The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-10
MANY PUBLISHERS
 FILE BOOK BIDS Some Alabama Women Among
 the Competitors THE HOUSES REPRESENTED Newly Discovered Error In New State Code Gives Tax Commission a Nightmare-candidates Ex-
 pense Accounts.
THE HOUSES REPRESENTED

Montgomery June 9.-tSpeelal. )-Blds have been filed for about 30 authors ana publishers of the country for the right to furnish books to Alabama schools for the next five years. These are represent ed by at least 10 agents. As the text book commission does not meet until Friday there will be many waiting on the anX- ious seat.
 Among the aspirants for business are three women, all of whom are enterpris
 ing and two of whom are Alabama women. Miss Lizzie Wooster IS the whole of Woos- ter X Co.,, of Chicago publishers of read ing books and charts, primers and arith- metics. Miss Mary Goodwin Griggs, who was many years at Eufa ula, represents a Chicago house also, while Miss Nettte Terrell of Sheffield, has primer. The following houses are represented: The Cultlvator Publishing company, At lanta-G. F. Hunnicutt B. M. Draker, T. P. Hunnicutt. Longmans. Green & Co.,, New York Amasa Walker, A. NJ. Leavers. B. D. Berry & Co.,. Chicago-B. D. Berry.
 Rand, McNaly & Co.. Chicago-E. c. Buehring, F. M. Perry, R. II. Allen.
 Newson & Co.,. New York-H. D. New son, J. M. Eppstein.
  Webb, L. w. George, A E. Booth. Economic School Supply Co.,, Nashville, Tenn.-F. K. Henderson.
 Silver, Burdett & Co, New York-Havi- land Stevenson, George w. Duncan, N. D. Cram.
 0 p Rarnes Publisher. Chicago.-B. S. Lobdell. Educational Publishing Co.,, Atlanta D Anson Isely, Norman T. Pool i Houghton, Mifflin Co., Boston-Harry M Hebden.
 The MacMillan Co.,, New York-J. F. 5. Allen, Wm. c. Warfleld. D. c. Heath & Co.,, New York-W. E. l Waddy Thompson.
 Iowa School Publishing Co.,, Des Mones, Ia.-A. N. Chamberlin.
 Ginn & Co.,, Boston-S. J. Cole, l.. B. Robeson, Richard s. Thomas.
 w. H. Wheeler & Co.,, Chicago-W. c. Fidler, E. E. Wheeler. w. H. Wheeler.
 American Book Co.,, Cincinnati-J. D.. 1 B. Evans. 1 Chas. E. Merrill company, New York E. H. McMichael. | Powers & Lyonos, Chicago-Arthur A. Huebsch. ] Little Brown & Company. Boston-Mur- ray N. Parker.
 Benj. H. sanborn & Company. Boston | | Christopher Sower company, Philadei-
 phia-James l.. Pennypacker, Josiah L.. | Kerr.
 Central School Supply House, Chicago | F. G. Webb
 B. F. Johnson Publishing company, l Richmond-A. J. Gray, F. B. Arendell, F. l F. Hough, Jas. K. Powers. Row, Peterson & Company, Chicago l R. K. Row.
 Chas. Scrlbner & Sons. New York-B. | Cleveland Sloap. ! Wooster & Co, Chicago-Lizzie B. Woos- 1 ter.
 1 " D--Noqe Birmingham. for himself.
 NV. D. Striplin Gadsden. Ala, for him 1 seIi.
 Hull X Mcvain, Richmond-I. w. Hill, | Opelika, Ala. l Eaton & Co.,, Chicago-Ira T. Eaton, C.. M. Mercia, E. A. Schultze. | J. B. Lippincott company, Philadelphia -C. H. Robertson. C. A. Cannon. Another Code Error. l new difficulty of the new code has l given the tax commission a nightmare. | Section 2223 gives the tax commission the | right to reassess and revalue property, ! while section 2250 gives the authority to i the state board of assessment. Attorn eN 1 General Garber concludes that the last | is wrong; that the intent was to read 1 the tax commission, as the assessment ! board has only to do with railroad prop ! erty.
 After reciting the law on the question 1 of errors of this kind and giving au- | thorities MT. Garber says: "Clearly un- l der such conditions it Is necessary 10 give effect to what was manifestls tho
 intention of the legislature, though oy
 so doing it may be necessary to substitute one phrase for another. The use of the words the state board of assessment, IS an evident mistake, the intention being to leave that power to the tax comm's- sion, where it was conferred in olrect and unequivocal language Expense Account. The following expense accounts have been filed with the secretary of state, grow ing out of. the recent primary: Congress, Eighth district, William Richardson, S94. Delegate to Denver, seventh olstric'' s. l.. Fuller, S25
 Alternate elector at large, J. R. Brown, $10.
 Many Matters Waiting. Because of a great rush of business, growing out of the interpretation of the laws of the legislature, Attorney General Carber will be delayed on number or matters of more or less importance. HOW ever, when the supreme court Is over ne will get all things out of the way Tn short time With the many questions that have come up about the new laws there is enough work in the office to keep half a dozen lawyers busy
 Alabama Briefs. Adjutant General Bibb Graves of the
 Alabama National Guard has been notified that the following captains of the Auburn corps of cadets made high rank: $. E. Ellsberry, Montgomery; C. M. Howard Autaugaville; R. l.. Leddell. Camden.
 The town of Moundville has been in- corporated with R. L. Griffin as mayor and J. w. Tidmore, J. D. McCrory ana d. R. Dominick as councilmen.
 The Jackson Newspaper company has been incorporated at Jackson, Ala, to print weekly newspaper. E. r. Chap- man and others are interested. C. M Woodredge has been appointed commissioner of deeds for Alabama at Columbus, Ga Veteran Seriously Injured.
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