The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-31
SENATE BY HEAVY VOTE 0PPOsED ] II TAX EXEMPT PTIONS
Repeal of Exemption Measure Faovred by 25 to 7 Ma jority--House Passes Ad-
 miniStration Bills
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU l
 THE AGE-HERALD Montgomery, AIa., Jan. 30 ]


 Immediate repeal of section 2069 of the code which exempts power companies from taxation for 10 years from the time the development began is provided in bill which passed the senate by a vote of 25 to 7 Tuesday afternoon.
 A hard fight was made by the op- position. the contention being that Alabama would be breaking faith with the Alabama Power company If the exemption statute should be stricken ftom the code. He-stver Chose favosing the passage of bill charged that the failure of demo- cratic legislature to pass the bill would be breaking faith with the state democratic convention which placed in the platform a provision for the ending of all exemptions and the assessment of all property for taxation on an equal basis.
 The legislature did more work in the four hours of it's session than it has done in any other two days since it's quadrennial session was begun January 9. While the senate was. considering the extension bill, the house of representatives was passing bills urged by the adminis- tration in the first'1message of Gov ernor Brandon.
 Convict Lease Bill Passes
 Before the day ended the house had concurred in the senate amend ment to the convict lease bill which provides that convicts shall not be leased to privates corporations after March 3f 1927. and has passed t, administration bill changing the name of the state board of control and economy to the state board of convict supervisors and releasing the states educational and eleemosynary institution from the control of the board.
 The senate also passed bill creat- ing the state board. for convict su- pervisors and providing that t shall take upon Itself the duties which was placed on the state board or control and economy with the eXeep- tion of the buying of supplies for the state educational and eleemesy- nary institutions. Both houses are in agreement with the administra- tion that the purchasing of supplies in the future should be done " te board of trustees of. the state ln- stitutions.
 Says state Breaking Faith
 The interesting contest came on the bill repeating the exemption statue in the senate. Senattr Broohs opened the discussion with an appeal of contending that corporations have come into Alabama upon the states invitation and upon the assurance that they would be exempt from tax ation fer 10 years.
 He was supported by Senator Bon ner, who contended that the state would he breaking faith with the cor poration which had made investments in Alabama with the assurance that they would not be subject to taxation during their development period.
 Senator Bonner sought to propose an amendment which would continue the exemption on corporations al ready in the state but would apply 10 all corporations which come into the state in the future but the bill had been ordered to it's first reading and the majcrity declined to permit the COnSlQeTd ton Ol ,tuc N~A ator Hildreth also opposed the pas sage of the bill.
 Brower Led Fight
 senator Walter s. Brewer of Jeff ferson led the fight for the bill which lie introduced. He declared that investors knew the state had the power to concel any exemption at any time and that the state will not be breaking faith with anybody when it had done no more than pro vide a bounty and could remove the bounty at any time.
 He called attention to the fact that Governor Brandon, committed himself tt the assessment of all property on a basis of equality. Others who made addresses in support of the re- peal of the exemption were Senators Garth, Adams, Hutson and Duncan.
 Senator Duncan charged that the Alabama Power company-had been a great drawback in the development of north Alabama.
 How They Voted
 Tht SC who voted for the bill fol- low: Adams, Brewer, Caffey, car Duncan. Ellis, Foster, Garth. Griffith, Horton, Howle. Hudgens, Hutson. Inzer. Pohnson, Jons of Bar
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