The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-23
TWO LIVE ISSUES MUST BE SETTLED
 DURING LAST WEEK
Primary Election Bill And Cotton Mill Exemption
 To Be Settled
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU l
 THE AGE-HERALD ! MoufUnTnerv Ala Sent %


 Before the end of another week the quadrennial Session of the Ala bama legislature will have been written in history The final ses- sion will be held either Thursday or Friday
 General legislation was rushed through both houses during the week and the lnembets recessed Friday afternoon and returned to their homes for the weekend. The forty ninth session will be held Tuesday beginning at 10 o'clock, and on that day decision will be made regard ing the date for the final or fif- tieth session. If the clerical depart ment can handle the rush of work which will come during the closing sessions, many members will insist that the session be adjourned Thurs day. but leaders have expressed the opinion that the final session cannot be held until Friday.
 Only two live issues remain for settlement during the last week. All others have been disposed of and the administration measures which can be passed q4ready have go1- through the mill and have been placed before Governor Brandon for approval.
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 Election Bill Is Issue
 The two remaining Issues are the primary election bill and the bill eXempting cotton mills from taxation for d period of five years, beginning with October 1, 1923. Both bills have been passed by the senate. The pri- mary election bill is on the adverse calendar of the house, while the tax exemption. pill is Cn the house calen- Ger for acton during the next two sessions.
 Some action must be taken on the primary election bill Friday if it is passed during the sessicn The com mittee on privileges and elections made an adverse report on it. Rep resentative Travis Williams of Franklin, who introduced similar bill in the house, gave notice Tues to take the bill from the adverse calendar This motion was not called mp either Thursday or Friday and MT. Williams requested that it be carried over ;,ntil Tuesday. No further postponement can bs made as the bill must be acted upon 1 Tuesday if it is to be considered by | the house on the last legislative day. l If the house takes the bill from the adverse calendar. it will appear on the favorable calencar on the | last day.
  tention because of the great opposi- tion which has developed among those who contended that the primary elec- tion bill is intended to create method whereby those not now In office may be elected to office and to provide a method whereby judges may be nom- mated in convention rather than in primary elections. Proponents of the bill contend that the system proposed was endorsed by the state democratic convention and that subcommittee of the state democratic executive committee drew the measure under instructions of the state ssmsaAeeSA. Exemption Is Issue.
 The cotton mill exemption bill was passed by the senate after the original bill had been defeated. Lieutenant Governor Mcdowell cast a vote against the bill when a tie resulted. The bill provides that cot ton mills and additions to cotton mills on which S50,0O0 is spent shall be exempted from taxation for a period of five years from october 1, 1923. The exemption period will expire by limitation of the law September 30 1928.
 Commercial organizations have urged the passage of the bill, hav- ing received information that several cotton mills are seeking locations in Alabama and will come here if the tax exemption is granted for five years,
 The attitude of the house on the bill Is unknown. During the first session both houses passed by large vote the bill repeating the ex- emption granted to power companies.
 It is not probable that many bills will receive the consideration of the legislature after Tuesday. The custom has been to consider any emergency legislation until about noon of the last day and to devote the remainder of the session to the signing of the bills enrolled by the clerical department.