The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-30
BILL FOR MERGER
 OF COURT INDORSED
 BY BIRMINGHAM BAR
Continued from Page Fiye)

amended so as to make it 5000 instead of $36OO The motion was lost. It was moved and seconded that the pro vision fixing the salary of the judges oe | amended so as to make the salary of the | judges $6OO0 per annum. s3o0o to be paid by the county, and $sO0O by the state. The motion was carried, F voting In favor of
 the motion, and nine against it. | It was moved and seconded that section l 16 be amended so as to change the time
 within which the defendant must appear
 and plead to the complaint from 30 days
 to 20 days The motion was lost.
 Condemn Jury Commission 1 The following resolution was offered to
 be referred to the committee in charge
 of the bill for consideration: l Whereas, it is the sense of the bar of Jefferson county that the present l jury commission law as administered is
 unsatisfactory; and whereas, there is 1 certain obvious lack of efficient ma | chinery for the securing of the names of 1 all qualified jurors and placing the
 same in the jury box of Jefferson coun l ty, such as the lack of means of re- l quiring each employer of labor to give,
 under oath full and complete list of
 names, with their initials, of each em- ploye; therefore, be it resolved by the 1 bar of Jefferson county in meeting sembled:
 That the jury commission law, SC far as the same applies to Jefferson l county, should be amended and that
 the drawing of the jurors should DC l placed in the hands of the judge of probate, the sheriff and one of the | clerks of one of the courts of Jeffer l son county, with authority to employ
 a clerk with adequate salary to assist
 in securing and placing in the jury | box the names of all persons who arc l qualified to serve as jurors in said | county"
 It was moved as a substitute to the
 motion that the probate judge, the sheriff and the clerk of the circuit
 court be substituted as jury commits
 sion instead of the appointees of the governor.
 I This motion was tabled and the orig inal motion corrected.
 Il Chairman Sims called L. J. Haley II to the chair and the following resolu-
 ton was offered as an expression uf
 the sense of the meeting and not to
 be made a part of the bill.
 Increase Jurisdiction of Court
 Resolved by the members of the
 Birmingham bar in meeting assembled; :;
 q. That we favor urging the Jet-
 ferscn county delegation in the leg
 islature of Alabama to cause to be en- acted into law bill increasing the Jurisdiction of the Birmingham court Of common pleas so as to give 1t con- current jurisdiction over all misdc- :. meanors; and, further, that bill be enacted providing that the same judges : and clerks as now conduct the Bir- mingham court of common pleas shall
 as ex oficio judges of similar court : have civil Jurisdiction of causes where in the amount in controversy does not Z exceed $500; and, further. that we Ia
 vor that the Birmingham court of com mon pleas shall be in lieu of all other !, inferior courts created in lieu of jus tices of the peace, and all other jus > tices of the peace In Greater Birming- ham with provision for handling the , branch courts in the various suburbs
 of Birmingham.
 ''2. That copies of this resolution be
 sent to each member of the Jefferson ' county delegation in the legislature. . motion was made that the bill Dc . smended so as to provide for one clerk ,. in the chancery division and one clerk . in the law division of the proposed I' consolidated court. The motion was :, carried.
 }, It was moved and seconded that a : bill should be drawn to provide this l. court with stenographers to report ev-
 cry case in court, the stenographers to
 be paid salary, and John London, . c. B. Powell and Leo Oberdorfer were {. appointed to draft such bill. The
 motion was carried.
 A resolution was passed extending the thanks of the bar to the commit . tee in charge of the drafting of the ,, bill under discussion. It was moved and seconded that the s' bill as amended be adopted as whole ' The motion carried.
 !, The meeting then adjourned.