The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-31
STATE LOSES IN
 M CORD DECISION
Montgomery Judge Holds That $7,000 Must Be Paid
 To Lawrence E. Brown
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU l
 THE AGE-HERALD ! Montgomery. Ala. Oct, 80 |

Under decision by Judge McCord of the Montgomery circuit court to- day. the state will be forced to pay Lawrence E. Brown, former assistant attorney general, about s7,000 cover ing salary as state officer until the middle of January, 1923. Judge Mo- Cord rendered a decision awarding writ of mandamus which required Harwell G. Davis, attorney general. to approve salary vouchers for the amount Attorney General Davis an- nounced that an appeal will be taken to the supreme court. MT. Brown filed the petition for write of man. oamus several weeks ago, contending that he had contract with the state whereby he was to serve for stipu- lated amount each month during the life of the contract, and that later this agreement was amended so as to limit his activities to certain cases specified.
 The attorney general insisted that the litigation to which MT. Browns services were limited was brought to an end many months ago and that he was not entitled to receive any reve- nue from the state after the close of the cases In which he represented the state.
 After MT. Brown and the attorney general, who at that time was J. c. Smith, made the agreement whereby the formers work was limited, Mr. Brown moved to Birmingham and ac- cepted employment with the Alabama Power company.
 TWO BIDS SUBMITTED
 Two bids for the construction of the concrete bridge at Reeses Ferry on the Birmingham Montgomery highway were submitted to the state high way commission Tuesday. The low bidder for the construction of the superstructure, with concrete ap- proaches. was Koss Kain company of Des Moines, la, which agreed to do the work for S249.9S5.05, while the low bid for the work with creosoted timber approaches was filed by Hardway Construction company or Columbus, Ga, which bid $204, 456, GA.
 The contract for the construction of the bridge will be let as soon as the commission determines whether the approaches shall be of concrete or creosoted timber. Under the com missions proposal the construction of the bridge must be completed in lS months.
 that portion of the highway running through Autauga county probably will be awarded during the next few weeks.
 
 TO NAME COMMITTEE
 Governor Brandon will announce the appointment of a campaign com mittee for Senator Oscar w. Under wood during this week. Informa- tion at the capitol today was that the governor is considering various per- sons for membership on the commit tee and that the list will be com pleted before the end of the week. Governor Brandon was designated as chairman of the committee at mass meeting during a session of tine legis- lature late in the summer and was requested to form a wide com mittee charged with the duty of pre- senting Senator Underwood's name to the democratic voters of the nation as Candidate for President.
 Daring the past few days the gov errior has requested members of the state democratic executive committees to submit certain information to him Sin order that he may have before him all the facts which he needs in the formation of the campaign commit