The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-27
S0LL|E AND LONG PREVENT AC I | l N ON HATFIELD CODE
Refuse To Pass On New Code Before Changes Are
 Printed
STATE JsPITAL BCRESU |
 THE AGE-HERALD { Montgomery. Ala, July 26 ]

Lacking cnly one of a clear ma jority of the house of representatives the bloc organized by Representatives Mike Sollie of Dale and ]. Lee Long of Butler, Thursday prevented con- sideration of the bill by Speaker Mer- Till which proposed the adoption of the code of laws compiled by Judge James J. Mayfield during the past four years and read and revised by the recess committee.
 The decision had been reached by the rules committee to make the bill a special order for consideration dur ing the day. Before the rules com mittee made it's report Represents tive F. C. Glover of Henry offered resolution providing that no con- sideration should be given to the Mer- Till bill until the changes made by the code committee had been placed in printed form for the information of the members.
 At the moment the resolution was introduced the leaders of the bloc be- came active. Throughout the session debates occupied the attention of the house and no other legislation was reached The declaration was made by members faVoring the resolution that they did not know what was in the code and since it would become effective and would subplant all laws now written they did not pro- pose to vote for It until they had the information they desired.
 Merrill Defends Measure.
 Speaker Merrill and others took the floor in defense of the code com mittee and declared that it would be legislature of every change which had been made in the code. The fact was cited that the new code con- tains ten thousand sections and that, under the law creating the code com- mission. authority was given to re- write the law so 1t might be placed in more underestimate language. However, it was stated that the code committee had declined to increase any salaries or to make any changes in the laws written by the legisla- ture.
 Those who took the floor in de- fense of the code committees work resolution were Speaker Merrill, R. Tyler Goodwin, c. B. Werner, F. E. St. John and Jacob A. Walker.
 Representatives Sollie and Long led the forces which insisted that the changes in the code should be pub lished before the house gave con- sideration to the bill adopting it.
 
 nation that the code committee had made many changes and that they desired to know what changes were proposed.
 Charge Passes Allowed.
 During. the debate the admission was made that the code committee had written into the code a provisio n which would permit members and employees of the state tax commission to ride on railroad passes while in the discharge of their duties. J. B. Powell of Walker county, brought the admission and mentioned that the legislature at the spring session, had adversed bill which made the same proposal.
 Representative Long made a motion to suspend the rules for the inn mediate consideration of the Glover resolution but during the debate he realized that the forces with which he was aligned could not muster the three fifths vote necessary for the suspension of rules.
 He requested unanimous consent to withdraw his motion, but those opposing the resolution objected and forced record vote, which showed B favoring the Glover resolution and A opposing it. Nine members were recorded as not voting.
 This vote in favor of the Glover resolution indicated that the bill adopting the code cannot be passed until the changes have been printed. It showed that the bloc was sup ported by only one less than clear majority of the house.
 With this vote the names of those who have joined in the organized efforts fostered by Representatives Sollie and Long in opposition to the code came into the open.
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 How They Voted.
 Those who voted for the suspension of rules which meant support of the resolution, were:
 Adams, Adcock. Allen, Ashcraft (Fayette). Blackwell, Lewis Bowen, l.. K. Bowen, Boykin, Burton, Byars, Galloway Cook, Dickinson, Dun woody, Fite, Forman, Gaines, Glenn. Glover. Guy, Hall Hampton Henley Henson, Hodgson, Jeter Fitzpatrick, Lee, Letson, Long, Love, Mooneyham, Moorer Moxley, Nichols, Norman,