The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21
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Check Indicates Majority Or House Favor Adoption Of
 Part Aid Legislation
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU 1
 THE AG E-HERALD {
MOntROmerY, Ala, Aug. 20 ] u th Q lc nci .l . t1t,.n hn (. Q 1

THE AGE-HERAID
 Montgomery Ala. Aug. 20
 MemDol O. the legislature began returning to Montgomery Monday . event! for tn. thirty-fourth session of the 1923 term which , Il be held beginning al o'clock Tu-sdal aft ernoon.
 The most |. ortant measure 7 ,ed py the lawmakers du ng the week IS the port enabling act under which machinery will be created for the constitution of a state seaport It Mobile with state funds authorized ny the constitutional amendment ratified last November
 This bill will be a special order for the consideration of the house on the second legislative day of this week. II is probable the second ses sion i'll be held Thursday givini Wednesday owe to the handlin of legislation in committees.
 Governor Brandon has made a per sonal request to the legislature to enact the port measure in order that construction work may be started as soon as port improvement bonds can be issued and sold. A careful check has indicated that a majority of the house will favor the measure though It is possible that some amendments will be offered Friends of the meas ure have found majority who be- lieve tho ratification of the amend ment showed that the voters favor the development. However, about twenty-five members of the house have been found to be opposed to any port aid legislation.
 Fight Is Improbable.
 Two small ,e~enu measures are on the house calendar for disposition this week, though it is probable they can be handled without hard f.ght one of the bills provides for the levy ing of licenses against a smi Il num- ber of classes of us'ness. If passed, 1t vii be a cor eanion measure of the license law of 1919 which will re- main on the statute ooks. The other revenue measure originally royided for an increase in the licenses for the driving of automobiles and for a gross profit tax on automobile aoces- sortes. Amendments were adopted which will leave the licenses at the same figure nov in the law a. G strik- ins out the tax on automobile access sories However, it will provide the means for the collection of an ad valOrem tax on all automobiles Tax assessors and collectors have com plained at they were not able to establish the ership of automo- piles in the past and that the owners have escaped taxation The passage of the bill which requires owners to assess their cars for ad valorem taxa
  censes for the operation of the auto mobile.
 Seek Early Adjournment.
 As the lawmakers gathered Mon day evening there was a genera n- dication that an effort will be made to complete the session by Septemoe, 15. The leaders expressed the opinion that final adjournmnt can me 1ur- l iRe the middle Of the month.
 
 sees no reason why the enactment of all the important measures should not be completed at that time. with the disposition of the revenue bill and the code adoption bill it would seen that other Legislation can be Brandon. T do not mean that hasty consideration should be given to any | item of legislation, but since the members have considered all the inn 1 portant measures for several weeks | and their views regarding them have l been developed it would seem that the act. of voting upon them should | not take any great amount of time" |
 The same views were expressed by ! Lieut. Gov. Charles S. Mcdowell | presiding officer of the senate, and [ Alfred M. Tunstall of Hale, the sage | of the house.
 MERCHANTS TO RE GUESTS
 morning will be host for three days to hund- | reds of merchant visitors from the | Montgomery territory of Georgia | Florida. Mississippi and Alabama | who will be here attending the mer- chants conclave
 Wholesalers, bankers and manu- lecturers have been working hard | the past few days putting on the | finishing touches for an entertain ment that is expected to be the last word in southern hospitality From | the moment visitor alights from a train at the union station until he again boards one for home. his time will be taken up with seeing Mont gomery and being entertained by Montgom merians.
 Judge Leon McCord will address the visitors at the barbecue to be given Wednesday afternoon at Sum- mer's rest. Food prepared in south ern barbecue style will be served Details of the barbecue are com pleted ard I. Fl. Dewees will act as master of ceremonies. Aiding him in serving the guests will be 50 Boy | Scouts. Admission will be by tickets only.
 Another entertainment feature will be the vaudeville by an organ ization of Montgomery talent. The vaudeville is scheduled for Tuesday night. A beVy of pretty Montgomery girls, including Emily Matthews. Agnes Thorington, Maggie Gallagher and Martha Halsey will take part in the show. Other principals in the show will be Tommy stevenson, Booney Johnson. Jimmie Price and Billie Sandsho.
 Before the barbecue, the visitors will be taken in a fleet of 100 au- tomobiles to Kilby prison. Other en- tertainment features include rides through the country, swimming ex- hibitions at Oak Park, pictures shows and demonstration activities at Max well Air Field.
 Hotel reservations have been made daily by merchants who will arrive here Tuesday for the conclave and it is expected that before nightfall more than 1000 guests will be reg istered in the city. The total num- ber expected is 1.500. The Chamber of Commerce has listed several places where visitors will be able to ob- tain rooms during their stay here.
 Wholesale houses have called in their travelling representatives for the copclave, and these men will aid in the entertainment of the visitors
 TWO CASES SCHEDULED
 l. H. Alldredge, examiner of the Alab ma public service commission, leftk day for Birmingham. where he willA ar two cases Tuesday One of these is the complaint Cf the C. c. Snider Cigar and Tobacco company, the R. D. Burnett Cigar company and the Patterson Cigar company against rates on tobacco products, nearly all steal carriers of the state being in- volved. The second case is the peti- tion of the Childersburg Brick com pany against the Central of Georgia and Southern railroads for lower rates on brick to Birmingham and grouD noipfc and for hattar sxUitnb