The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-19
PROHIBITION LAWS
 UPHELD BY COURT
Decision Rendered In Noted
 CulIman Case
0FFENSES ARE UNLIMITED
State Board of Assessment Fixes Tax Values On Smaller Railroad Prop critics In Alabama-Only
 One Road Raised.

= supreme court has upheld the laws of the state both as to local option and gen. , eral prohibition and in so doing many violations of both will be laid to saloon men of Cullman who have refused to obey them In a case against Al Richter, an old Birmingham man, the court today up- held the acts in every way, established l the legality of the special court term which tried the cases and assessed the fine.
 Many points were raised in the cases l tried Every one was overruled and the situation is that the laws are good; that the saloon men since last fall have been defying them, and that each sale is an of fense that may be punished by fine and imprisonment. The matter will now be up to the local authorities and the out come will be watched with interest.
 The court also established the right of the Louisville and Nashville railroad to the site of the Lee street freight depot in Montgomery, holding that the council conveyed the site in legal way by au- thority of the enabling act of the legs- lature.
 It is also held that the tenant on a piece of land can not give permit to. hunt on the lands of the landlord.
 Cases Unlimited. | The affirmation of the fine placed upon l Al Richter of Cullman county by the supreme court may mean long run of cases of this kind in the Culrnan court. , It is certain that there have been thou sards of violations by the saloon men who refused to obey the law there, all of which are now punishable by action of the higher court.
 The action of the court in fixing the l right of the Louisville and Nashville to l the site of the freight depot in Montgom- 1 cry will for all time settle a veXed ques- l tion. It was contended that the city had no right, even after being empowered by the legislature, to thus give away the streets the depot being in the street on Il 1 site ceded by the city. The courts held that it had under the enabling act While he insisted on trying out the case it will be recalled that Attorney General Garber said all the time that 1t was best to have the matter finally adjudicated by the court.
 It is also of interest that the court has held that the tenant on a piece of land can not, without the permission of the 1 landlord, allow any one to Hunt on the l property.
 Railroad Assessments.
 The state board of assessment has fixed the tax values of the following rail lines for the year: Chattanooga Southern | Woodstock and Blocton, Atlanta. Bir- mingham and Atlantic Tombigbee Val ley Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City; Alabama Central, Tuskegee railroad. Tal- lassee and Montgomery, Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay; Union Springs and North ern, Alabama and Mississippi, Western of Alabama, Central of Georgia. No change l was made save in the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas, in which the rate was raised 1 from $7200 to 5000 mile, and on sidings from s1SOO to $2OO0
 Expense Accounts.
 The following accounts of expenses in l the recent primary election have been filed, being the last to come in M. T. Or mond, delegate Fifth district, S52.30; R. A. 1 Collins, delegate Seventh district, $132 .62; G. J. Sullivan, delegate First district, s5O
 Executive clerency. 1 John Whitfield, who was convicted for l selling whisky in Chiffon county, has | been pardoned by Governor Conner. His sentence was $50, with hard labor of 20 days and $36 for costs. It was said ny the court officers that the prisoner was not culpable.
 Lon Price, who was fined $500 and SIX months for assault with a weapon on February 29 last. was given his liberty. 1t being shown that he has paid his fine and served four of the six months. School Located. The high school locating board has To- cated the Macon county school at Nota- sulga. Tuskegee was very anxious for that the board considered sufficient. The school for Lowndes county having been located at Fort Deposit, J. L. Mould CT, the teacher of the public schools, was chosen to head the faculty. License Revoked. The authority of the Great Western Life Insurance company of Kansas City to do business in Alabama has been sus- pended for 10 days by Insurance Commis- sioner F. N. Julian. After that time the license will be revoked if the company does not make good.
 It is charged by the Alabama depart ment that the capital of the company has been impaired, and that it has de- clined to pay for an examination of it's books and accounts. The law requires that before a company can be let out it must be given 10 days notice. This mas been done, and the company will be put out if it does not come to the scratch later on.