The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-13
QUIET AT CAPITOL
 WITH BRANDON AND LEGISLATORS AWAY
Recess Committee to Take Up Work = Gasoline Tax Law in Force-Winston
 County Man ParoIed.
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THE AGE-HERALD
 Montgomery, Ala. Feb. 12
 With Governor Brandon in Tuske- gee and members of the legislature reporting their work to the folk back home, Alabama capitol pre- sented a deserted appearance Monday. Where there were footsteps last week this week has been greeted by silence. No voices sounded in the hall of the house and senate. No couriers passed from the legislature to the governors office. No gavels rapped for order.
 The recess code committee will re- turn to Montgomery in two weeks and will take up the task of reading. comparing ard revising the draft of the state code prepared during the past four years by Judge James J. Mayfield This work will take the time Of the committee until the leg islature reconvenes, July 10.
 The recess agricultural committee also will begin its investigation in two weeks. It will continue 20 days under the law, but the members will devote their time to the state for | greater 1umber of days as the work cannot be finished in 20 days. This committee will go into the progress sive states of the south and middle vest in i.n effort to ootain ideas for Improvement in the state agricul- tural laws,
 Governor Brandon expects to call the state buoget coila..ss on and re- cess legislative committee into ses- sion early in April for the purpose of writing a revenue Dill for presenta- tion at the adjourned session.
 STILLS, CARS AND MEN TAKEN
 Raids conducted by state law en- forcement officers during the week end netted four stills, one automobile and four men. In Jefferson county the officers confiscated a small au- tomobile and arrested two men on charges of violating the prohibition laws when Is gallons of liquor were found in the car.
 fin Talladega county an S0gallon still was destroyed with 400 gallons of mash. Coosa county gave the of ficers a 50-gallon still, five gallons of liquor and one man on charge of making liquor. The stills were taken in another raid and one person was arrested on charge of manu- featuring liquor Sheriffs forces of the county assisted the state officers.
 CONSIDER POWER FUNDS
 The public service commission Mon day heard and took under advise ment the petition of the Alabama Power company for authority to sell first mortgage bonds to the value of 4,000, ,000. Thomas w. Martin, presi- dent of the company, stated that a portion of the bond issue would be used in making partial payments for the property in Montgomery while the remainder would be used In re- tiring obligations of the company about to become due.
 COLLECTING GAS TAX
 Citizens of Alabama today were paying their tax of two cents a gall lon on all gasoline and other motor fuels obtained for use in their auto- mobiles. However, in Montgomery. no further advance in price was noted. The price jumped from 19c to 21c late in the week, which will cover the tax. Another advance had been predicted by dealers because of the continued advance in the prices of crude oil in recent weeks.
 WINSTON MAN PAROLED
  guilt, Governor Brandon today issued a parole to Sam Denton of Winston county who had been convicted of statutory offense and given an indeterminate sentence of from five since March 23, 1920. The board of pardons recommended clemency and a large number of citizens urged Dentons release.
 FOREIGN CORPORATIONS ENTER
 Notice was received by the state auditor and secretary of state today of the entrance of two additional foreign corporations into the state. The Realty Development corporation. Incorporated in Michigan, qualified to do business, with R. W. Drane of Florence as state agent. This cor poration will invest $4s,000 in Ala bama.
 James s. Kirk & Co. of Illinois will enter business with the state of- flee in Montgomery. E. R. Beckwith was named state agent.
 NEW INCORPORATIONs
 The following report on domestic corporations was received by S. H. blan, secretary of state, Monday.
 Dent McGraw Realty company, in corporated. Calhoun county, capital stock paid in, S10,000.
 Campbell Shoe company. incorpo- rated, Montgomery. capital stock paid in, s35.000.
 Change in name of Downing Adams Construction company to Downing Wheleff Construction company, in corporated Brewton, Escambia county Increase in capital stock from s1o,ooO to s25,Ooo.
 Dixie Land company, Tallapoosa county, capital stock paid in, s10, 900, general farming and real estate. Place of business. Benson. Ala. Muscle Shoals City company, in corporated. Sheffield, Colbert county capital stock paid in, s1,5o0, real es- tate business.