The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-24
BRANDON FAvORs
 RECESS BOARD T0 EFFECT ECONOMIES
Governor Names New Auburn Trustees Succeeding Lloyd Hooper, w. I. Sheehan
 and Others
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU
 THE AGE-HERALD Montgomery, Ala. Jan. 23

Governor Brandon sent to the senate and house of representatives Tuesday. special message advising that it will not be possible for him to comply with that section of the bud get law which requires the submis- sion of budget of receipts and eX- penditures within Is days after the converting of the legislature, and re- questing recess commission which will sit with the budget commission and make study of the finances of the state government. Governor Brandon asked that the recess committee be composed of two senators and three and that it be em- powered to make inquiry into the af- fairs of every department of the state determining the receipts and expendi- lures of the department and recom- mending such changes IS it may see fit.
 The governor told the legislature in his first message that he believed the budget law enacted during the administration of Governor kilby should be retained and that the legis- lature should make no appropriation sufficient to meet the appropriation when 1t became due.
 Auburn Trustees Named
 Governor Brandon sent to the sen ate nominations for membership on the board of trustees of the A. P. l. and College for Women and the nominations were promptly con- firmed by the senate. Those given po- sitions were placed in groups in or der of the expiration of their new term and are as follows:
 Group No. l. Lloyd NJ. Hooper of Selma, and Mrs. ". B. Peebles of Alicevllle, to succeed themselves for terms expiring in January. 1881.
 Group No. ?. w. T. Sheehan, Sec ond district; Virgil Beuldin of Scotts- ooro. Eighth district; w. H. Tayloe of Uniontown, state at large, for terms ending in January, 1885.
 Group No. 3. Mrs. Edgar L. Clark son of Scottshoro, Sixth district: l.. Sevier. state at large, for terms end ing in January 1889.
 Griffith Fails to Move
 Senator Griffith of Cullman did not make his motion tc take from the ad- verse calendar the bill providing for the abolition of the state law enforce ment department. Senator Griffith said he had found that the bill which he introduced did not carry out his full intentions since it repealed the department created in 1919 when the department is now operating under a law enacted in 1920 amending the law of 1919. He will intro duce another bill.
 The senate passed five bills of no general interest but of interest to va rious sections because of local prob lems. One of the bills introduced by Senator Hutson of Morgan. provides that municipality authorized to bor- row money under section HOS and 1409 of the code may issue bonds in- stead of borrowing money on short time paper.
 Another bill passed was offered by Senator Foster and provides a means whereby board of revenues may es- tablish voting places.
 Senator Nolan's bin which was passed by the senate gives circuit judge the right to name a person to perform the duties of probate judge when the judge is incapicated.
 A bill by Senator Oliver passed by the senate provides for the rear rangement of the boundary lines of Talladega.
 Senator Garthls bill creating a board of county commissioners for Madison county and repeating the law establishing the board of reve- nue was passed.
 In the house the following local bills were passed without a vote being cast against them
 Creating the office of county treas- prer of Coffee county and provd- ing his election by the voters.
 Validating the levy of a 5-mill county tax for Escambia county
 Repeating the local road law for Limestone county.
 Establishing an inferior court for York sbsat,. of Sumter county.
 New Pension Bill.
 Confederates soldiers now on the state pension rolls will be paid s1 a day and the widows of Confederate soldiers will be paid $200 years out of the state treasury if the legisla- : ture passes :. bill introduced in the house Tuesday by Representative F. J. Grove Of Mobile. The bill was re- ferred to the committee on pension and of soldiers home.
 MT. Grove also introduced bill
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