The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-20
.HOWZE BILL SEEKS.
 CITY MANAGE ERSH|P. FUR BIRMINGHAM.
Bill Proposes CounciIe of 20 Members Who Would Elect Manager and Fix
 His Salary
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU I
 THE AGE-HERALD Montgomery, Ala. Jan. I9 |

TIE AGE-HERALD
 Montgomery. Ala, Jan. 19
 At the request of the Junior Cham Der of Commerce of Birmingham Rep resentative Howze of Jefferson in- troduced in the house today bin providing for the establishment of the council-manage form of govern ment for Birmingham subject to the peoples approval and election the second Monday in June. The bill pro- vides for q new charter for Birming- ham and was written by Irving M. Bngel. It was referred by Speaker Merrill to the committee on munic- ipal organization.
 The bill provides that the powers of legislation in Birmingham shall be vested in a council, consisting of 20 members. who will be elected from 20 wards in the cIty. A mayor is pro- posed, who will be elected from the city at large, only residents of a ward voting for a member of the council.
 Manager Responsible
 Members of the council will receive $500 a year and the mayor will re- eeive $1,2o0. The administration work of the city will be placed in a man ager. who will be elected by the city council. which is also required to fix his salary and which will have the right to remove the manager at any time. The manager need not be resideRt of Birmingham or the state Supervision of all the city,s affairs is placed in the city manager, who will be responsible to the city council
 Other features of the bill are the recall, initiative, referendum, and NfN rt,1,l -s-.s4 vision of the law cannot become ef- fective until the people of Birmins- ham have voted favorably and the bill calls a special election the second Monday in June for the purpose of obtaining the will of the voters.
 Approved by Citizens
 Announcement was made during the day that the bill was prepared as result of an investigation by the Junior Chamber of Commerce, that 1t has been approved by com mittee of 100, headed by E. H. Cab aniss and that a committee of the League of Women Voters also has given it an indorsement.
 An executive committee has been appointed to conduct a campaigns in behalf of the bill, members of the committee being E. H. Cabaniss E. R.
 
 Sterne, N. ". Scott, R. J. Wharton w. M. Gibson. Mrs. Brenton K. Fisk and Miss Annie Lynch.
 Law Enforcement Up Again
 The proposal of Senator Griffith of Cullman for the repeal of the law creating the state law enforcement department Is not dead but sleepeth Senator Griffith gave notice today that he would make motion Tues day to take the bill from the adverse calendar and place it on the regular calendar for consideration.
 The senate judiciary committee rendered an adverse report to the senate and it was placed on the ad- verse calendar. The committee voted 9 to 1 against the passage of the bill, contending there is a duty to be per- formed by the department in Ala bama.
 Insurance Provision
 Senator Inzer's bill providing that mutual aid or industrial ssociations or corporations may withdraw their deposits from the state when they quit business and reinsure their pol icy holders was passed by the sen ate.
 Rule on Resolutions
 With the intention of preventing the introduction of so many resolu- tions, the senate adopted resolution prepared by the rules committee which required the submission of any resolution to a committee before it is considered by the senate. It will pre- vent the suspension of rules for the immediate consideration of resolu- tions.