The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-02
'WYNNCHARGES
 COUNTY AIDED
 BY 1. X. BOWEN
Split Between Commission And Revenue Board Grows Wider And Wider, Attitude Of City Hall 0fficialdom
 MEASURES ARE ADVERSED BUT FATE STILL INTENDS 'cIoe, Peeved At Status Of Legislation, Comes Out For Creation Of New County, h. 4 cluding Urban District

Representative L. K. Bowen of ittleton Jefferson county, is held responsible for the defeat of the road tax division measurees In the legis- lature by City Attorney w. J. Wynn, 4xho returned Saturday from Mont mery.
 MT. Wynn said MT. Bowen was the klly representative from Jefferson unity on the house committee on public roads and highways, and the other members of the committee were guided by Mir. Bowen's views in the matter of Jefferson county not returning to Birmingham the $216,- 600 withheld from the city in the di- Gision of the road tax.
 A The measure, which the committee , I, versed in this instance, was the Bower bill to make the existing nv effective, forcing the county au critics to disgorge the citys with Id funds.
 Another Birmingham measure kwhich MT. Wynn said Mir. Bowen had succeeded in having adversed was the bill introduced to have Jefferson county give the city of Birmingham half of the 15-cent road and bridge tax, in lieu of the repeal of the law requiring the county to support the north, south, east and west state N highways within the city limits. There Is every assurance, how er," Mr. Wynn said Saturday )rning. that the law to repeal the liGatlon of the county for the sup *rert of these highway within the city will never pass the senate" Puts Blame On Bowen. The city has MT. Bowen to thank for killing the bills, MT. Wynn said, for MT. Bowen, being the representa- tive of the county affected by these purely local measures, the whole dommittee was influenced to do what the local representative affected de- sired.
 "The net result of the killing of bills" NJ. Wynn concluded, "is to ave both city and county exactly lere they. stood on these matters ore the legislature convened, and appears they will be in similar po- on when the legislature ad- rms"
 peaking of Senator Walter Brow 5 work in the senate, the city at- ney said MT. Brewer seemed to nd alone at the representative of
 middle classes of the people of r. state. facing senate full of poration lawyers who fight him every turn.
 Mr. Wynn said there was no cause
 
 Y legislation Is going on the ole, though it has every right to A1ispleased at a member of the Jef- tson county delegation killing two
 bills pertaining to the city's and nty's interests.
 . Wants Separation.
 ity Commissioner w. B. Cloe was atly perturbed Saturday morning \ |. the turn events have taken in the legislature. With s216,0O0 of the city's money, a counted on asset, withheld by the county, he said. Bir- mingham faces bond Issue to sup plement the withheld funds, literally making the people of Birmingham, who are Jefferson county citizens, nay double for what already belongs to them.
 ney not being available for city
 50 per cent lay-off of municipal oloyes was staring the commis- ,ers in the face.
 The time has come.'' he said. finitely to take up the often dis sed advisability of creating a arate county for Birmingham. In ad of cooperation from the Jef- son county authorities we meet op- ltion to the city's interests a, ry turn, set backs and now de- For my part am entlrely Tn Ia of the creation of Birmingham nty and freeing the city from the stant menace, threat and applica- I of inimical action by the present nty authorities. It is the step [ vii, have to be taken the Jeff ,o.t county authorities succeed in lecting to their use the city's ds."
 throughout municipal officialdom
 feeling against the Jefferson nty authorities is very apparent,
 the widening breach is more nly noticeable from day to day.
 . is estimated that if Birmingham somes county in itself the sever Ice will reduce the income of the Dresent Jefferson county by from 70 to so per cent
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