The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
NE W REVENUE BILL |S SPECIAL ORDER. FOR NEXT WEEK.
Early Action Expected When Legislature ReaSSembIeS.
 Counties To Get Tax
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU
 THE AGE-H ERALD


 The general revenue bill will be taken up by the senate Tuesday aft ernoon at o'clock and will be the paramount order of business until definite action has been taken. This decision was reached by the senate Thursday afternoon shortly before both houses recessed until Tuesday afternoon out of respect to the late President Harding. Several members objected to q recess beyond Mon day but large number had deter mined to spend the weekend at home and as all public business will be suspended Friday the day of the funeral of the President, a majority voted to make the recess continue un- til Tuesday.
 Indications are that an under standing has been reached regarding the important sections of the gen eral revenue bill and that it will be disposed of during the early days of next week.
 Counties to Get Tax
 No effort will be made to retain a portion of the gasoline tax in the state treasury and the entire amount which will be approximately $1,200,-
 
 among the 67 counties An amend ment will be offered in the senate which will require the county boards of revenue to use the entire pro- ceeds from the tax for the construc- tion and maintenance of roads and will provide for the impeachment and removal from office of members of the boards or other officials who use the funds for any other purpose.
 Several amendments have been proposed by the senate committee on finance and taxation. One would restore the appropriation of $125,0OO a year. It was reduced to S75,00O by the house. Another would make the salary of the chairman of the tax commission $4,S00 a year and the salaries of the associate members S4.0OO a year. The house cut the salary of the chairman to $4,000 and the salaries of the associate mem bers to $3,60O.
 If the senate should pass the reVe- nue bill next week and agreements can be reached with the house re- garding amendments, this legislature would establish a record In other days the revenue bill has been among the last to reach the governor oesA' Would Take Up Budget
 Passage of the bill would mean the state budget commission without fur ther delay would report to the legls- lature the needs of the various state department and institutions and ap- propriation bills would be introduced covering the needs based on the rev enue anticipated in operation Of the revenue law.
 Financial legislation has been held in the background pending the disposition of the revenue bill. Only one appropriation bill has been
 a for the doubling of the monthly pension to confederate soldiers and an increase of S10 a year in the pension of widows of Confederate soldiers. This bill passed the house but has received no action in the senate. Representative Odom of Lamar has introduced a bill estab- fishing the pension of widows of Confederate soldiers at the same amount paid Confederate soldiers.
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 Twenty Days Left.
 When the houses recessed Thurs day afternoon many members an- nounced that they will return to Montgomery determined to work several days next week and to con- clude the session at the earliest pos sible moment. The thirtieth session of 50 allotted to 1923 by the con con stitution was held Tn srsday. This leaves 20 legislative sessions during which the legislature must dispose of all the appropriation bills and all the matters which have, been sub mitted by the recess committee. Among the subjects of legislation vet to receive action are: The agri- cultural code, the conservation legis- lation. the port bills, the highway legislation and the supplemen,al ll- cense law. in which a~e melt ded all subjects not handed 0y the license law of 1919 and subjects included in the last law in which amencinents were proposed by the recess commit tee on finance and taxation.
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 Will Elect Superintendents.
 Governor Brandon today approved the bills providing for the election of the county superintendent of educa- tion of Coffee county by the people and for the abolition of the Chllton county court
 The county superintenden- of Cof- fee will be nominate Tn the demo- cratic primary next year anc Will be elected in inc general election. This is the first bill removing a county from the operation Of the general educational law which has been approved. several other coun- ties have similar bills pending.