The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-23
Rep. Long And Rep. SoIIie Un-
 able To Prevent Favorable
 Vote, Using Every Effort
 To Put Obstacles In Way AMENDMENT PROVIDES 5 DOCK COMMISSIONERS After Overwhelming Vote Of
 63 To 31 Butler SoIon Says Will Take Fight Into Court
 Raising Legal TechnicaIity
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU l
 THE AGE-HERALD Montgomery. Ala. Aur. %

By a vote of 6S to s1, the house of representatives late wedensday afternoon passed the substitute for the Holcombe bill which provides for the development of state-owned seaport at Mobile with bonds up to s1O,OOO,OoO.
 Before passage the subsHtute was amended by the elimination of the state docks commission of Il mem- bers and the substitution of a docks commission of five members. who will be appointed by the governor and no two of whom will reside in the same congressional district. The amendment casting aside the large commission made up of members from the ten congressional districts and one from the state at large was offered by Representative Travis Williams of Franklin and was con- cured in without a record vote.
 Throughout the day the contest between the contending forces on the port enabling act ragged. The battle was started by J. Lee Long of Butt Ter, who made motion to indefi- nitely postpone the original bill, the substitute bill and the amendments. After debate had carried the session far into the afternoon, the house voted 67 to 3l against indefinite postponement. This established thu fact that the house was determip sd to pass the bill.
 Opposition Swept Aside.
 After this test vote Mir. Williams offered his amendment reducing the number of commissioners, and it was adopted by a standing vote of 4S to 2S. Many efforts were made by Mir, Long and Mike Sollie of Dale to place other amendments on the bill. but all were laid on the table. The house voted on a few amendments, laying them on the table one by one. Becoming tired. the members called for vote, and R. L. Glenn of Lau- derdale made a motion for a pre- vious question, which was carried.
 On the adoption of the substitute house voted 65 to 29. Then came the vote of 6S to 31 in favor of tho passage of the bill as amended.
 The house adopted one of the Long amendments. It provides that the new docks commission created in shall not assume any of the out standing obligations of the old har- bor commission. This amendment was acceptable to friends of the measure.
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 NUIiifying Amendment Killed
 MT. Long offered an amendment striking out section 10 of the sub- stitute bill, which gave the docks commission authority to fix the fees and charges for the use of the state owned facilities and which prohibited any persons operating facilities in competi tition with the state from charging less for service than was charged by the state docks commis sion. Friends of the measure de- clared that this amendment would uunify the purpose of the act anu would permit private interests. if they so desired, to combine for the destruction of the states develop ment. The amendment was promptly laid on the table.
 Mir. Long then offered an amend ment striking out the section of the bill which gave the state the right to use any funds in the state treas
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