The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-29
COLLEAGUESO ID BE KICKED 0UT,
 SAYS |. K. BOWEN
Declares Some Of Them h. consistent In Their
 Voting
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU l
 THE AGE HERALD |


 Representative L. K Bowen of Jefferson declared in the house to- day that certain of his colleagues deserve to be kicked out of the house." this remark being made in debate over bill of Representative Fred Fite to raise the salary of the juvenile court judge of Jefferson county from S3,600 to S4,S00 per an mum. MT. Bowen offered an amend ment which did not affect the sal ary, but made the office elective by popular vote. The amendment was opposed by Representatives Mark Je- ter and Henry Howze. In urging the passage of the amendment, MT. Bowen called attention to the fact that a number of his colleagues had a few minutes before advocated popular election of the city board of education, and declared that for them to oppose such election of the juvenile judge comprised incon- sistency which made them merit be- ing booted out of the historic hall of the house of representatives
 Shortly afterward, motion to ad- journ was made, and carried, the house adjourning and leaving the jr- venile court bill still hanging fire. Raise For Sheriff.
  Bowen raising the salary of the sheriff of Jefferson county from $6,000 to $7500 per annum. The bill of Fred Fite placing the tax asses sors and collectors of Jefferson county on salaries of S6,000 each per annum, and another bill by MT. Fite to appropriate $1,01O for the relief of Rose Huey. also passed
 Representative John R. T. Rives called up the bill of Senator Brewer, relieving the citizens of Birmingham of payment of street tax, and the measure was passed.
 A bill was introduced in the house by Henry Howze to validate war rant issued by Jefferson county Oc- tober IT, 1921 to the city of Besse- mer, in the sum of $19,667.65. This is to pay part of the cost of paving through the city of Bessemer.
 L. K Bowen introduced a bill to fix the compensation of members or the Jefferson county board of educa- tion of $lO per day and traveling ex penses for days spent in attending sessions of the board, not to exceed 40 days per year.
 Pension For Teachers.
 The house today passed the bill of Senator Craft authorizing payment of pensions to aged and indigent teachers out of the county school fund of Mobile county.
 The house also passed the bill of Representative Holcombe to author ize appointment of road patrolmen by the sheriff of Mobile county, an amendment by the author of the bill fixing the salary at $150 per month.
 Representative Holcombe, Grove and KilboIn introduced jointly by re- quest a bill to create and establish ing the juvenile court of Mobile county"
 Commend American Legion.
 The house today adopted a resolu- tion by Representative Rountree of Dallas, commenting the aims and ideals of the American Legion and requesting the governor to send greetings to the legion convention in Mobile on behalf of the state of Ala bama.
 Another resolution by Representa- tive Kilborn was adopted, inviting Secretary of Labor Davis to address a joint session of both houses in con- nection with his coming visit to Bir- mingham.
 The bill of Representative Burton of Chambers county to place all pro- hate judges, tax collectors and as- ssssors on a salary basis, was taken from the adverse calendar of the house today by a vote of 59 to 20. Representative Burton, Powell Hen son and Thompson of Jackson spoke for the motion to take from the ad- verse calendar while it was opposed by Werner O. Tuscaloosa, chairman of the judiciary committee, which had adversed the bill.