The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-19
UNITE IN URGING
AN EXTRA SESSION
Jefferson Delegation Will
Write Other Members
MAKE CALL GENERAL
City Commission Will Be Asked TO
Enlist Aid of Every Mayor of
the State in Getting
Action
MAKE CALL GENERAL

The citizens of Jefferson county are
still lighting the fee system, and If thes
have their way. the anti-fee amendment
adopted by the vote of the people lasi
fall will, by legislative action. be made
effective this year-before new officials ol
this county, as a matter OF fact, are
elected.
The members of the subcommittee
John W. Altman, l.. r.. Norman, Hugf
W. Roberts W. c. Gewin and c. c.
Burke of the general citizens commit
tee, conferred yesterday at noon with
the Jefferson county representatives in
the legislature The following plans were
outlined
I. The jefferson delegation Will write
to every other member of the legis-
latnre urging that he aid in bring
ing about an extra session on the
ground that there is reported danger
of the state warrants being sold at
a discount through a lack of funds
with which to pay interest on money
borrowed and on the further ground
that in all Justice and for the sake
of humanity, the anti-fee amendment
should be put into effect at once.
9 Five hundred letters will be sent
by the members of the subcommittee
TO prominent people of the state not
members of the legislature urging
them to aid in impressing on the gov
ernor the urgent necessity of calling
the lawmakers together
3. An effort will be made to induce
the commercial organizations of JEFF
ferson county to urge the governor TO
call the legislature together. and to
urge the commercial organizations Oh
other counties to do likewise. G. y.
Burke, president of the Ensley Com
mercial club, who was present at the
meeting yesterday. agreed to take tins
matter up at once with the directors
of his organization, and 1t Is gen
orally believed that Mr.. Harding VIII
do likewise in regard to the directors
of the Birmingham Chamber Of Com
merce. which organization has long
been engaged in the battle against
the fee system in this county.
4. Through the members of the city
commission, each of whom Is ardently
desirous that an extra session be
held. il is the purpose 10 reach the
mayors of every other city in Ala
bama, urging them to aid in the fight
for an extra session of the legisla-
ture. The mayors. il is understood,
have already written Judge Lane thai
they are anxious for a remedy for
the financial loss sustained by each
city as a result of section 36f OF the
revenue bill, that which makes fran
chise taxation apply to license tax
alton 1t is believed that the mayors
will he enlisted in the fight without
trouble
The members of the subcommittee and
the legislative delegation. each of whom
was present or represented, express them
selves as certain that the governor will
call the lawmakers together IL ma
jority Of the members of the legislature
should make such a request, and especial
Is If everybody expresses hope that re-
lief for jefferson county might be ex-
tended at the time il is chiefly needed.
The letter TO the legislators will b.
drafted by T. II. Motion and Thomas J
Judge. members of the legislature from
this county and will be signed by the
other members and mailed. The other
details will be disposed of In the imme-
diate future