The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-25
BILLS PROVIDING FOR WOMEN'S VOTE
 GO ID GOVERNOR
Most Important Measure, Pro- viding for Special Registra- tion in October, Still in
 Machinery of Legislation
By FRED H. GORMLEY
 Montgomery Bureau The Aue-Hsraid
 22i-2 First National Bank Building

Montgomery Bureau The Aue-Heraid
 22I-2 First National Bank Building
 Montgomery, September 24.-(Spe- cial)-Two of the three bills intended to make full provision for the votes of women in the November election were delivered to the governor Friday aft ernoon. having been passed by both houses of the Alabama legislature, but the third and most important enc. which provides for special registra ion during October, still remained in the ma chinery of legislation and cannot be extracted until the middle of Aext week.
 The special registration bill was amended by a substitute in the senate and when it was returned to the house that body declined to concur in the senate amendment and called for a committee of conference in the hope that the committee may reach an agreement which will be satisfactory to both houses. Senator Charles B.. Teasley of Montgomery offered the substitute in the senate and the pro- visions of it are not yet understood. This was the reason which prompted the house to refuse to accept 1t and to Call for the appointment of a commit
 
 measures provides that members of the ea5h receive $7.50 day for the actual time engaged in the work.
 I he bills which went to Governor kilby for his signature require all women voters between twenty -one and forty-five to pay poll taxes beginning with the new fiscal year. October l, and sets their qualifications as +he same of men required by the constitu ton.
 OPPONENTS WIN
 Opponents of the bill levying a tax of one cent on all drinks and ice cream sold in Alabama won a comnlete victory Friday when the house declined to take the bill from the adverse cal en.:ar, where it had been placed by the con mittee temperance. Fifty -one voted against placing the bill on the regular calendar and only twenty in favor of it.
 The house bill reducing the state board of control and economy from four mem bers to two was passed by the house with only two votes in opposition. A similar senate bill has already passed, which assures the enactment of the law Leon B. Rogers and William F. Fea- gin will remain members of the board, while the third will be Governor Kiloy, who will vote on matters only when the other two members are not in agreement. Mir. Rogers, chairman, will continue to receive $6,000 year, while the salary or MT. Feagin will be increased from $4,oOo to 5000. The other member of the board now in office, w. C. Caldwell, has re- signed to return to private business in Birmingham and will retire when the measure becomes law.
 The first bill to be defeated because it did not receive two-thrds vote, as re- quired by the constitution for all pihs not included in the governors call, was the measure of Representative Orr or Marshall prohibiting courts of county commissioners from employing relatives in road work. Thirty-seven voted for the bill and twenty-four against it.
 OTHER BILLS PASSED
 Other bills of a general nature passed by the house during the day follow
 Permitting persons convicted of feio- nies and sentenced to ten years or less to make bond pending appeal, appro- priating $50OO0 for the expenses Of ths extra session of the legislature, appro- priating $26,0O0 to cover the accumuialeo accounts in the business of the AlaoaHia Bows Industrial School at East Lake. making an additional appropriation for extension work of agriculture, making an appropriation for the employment pr a principal at the Alabama Boys 1ndus- trial school, State Training School TOT Girls and Alabama Vocational School for Girls, permitting all municipalities to regulate the speed in motor cars within their limits. The bill which would have permitted Jefferson county to dispose of it's high way improvement bonds at per cent less than par was defeated by the house of representatives because of a lack Of a quorum late Friday afternoon How ever. a similar bill is coming to the house from the senate and expected to pass Members of the Jefferson county delega- ton were divided and made no effort to obtain quorum. Forty-seven voted TOT the bill and six against 1t, only one be- ing needed for a quorum.
 Representatives J. c. Arnold, w, F Dickson and George Ross of the Jeffer- son county delegation voted against the bill while Representatives Gus Denners s. w. Hawkins, w. l.. Harrison and D. Truss voted for it. MT. Truss sait he was not absolutely satisfied with thu bill, but was not willing to vote agains it.
 DELEGATION DIVIDES