Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-29

| sec. 40. BE IL 1uftnef enacted, 1Q2I IHe
general manager shall cause to be pre-
served certified copies OF all his official
| correspondence with the Governor. SUI
| perintendents and other public offices,
which, together with all books, vouchers
and documents relating to the office of
president and board Of inspectors, shall
be considered as public documents and
kept on file in the office of the board Of
| managers
Sec. A. Be it further enacted, That in
the office of the board of managers shall
| be kept a book, or books, in which shall
be kept a record of all conyicts showing
the date of conviction, crime, sentence,
| county and court in which convicted, di-
| vision to which assigned, and such other
! information as the board may prescribe;
and there shall be kept also in a, we'll
| bound book, or books, an account with
| each division showing at all times fully
and correctly the state of the accounts
| of each division, and there shall also be
| kept such other books as the board may
| deem proper.
Sec. As. Be it further enacted, That on
the first day of each month the general
| manager shall cause to be made out by
| the clerk an account against each debtor
| showing the amount due from each debtor
for the past month, copies of which shall
| be furnished respectively to the debtor
| and the auditor. Within ten days after
| receiving such account, such debtors re-
| spectivey shall settle and pay such ac-
| cOuHlS 10 the duu]lOf. anu The duloullI
| due by each shall be certified into the
| state treasury, and an account thereof
| shall be kept by the auditor In book or
| books, separate and distinct from other
| state accounts (as other accounts of pub
| lie moneys are kept; but when the con-
tract preseribes other than monthly pay
| ments then the account thereof shall be
| made out under the direction of the gen.
eral manager and settled by the debtor
| with the auditor. and certified into the
he ,f,te Inv
ter the same is due in all respects as
herein provided; and If the debtor fails to
settle within thirty days after receiving
his account the auditor shall notify the
| attorney-general,w who shall at once begin
| suit for the amount due.
Sec. 46. Be it further enacted, That
| the general manager shall furnish each
| convict within month after his con-
| finement, a card, on which shall be writ
ten or printed, or partly written and
printed, the date OF such convfct's convic-
| ton, and the term and expiration OF his
| sentence.
Sec. AZ. Be it further enacted, That.
| whenever any convict escapes, 1t is the
duty of the general manager to take all
| proper measures for his apprehension,
| and for that purpose he will forthwith
| communicate to the Governor the fact
of such escape, the time when, and the
! circumstances under which 1t was COM
| mitted, together with particular de-
| complexion, color of hair and eyes, from
| what county convicted, and for what Of
| Tense and when; and the general man
| ager shall, with the approval of the
! Governor, offer a reward not exceeding
| $500, for the apprehension of such con-
| vict, to be paid out of the proceeds of
| the convict labor in the state treasury.
| But no warrant shall be issued for the
| payment of any such reward, unless
| there is filed in the office of the auditor
l. the certificate f. fhR ppnara1
| that such convict has been captured and
| restored to custody, with an Endorsement
| thereon by the Governor ordering the
| reward to be paid.
| Sec. 49, Be it further enacted That
| the owners, or their duly authorized
agents. of lands, factories, mills. mines
| on other property leased or rented to the
| state under the provisions of this act
| may at all times have the right to exam
| inc said properties or property and may
| protest in writing to the general man
| ager against any work being done or
| contemplated, that would be damaging to
| said property or properties, when 1t will
| be the duty of the general manager to
| investigate the complaint, and, If found
| true, shall order such work stopped, pro-
| yided, such work Is not in the contract.
| Sec. 49, Be it further enacted, That
| the general manager, between the 25th
| day of June and 1st day of July, 1897,
| shall give notice for thirty days in a
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| Mobile Montgomery. Birmingham and
| Huntsville, that sealed proposals to lease
or rent agricultural lands. factories. mills
| and other manufactures, coal, iron ore,
| and other ore lands, coal, iron ore and
| other mines, or for the labor of con-
| victs, as provided In sections 2S, 20, 80,
| of this act, will be received at his office
| up to II M, on the first Mondayin Au-
| gust. 1897. That said notice shall con-
| tain the conditions upon which such
| ma hp rOa6p. that the
proposals must designate the terms of the
| lease or rental, for one or all of the con-
| ditions; that accompanying the proposals
shall be general description of the prop
! etry proposed to be leased or rented; that
| all proposals to lease coal mines shall be
| accompanied by a diagram of the mine,
| giving thickness of the coal, degree of
| dip or pitch, the number and location of
openings, the drainage, ventilation, the
| capacity, whether shaft, slope or drift,
| the partings of slate, the presence of
| fire damp or not. the distance of the
| haulage, and such other information as
| the superintendent of the mining division
| may advise. rs =.
| Sec. so. Be it further enacted That the
| proposals and accompanying informa-
| ton may be written or printed, or partly
| written and partly printed; that they
| shall be securely sealed in plain white
| envelope, and there shall be nothing upon
| the outside but the name and address of
| the general manager; that there shall
be written three times across the sealing
flap of the envelope the words PRO
| posal."
| Sec. 81 Be it further enacted, That the
| board of managers shall meet in the Of
| flee of the governor on the Tuesday fol-
| lowing the first Monday in August. and
| the general manager shall, in the pres
/ ence of the governor and the board, open
| all the proposals; that the secretary of
the board shall make due entry of each
in book designated as the book for the
trecord of proposals, recording the details
sof the proposal. name and address of the
tlproposer, and shall carefully file the ORR
ginal proposal and accompanying infor-
| nation.
\ Sec. 81. Be 1t further enacted, That the
| general manager the superintendent of
! the agricultural division, and the super
| intendent OF the mining division shall
! personally examine the property propos-
I ed to be leased or rented together or sew
orally as the board and governor may
direct. T., g4
Sec. So. Be 1t further enacted, That not
| later than the first day of September.
| 1897. the board of managers and the govt
ernOr shall pass upon all DrOpOSalS and