The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24

 acquisition Of special counsel fees. MT. Troy is an Irishman. and he has in herited all the characteristics of that race. Hence. when the supreme court declared that there was no law which warranted his employment as special counsel, Mir. Troy indulged himself in few bland but facteious remarks to the effect that perhaps the joke might be on the other fellow"
 Not that Special Counsel Troy was gratified at the supreme courts rul- ing. for he would have much preferred to continue his task of pursuing the big corporations and wringing from their unwilling hands penalties due the state of Alabama. But the courts decision cut both ways While declaring that Mir. Troy was not entitled to receive fees under section 561 of the code it had the effect of giving temporary inn munity to the corporations, and thereby cutting short fair amount of revenue which the state was receiving.
 Turned $75,O0O Into Treasury
 In other words, MT. Troy's employ ment. although he received many 1uc- rative fees, was worth considerably more to the state than his services cost As result of his activity, MT. Troy, during the two years of his em-
 
 be turned into the treasury something like s75,000, and at the time the 1iti- gation began to test the validity of the special counsel act had pending for settlement claims to the amount Of about 10000. These claims may be settled in time. probably when the leg islature changes the law. but all hope of their immediate settlement was dis sipated when the court announced its recent ruling.
 Of course, the law relating to the col lection of penalties from foreign corpo- rations doing business in Alabama without having complied with the statuses is explicit. and the law makes 1t the duty of state officers to collect these penalties. But the same law was on the statutes years ago. and its en- forcement was equally mandatory. Why the state did not collect these penal ties when the law was first written will probably be an answer to ques- tions relating to their future collec- tion It is true that MT. Troy has blazed the way. has revealed the cor poration's lair, and has shown how to turn the trick,' hence the state through it's regular officers. may be able. to progress to some extent along the lines which he has pointed out but it is doubtful If much will be achieved
 Mr Troy has studied corporations during the past two years more than any other man in Alabama and 1t is doubtful If there is a man in the state who is more familiar with Corpora tions Nothing delighted him more than to tackle a big corporation that ness enterprise that would probably spend 5000 or more fin attorneys fees to avoid payment of a penalty of half that amount. Such corporations Mr. Troy would pursue with a relentless ness and determination that inevi- ably more results Ultimately he was called "off," but not until he had turned into the state treasury the money he had started out to collect
 This time Mir Troy has been called off the corporation trail by the state. has been called off just when the ma chinery was running the smoothest. and when the biggest game was in pros- pect--for, as before said, there are pending many thousands of dollars in claims that would have ultimately come into the treasury through his offices. Solons May Rectify Law The state legislature at it's next ses- sion Nnay rectify the law so as to al- low for the continuous employment of a special counsel to collect penalties vision is made 1t is safe to say that the treasury will not be greatly en- riched by such collections.
 However, MT. Troy is Irish enough to appreciate the humor of the situa- ton. and does not complain. For, if the truth be known, the state needs the money more than he does, and the state is the bigger loser.
 ~~~~~ quarters Work on the building is to start at once, the money having been secured. There will be in 1t an as- sembly hall.
 To secure association exhibits for the building prizes are now announced, in competing for which 1t is claimed that 500,000 young women will be inter- ested. The awards are money, but are in the form of college tuitions and money to be applied for further edu- cation of the winners. The prizes are offered for sewing, the making of model wardrobes. story writing. hymn composition. photographs and original drawing for story illustrations. Besides personal prizes there are awards open to associations for the largest proportions of full paid menl- |bers enrolled in actual work in the church. in community betterment, in Eight Week club leadership and other