The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-24
SENATE DOUBLES
 FUND FOR STATE
 LAW ENFORCEMENT
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ate during the day and was delivered to the governor late in the afternoon. During the debate on the senate bill increasing the appropriation of the child welfare department, Q tense moment came when J. Lee Long of Butler under a point of personal privilege, told the house that Alfred M. Tunstall of Hale had impugned his motives in an address in reference to the measure. MT. Tun- stall has announced that practically all persons were in favor of the bill except MT. Long and MT. Faulk of Geneva, who, he said, were under solemn obli- cations with themselves not to vote fer any appropriation bills. Mir Long said MT. Tunstall had made the statement without knowing how he intended % vote on the bill, and that his conscience only was consulted when he determined what stand he should take on legisla ton, and that he always sought to repre- sent his constituents. It was understood Mr Long had determined to vote for the bill, but when his name was called after the declaration he voted no.
 MT. Tunstall apologized for his words and declared that he had no intention of casting any reflection on MT. Long, as he always had known that the Iatter was attempting to do his full duty to the people whom he represented
 A bill of Mir Hawkins of Jefferson
 making appropriation of s100.000 for re- pairs and improvements on the insane hospitals was passed after it had been amended so as to provlde that the funds shall be available when the governor be- lieves the treasury will be in position to meet the appropriation.
 PENSION BILL PASSED
 Another measure of statewide impor- 'tance passed by the house and sent to tna te action oiV all widows of Confederate soldiers who were married prior to September f., 1903, $25 a quar- ter. The pension bill passed>last year was intended to give them this mounI, but for some reason the appropriation
 included only s1250 quarter for widows Confederate soldiers are now receiving S37 50 a quarter under last years appro- priaton. A companion bill which was passed, made an additional appropriation for the support of soldiers who are maintained by the state at the Soldiers Home at Mountain Creek. Fifteen hundred dollars in addition to $3 0O0 now appropriated will be given every county high school if the senate passes another bill which met the ap- proval of the house. This appropriation was to have been made last year, but was not included in the appropriation bills after all appropriations were stricken from the educational code Bills were also passed vaiidatin5 9oun- l ty warrants issued under the law illegal lly passed last year permitting counties to ssue such warrants for tick and road improvement work and giving authority to all counties to issue such warrants ln the future.
 Authority was also given to the state to spend $)5,0Jo in the purchase and equipment of the state laboratory and Pasteur institute. The bill had already assed the senate and will soon become law An appropriation of $15.000 was made last year but the amount is in sufficient.
 The senate, working fast and harmon
 ously, got through with the days calen- dar shortly after 1 o'clock and recessed until 0so clock Friday Two bills, re- latng to suffrage and which were made necessary by ratification of the nine- teenth amendment by Tennessee. were passed by the senate. The third com panion measure of the others, will come up Friday, further consideration having been postponed by agreement with Sena- tor Charles Teasley of Montg emery, who
 insisted on the senate passing a substi- tute for the house bill, which provides for emergency registration of women of Alabama. The bills, which were acted on favorably by the senate, were House Nos F and 13, by Shaw of Colbert county.
 Senator Teasley was successful in get