The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-03
TAX ADJUSTERS CO.
 AND STATE BOARD. CREATED INSTEAD.
Senate Passes Bill and It Only Awaits Signature of Governor to Become
 Effective
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU l
 THE AGE-HERALD !

The administration bill creating a state tax commission of five effec- . tive at cnce and abolishing the coun- ty tax adjusters effective September 30. was passed by the senate with out amendment today. It has already passed the house and will become a law as soon as 1t is signed by the governor.
 Both houses adjourned without the cc cmpletion of the enrolment of the bill and as both houses will not meet again until Tuesday it cannot | be signed by the presiding officers and delivered to the executive de-
 partment for approval until next week.
 | No Appointment Now Governor Brandon, during the day,
 announced that no further appoint
 ments will be made until next We'd nesday. This was taken as indica- tion that the governor is giving i first consideration now to the ap- pointment of the tax commission
 which will serve during his admin istration.
 In the public mind in Montgomery l it is well settled that Judge L. L. l Herzberg cf Gadsden now an asso- ciate member, will be appointed 1 chairman of the new commission and that tl-sase of the four associate
 members will Be Frank Martuis of | Dora, C. Brooks Smith of Montgom- cry, and T. S. Pitts of Union Springs
 JChn S. Mooring, chairman of the re- tiring commission, has been prom inently mentioned for the other as- 1 sociate position.
 | Although the new tax commission l bill passed without amendment, two 1 efforts were made to change it. Sen ator Teasley offered an amendment
 reducing the membership of the com
 mission to three, chairman and two 1 associates. Senator Powell opposed
 the amendment contending that while
 the administration proposes an in crease ot two in the state commission | it also proposes the cutting off oi 76 adjusters. The amendment was 1 tabled by vote of 30 to 4.
 l Senator Griffith of Cullman then offered an amendment abolishing
 the tax adjusters at once. He was the only person who voted for the l amendment and when it had been
 disposed of the senate passed the bill without dissenting vote.
 Newspaper Bill Postponed Another interesting contest came
 up on the bill giving newspapers the
 right to exchange advertising for
 transportation on common carrier:
 and after long debate the bill wa: postponed until the fourteenth legis. lative day. This means that it can l rot become law at the short session
 as a gentleman's agreement has been | made fer the long recess at the end of the fifteenth day.
 Senator Brewer of Jefferson led | the opposition to the bill, while Sen- ator Overton, who introduced il sponsored 1t on the floor of the sen
 ate. Senator Brewer first moved tc postpone the bill Indefinitely.
 Senator Crafts bill extending the
 time for the. payment of interest
 bearing warrants issued for road
 building and prohibiting the empty
 ing of oil into Mobile river and bay
 were passed by the senate Friday | afternoon.
 Two Mobile Bills
 The interest bearing warrants bill
 is similar to the one passed by the
 house early in the week but one ot
 the two bills must receive the ap. ] proval of both houses. Although one I has passed the house, the senate 1 passed the senate bill in order tc avoid any delay.
 i Nine members of the senate voted ] against the bill when a question l was raised as to its constitutionality l The bill will give Mobile and other | counties which soon will have in. 1 terest bearing warrants due power tc l refinance their treasuries by extend. ing the payment of the warrants ol | issuing new warrants which will l care for the old ones.
 ] The bill prohibiting the discharge