The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-28
UPSTATE COUNTIES
 ID VOTE ON TAX Jackson, Limestone and Law renee Will Submit Plan TO RAISE SCHOOL FUNDS Thirty-seven Counties Have Already Adopted the Special Tax Plan,
 Getting Annual Revenue
 of $1s7,3st.
TO RAISE SCHOOL FUNDS

Montgomery, June 27-(Special.) )-SSev- eral counties. among them Colbert. Jack son and Lawrence, will vote within the next sixty days on the question of local tax for schools and the outlook is that every one of them will adopt this method of increasing their school resources. The plan has proven very popular, only about two counties voting on it failing by req son of opposing votes in defeating 1t.
 Up to this time the plan has been adopt ed by thirty-seven counties, Marion, Mar shall, Monroe, Morgan, Perry, Pickens, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Wash ington, Chiffon, Etowah, Marengo, Cone cuh, Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Butler Cal houn, Chambers Clark, Clay, Coffee, Coosa, Crenshaw, Cullman. Elmore. Fay cite, Franklin, Greene, Jefferson, Lamar, Madison
 The total income in these thirty-seven counties from the special tax which is 10 cents on the SlOO, is s1S7,S91 on the basis of last years valuation. There are 236S school districts getting the money. The total state appropriation last year was, III llltSt COuIllSSr Foto,oJo, MhiNht Nith the special tax, made the income for schools $735, ,9SS.
 Some of the larger counties pay large sums to this cause from the local tax. Jefferson, for instance, gave s53,sss last year. Madison, sS474; Calhoun, $9332; Nor gan, s5997; Tuscaloosa, s73il; Talladega, s76OO; Walker, $6246, and Etowah, s6lS9.
 Court Very Busy.
 The last week of the present term of the supreme court is giving the members of the bench lively chase to get through. So far there have been about half a nun- dred rehearing cases disposed of one way or another, with more to come, not to mention the great volume of regular cases in which opinions must be written. Double daily sessions are held and everything possibly Is being done to rush the buSi- ness along.
 Additional help has seen put to service in the office of the secretary and the re- porter is grinding out his work in way to bring the office right up to date So to speak, with the reports. Clerk of the Court Robert F. Ligon Is working over time to keep the dockets and records up, so that there will be no delay in bring ing the session to an end on July 30, the last day of the term.
 The court will have turned out an over whelming volume of business this term. The cases decided will reach almost seven hundred. which will not include the re- hearings, which some times involve as much work as an original investigation.
 Brief Mention.
 Col Robert Bingham, head of the Bing- ham school at Asheville, N. C., was in the city today He spent much of the time in the state department of history collections brightenins up on all phases of history of the state and the confed- eracy.
 Lawrence Lee, reporter of the supreme court, made a talk at Jemison yesterday, at a Masonic and Odd Fellows picnic. He spoke for the Masons and w. B. Craig of Selma candidate for Congress in the Fourth district, for the Odd Fellows
 G. Y Blackburn, tax collector of Cher okee county was down today to make final settlement with the auditor. He re- ports his county in fine shape in every way, with prosperous and happy people and promising future.
 The Payne and Joubery Machine and Foundry company. at Birmingham, has increased its capital stock from $100,0o0 to s150,000.
 State Superintendent of Education l. w. Hill will be in Dale county tomorrow, attending an institute at Newton.