The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-25
STATE LAWMAKE ERS
 READY ID WRITE FINS ID SESSION
One Of Import mt Bills Pend ing Provides organization
 Insurance Department
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU l
 THE AGE-HERALD ! Montgomery, Ala, Sept. 24

Members of the Alabama legisla- ture returned to Montgomery Mon- day evening for the purpose of trans acting eleventh hour business. clos ing their desks and saying good-by to the capitol. Before the end of the week the quadrennial session which began early in January will have been written Into the states history.
 The fcrty-ninth session of the DO given to 1923 by the constitution will be held Tuesday. It Is probable ad- journment for the day will not come until the early hours of the morning, as the calendar of each house IS filled with bills which do not create statewide interest but which are Of importance to the members backing them. The house will continue tC work on a special order calendar pre- pared by the rules commission as this Is the only means which will permit the consideration of the most impor- tant bills. Bills which found their position on the house calendar dur ing the first days of the session last January were never reached.
 Important Measures Pending.
 One of the most important meas ures before the legislature for han ding during the final sessions pro- vides for the reorganization of the state insurance department and the placing of the administration of the workmen's compensation law under the control of the insurance depart ment. Since the wCrkmen's compen- sation act was passed in 1919 the ad- ministration has been directed by the director of the state department of archives and history. The insurance departments reorganization Dill would transfer the compensation clerks office to the insurance de- GnI -f "a r. monized with the salaries paid in the other departments of the state gov ernment.
 The reorganization bill was passed by the senate with little opposition and is now on the house calendar with a favorable report.
 One of the interesting fights Tues day will be brought about by the motion of Representative Travis Will Hams of Franklin to take from the adverse calendar the primary elec- ton bill. It was given an adverse report by a vote of to by the committee On privileges and elections after 1t had passed the senate. Op- ponents of the bill contend they have more than a majority of the house members committee to vote against the motion. If the bill Is not taken from the adverse calendar during the day it cannot become law, as only one other legislative day remains and the measure must receive its second reading Teusday if 1t Is to receive It's third reading the following legisla- tive day.
 Hard Fight Has Been Waged.
 Friends of the measure have made a hard fight since the bill was ad- Versed in an effort to obtain suffi- cient votes to take 1t from it's unfa- vorable position and to put 1t In line for passage before the end of the ses- son. They contend that many of the reports regarding the bill are eXag- gerated. Opponents have insisted that it was offered for the purpose of eliminating from office persons who are now in office, while Proponents have contended that the bill was drawn as a result of a definite posi- ton established by the state demo- cratic executive committee.
 A third measure of state interests which must receive action before the end of the session provides for the exemption from taxation of new cot ton mills and additions to cotton mills in which as much as S5o,o00 Is invested for a period of five years from October i, 1923. This bill was offered by Senator R. H. Powell of