The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-06
High Lights in Yesterdays
 Session Of the Legislature
By ". J. EOLES

Montgomery, August 5.-(Special) with only seven dissenting votes the workmen's compensa ton bill was pa assed in the house this afternoon. Several amendments were written into it which, however, do not affect any material parts of it. Employers of less than 15 employees are not required to come under it. the number having been Increased from nine. The other amend n1ents merely clarified certain clauses. The senate concurred in the amend naent and the bill now goes to the gov ernor for his signature.
 Senator West of Jefferson introduced two bills in the senate today rectify ing the boundary line between Bir- mingham and Fairfield By the change if the bill goes through, Bir- mingham will lose small strip of land and small number of inhabitants which will be transferred to Fairfield. Representative Ross of Bessemer in t1-oduced his Pettus county bill in the house today. and it was referred to committee. In his bill MT. Ross pro- poses to submit constitutional amend
  hama reducing the minimum area of counties. Pettus county, which he pro- roses to establish out of the southern part of Jefferson, would have 40 square miles of territory, $40,000,000 taxable valuations and 100, 900 popula- ton, leaving Jefferson 250,ooo popula- ton, about 500 square miles of ter . rltory and s1S0,o0o,oeo of taxable va lues.
 A resolution by Representative Smith of Lawrence county Tuesday asked the legislature to go on record as being opposed to the creation of new offices and the increase of sal aries. The resolution went to the rules committee. It follows:
 Whereas. the country is passing through a period of readjustment financially: and
 < .whereas, there is great proba bility that within the next four years condi- tions will again become normal. or as they were in pre-war times; and
 Whereas. should such conditions ob- tain the purchasing power of the dol lar will be restored; and
 'Whereas in our judgment, there is no necessity of increase in sa alarles, TOT for the creation of additional of fees therefore be it
 "Resolved, by the senate of Alabama,
 
 record as opposed to any further in creases in salaries and the creation of additional offices by the present leg islature and with the exception of any measure that may have had favor able report in committees of either house."
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 Favorable report on the senate bill which will change the name of the de- pa.rtment of game and fish to the de- partment of conservation was made Tuesday afternoon by the house com mittee on game. fish and forestry pres- ervation. The bill went on the calen- dar for the next legislative day. This measure will increase the salary of the fish and game commissioner giv- ing him the title of cemmissi oner of conservation.
 Relieving that organized labor in the United States is encroaching upon the individual liberty of others, Repre- sentative J. Lee Long of Butler county on Tuesday introduced a resolution 1T the house which asks the states repre- sentatives in Washington to protect and safeguard all of it's citizens with out showing partiality, and regardless of their Belonging to some organiza tion.'
 Tt is a question whether inflated or ganized capital or inflated organized labor is worse for the commonwealth Therefore. we call on both of our sen ators and all of the cong-essmen from this state to use every enaeavor to pro- tect and safeguard all of it's citizens without partiality'' says the resolution The clerk of the house and secretary of the senate are instructed to forward the resolutions to Washington.
 The resolution went to the house committee on rules.
 Representative Cobbs of Mobile or Tuesday introduced a bill in the house which provides for the payment of S per day to all jurors serving in Mobile