The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-17
Little More Than Quorum Present in the House and Session Is Practically Featureless
ny L. .. RETrY

The house tonight passed the Bonner bill prohibiting the holding of executive sessions by the state railroad commission and by other state boards. Only the board of trustees of the University of pital at Tuscaloosa are exempted from the provisions of the bill.
 Passage of this bill featured the night session of the house. A number of other general measures were passed, but none of any great importance.
 The session tonight was the first night session the house has held during this session. A bare quorum was present at the session.
 Montgomery August 1s.-(Special.) Following a long debate. the senate to,. day passed. the Wallace bill appro- priating $100,000 for buildings and im- provements at the Alabama Girls Tech nical institute at Montevallo, and s5ooo annually for the support and main tenance of the summer school at that institution The fight for the passage of the bill was lead by Senator Wallace of shelby county, the author of the measure. Senator Lusk of Marshall was the principal opponent of the bill.
 The appropriations granted today to the Montevallo school are in addi- ton to the annual appropriation. f-r maintenance, provided In the general appropriation bill.
 The session of the senate today was devoid of any real interest. the passage of bills engaging the attention of the senators throughout the entire day However. a rather spirited contest was precipitated as the result of a resolu- tion of Senator Lusk providing for ad- journment from this afternoon until Thursday morning.
 Adjournment was asked on the ground that the senate might consider iG conference tomorrow the proposed amendments to the revenue bill and that the finance and taxation committe might spend Wednesday in cons idera- tion of the license bill The resolution was finally adopted.
 Mobile Bay Lands
 An important measure passed by the senate at the morning session was the hartwell bill granting to the city of Mobile certain lands in the Bay 3f Mobile, and authorizing the city to improve these lands by extending wharves and terminals therefrom into the adjacent waters.
 The lands granted to the city of Mo bile amount to several thousand acres and were built up as the result of ex- tensive dredging in the bay. It is said to be the purpose of the city to erect Wharves and terminals on these lands thus providing additional facilities for navigation. The lands in question are within a short distance of the War rior river and will therefore, pro- vide more easy method of handling shipments bound for Birmingham and north Alabama.
 Attorney General Bill Up Again
 The fight on the attorney general bill. appropriating s12.5o0 annually for the expenses of the attorney general department was renewed today when Senator Winkler of Butler made a mo- ton to have that measure, which passed the senate last Saturday, recommtted to the finance and taxation commit tee.
 Senator Winl1ler called attention to the fact that under a rule of the sen ate all measures carrying appropria- tions must be referred to that com lnittee The motion was defeated.
 Other bills passed by the house at the afternoon session were as follows:
 By Representative Shapiro: To prohibit the publication of fake advertising and requiring that all advertisements be marked. The bill prevents the advertise ment of bankrupt sales, when there has been no bankruptcy proceedings and fire sales when the goods advertised have not been in fire.
 To create state. board of optometry to be appointed by the governor and to prohibit the practice of optometry by per sons unable to pass an examination.
 To prohibit the adulteraton of soda water and the use of preparations not sanctioned by the pure food laws.
 To prohibit the buying and selling of patients by physicians and surgeons.