The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-31
SENATE BY HEAVY VOTE |s OPPOSED TO ]. TAX KEMP PTI0NS
Repeal of Exemption Measure Faovred by 25 to ' Ma jority--House Passes Ad-
 ministration Bills
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 bour, Jones of Conucah, Martin,
 Middleton. McNeil, Nolan, Phelan, Powell, Randall, Slone-25.
 Those who voted against the bill were Benners. Brooks, Carlton, Hil-
 dreth Oliver, Overton, WaddelI-7.
 Those not voting were Craft. Teas ley and Tunstall-S.
 Control Board Abolished No opposition developed in the house to the administration measure for the abolition of the board ol
 control and economy and the creation of the state board of convict super visors to take it's place. The house passed the bill by vote of SS to 6. But before passing the bill the house adopted an amendment reduc-
 ing the salary of the president of the proposed board from S6,000 to 50 ,O00 and the salary of associate
 member from s5,oo0 to $4,000. Rep
 resentative Moxley of Crenshaw of
 fered the amendment which was ac-
 cepted by Representative Werner of
 Tuscaloosa, author of the bill.
 A great majority of the duties of
 the bo ard of control are placed upon
 the board of convict supervisors by
 the bill. The board will be appoint
 ed by the governor and may be re-
 moved at the will of the governor. It will have control of all state con
 victs and Of the contracts for the purchase of all supplies for the va rious state departments. However, 1t 1 will have no duties whatevers in con
 nection with the purchase of sup plies for the states educational and eleemosynary institutions which will be performed in the future by the board of trustees.
 Another important provision re- lates to the state prison Inspector
 In the past he has been under the
 board of control but has been ap- pointed for . specific term by the state board of health. The new bill puts the prison inspector under the
 board of convict supervisors and pro- vides he shall be appointed by the governor and shall serve at the win
 of the governor.
 Werner Favored Bill In requesting the passage of the bill, Representative Werner declared that it will mean a savings of from iS25,000 to S30,000 annually in sal aries He declared that the board of
 control had proved expensive to many
 state institutions, and that some of
 the wards of the government had l been cold and barofooted because of tMU HUH OA SHS pOdiu. IlG
 said he did not desire to reflect upon the personnel of the board and ex- lpressed the opinion that the delay had been brought about by the sys- l tenn rather than the personnel. | The salaries of the two members of | the convict supervisors will be $1,000 year less >than the salaries of the two members of the board of control | if the bill is passed by the senate without amendment. The chairman of the board of control now receives | S6,000 and the warden general re-
 ceives s5,000. The governor is given authority by the new bill to pay | smaller salaries if he desires to do so. 1 The bill extending the convict lease system to March 31, 1927, was ac- cepted by the house without a fight.
 It had been amended by the senate i so as to provide that the lease sys- tenn shall end March 31, 1927, instead
 of January l, 1927. in order that the 1 question might be settled by tho ad-
 ministration which will succeed Gov ernor Brandon. Sixty-two members voted to concur in the senate amend
 ment and 22 voted against it. l Other Bills Passed
 Other bills passed by the senate
 during the session follows
 l Senator Fosters bill giving county boards of education the right to reim- purse persons who advanced money
 for the construction of school build- 1 ings in the belief that the mill
 school taxes should be used for such purposes.
 1 Senator McNeirs bill providing for the election of a trustee at the state department of archives and history l for the Tenth Congressional district Senator Hildreth's bill amending
 the state highway law so as to give
 counties the right to levy license taxes against vehicles.
 Senator Fosters bill repeating the | act creating the state board of con trol and economy and the companion lbill repeating the act conferring addi-