The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-15
TUNsTA[L CHOSEN TO DIRECT WORK OF BUDGET BOARD
Committee Will Start in April. Revenue Bill to Be
 Drafted
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Alfred NJ. Tunstall of Hale county, veteran legislator, was elected chair man and Senator J. M. Foster of Tus- caloosa was elected vice chairman of the recess budget committee which completed it's organization in con ference with the state budget com mission Wednesday.
 The committee and commission voted to hold the first investiga tions April "A. during which considera ton will be given to the financial con- dition of the state. The preliminary meeting was held in Governor Bran don's office and continued through out the afternoon. No time was given to the work of the recess com mittee and the session was devoted to organization and the making ot plans for the work.
 Governor Brandon announced that the state examiners of public ac- counts will begin work without de- lay on investigations which will es tablish the financial condition of the state. The reports will be ready for the use of the budget committee and commission when the next session is set.
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 Financial Reports Sought.
 Governor Brandon also will call upon all departments of the state government to furnish reports shoY- ing their appropriations and expen- ditures during the past quadrennium and an estimate of their needs during the four years of this administration. The departments will be requested to submit information showing the number of employees and such other information as the budget committee and commission may need in their investigations.
 Following the investigations which will be made into all departments and operations the committee and commission will draft revenue bill for presentation to the legislature at it's adjourned session, which will be- gin July 10. This bill will propose machinery for the assessment and collection of state taxes during the next four years.
 Members of the recess budget com mittee who attended the first meet ing were Chairman Tunsall, Vice Chairman Foster, Senator J. T. Carl ton of Marengo, and Representative C. w. Ashcraft of Lauderdale; R. E. Cunningham of Mobile and W. D.. Graves of Tallapoosa. Senator J. B. Ellis of Dallas was unavOidably ab- sent.
 Members of the state budget com mission who took part in the con ference are Governor Brandon, At torney General Davis and w. E. Ali good, state auditor.
 VICTORY FOR GUNTER
 Judge Leon McCord Wednesday afternoon denied writ of mandamus to Lawrence II. Lee, J. Johnston o,,1 ~ Do n a Q Q for city commissioners who sought to force Mayer W. A. Gunter, Jr., and Commissioners W. J. Drum and James H. Hardaway to publish monthly financial statements and monthly statements of the commits sion's work every month they have been in office and to force the pres ent commi ssion to have an immediate audit made tf the citys books. Judge McCord held that a writ of manda- mus would not lie because the com mission is now doing the things en- joined by law upon it and the peti- fioners could not force the commis- sion to do ministerial act abe ut which no complaint was made at the time the act should have been done.
 TEXTBOOK BIDS ORDERED
 The textbook committee appointed by the state board of education Tues day was organized Wednesday and it immediately directed call for bids for all textbooks which were not re- accepted Miss Cora Pearson, super visor of elementary education of Montgomery county. was elected president of the textbook committee and H. R. Butler of Huntsville was elected vice president. Dr. John w. Abercrombie, state superintendent Of education is eX-office secretary Members of the committee adopted resolution prohibiting representa- tivcs of publishing companies from communicating. directly or indirectly, with individual members of the com mittee.
 The first session was devoted to the reading of the law and the ex- animation of the revised course of study approved by the board of edu- cation. The next session will be held April 30 at the capitol when the com- mittee will sit seven days and con slider books offered for adoption.
 ELECTION CALLED APRIL "A
 Governor Brandon issued a procla- nation Wednesday afternoon calling a special election April 24 in the Tenth Senatorial district for the eiec- ton of a state senator to succeed Roy l. Nolen of Alexander City, who resigned to become member of the state board of convict supervisors.
 The democratic executive commit tee of Tallapoosa and ElmWe coun- ties. which composes the senatorial district, must meet at once and de- termine whether the committee shall make nomination or the question shall be submitted to the democratic voters. Information from the dis trict is that the committee will nom mate candidate in order to save expenses. Candidates now are F. A..