The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-29

n | on the case had been inclined to be- | lieve. Her body, with the skull
 crushed, was found in a clump of l bushes near her home at Brickboro
 last Saturday.
 the recall from the senate of the bill
 raising the tax on oysters from two | to five cents barrel. The senate had
 defeated a companion bill providing
 an appropriation from the oyster
 fund to be used in replenishing barren | oyster bottoms ana consequently it
 was desired that the bill increasing | the tax to furnish the money for the i appropriation be held up. It was l found that the bill had passed out of l the hands of the senate, but 1t was l stated that members of the Mobile
 delegation will request the governor l to veto the bill.
 The house defeated an attempt to
 recall from the senate the bill abol- 1 ishing the tuberculosis commission l A motion by Lewis Bowen to recall i the bill failed to get the vote required
 to suspend the rules, and went to the
 ruls committee.
 The house passed the bill of sena-
 tor Brewer, appropriating $9S for the relief of Arthur Greenwood
 Spiro Greenwood and Harry Green
 wood, doing business as the Green wood cafe to pay them for food fur
 nished soldiers, which pay they were
 unable to obtain through the regular i channels by technicality.
 Love Pests Mark Closing.
 Legi slative love feasts in both senate and house marked the closing
 of the afternoon sessions. Ad- dresses voicing good fellowship and general amiability were in order and
 handsome gifts were presented to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house, the secretary of the senate and the clerks of the house.
 Lieut. Gov. C. S. McDoweu was pre-
 sented with a beautiful silver service 1 on behalf of the senate.
 Senator Manley Foster of Tusca- 1 loCsa made the presentation address and expressed the appreciation of the l senate of its presiding officer. J. Lee Long of Butler was selected
 in the house to make the presenta-
 tion to Speaker Merrill, the gift of the house being a beautiful gold
 watch. while pages and messengers presented a gold chain.
 The house roundly applauded the
 complimentary remarks made by the
 representative from Butler with ref
 erence to the man whC' had defeated him for the speakership and Judge Merrill responded feelingly to the presentation.
 l O O o
 Clerks Receive Stick Pins. J. H. Stewart, clerk of the house;
 J. Q. Adams, assistant clerk, and
 Cyrus B. Brown, reading clerk. each received an attractive stick pin, pre-
 sented on behalf of the house by l Judge Mike Sollie.
 J E. Speight, secretary of the sen ate, received as a token of appre-
 citation of that body, gold watch, presented by Senator Powell and also a knife and chain presented on
 behalf of the clerks by Senator Wad-
 5ell.
 The pages of the house had a gift
 for Lieutenant Governor McDowell, presented on their behalf by Senator Waddell. Representative J. K. Jen- kins, doorl<eeper of the senate. was presented with an umbrella by the senate and J. G. Watkins, assistant deorkeeper, received gold headed
 reached when Senator Waddell. on
 behalf of the senate, distributed
 candy among the pages and clerks.
 Senate Takes Rapid Strides. Prompted by the fact that today was prescribed by law for closing the summer session of the Alabama legislature, the senate took rapid
 strides throughout the morning and early afternoon session, clearing it's catenuaT or all put OuS OA bHO oo local and general bills.
 Each of the bills was passed with out notable objection in order in which they were taken up until the solicitors salary bill was brought up during the closing hours of the for an increase of from s2,4oO to | $3,60o in salaries of the various l county solicitors in circuits having
 two judges. The bill carried by a 1 22 to vote in spite of opposition. | Senator Adams said 1T solicitors i now or in the future were not satis- l fled with compensation paid by their i respective offices, they had the pre- | rogative of resigning in favor of | some one who would be satisfied.
 The bill provides the increase shall 1 not be effective until 1927.
 Proponents of the bill contended senators had not been given raise | in salary in the past ten years and | that it behooved the state to pay | commensurate salaries for services
 performed.
 Qualifications Bill Adopted.
 The qualifications bill for pros pective candidates for office of coun- ty superintendents of education passed the senate during the morn ing session without dissenting
 vote. Under the terms of that bill, candidates must hold the same credentials as are now required of holders of that office under the ap- pointive system
 The senate concurred in the house bill designating a certain section or the Warrior river as Lake Bankhead in honor of the late Senator John H. Bankhead, whose efforts in behalf or inland waters made him one or the
 outstanding figures of the day Among other bills passed by the l senate were:
 By Representative Howze, to pro
 vide payment of S2,500 to Odell Gar
 rison, injured while a member of the I Alabama national guard in 1920 By Representative l.. K. Bowen to establish a state secondary school of l agricI\ ure in Jefferson county.
 By Representative Odom, to protect | land owners against increased tax as- | sessments on lands being declined.
 By Representative Goodwin, limit | amount of insurance to be collected
 by cities from fire insurance com 1 panies operating in cities of under l 100000 population, to 4 per centum | of gross premiums.
 l By Representative Grove, providing | that no person having passed the examination for a Mobile bay and bar l pilot shall be required to again stand i the examination, although the board