The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-12
FINALLY WINS FIGHT FOR
 JACKSON HIGHWAY
(Continued from Page Five)

| tCOnffnued From rage FlNeJ nessee: J. A. Sloan of Columbia, Marion Richards of Lawrenceburg. Committee men for the Alabama Jackson route for l Tennessee: James Woods of Shelbyville,
 j. A Jetton of Murfreesboro, R. H.. Gray 1 of Fayetteville. For Alabama: Earl Lay
 of Gadsden. Julian Smith of Selma, Rob- ert Jemison Jr, Birmingham.
 R. T. Simpson of Florence and J. M. MeBeath were elected additional mem
 bers of the executive committee of the ! Jackson Highway association and R. E. l Spragins of Huntsville. member of the
 executive committee of the Alabama
 Jackson highway.
 The convention authorized the president 1 to employ L. T. Haney of Virginia as
 field secretary of the association at a
 salary of $500 per year.
 ADOPT RESOLUTIONS
 The resolution of Mir. Dent which gave
 Alabama the right to the name of Jack son embodied the following conditions: 1. That the highway to be known as the Alabama Jackson highway. 9 All letter heads and literature gotten out by the Jackson highway
 to be as follows; Jackson and Ala | bama- Jackson Highways association. 3. The general officers of both the roads to be the same and the general cffice of both roads to be in the same place.
 f. The organization of the Jackson highway to be the same as at the present, adding a representation from the states of Illinois, Ohio. Pennsyl- vania and New York. as they may come into the scheme. Gllinois will come in at the Birmin gham meeting on January ID
 5. The organization of the Alabama Jackson highway to be as follows: A vice president and three state committeeman from each of the states of Tennessee and Alabama Those with the general officers to form the board of directors for the Alabama Jackson highway.
 6. The annual meeting of the di- reetors of both highways shall occur on the same day and at the same
 place. If in addition to the annual
 meeting a general meeting of the di-
 rectors is needed they shall convene
 at the call of the president. Called
 meetings of the directors of either
 road shall be held when called by the
 president.
 '. In the election of general off,
 cers, in fixing the salaries of such of
 these officers as are to be paid sal aries, in carrying on any extension to
 any part of either highway, the di-
 rectors shall meet and vote in joint
 session. In such joint sessions the di-
 rectors of the Jackson highway and
 of the Alabama-Jackson highway for
 Tennessee and Alabama shall cast each
 half vote, thus giving In the set
 clement of joint questions. four votes to each of the states of Tennessee and Alabama. which is the same num-
 Der as cast by all other states. s. The same official marker, A. J. H.. shall be adopted and used by both roads.
 g. The cut of the equestrian statue of Jackson at New Orleans ara n , cut of the official marker shall ap- pear on all letter heads tor botn ., on certificates of membership and wherever practicable on all literature. ORGANIZE ASSOCIATION l 10. There shall be organized in each 1 state through which the Jackson high way runs Jackson Highway asso- l ciation. In the states of Tennessee and Alabama there shall be organized in each state an Alabama Jackson High way association as we'll as a Jackson Highway association.
 il. Funds for the use of the general organization shall be raised and fur. l nished the general organization as | follows:
 1 An allotment based on the general 1 consideration of mileage in each state, i population, etc, shall be made for each | state by the executive committee of 1 the general association. Such sums to l be raised by the highway association in each state and by them turned over l to the general association. In Ten nessee and Alabama the amount al- ! lotted to each state shall be by the executive committee of the general as- { sociation. divided between the Jack : 1 son Highway association for that state l and the Alabama-Jackson Highway association on fair pro rata mileage, population. etc. considered. ! Lastly, in all other matters the char | ter and bylaws of the Jackson High l way association as they now stand are to be followed,
 Those present at the meeting were: 1 Peter Lee Atherton of Louisville. Ky, 1 Earl Lay of Gadsden, Morgan Rich ards of Selma. Miss Alma Rittenberry, P. o. Akin of Huntsville. W. B. Ev- erett, w. M. Drennen. Herman Beck, R. E. Spragins of Huntsville, J. D. 1 Rylance of Dadeville. W. s. Keller of Montgomery, L. M. Buell. of Gull man, Judge J. N. Nathan of Florence Plowman of Talladega. L. c. Con- verse of Montgomery, J. Asa Rountree, J. G. Creveleigh of Nashville, MT. Pratt of Huntsville. Joe Bradley of Hunts 1 ville, Mir. Carey of Albany. Alan Jem-
 ison, Emory c. Dent of Bowling Green Ky, Judge J. c. Higgins of Nashville lL T. Haney of Louisville, J. M Me-
 Beath of Meridian. J, J. Gray of Rock
 wood, Tenn. R. T. Simpson of Flor ence. William Crawford of Decatur
 Hugh McGeever, Mason J. billiard