The public health department was
functioning as usual in its building
j a stone's thrown down Dexter ave
: nue from the capitol, but the state |
highway department building next!
I door was tightly closed, as was the
I white house on Washington avenue.
| which houses some state officers. ;
I Save for the lawyers and the watch
; men the capitol building was practi
' cally deserted.
HAWKINS WINS POINT
The right of tax adjusters to en
er separate the valuation of the
rods and the valuations of the im
rovements thereon was upheld
hursday when the supreme court of
labama overruled the appeal of the i
■eltona Coal and Mining company vs |
ames F. Hawkins, tax collector of
efferson county. The case was ap- j
paled from the circuit court of that j
The opinion states that this is a
ix payer’s suit to recover taxes paid
nder protest. It is stated that the :
ax payer made returns of real estate ]
o the tax assessor for the year 19-0,
,n which lands and improvements
vere not listed separately. The
oard of tax adjusters thereupon
rlded a set showing a summary of
creage of lands owned by the coal
ompany and a separated list of mi
rovements. The valuation of lands
nd improvements were entered sep
rately by the tax adjusters.
The appellant objected to this added
sscssment of Improvements, but the
jtlrt held that the tax adjusters had
10 right to correct the defect of
Lilure tr> enter on returns the lands
ad improvements separately.
