The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-28
HIGHWAY BOARD ID. HOLD C0NF FERENCE
Probate Judges And Members
 Of Boards Of Revenue Invited To Attend
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU l
 THE AGE-HERALD Montgomery. Ala. Oct. 27

The state highway commission to- day sent out invitations to members of the various courts of county com missioners and boards of revenue, and the probate judges of the state, and to members of the legislature, inviting thelr attendance at confer ences to be held in Montgomery No- vember and Birmingham Novem- Der to consider problems of high way construction. It is stated that the highway commission will present a plan whereby 1t is believed that every county seat in the state can be connected by a good road with every other county seat within the next three years.
 The Montgomery conference will be held in the hall of the house of representatives beginning at 10 a. m. Monday, November 6. The meet ing at Birmingham will begin at 10 a. m. Thursday, November s, at the Tutwiler hotel. They will be of the same nature, two places of meeting being chosen for convention of the various counties.
 The following is the invitations sent to members of courts of county commissioners, boards of revenue and probate judges:
 We ask you to attend a confer ence with the highway commission.
 The conference will begin at 10 a. m., Montgomery, Ala. Tuesday, November 6, in the hall of the house of representatives.
 The same conference will begin in the Tutwiler hotel at 10 a. m. SThursday morning, November 8.
 Be sure to attend one of these sconferences. We hope you will be at both.
 To Re Given Facts.
 Your experience in road building and maintenance will be of much help in the discussions in which you are to take part. During this con ference you will be given look at the books of the highway depart H ment. Ncu will be told how many roads have been built in Alabama and where. How much money has been spent by the department How much there is to spend
 The commission believes it has plan, by which every county seat ain the state can be connected by good roed with every other county seat within the next three years. me obJect of the conference is to ~ discuss this plan. The Alabama highway commission has no pride of opinion as It's authors. If there is sa better one submitted and the con terence approves it. this plan will pe that of the highway commission.
 iA6hWlJ COL1nlSS1On does not feel that 1t is the boss of the road system We know that we are spending the money of the tax payers and that in its spending those who pay these taxes are entitled to be heard. We shal, withheld nothing connected with the highway depart ment from the public, but by giving out the facts We hope to bring about spirit of helpful co1operation." Sincerely sion.''
 Legislators Invited.
 The invitation sent to members of the legislature is as rollows:
 There will he q conference of the highway commission and the county road officials in Montgomery begin ming Tuesday |. noon November 6, 1923. The meeting will be held in the hall of The house of representa- tives. This conference will be con Atinued in Birmingham on November s, 10 q. m. It the Tutw Her hotel
 Will you not please attend one or both of the conferences.
 We want you to take part in the discussion for which this conference -ns called, of ways and means to build roads Tn Alabama faster than now is being done" TO PRINT NEW CODE
 The Alabama code commission to- day awarded the contract for publi- cation of l9000 copies of the new code of laws tor the state to Foote and Davis company of Atlanta. This contract for publication Is at the rate of $9.10 per page, which with an estimate of 5,200 pages in the code, will make the total cost over $45,000. The commission with the approval nf tLe governor fixed the sale price of the code at $10 per set The code Of 1907 sells at $6, consisting. however, of only three volumes, while the new code will comprise four volumes.
 The bid of Foote & Davies com 4 pany, was selected as the best of four presented.
 s- After publication and delivery of copies to the secretary of state, the | code vii become law at a date to be designated by the governor in a proclamation issued for that purpose.
 The code commission. which awarded the contract. is com posed of Judge J. J. Mayfield, chair man; Judge Hugh D. Merrill, speak CT, of the house of representatives, and Cyrus B. Brown of Montgomery.
 BURCHFIELD TO EXPAND
 An annex is contemplated to the Burchfield hotel of Tuscaloosa, ac- cording to George Galloway, man ager, who was a visitor to Montgom- cry today. He stated also that sew 'eral new features. including a ter race garden, for convenience of uni versity students and others, are planned. MT. Galloway is well known and popular in Montgomery, having been connected with the Gay Teague hotel here. He has associ ated with him as assistant manager < of the Burchfield, Willie Marcus, who , has been connected with several well known southern hotels, and who also is a Montgomery man.
 MEETING POSTPONED The first meeting of the new state ' board of agriculture. announced for : October 30, has been postponed to ! November 1, according to informa- . ton from the state department ot | agriculture today. The meeting is expected to witness important de- velopments in putting into operation the new agricultural code adopted at the recent legislative session. /! Kentucky Scores 5
 LEXINGTON, Ky. Oct. 27.-The University of Kentucky eleven rolled over the visiting Georgetown. Ky, college team here this afternoon and won easily, 35 to 0. Kentucky sent in second string men during the third and fourth periods, which made the contesting elevens more nearly in the