The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-06

ons. Years passed and the wife came back home. She then heard that her hus- band, Bill Wilson. was serving life sem tence for killing her. The story soon got to the governor of Alabama, and par don was recommended and granted.
 Representative Adams of Blount county. hoping to do something for man who had been convicted and had been sem fenced to serve life term in prison, in troduced this relief bill in the house. He asked for an appropriation of $500 for Bill Wilson. This, he said, would never undo the wrong that had been done the man; it would never repay him for the three years and six months he had served in prison. There was no argument, and there was not one dissenting vote when the bill came up for final passage. The bill will now go to the senate.
 BOTH HOUSES ADJOURN
 The two houses of the legislature will have its fourteenth legislative. day on Thursday. On Friday the fifteenth prob ably will be held and then there will be five working days left before adjourn ment for several months. By joint resolution the two houses adjourned Wednesday afternoon to meet again on Thursday morning.
 The afternoon in the house was devoted to local bills, which had been accumulst-
  tives were willing to vote for the ma iority of these bills, feeling that repre- sentatives knew conditions better in their counties than any others
 The absent voters bill of MT Arnold of Jefferson county, known as a substitute for the original bill, was passed by the house Wednesday. The bill had the ap- provai of the state democratic executive committee. The measure will now go to the senate.
 Under a local bill of MT. Jones of Es- cambia county, that county will be per- nitted to support the paupers without sending them to the poor house. The bill was passed by vote of S4 to 0.
 In the senate an interesting argument resulted when MT. Ellis brought up his bill, which would amend section 163 of the code of Alabama of 1907, relating to preferred claims of bond holders. The bill was adapoted after several amend ments had been added. Senators, oppos- ing the bill, said it would make eastern persons holding bonds preferred chalmers The senate adopted the house joint res The senate adopted house joint resolu- tion No. 31, which relates to the compila- ton of a new core for Alabama. A sub stitute bill of Mir. Bealle of Tuscaloosa, which permits municipalities to improve wharves already built, was passed in the senate.
 TICK BILL SOON
 Governor Kilby will soon receive house bill No. 39 known as the tick eradica- tion bill. The senate, by aNvote of 27 to Wednesday passed the house bill, which had been favorably acted on several days ago.
 Senator Craft of Mobile is seeking to get a bill enacted by the legislature which will permit municipalities in Alabama to operate street railways, interurban sys- tems and other public utilities. The bill was introduced in the senate and given it's first reading Wednesday afternoon late.
 The bill was referred to the committee on local legislation. It concerns Mobile only, because of the proposal already made that the city be permitted to assist in the operation of a street railway sys' tenn which will begin at New Orleans, running along the Louisiana coast, thencs along the Mississippi coast line, thence to the coast line of Alabama and to Mo- bile The Craft bill would permit the cities, counties and municipalities along the route to finance the proposition.
 Another interesting feature of the bill would give Mobile the power to make contracts with cities of the other states, through which the line would operate. Revenue derived from the operation of the road, under the bill, could be pledged for the payment of obligations. Senator Craft will make an effort to get this bill through the two houses before the legis' lature adjourns on the twentieth legisla- tive day.