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Recess Appointments Made by Lieutenant Governor Me- DoWell and Speaker Mer-
 riIl--House Ends Work
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU l
 THE AGE-HERALD { Montgomery. Ala. Feb. 10


 After devoting the last day to the clearing up of details and the signing of bills passed during the session, the Alabama legislature began it's long recess officially at noon Satur- day, but actually at 1:47 p. m. It will convene again at noon, Tuesday, July TO-
 Much of the day was devoted to mock sessions during which ad- dresses were made by various mem bers regarding the friendship formed in the 32 days of the session.
 Recess committees which will make investigations and will report to the legislature when the adjourned ses- sion begins were appointed by Lieut.. Gov. Charles S. Mcdowell for the senate and Speaker Hugh D. Merrill for the house.
 Committees Named
 Members of the committees follow
 Code-Senators B. Dec. Waddell of Russell, Emmett F. Hildreth of Greene. Wiley c. Tunstall of Cal houn, A. A. Carmichael of Geneva, Representatives Jacob A. Walker of Lee, Young Wall of Limestone, Tyler Goodwin of Montgomery, Paul o. Luck of Shelby, William R. Rountree of Dallas, Henry Howze of Jefferson, F. E. St. John of Cullman and Frank B. Embry of St. Clair.
 Education-Senators J. c. Inzer of Etowah, s. NJ. Adams of Chiffon. Wal ter S. McNeil of Fayette, Shorter Hudgens of Crenshaw, Representa- tives G. S. Culver of Etowah. Mrs. Joseph G. Wilkins of Dallas, Will O. Walton of Chambers, G. J. Hubbard of Pike. Lewis Bowen of Jefferson and J. w. LeMaistre of Covington.
 Budget-Senators J. B. Ellis of Dal- las, J. M. Foster of Tuscaloosa, J. T. Carlton of Marriage and Representa- tives c. w. Ashcraft of Lauderdale, A. M. Tunstall of Hale, R. E. Cum ningham of Mobile, W. D. Graves of Tallapoosa.
 Limestone, W. F. Garth of Madison. c. R. Horton of Pickens, Represen- tatives s. A. Burns of Talladega, R. J. Goode, Jr., of Wilcox. S. M. Dun- woody of Henry, R. C. Smith of Lee and Lee Galloway of Montgomery
 servation-Senators John Craft of Mobile. Robert Jones of Conecuh, Representatives E. J. Grove of Mo bile. J. H. L. Handley of Escambia and Champ Pickens of Sumter.
 To Prepare Revenue Bill
 The budget committee will be called into the session by Governor Brandon early in April and in CO., operation with the state budget com mission will make investigation of the financial condition of the state and sof the financial needs of the va rious activities of the government. It will be the duty of the committee to work with the budget commission In the preparation of a revenue bill for submission at the July session.
 This bill if enacted will be effec- tive at the beginning of the new fiscal year October l and will pro- vide the revenue for the four fiscal years of Governor Brandon's term The revenue law of 1919 will be re- written almost from beginning to end. This will be necessary because the present revenue law is builded around a system of tax adjusters. and Governor Brandon and the legislature are committed to the abolition of the system and the establishment of a system whereby the persons connect ed with the assessment of taxes will be elected by the voters.
 The other recess committees are charged with large responsibilities in the resolutions creating them The code committee must read and ap- prove the code prepared by Judge James ]. Mayfield. The education committee must visit all state edu- cational institutions and recommend legislation for their further devel- opment. The agriculture committee will investigate the needs of agricul- ture and read a code prepared by J. M. Moore, state commissioner of agri- culture. The conservation commit tee Is charged with the duty of de- termining what conservation legisla- tion should be placed upon the statue books of the adjourned session.
 Brower Bill Corrected.
 Governor Brandon returned to the legislature during the day the Brow CT bill giving the public service com mission the right to grant re-hear- ings in valuation cases on petition of either the utility involved or the public and suggested that a small amendment be adopted which would correct unintentional errors. Both houses adopted the governors amendment.
 In Section 16 of the bill as passed, the word Heretofore" was placed in- stead of the word Thereafter" which had the effect of preventing appeals from decisions of the commission in valuation cases in the future but per- mitted appeals In cases already de- cided. Since tho error was uninten-