intendent of education that the erection or repair of a public school house in a public school district Duty of county superintendfor the benefit of which he holds a warrant, has ent before debeen commenced and that the amount of subscrip- livering wartion secured by said district has been collected rant. and is in the hands or possession of its trustees and that a deed has been properly executed conveying to the State of Alabama for the benefit of said district the lot or parcel of land on which said public school house is being erected or repaired, and after such deed is delivered to and accepted by him for said board he shall indorse and de liver to the district trustees of such district said warrant, and the amount or sum of money named in the same shall be paid to said trustees or to their successors in office or assigns by the State treasurer out of the amount, hereby and herein appropriated, out of the treasury of the State. The Receipt taken county superintendent of education shall take a by county sureceipt for said warrant from said district trus- perintendent. tees on a blank to be furnished him by the superintendent of education of this State, in duplicate and one of said receipts shall be forwarded to the superintendent of education of this State and the other kept by the county superintendent of education. open account Section Five. That the superintendent of edu- State superincation of this State shall, in a book kept by him intendent to for that purpose open an account with each coun- with each ty in this State and shall charge against said coun- county. ty the amount of each warrant issued under section three of this act for the benefit of any of the public school districts of such county; provided, that if any of said warrants are not delivered by the county superintendent of education by reason of the failure on the part of a district to comply to comply with with the requirements of Section 4 of this act, the same shali, after the lapse of six months from the receipt of the same by the county superintendent of education, be by him returned to the superintendent of education of this State, and by him marked "cancelled," and if the same has been charged against Unexpended able. the county in the book kept under this section, an entry shall be made therein crediting the account of said county with each of such "cancelled" warrants, provided further, that if at the end of any balance avail- year the whole appropriation for that year has not been exhausted the State auditor and the State treasurer shall carry the unexpended balance forward and this balance shall be available in addition to the regular appropriation for the cur rent year. What proceeds used for. Penalty for violation. Section Six. That the proceeds of all warrants issued under this act shall be used only for the erection or the repair of the public school houses in the districts for the benefit of which they shall be issued as shown by the application filed with the county superintendent of education by the district trustees, and it shall be unlawful to use or apply the same to any other purpose whatsoever; and any district trustee of any public school district in this State who shall knowingly use or apply or authorize the use or application of the proceeds or any part thereof of any warrant deliv ered to him under this act, for purposes or objects other than as required by this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction, shall be fined not less than $200.00 nor more $1,000, and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months. Approved March 2, 1907. than No. 165) AN ACT. (H. 138 To detach Lee county from the northeastern chancery division, and to transfer the cases pending in the chancery court of Lee county, and the ju risdiction to try and determine the same, to the Lee county court of law and equity, and to repeal conflicting laws. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama, That the county of Lee is hereby de tached and tached from the northeastern chancery division Lee county deof Alabama, and all cases pending in the chancery cases transcourt of Lee county are hereby transferred to the ferred. Lee county court of law and equity, which Lee county court of law and equity is hereby clothed with the full and complete jurisdiction to try and determine the same in all respects as fully as said chancery court of Lee county had before said Effect. transfer. Provided this law shall take effect on July 1, 1907. Section 2. That all laws in conflict herewith Repeal. are hereby repealed. Approved February 28, 1907. No. 167.) AN ACT. (H. 137. To detach Lee county from the third judicial circuit, and to transfer the cases pending in the circuit court of Lee county, and the jurisdiction to try and determine the same, to the Lee county court of law and equity, and to repeal conflicting laws. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Lee county deAlabama, That the county of Lee is hereby detach-tached and ed from the third judicial circuit, and all cases cases transpending in the circuit court of Lee county, are hereby transferred to the Lee county court of law and equity, which Lee county court law and equity is hereby clothed with full and complete jurisdiction to try and determine said cases in all respects as fully as said circuit court of Lee county had before said transfer, Provided, this law shall take Effect. effect July 1, 1907. Section 2. That all laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved February 28, 1907. Repeal. Accounts for hire to be made out. auditor. No. 176.) AN ACT. (H. 442. To amend section 4447 of the code of 1896. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama, That section 4447 of the code of 1896 be amended so as to read as follows: Section 4447. On the first day of each month the president of the board shall cause to be made out by the clerk an account against each contractor, showing the number of convicts and the amount of hire due from each contractor for the past month, copies of which shall be furnished respectively to the contractors and the auditor. Within ten days after receiving such account, such contractors respectively shall settle and pay such accounts to the president of the board; and the president of the board shall make quarterly settlements with the auditor for the proceeds of such accounts, on the first days of January, April, July and October Quarterly settlements with of each year, and the amount due by each shall be certified into the State treasury, and an account thereof shall be kept by the auditor in a book or books, separate and distinct from other State accounts (as other accounts of public moneys are kept); but when the contract prescribes other than monthly than monthly payments then the account thereof shall be made out under the direction of the president of the board. and settled by the contractor with the pres ident of the board, within ten days after the same is due, and the president of the board shall settle with the auditor for the same in said quarterly settlements, and the amount shall be certified into the treasury of the State, in all respects as herein provided; and if the contractor suit brought. fails to settle within thirty days after receiving his account, the president of the board shall notfy the attorney general, who shall at once bring suit for the amount due. Contract prescribing other payments. Failure to pay amount due, Approved February 28, 1907. No. 177.) AN ACT. (H. 379. To fix the salaries of the chancellors, supernumerary judge and circuit judges. Amount of sal cellors and su Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of ary of chanAlabama, That from the approval of this act, pernumerary the salary of every chancellor and the supernu- judges. merary judge for the State shall be three thousand two hundred dollars per annum. Sec. 2. The salary of every circuit judge shall Salary of be three thousand dollars; provided, that said circuit judges. amounts shall be in full of the salaries, allowances and expenses of all of said judges and chan cellors. Sec. 3. All salaries fixed in this act shall be paid as provided in section 3153 of the code. Approved February 28, 1907. How paid. No. 186.) AN ACT. (H. 178. To make appropriation for buildings, machinery and other necessary improvements at the Alabama Industrial school for White Boys. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama, That there be and hereby is appropria- Amount apted to the Alabama Industrial School for White propriated and Boys out of any money in the State treasury, the purposes of sum of fifty thousand dollars to pay for buildings, machinery and other improvements needed at said school. Sec. 2. That of the sum hereby appropriated as aforesaid, one half shall be payable under the direction of the governor, and the remainder shall be due and payable on the first day of October, 1907. Sec. 3. All money appropriated hereby, shall be paid as it becomes due to the treasurer of said school on the warrants of the State auditor same. When payable. How paid. |