The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-27
ALABAMA WITHOUT. ROAD COMMISSION FUR TIME BEING
Governor Brandon Expected To Appoint New Board
 Today
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU l
 THE AGE-BERALD ! Montgomery. Ala, Sept. 26 J


 Alabama is temporarily without a state highway commission for the first time since 1911.
 Governtr Brandon attached his sig nature Wednesday afternoon to the bill abolishing the old commission of three. No appointments of the mem bers of the new commission were am nc unced during the day. The old commission ceased to exist the mo- meme the bill was approved.
 Governor Brandon stated that he will appoint the commission within the next 4S hours It is probable the end of Thursday.
 Although Governor Brandon has never indicated what persons will be rendered the offices, it has been quite well understood that John A. Rogers of Gainesville, chairman of the old commission, will be made chairman of the new, that J. H. Scruggs of Birmingham an associate member of the old commission, will be made an associate member of the new commission, and that the third member will be J. Freeman Suttle of Marion, who has never held a state office heretofore.
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 The chairman of the new highway commission will receive a salary of $6,000, while the associate members will be paid $500 each. The term of the chairman will be six years, one associate member -four years and the other two years. All will be required to give their entire time to the work and will be subject to removal at the will of the governor.
 long list of other measures were signed by the governor today, in- cluding the bill of Speaker Merrill, providing that a court may prohibit a person who has been convicted of violating a criminal statute or ordi- nance from operating a motor vehicle perpetually or definite period.
 The governor also approved the bill which provides that banks shall not be liable for payment in good faith for forged Or raised checks unless the depositor notifies the bank forgery within six months after re- turn of the voucher showing the pay ment.
 Among other bills approved today were:
 To provide for the investment of sinking funds for retirement of state highway bonds in state bonds. thus preventing the sinking fund from remaining idle.
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 Subjecting salaries of state. city and county employees to writs of gar nishment
 Providing for use of unclaimed dead human bodies for scientific study.
 Making an appropriation of s1.O00 for maintaining the Alabama room in the Confederate Memorial mu- scum at Richmond.
 The governor also approved the bill of Representative Guy designating as a state trunk highway, to be known as the Brandon highway, the road from Montgomery by way of Fort De- posit, Greenville, Pine Apple, Cath crime, Camden, Linden, Moscow, Goa topa, Livingston, Cuba and York to the Mississippi line, and providing that the state highway department shall establish and maintain the road as a state highway. The resolution of Senator Randall providing for the public service commission co-operat- ing with the federal government in a survey of streams of the state was also approved.
 In the list of bills was a large number of local ones.
 Zoning Bill Signed.
 Gov William w. Brandon today ap- proved the bill of Senator Brewer authorizing zoning system for Bir- IulHS ndIns Hc Dtll. general III nd- ture, is local in application, authoriz- ing the governing bodies of cities of over 100000 population to appoint a zoning board and to carry out the provisions of the act as to segrega- tion of various kinds of buildings. Senator Brewer stated that the bill provides the machinery for a modern zoning system for Birminghan1 simi- lar to that already used by other large cities.
 Governor Brandon also approved today the bill of John R. T. Rives of Jefferson providing for the relief of c. L. Spain in the sum of $s,2oO. Game Law vioIators Fined.
 Information reached the state con- seravtion department today of the conviction at Girard of three men, Anthony Rainey, William B. Rainey and T. V. Butts, said to be citizens fined $10 for shooting birds out of season in Alabama. Will Drake and Frank Moore, Madison county, were each fined $10 and costs for violating conservation laws.
 Commissioner of Conservation I. T. Quinn issued a statement today call ing attention to the fact that there has been no change by the legislature in hunting license fees or the re- quirements for possessing hunting H. censes, which are due October l. At tention is also called to the fact that persons hunting on lands other than those which they own or rent must secure written permission from the owner of the land. The bag limit on wild turkey gobblers has been re- duced from two to one a day, with season limit of 10. The bag limit on quail has been reduced from 25 to Is, and the open season will be Novem- Der 20 to February 20. The dove sea