The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-22

the governors call. Heretofore the sher-
 if has received s150 month. but has
 been forced to employ two bailiffs for the work, which have cost him more
 than that amount.
 Another Mobile bill which was passed
 without opposition prescribed the duties
 of the coroner of Mobile county. A simi-
 lar measure passed the senate during the
 afternoon. The Mobile delegation was in
 agreement on the bill It was not in the
 governors call.
 The rules committee during the late afternoon reported resolutions making the public utilities bill and the blue sky bill special orders for tomorrow. They
 will be the first business in the order named.
 The rules committee also made spe- i cial order for the next day of the Orr 1 bill submitting to the voters after ninety days from the final adjournment of the extra session an amendment to the con
 stitution which will permit the state to pay a higher rate of interest than per
 cent on so many of the s25 0oO,0o0 of high way bonds as will be necessary to guar
 antee the federal appropriation from year | to year.
 | The highway commission has found
 that it cannot sell the bonds at par and
 pay only per cent interest, investors having found a more profitable field for their operations. It is proposed that the rate of interest shall be approved by the governor and shall be set out on the
 minutes of the highway commission. The rate can be per cent and no more, ana no more bonds shall be sold at this rate than are absolutely necessary.
 OPPONENTS SWARM IN The American Federation of Labor has sent out the IS. O.. S.' and opponents Of the relations bill introduced in both houses Friday swarmed into Montgom- cry on every train Tuesday. First hear ings will be held Wednesday, though l there is little probability that the senate and house Judiciary committees VIII make reports on the bill until the latter part of this week. It is doubtful that any definite action will be taken on the measure for a week or more. Coal op- orators have not indicated what action
 they will take. If they are opposed to it, they are working in, private. | Great opposition was shown during the l day to House Bill ST. which regulates indemnity contracts The bill was pre-
 pared by the insurance department and | provides further restrictions on the sale | and resale of certain classes of policies. ! Many insurance men wired their repre- sentatives that their companies would be l forced to withdraw from the state if the 1 bill becomes a law. Some representatives
 received os many as 10o telegrams pro ! testing against the bill.
 l The rasoline bill which became noto- rious or famous at the 1919 secession be- cause of the rocky road it had to travel,
 was introduced in modified form in the house during the day It levies a tax I of one-eighth of a cent gallon on all motor fuel and provides that the funds | shall be used in inspecting the product. 1 It was offered by Representative Tonp- | kins of Houston and went to the judi ciary committee. It has the support or the administration and was included in | the governors call. similar measure | is pending in the senate.
 | Bills intended to correlate and harmon | ize election laws of Alabama were intro- duced in the house by Representative Mn- ford of Walker. THhey were drawn un- der the direction of the state democratic executive committee and make harmon ious provisions for the printing of bal lots, their distribution and the conduct
 of absent voters.
 BATHIN SUIT BILL Fathers at public swimming pools and at beaches must wear something more than smile in the future, if the bill of Representative F. o. Deese of Dale county becomes a law. The measure was intro , duced in the house Tuesday afternoon. It resulted 1TOHl an 1nspcctiOH Ol tHc , municipal and other swimming pools of Montgomery by MT. Deese.
 Women must wear suits which win ex- clude from the public gaze the contour of the body Cotton suits must go. Nothing ut wool may be used. Men must wear suits which will cover their bodies. No women can go into public pool without stockings. Severe penalties are provided for violators of the law.
 Every local bill for Jefferson coun- , ty now pending in the house was post poned until the eighth legislative day. , which will not be earlier than Friday,
 by a resolution of Representative Truss . Tuesday afternoon. The resolution met no opposition from any member of the Jefferson delegation.
 Representative Truss in the resolu- rion said several local bills affecting only Jefferson had been introduced and that as there had been no time for the people and representatives to know what is in them it was better to post
 pone them until the representatives
 knew what action should be taken. Ii
 was supposed that the resolution was
 intended to forestall early action on
 the measures increasing salaries of
 Jefferson officials.