The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-28
DAYS DISCUSSION
 l 0NL|CENSE BILL IS WITHOUT RESULT
Senate Adjourns Until Tues day When Consideration of the Measure Will Be
 Taken Up Again
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Montgomery, August Zi.-tSpeclaL)-Con- sideration of the license bill engaged the attention of the senate from early this
 this afternoon. The senate will finish
 considering the measure on next Tues
 day. when the two houses will recon-
 vene.
 Nearly the entire day was spent in discussing the 50 or more committee amendments to the bill Consideration of these amendments was concluded short
 ly before o'clock this afternoon. It is expected that the senate will finish
 with the bill sometime Tuesday morning,
 inasmuch as there only remain few sections to be passed
 The senate took up the bill as scheduled
 shortly after converting this morning. Sec
 ton after section was taken up and dis
 cussed. and the amendments of the com
 mittee were acted upon. The committee amendment on automo-
 bile licenses reduces the tax fixed by
 the house. The scale, according to the
 amendment. is s7.5o on cars of less than
 25-horse power; sl2. 50 on cars from 25 to
 S5-horse power, and s175O on cars from
 35 to 45-horse power.
 The senate adopted the committe. amendment levying tax of $40 year
 on automobile bus lines operating be tween cities and town 10 miles apart. An amendment was adopted elimlnat- ing the fee of s1 to sheriffs for collect ing delinquent licenses.
 The license on billiard tables was in- creased from s25 to $50 annually Impose License on Soft Drinks There was much discussion of the com mittee amendment putting tax of 1 mill on each bottle of soft or carbonated drinks. Senator Hartwell said the state gets about 5000 annually from bottling plants, but under the proposed amend ment the revenue would be increased to nearly $5O.000.
 Senator Hartwell then offered an amend ment to the committee amendment pro. viding license of s74 on a botting planl having one bottling machine. and $1O0 for each additional machine. He explaine1 that he understood the license would bs satisfactory to the little fellow" as wei as to the '.big fellow" The Hartwell amendment was adopted Senator Elrod then offered an amend. ment to put tax of 1 mill per bottle or all goods manufactured outside the stat and sold in the state Senator Lusk sald the proposed amendment would be un- constitutional and Senator Elrod with drew it.
 The discussion of the license bill wal of an uninteresting nature Each amend. ment offered by the committee was con. sidered, but there was little debate. A. together. there were about 50 committed amendments.
 One amendment was adopted charging merche ndise brokers a license of $5 tt $50. according to population; anothc, amendment increased the license on deal CTS in playing cards from s5 to $lO. May Make Cider An amendment allowing persons in the country to make a little cider for theli personal use without paying license tax was adopted.
 The licerHe scale on cigarettes and cis. arctic tobacco was doubled An increase was made from $l0 to g: Lin the business of buying cotton, bu 1 the holder of the license Is allowed tt buy cotton in every county in the state. Another committee appointment adoptci { ircreased the tax on expfess conpanie, from 11000 to S50OO, <9