Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-25

TOT Wnich ne snail fHfHlNe ceHtFg t3tf
 100 words, not including the predatory
 matter. the original of which may be
 sent te the printer; the amount of such
 copying and the price thereof al the
 rate herein prescribed shall be oscer-
 tained by the secretary of state and ger
 tifled to the auditor when the work IS
 done, whereupon the same must be paid.
 Sec. 3. The commissioner for perform
 ing all the services required of him by
 this act other than the preceding section
 shall receive S6,100 one-half when the
 work is all delivered to the binders, the
 othep half when the 1000 copies are de-
 livered to the secretary of state, to be
 paid on warrants drawn by the auditor
 Sec 10. Upon the delivery of the 1,UOO
 copies of the code to the secretary of
 state, the governor must tissue his proc
 lamation announcing that fact and desig- hating a day, not less than thirty days
 thereafter on which the code shall go
 into effect and become operative. -Ihe
 secretary of state must cause printed
 copy of such proclamation to be securely
 pasted inside the left back of each copy
 of the civil code which he may distribute
 or sell; but failure on the part of the
 secretary of state to comply with this
 direction shall in no way affect the val
 idity of the proclamation.
 Sec Il. The secretary of state must re-
 tain for the use of the executive officers
 and the two houses of the general assem-
 bly. 300 copies of the code, and must
 transmit to the nDrar1an or congress- TUT
 the purpose of copyright, two copies; to
 the department of state of the United
 States two copies; to the executive of
 each state and territory, two copies; to the governor, secretary Of state, state
 auditor, state treasurer, attorney-gen-
 eral, superintendent of education, com
 missioner of agriculture, examiner Of public accounts, state health officer, adjutant-general, president or other head
 of the convict bureau, president of the railroad commission, clerk of the su- preme court, reporter Of the. Su-
 ppeme court, secretary of the senate,
 clerk of the house of representatives, and to each member of the general assembly, one copy each; to the president Of the University of Alabama for the use of the law department three copies; to the librarian of the Agricultural and Me
 chanical collge, of the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and the Alabama Bryce ln- sane hospital, for the use of their respec- tive institutions, one copy each; to each judge of any court of record in this state, rot including county commissioners, one copy; to each chancellor, solicitor, United States district attorney and United States district judge in this state, one copy; to the librarian of the supreme court for the use of the library, ten cop es; to the department of justice of the United States, one copy; to the United States circuit court of appeals for the Fifth circuit, one copy; to the judge or probate for each county, one copy eacn for such judge the clerk of the circuit court, the clerk of the city court or oth- CT inferior court of record If there De such in the county, the sheriff, the reg ister in chancery, the tax assessor, the tax collector, the county treasurer, the county superintendent and each justice of the peace, and each notary pubic ana sex- officio justice of the peace. l.r Sec. 12. The copies distributed under
 this act to any officer shall belong to the office and not the individuals: and any
 officer, or, in case of his death, the ex- ecutor or administrator of such officer,
 failing to deliver such copy on demand to his successor, must, on conviction, be
 fined not less than $25;a and such copy
 may be recovered in the name of the
 state, without bond or affidavit as in suit for the recovery of chattels in spe-
 cie; and justices of the peace have juris-
 diction of any cause arising under this section. s.f,s yi'r tU a5l..-ll,
 Sec. 13. For the purpose of making a correct distribution of the code to- the
 county and precinct officers entitled to
 the same, the secretary of state shall deliver to each judge of probate such number of copies as by the written re-
 quisition of the judge of probate may be shown that his county is entitled to re- ceive Such requisition' must give the
 name and office of each officer for whom
 the requisition is made and the Judg7 of probate must take from each officer
 to whom a copy is delivered, receipt, which receipt he must file in the office of the secretary of state; and he shall be responsible on his official bond for all copies delivered to him, and for which he has not filed the receipt of the officer entitled thereto, at double the selling price as fixed by this act, to be recovered in the name of the state and paid into the treasury
 Sec. A. All the rsst of the copies of the code after the distribution herein pro- vided for secretary of state shall retain and may sell at $4 per copy of two vol
 umes, but shall not sell to any one indi- vidual, corporation, or firm, more than ten copies.
 Sec 15. If, for any cause, the contract to print and bind the code shall not be awarded at the time herein mentioned, 1t may be done at any subsequent time, in the manner hereinbefore provided; and in the event it shall become necessary to advertise more than once for bids, the governor may again fix the maximum price as hereinbefore provided.
 Sec. IS. If the accepted bid be that of a foreign corporation it shall designate an agent and known place of business in this state as required by law of foreign corporations doing business in this state, but shall not be required to pay any fee or license If the accepted bid be that of nonresident of this state such per son must file an instrument in writing | designating an agent residing in this state on whom service of process Issuing | against such person in any action aris- | ing out of the contract, may be made; and suits on the bond of the contractor may be brought In Montgomery county. Sec. IT. When the contract has been awarded the bid bond and contract, to- gether with the declaration provided for in the preceding section, if there be such, must be filed and recorded in the office | of the secretary of state.
 Sec. IS. If the. commissioner shall die. resign, or fail or refuse to act, the gov | ernor shall appoint another in his stead. Sec. 19.-The costs and expenses incl | dent to giving notice for bids and mak- | ing distribution of the code as herein | provided must be paid out of the treas | ury on the certificate of the secretary of state and warrant of the auditor. | 2 Approved Feb. IT, 1897. -
 D Official. J. K. JACKSON, | Secretary of State.