The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14
BILLS ON CALENDAR
 OF SENATE FRIDAY

Montgomery. February 1S.-(SpeciaD
 The following bills were reported fa- vorably by the various committees
 and will be on the senate calendar for
 Friday:
 S. B. 26, by MT. Rogers of Sumter To provide for the employment of state convicts in mining coal on the coal lands of the University of Alabama. II. E. 21, by MT. Ross: To amend
 the caption and sections 1. 2. 3, 1, 3, G, ', s, and 10 of an act 'sTo protect women and children from Assertion and nonsupport by husbands and parents
 making it q misdemeanor for hus-
 band to desert or neglect to provide
 for the support of his wife, or for a parent to desert or neglect to provide for the support of his or her child or children, under the age of 16 years; prescribing the penalty therefor, and making provisions for the apprehension and punishment of persons convicted
 of nonsupport or assertion; and pro- viding for the taking of recognizances; and for the forfeiture and en-
 forcement of said recognizances
 also providing for the appointment of
 probation officers and prescribing their duties and powers; and making chiefs of police and sheriffs and other peace officers probation officers in certain contingencies, and designating the
 courts which shall have Jurisdiction of such matters. Approved September 16. 1915"
 S. B. 197, by Mr. Morris of Dale: To regulate and prescribe the sale of Illuminating fuel and other oils, and gasoline in this state, and to prescribe | lrNttr1 tr ,nr,t e., 1. rysN N1nT AF i q act.
 II. B. Al, by MT. Sherrod: To amend subdivision S2la of section 1 of an act en- titled act ."To prescribe and fix the | license or priVilge tax to be paid by every person. firm, company, corporation or association engaged in any business, vo- cation, occupation, calling or profession | in this state, who shall in this state exercise any privileges for which a 1 license or privilege tax is or may be charged; to provide for and regulate the collection of such license or privilege ! tax; to fix the compensation to be paid for the collection of such license or privilege 1 tax; to provide for the distribution. ap | plication and safe keeping of the funds arising from the collection of such licenses | or privilege tax: to fix a penalty for do- l ing business without a license, and to
 provide for the enforcement thereof, and I enues.' Approved September 14, 1915. 1 H. B. 213 by Mir. Jones of Montgomery: To fix the salary of tax assessors in the counties having a population of over S2,- 1 600 and not exceeding 100000 according to the last federal census or any subsequent census. and allowances for clerical helL | in said offices, and to provide for pay ment thereof.
 H. B. 260 by Mr. Shaw To fix the salary of the judge of the county court lin all counties having population of not less than twenty-four thousand, sev- en hundred CA. 70O and not more than twenty five thousand (25,000, according to the federal census of 1910, and provide for the payment of same.
 1 H. B. 16S, by Mir. Hollis: To amend Section 1 of an act entitled an act to designate certain public roads of the
 state of Alabama as state trunk roads
 and to provide the manner in whicf
 such roads shall be located, improved
 and maintained. Approved September 10, 1915
 H. B. 262, by Mir. Parker: To amend
 act No. All, approvei September 10
 1915, entitled an act to designate cer tain public roads of the state of Ala