The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-19
TWO LEGISLATIVE DAYSSAW HORDE OF
 BILLS INTRODUCED
Few Know of What Legisla- latOrs Intend To DO-Fish and Game Department
 Is Abolished
By l.. s. BETTY

Montgomery, July 1S-(special.) It is safe to say thnt nobody knows whnt the legislature will do at this session. During the pnst week two legislative days were consumed-thc net result being the introduction of nearly 800 bills and the abolition by the house of the department of game and fish, a feat achieved through per- sOnal animosity and rancor against the head of that office.
 Among the hundreds of bills introduced there are certain measures concerning which there is much speculation The recess committee on the judiciary proposed what is known as the new court bll," providing for the abolition of all city, chancery and law and equity courts, and the creation in lieu thereof of 21 circuit courts. to be presided over by S5 judges.
 The recess committee on investigation presented a measure providing for the CT cation of state prison commission in lieu of the convict. prison inspection and highway departments.
 The committee on finance and taxation offered new revenue bill the salient feature of which is the creation of a state board of equalization in lieu of the state tax commission.
 The Investigating committee and the finance and taxation committee measures provided for the selection of the prison -t.... T respectively. by the legislature.
 To Fight Pet Measures
 While the bills proposed by the three recess committees are popular among certain members of the legislature it is certain that their passage, if such a. result is achieved, will not be marked by plain sailing.
 The "court bil' is perhaps the most unpopular of the measures proposed by the recess committees, and, as already fof ecasted in The ge-Herald. is prob- ably doomed to defeat But at least sev- eral days will be consumed by the house before decisive vote is reached, and dur ing this time good legislative days will be passing into oblivion-hardly history-and other more worthy measures will have to bide their time. s- .s.'-f.7
 For, as Is well known. the court bill" has its opponents among the judges, solic- itors ani lawyers of the state, and they are preparing to fight the measure to a irish.
 ,. The prison commission bill, if fought out to a finish, will also consume several days, for here the governors influence will be felt in a most extraordinary man. ner particularly in the senate, where he Ia practically sure to achieve victory over the opponents of the administration.
 And, again, the revenue bill, proposed by the committee on finance and tax ation, will bring on a serious fight in the legislature Four or five days might easily be consumed in the consideration of this mea sure. with the probable result that the senate will defeat some of the salient provisions of the bil.r ett Governor Unyielding As previously stated in The Age Herald tho governor Is not willing to yield one jot or little in his fight for power, and, with majority in the senate favoring his position, there is no way to tell what will be the outcome of the struggle. q Of course. there might be an element of disloyalty in the statement that the legis- lature in It's present mind. may waste weeks and weeks in a fruitless contest against the executive. but nevertheless such may prove the case.
 The legislature is hopelessly divided, so far as indications go. and nothing of real
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