The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-20

l department of game and fish to the de- partment of conservation.
 To require bank Repositories to pay in- l terest on county funds; amending the act creating a banking department of the state, and through this department to regulate, examine and supervise banks and banking. and to punish certain pro- hibited acts relating thereto to limit liability of bank for non payment of check through error; to fix liability of bank to it's depositors for payment oi forged or raised checks: authorizing bank to pay the deposit of a deceased depositor to the widow Or husband. or
 heirs of the deceased, where the deposit does not exceed sl00o, a.ier the lapse of 80 days; to require banks and trust com panes doing a banking business in this state to set aside at least 10 per cent of their net earnings each year to a surplus fund, until such fund shall be equal to least 20 per cent of the capital stock, and to provide penalties for fail- ure to do so; to authorize banks and trust companies to become members of the federal reserve bank.
 Providing that frateInal insurance con-
 tracts shall not be contested on account of fraud or other irregularities, in ap- plcations after they have been in force two years This act provides that after two years from the daee of the policy or contract it shall not be contested on the ground that the application for the policy contained misrepresentation or war ranty, unless such infsre presentations were made with actual intent to defraud or unless the matter nisrepresented in- creased the risk.
 Authorizing tax collectors in counties having 150,o00 or more population to em-
 poy assistants and fix their compensa, , tion.
 To call a constitutional convention. To provide for the establishment and maintenance of a home for mental in feriors in Alabama
 CONFEDERATE PENSIONS To make an appropriation for all Con federate pensioners quarterly to the amount to which they are entitled under the law: to provide for the relief of cer- tain Confederate soldiers and sailors, and their widows, now on the pension rolls
 Authorizing county boards of revenue to appropriate funds to aid in farm dem onstra tion work in counties where the state or federal authorities have under taken work of this kind.
 To submit to the voters of Alabama at special election to be held on February 25, 1920 an amendment to the constitu- ton, in substance and to the effect that certain persons who served in the mili- tary or naval service of the United States for period of not less than six months between January l. 1917, and No vember Il. 19lS shall be perpetually ex- empted from the payment of all poll taxes.
 For the protection of human beings and live stock of all kinds; to impose tax on dogs over the aga of three months and to provide further that dogs running at large, except fox hounds and deer hounds wearing collars upon which the owners names and addresses are printed, shall wear muzzles; to provide that funds derived from the tax on dogs herein imposed shall be paid to the county treasurer and kept separate and apart; and shall be known as the dog tax fund, which fund shaii be used in de- fraying the traveling expenses to and from the state Pasteur institute of per- sons bitten by mad sogs and who are unable to defray their own expenses and also to reimburse losses of persons whose live stock may be killed or crip- pied by dogs. This act is aimed particu- larly at the sheep kii,'ng dog and is in tended to encourage the sheep industry in the state
 To regulate the salN or standing tim Der, fix time limit for cutting and re- moving same. and for the reversion of title.
 Authorizing cities of more than 100000 population to condemn or acquire by purchase or otherwise a right of way, easement or other interest in land for the purpose of connecting private prop erty with sanitary or storm sewerage system, and to assess the cost of ac- quisition of such right or way. easement or other interest in such land, and the cost of constructing sucn sewer against the property benefites thereby.
 REGULATE HOTEL RATES
 Regulating the prices to be charged by hotel and nnkeepefs.
 Providing a fund for the support of law library for the circuit court in coun- ties having ao000 or more inhabitants.
 Providing for census. or enumera- tion of all persons enrolled in any branch of the military, naval, marine or aviation service or other service of the. United States during the Mexican border troubles and during the Euro pean war.
 To abolish the office of registrar of voters and electors in each county and to confer upon the probate judge all the powers and authority now vested in the registrar relative to the regis tration of electors and voters, and to provide that all persons may register at any time during the year upon ap- plication to the judge of probate, if he be otherwise a qualified elector under the constitution and laws of Alabama.
 To prescribe the qualificatioRs duties and compensation of coroners in counties having 2oo,e00 or more ia- habitants, and to provide for an as- sistant or deputy coroner. and the em- ployment of competent physicians at inquests.
 Makine if unlawful For an arant If any life insurance company doing bussi- ness in Alabama to sell, discount, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of for a valuable consideration. or for any person, firm or corporation to pur- chase, any note taken for first years premium on a life insurance policy til the policy for which such note wa-~