The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-21
WORKABLE REPORT. CORD MI: E:ASURE ] REGULATE BAR
tson Bill Dividing Four teenth Judicial Circuit
 Gets OK
STATE CAPITAL BCRESE THE AGE HERALD
 

ne bill of Representative St. = of Cullman to provide for the
 nsing and disbarment of members 2 the state bar was reported favor
 7 in the house today by the Ju- .ary committee.
 The committee on commerce and
 lmon carriers reported favorably 4. bill of Representative W. O.
 alton of Chambers to permit news /. >er editors, publishers and em- ;, pyes "to accept free transporta- Ii Il from railroads in exchange for
 vertising space.
 A favorable report was returned O.. the bill of Representative LetsCn, V 1ich will provide another solicitor Tor the fourteenth judicial circuit a1.d for the eventual creation of itew circuit to be composed of the
 unties now in the fourteenth cir eait, other than Walker county, un- o r the provisions of the bill when
 e time arrived for election of sue cessors for the present, two judges Ii the Fourteenth circuit, one of the judges to be elected must be from
 alker county, which will remain in
 ,e Fourteenth circuit and the other judge must be chosen from the other v,unties now comprising the Four eenth circuit which will be made E new circuit.
 Nnother School Bill.
 Another bill providing for election of a county superintendent of edu- -atiCn by popular vote was reported favorably, this being the bill of Eeprese Forman. applying to Iorgan county The bill of Frank -mbry of St. Clair county, to pro- eibit the running of fox with dogs between March 1 and September
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 Another bill given favorable re- sort was that of Mr. GCodwyn of Montgomery, authorizing the attor- ney general to carry into effect the provisions of the act donating sec ton of land to Emma Johnson, who was before her marriage Emma san son, nGted Confederate heroine, whose name is linked with that of General Forrest in Civil war ex- ploit.
 Representative R. E. Smith of Jef- ferson county introduced a bill into the house today to repeal the act which provides for the building and maintenance of highways throuSh n incorporated towns by the beard of revenue in Jefferson county.
 A favorable report was returned by committees on the bill of Represen- tative Fred Fte to fix the salaries of judges of the Jefferson circuit at 56 900 per year, and to establish an inferior court of criminal and civil Jurisdiction for that part Of Jeffer- son county included with precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 3. 7, "A. 27, S3, 30, 40, Al, 49, 51, 53 and 55.
 A bill was introduced today by MT. Fite to require all railroads to pay employees earning less than $50OO per year every two weeks.
 Js-;ur Aufn. Rest-icfed.
 Several bills relating to the hiring of automobiles were introduced by Representative Fred Fite and Sen ator Brewer of Jefferson. One bill provides that any person ho hires an automobile on written contract with intent to injure or defraud the owner, by using the auto for diff ferert nurpose or length of time tn d in the contract, shall b, :; r. a fine of $50 to $500 an. -4y be imprisoned for six months It is provided in another bill that any person who hires or rents an automobile with intent to convert it to his own use shall pay the same penalty as if he had stolen it, and that taking the car outside the state without the consent of the owner furnishes prima facie evil dence Of intent to convert 1t to his own use.
 A third bill provides a penalty of s1o0 to S1,000 fine, which may be accompanied by six months impris- onment, for any person who, after hiring an automobile, uses or permits it to be used, for transporting pro- hibited liquors.