The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-17

be invalidated because the county board did not perform its duties within the time prescribed by law. The wording of sec ton S2 of the law follows: The failure of the county board of equalization to perform any of it's duties at the time prescribed or to complete its duties with in the time specified by this act shall not inyalidate any assessment or any act of the board made after the expiration of such time
 Attention of the court will be called to this section in the application for rehearing and it will be requested to eliminate the declaration from the opin- ion. If the courts statement should stand much trouble would be caused in several counties, especially Jefferson. A great majority of the cases in Jefferson county last year were settled after August 1 and if the opinion should stand each person whose assessments were increased would have the right to go into court and ask that the assessments be cancelled.
 CORONERS NAMED
 Governor Henderson has announced the appointment of John S. Kennedy of Scottsboro as coroner of Jackson county and W. M. Chenault of Decatur as coro- ner of Morgan county. The appointees will take office at once.
 BANK EXAMINER SUED
 A HDel SulI TOT 90J,VU brought dSdiIlSL Alex E. Walker state superintendent of banks, by John Patton, Jr., of Clanton, in the Chiffon circuit court, was of short duration after the trial was begun yes terday. It could not stand demurrers offered by attorneys for MT. Walker, and was thrown out of court Patton gave notice of appeal to the supreme court.
 Patton sued MT. Walker and the Ma tional Surety company for $50,000 claim ing that MT. Walker in a letter to the board of directors of the Union State bank had reflected on him in such a way as to do him permanent injury. Pat ton had been agent of the state banking department in the liquidation of affairs of the Union State bank and the letter was in connection with his services. The plaintiff appeared in court without an at- torney and conducted the case for him. self with the assistance of the court. The first demurrer sustained by the court al- legged that the National Surety company was not responsible and could not be made a party to the suit. The next de- murrer relieved Mir. Walker of respons- biitv and put the plaintiff out of court.
 STENOGRAPHERS ARE GLAD
 It's an i'll wind that blows nobody good Several stenographers and de- partmental employees at the capitol are rejoicing over the failure of the legis- lature to appropriate the full amount of the salary of A. H. Aston, state supernumerary judge, because 1t has resulted in their receiving about $100 which was clipped from their salary warrants during the time the legisla- ture of 1915 was in recess.
 The legislature in the temporary ap- propriation bill failed to provide suf- ficient money for salaries of stenog- raphers. Those who had been paid $75 were cut to $62.5O during the time the appropriation law was operative The legislature failed to provide 5000 of the salary of Judge Aston for the term beginning January IS, 1917, but Attorney General Martin ruled that the failure of the legislature to make the appropriation did not affect the salary unless the legislature expressed the intention of permanently reducing the salary.
 The ruling was broad enough to cover the cases of the steno graphers and departmental employees and John H. Chapman, warrant clerk, has issued warrants covering the money which was cut from the salaries two years ago. Each stenographer and depart mental employe affected will receive al,nut @100