The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-15
OFFICE OF DEPUTY TAX ASSESSOR IS CREATED BY LAW
State Commission Appointee In Every County To Check
 Up Personal Property
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU ! THE AGE-HERALQ |
 

Every county in Alabama will have 8 deputy tax assessor appointed by the state tax commission. The legis- lature created the office Thursday when it concurred in the recommen- dations of the committee of confer ence on the bill imposing automohi licenses. Few members of the legls lature knew such & provision was written into the bill by the confer ence committees, but it showed up in the office of the secretary of state Friday.
 The license bill as amended by the conference report was approved by Governor Brandon and delivered to the secretary of state Thursday after noon. It is now law.
 The deputy tax assessors will be named by the state tax commission Their specific duties will be to look after the assessment of personal property which has escaped taxation sessor will be paid commission of 20 per cent on all taxes obtained through their efforts.
 To Assess Personal Property.
 Creation of the office in each coun- ty means that the present admipis- tration will make an effort to put all personal property subject to taxes on the tax records of the counties. For many years complaints have been made that personal property was es caping taxation. and that no machin cry had been provided for the assess ment of the property. The automo- bill as passed provides this machinery.
 The authority to name the deputy tax assessors is vested in the state tax commission and the exercise of it is optional. However, the general plan is to name deputy assessors inall count ; ties. No appropriation is made tor the compensation of the deputies, and their revenue will come from the 20 per cent commission which they will be paid from the taxes obtained from assessments placed on the records by them
 In addition to the creation of the positions of deputy tax assessors, the Dill continued the offices of license inspectors of the various counties, with the proviso that the state tax commission may designate district license inspectors instead of county license inspectors.
 Hudgens Serves Notice
 Senator i1udgens, Crenshaw, served notice op the senate. prior to ad- journment. Friday afternoon, he would attempt to take his school measure from the adverse calendar when the upper house convened Tuesday morning.
 The Hudgens bill provides paro- chal school students upon reaching the 14-year age limit shall stand public school examination Should they fail in the examination, they would then attend public schools un- til such time as they are competent to stand the examinations.
 Members of the educatiohal com rpaif at to al~ af ,,1rt sion of its reading, Wednesday after noon as un-AruerIcan and striking at the bulwarlS of the United States constitution.
 Bayou La Batrc Loses
 Hopes of the Mobile delelga ton o fobtaining funds through the legis- 1ature. for deepening the channel of Bayou La Batre, famous oyster bed of Alabama, were blasted Friday morning, when on motion of Senator Jones. Barbour the bill of Senator Craft was tabled by vote of 25 to (.
 Senator Crafts measure called for appropriations not to exceed $10,000 which would be matched by $30,000 of federal funds for the purpose of deepining the channel. Senator Craft in his plea for adoption of the measu @, said he had been as sured by government authorities that federal funds woud be forthcoming within the next two years, providing the state of Alabama would give twenty-five per cent of the amount appropriated by the government.
 Senator Craft said In years to come revenue derived from the oyster beds would more than compensate the state for all expenditures in addition to supplying the state with seafoods obtained from native waters at q cheaper price.
 Senator Inzer. Etowah, lead r;;e fight against the measure with the declaration the children of the state had been refused funds for eduea-