The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-12
AMENDMENT GIVES S30O,O00 MINIMUM ID EACH COUNTY
No Action Is Taken by Com mittee on Proposed Blue Laws or Movie Censor
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By FRED IT. GORMLEY Montgomery Bureau. The Are-Herald Isl-H First National nsnk BulIdink

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 Montgomery Bureau. Tho Are-Herald 2sl-H First National Bank Building Montgomery, October 11.-Spe- cial. )--Following an afternoon of debate, during which the bill pro- posing an amendment to the con- stitution so as to permit the selling of $25 100000 of road bonds was
 amended on suggestion of Senator Archie Carmichael of Colbert coun- | ty, the state senate adjourned until
 10 o'clock Wednesday with the con stitutional amendment bill still pending. Half the senators argued the merits of the Carmichael amend ment, which has the effect of giving each county in Alabama a minimum of $3o0,000 of the money derived from the bonds and prohibits the disposition of bonds. until the fed eral government has matched like amount. On the amendment, after a
 motion to table had lost, the vote
 was IS to 15, and Nathan L. Miller,
 presiding officer of the senate, voted
 in the affirmative, thus adopting the Carmichael amendment.
 ! On the amendment Senator Car
 michael recognized as leader in ad- ministration measures. and Senator
 John Rogers of Sumter county. chair
 man of the state highway commis- 1 sion, argued at length, eaching hay ing different ideas as to the proper
 safeguards to throw around the huge
 surn These senators were not tho
 only ones 10 take part in the debate,
 and the arguments proceeded all of
 the session, the senate having met at
 2 o'clock for the sixth legislative l day. Senator Rogers and friends of
 the bill as written, took the posi- tion and argued 1t was not absolute- lily certain that the federal govern. ment will for all time give appror kpriatfons ard tfat tho Carrnirhaci lanendment would t1eave this state
 in the mud with permission to sell bonds, but hands tied by provisions
 of the amendment to the bill,' sub
 hitting the question to the people.
 Argument of Enemies
 { Enemies of the bill as written
 charged that the people of Alabama
 would oppose the constitutional
 amendment unless there was some i stipulation that federal funds would ] be available; that during the last i campaign for the bonds 1t was ar gued throughout the state the gov
 ernment would match the state ap-
 propriation. Senator Carmichael
 said that he had been instructed dur
 ing the last bond issue campaign to
 tell the voters the federal govern-
 ment would match the s25,000.0o0, and that no money would be spent
 until the federal funds came in.
 Under provisions of the bill. before 1 the Carmichael amendment was ap-
 proved, the state highway commis-
 sion or body handling the bonds
 could sell them and proceed to spend
 the money on state roads.
 There was applause in the senate
 when Mir Miller voted with Senator Carmichael. and was responsible for
 the adoption of the amendment The bill comes up again as unfinished
 business Wednesday morning.
 References to the Split in the administration ranks of the senate were heard during the debate on the Carmichael amendment This hap
 pened because Senator Rogers and Senator Carmichael, recognized lead
 of the administration. were noia- 1 ing far different views as to the proper provisions to be shown in the bond amendment bill. on ron
 call, when the amendment was oo
 ing voted, Senator W. r. AcKer oi Calhoun county voted for the ameHd-
 ment. and this added strength to the 4 atVric c r not particular as to the contents oi 1 the bill.
 Senator HudtlIeston of Fillmore | county. arguing for the amendment, 1 indicated that he would oppose tne | submission of the s250oo,000 bond ] amendment to the people. He won { dered also if the tax adtusters of 1 Alabama will come along and in- crease the taxes for the payment or 1 the interest on the bonds. To offer substitute.
 1 rt Ia considered certain that Sen stor Charlie Teasley of Montgomery | will offer a substitute to the pro- rosed bill when the senate meets again Wednesday. He brought for l ward the substitute, and explained
 some of it's provisions The interest l rate he would make 5 per cent, in- /, stead of 6 per cent and 1t contains some other important changes not 1 shown in the bill now pending. He { argued for the amendment of the l Colbert senator.
 1 Senator Rogers of Sumter told the senate that he called the bond ssue | bill because 1t requires the affirma- | tive votes of 21 senators to submit | the amendment to the people; that 1 several had informed him they de- | sired to leave the senate as soon as possible. He feared delay would re-
 suit in the minority killing the meas
 ure that the people want good pads ] whether the federal government l gives one cent or not. He fought TOT
 the bill. and said that t was writ ten by Judge J. J. Mayfield, former
 member of the supreme court. and 1 that its phraseology was proper He l doubted the wisdom of inserting the | Cermichael amendment. because he | like others. he said feared federal ! funds will not always be available ] He believed that the authorities who
 have charge of the bonds would not issue and sell them if there was ex- l isting a chance of getting federal l money. He did believe. however, that l the state should not be left In the 1 mud and be unable to sell the ponds if the federal appropriation were | withdrawn