The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18

efeoA rom and aftef January l, lSla,
 to the time of the approval of this
 act.
 By Mir. Hollis: To provide for the
 inspection of all public or private hos
 pitals. reformatory homes, houses of
 detention. convents asylums, secta-
 rian seminaries. schools or institutions,
 by the sheriff of the county in which
 such institutions are situated or by
 the grand jury thereof or by any per
 son or persons appointed by the cir
 cult judge of the district in which such
 institutions are located upon the pe-
 tition of 20 citizens of said county or
 district or by the volition of the said judge.
 By Mir. Brown: To authorize the
 board of trustees of the University of Alabama to invest the endowment
 fund of that institution. in whole or in part. in approved real estate secur- ities.
 The following bills were introduced in the house today:
 By MT. Rogers of Sumter: To pro pose an amendment to the constitu- tion of the state of Alabama for the purpose of providing for the formation
 and establishment of new counties out
 of portions of one, two or more oun- ties as may be desired
 By Mir. Cham berlain: To authorize shipping from within the state of Ala bama to points without the state of
 Alabama, spurious, .vinous and malt
 liquors. and other liquors and bever- ages the sale of which is prohibited by the laws of the state of Alabama to prescribe the conditions under which
 same may be shipped and to fix the time within which same may be shipped
 By MT Smith of Crenshaw: To make
 an appropriation of $500 to defray the extraordinary expenses of the legis- lative Investigating committee. By Mir. Fite of Marion: To create boards of child welfare; to provide for their appointment; to prescribe their duties and authority and to authorize boards of revenue and courts of coun. ty commissioners and municipalities to
 make appropriations to carry out the
 purposes of this act and for granting allowances to widowed and desert ed mothers with one or more needy chill dren under the age of IA years By Mir. Youngblood: To submit to the qualified electors of the state at the general election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in No vember. 1916. for their consideration an amendment to section 215 of article II of the constitution of Alabama. 50
 as to double the amount which may be levied by counties for public buildings bridges or roads
 By MT. Rradshaw: To submit to the qualified voters of the state of Ala bama at the general election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1918. fof their consideration an amendment to the constitution of the state authoriz- ing cities. towns and villages and oth- CT municipalities other than the cities of Birmingham and Montgomery, to levy and collect annually tax for general purposes not exceeding one- half of one per cent of the value of the property therein as assessed for state taxation during the precedine year in addition to the taxation per-
 mitted by section 215 of the consti- tuition of 1901, when authorized sc to do by the qualified voters thereof By Mir. Fite of Tuscaloosa: To au- thorize the board of trustees of the University of Alabama tp invest the endowment fund of that institution in whole or in part. in approved real estate securities.
 By Mir. Brindley: To protect women and children from assertion and non support by husbands and parents; mak- ing it misdemeanor for a husband
 to desert or neglect to provide for
 the support of his wife. or for a par 1 ent to desert or neglect to provide fol the support of his or her child or chil , oren under the age of 16 years