Opinion of the Justices

Hon. James E. Folsom ' Governor of Alabama CAPITOL Montgomery, Alabama

Dear Sir:

In re: Opinion of the Justices in Response to Inquiry of Governor of Alabama of August 15, 1950.

Responding to the inquiry of the Governor of Alabama of date of August 15, 1950, for advisory opinion under Article 3, Chapter 2, Title 13, Code of 1940,

“Does the word ‘Income’ as used in Article 14, Section 257 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, mean ‘net income’ or ‘gross income’; that is to say, are the expenses of administration, such as expenses of cruising timber, advertising for the sale of timber, defending…