The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-08
FAVORABLE REPORT ON BILL PROVIDING HIGHWAY ELECTION
Measure Creating Commits sion for Negotiating Sale of $25, 5,000,000 Road Bonds
 Also FavorabIy Reported

Montgomery, October T.-(Special) Tn session which lasted less than two hours, the house of representa- lives Friday received favorable re- ports from the committee on public roads and highways on the bill call mission of the $25.oo.0oO bond issue and the bill creating a state bond commission for the purpose of nego tiating the sale of the bokds.
 The bond bill, as approved by the committee, does not contain ;he pro vision which required the legislature to levy an annual license against wagons and such vehicles for the payment of interest on the bonds and the creation of a sinking fund for the retirement of the bonds when they expire. This provision was ob tectionable to members of the leg islature who feared it would mean a heavy tax against the vehicles used by farmers. The licenses which will meet the interest and principal of the highway bonds will be confined to vehicles driven by motors. No FaS iAistAC 'Ab AAhN Diii creating the bond commission, which win be composed of the governor, the attorney general and the chair man of the state highway commis- sion.
 No Vote Attempted
 No effort was made during Friday to bring any of the bills on the cal endar to a vote. The companion bill creating the machinery for road con struction and creating the state high way commission which received favorable report Thursday was brought before the house as q special order by a resolution of the rules committed adopted without dissent, but after it had been read for the information of the members, Rep resentative Carnley of Coffee. one of the leaders of the 29 legislative blockaders, opposed che immediate consideration of the measure and re- quested that the bill be printed. Friends of the bill were willing to delay it until every member had been given an opportunity to study 1t and 1t went over until next week. An order was placed for the printing of 500 copies of this bill and the com panion measures which will be ready when the legislature meets at o'clock Monday afternoon.
 There was no indication Friday that any great number of the block aders had changed their tactics. but Representative J. Lee Long of Butler, another of the leaders refused to indicate any belief that the filibus- ter would continue for any length of time. He said he had found it would not do to predict the actions of legislators.
 Lease Bill Favored
 A favorable report was returned to the house by the committee on penitentiary and criminal adminis- of the convict lease system until January I. 1924. This extension would be for one year and would put the responsibility on the next governor for the working out of plans for the system which he would use in the handling of convict dur ing his administration. Representa- tive J. D. Truss of Jefferson intro duced the only bill at the session Friday, submitting constitutional amendment which would permit two- thirds of the members of the legis- lature to call themselves together when they believed emergencies ex- isted which demanded legislation. The bill went to the judiciary com mittee. At present only the .gover- nor has the power to cause an ex- traordinary session of the lawmakers and MT. Truss proposal is that two methods be provided.
 Members of the two houses left Montgomery after the short session of the house and senate Friday and the capitol and hotel Hobbies will be practically deserted until Mon day. No session of either house will be held again until Monday afternoon at o'clock