, S20
 Various efforts were made to reduce | thls schedule of licenses fixed by tho | finance and taxation committee, but all | attempts failed. Representative Hudson | of Montgomery Representative Grayson 1 of Madison and others offered amend ments reducing the tax on cars, while l Representatives John, Tunstall and Rogers thought the licenses as fixed in 1 the bin were just and proper Finally. after much discussion the license schedule as fixed by the committee was adopted To Regulate Jitneys Subdivision 9 of the bill fixing license 1 tax or registration fee for automobiles used for commercial or business pur- | poses was adopted without debate. but 1 the next subdivision that regulating jit-
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