The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-17
HOUSE DEGIDES ID. ADJOURN IN MIDST IF DELIBERATI0N
Senator Ellis Successfully De- featS All Important Amend
 mentS In Senate
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 Montgomery Ala, Aug, 16 Administration forces made Iegis- lative history in the senate Thurs day when they passed the revenue bill in less. than four hours after Its consideration was started, but the, house of representative baked and adJourncl in the midst of the read ing of thS senate amendments, The reScsS Is that the revenue bill is un- finished business for the lower house when it meets Friday.
 The senate passed the bill with only minor amendments. The vote was 28 to 5. Effort after effort. was made to change the system pro- vided by the bill drawn by the re- cess committee on finance and taxa tion, but Senator J, B. Ellis of Dal- las, leader of the administration forces, stood in front of the presid- ing officers chair and made & mo- tion to table as each amendment was presented. When the senate put the finishing touches the bill was in practically the form agreed upon in conferences.
 As soon as the vote on passage was taken the bill was returned to the house for concurrence or non concurrence in the amendments. The clerk of the house was reading the amendments when D. T. Ware of Randolph made motion for the postponement of action and the printing of the senate amendments. The speaker ruled the motion out ol order and held that the question was concurrence or non-c concur renee. Mr. Ware promptly made a motion to adjourn, which is always in order, and it was adopted by a vote of 41 to S4;
 Puzzle Presented.
 The decision of the house not to consider the amendments during the afternoon upset the program and presented a puzzle to many mem bers. It had Leen reported through out the day that there were suffi- cient votes in the house to adopt the senate amendments and that they would be adopted without a com mittee of conference which has all ways adjusted differences between the two houses on revenue measures In the past.
 The motion to adjourn came at a moment when administration forces were not organized. It came even before the members had been given Information about the senate amend ments.
 Administration forces after ad- journment expressed the opinion that the house will concur. How ever, those opposing the senate amendments caucused during the evening in an effort to solidify the opposition, which fOred radical changes in the bill presented by the recess co lmittee. The result of this eau! $ cannot be known until it's imp sssion is made during the deliberf cions on the floor of the As passed by the senate, the reve- nue bill is practically the same as the one presented by the senaSs finance and taxation committee Only minor amendments were adopt= ed One amendment placed the sal ary of the chairman of the state tax commission at S4,000 annually the amount now paid. The senate com mittee proposed a salary of S4,SOO the amount which was reduced py the house. Salaries of the associate members remained at s4,0O0, which are now paid. The house reduced the salaries to $3,S0O.
 No Important Changes.
 No change was made in the house amendment which took from the state treasury it's one-half of the gasoline tax and required the dlstrl- button of the entire tax among the e counties. A senate amendment adopted does not provide that the fax which must be deducted before the distribution is made Anothe amendment adopted requires ths counties to use the funds optalneu from the gasoline tax in the nam tenance and repair of highways and bridges.
 Another amendment adopted by the senate provides for the exemption from taxation all property owned pV the American Legion.
 The appropriation of $l2o,OOO an
 nT tenn for the assessment and col4ec- tion of taxes was restored by the senate. The house cut the approprla- tion of s75,OOO Another senate amendment adopted provides for the extension of two years in the terms of the county tax assessors and col lectors.
 The house struck out this provi- sion which was in the bill presented by the recess committee.
 One of the most interesting fights which developed during the con sideration of the bill was against the paragraph eXempting from taxation for one year all raw materials, in- cluding coke assembled at points of manufacture into finished articles This provision in the original bill was stricken by the house and was reinserted in the bill by the senate committee. It was adopted by the senate atters efforts had been made to strike it.
 Senators Ellis, Foster, Craft and McNeil favored the exemption and contended that it should be granted since the materials manufactured from the raw products would be taxed.
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 House Action Doubtful.
 No one can foretell the action of the house on the amendments. The opposition to the original Dill was able to muster about sixty votes against the sections increasing sal aries and making the appropriation S125,O00 when the bill was under con sideration. Since that time the bloc formed by Representative Mike Sollie of Dale and J. Lee Long of Butler was broken by the passage of the bill adopting the code of laws pre- pared by Judge James J. Maytleld and it has not been able to muster as many votes on other issues.
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