The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-31
LAWS WILL BE WIPED OFF
 |. BOOKS BY DECISION
Large Cities Not Affected, However, and Most of Statutes Affected Are
 of Minor Character
Ny FRED If. GORMLEY
 Montgomery Buresu The Ase. .HsraId - 22i-2 First National Bank BuiIdins

22l-2 First National Bank Building Z
 Montgomery. January .-(Special) )-In. dependent investigations Friday show that thirtytwo laws. applicable to cer- tain Alabama counties and towns. will be wiped off the statute books bg the decision Of the Alabama supreme court m the Chiffon county judges case The court did not rule directly on cases other than that in Chiffon county. but the same facts that led to the holding of the Chfl- ton Dill invalid are shown in the other measures of the 1919 legislature
 As officials became better acquainted with the ruling Friday, it was said that neither Birming gham, Montgomery or Mo-. bile would be affected. Laws of those cities were so worded as to make it pos sible for other cities to come under the operation of the statutes, but in the | thirty-two other cases it is considered impossible for other counties and towns l to come under the laws Jurisdiction al- !, though they were drawn and enacted as general measures.
 l The court ruled that the bill passed 1 for the benefit of the county judge of | Cl ilton county was 'palpably violative of the constitution The bill was made to apply to "all counties in Alabama hav- ing a population of not less than 23 ts9 and no more than g, 250 inhabitants" In vestigation showed that Chiffon is the 1 only county in Alabama with that popu- lation.
 l It was the belief of many in MontsOuf- cry Friday that agitation in favor of an. extraordinary session of the legislature would be started at once by the represen- 1 tatives in counties affected by the court q ruling However the investigation shows | that the laws which will be killeds be- cause of the insertion of the so-called ] population or classification clause, were ! n new method of working roads and others increasing salaries and fees of certain county officials. In the event the thirty ] two laws come directly to the supreme court the same construction placed on ] the Chiffon law will be placed on all oth-- 1 CTS, according to the court ruling, which admitted the far-reaching affect the rul- ling would have on all the so-called popu- lation basis laws The counties affected would have to go back to the laws of the statute books of pre-legislative daysy and many of the laws are admitted to be poor ones
 The investigation Friday resulted in the- discovery of the following bills showing l classification or population clauses and each applies only to one county which also is shown.
 Classification 24,7OO- 25, GOO, relating to the
 compensation for courty commissioners of Colbert county: 2i,700-25. 900, salary county judge of Colbert county; 1SsSs- IS. 800, road law for Escambia county; 39 -11O-39 200, salary county judge of Cal houn county: 20 210-202 250, stock law for Cherokee county; 37,900-3S,0o0, salary.
 county judge of Talladega county 2fb70-
 24 TOO. stock law for Randolph countNs
 6 SS9- T GOO street improvement work TOT Sheffield: 4.OOo-6.50O consolidation of De- l catur and Albany (the voters several months ago refused to consolidate the town). 37, ,900-aS, GOO sheriff's fees Tor iai- ladega county; S7 790o-3S,00o clerk fees for Talladega county. A
 Classification. 1S,3o0-1s.50o fees for oHl- cials of Choctaw county; 33,oO0-23,@o,
 county court of Morgan county: 26Soo- 26 900 inferior court of Limestone county, sO-S15-3O,915. relating to Jailors Of PlKe
 county; S0Sf5-3S,9 ,9l5. providing an autono- bile for sheriff of Pike county: 5S. .4ot-5s9o !,
 relating to automobile hire for sheriff OF }Dallas county. 30935-30 9S0, relating to the
 treasurer of Iauderdale county; HleRS 27 POO, road law for Monroe county S' l Classification, 8, 925, relating to in- tarest on warrants of Marengo countyj
 30 S15-so 915, stock law for Pike countya
 9e o2O- O-39, ,925 relating to county warrants
 Of Marengo county; H,00-31 .4oo, tax aS'
 sessor of Walker county; S3.1Sl-5S.Suo. taN'
 collector of Morgan county; S,l25-S'9"s
 ratatine to the solicitors duties of Chocs. taw county; 33 7st- -s3,SOO. tax assessor or
 Morgan county; 26 940-2700o, solicitor or Shelby county. =
 Classification, 1S,0o0-ts5oo, relating 70
 salary county judge of Baldwin county
 32 9OO-33 GOO, salary judge of county cour.
 of Jackson county; 2s.s7O-2s,72o salary or
 judge of county court of Sumter county
 2s, 2. .25O. salary of county judge or
 Chiffon county .,
 The latter law was declared unconsti-
 tutional Thursday and thus was orouEnt
 on one of the biggest sensations Tn tne l to