The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-12

tered by any one of the managers or inspec-
| tors authorized to hold such primary cleo
ton.
Sec. IL Be 1t further enacted, That any
clerk, manager. inspector or other officer
| who violates any provision of this act shall
| be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con-
| viction thereof shall be fined not less than
twenty-five nor more than one hundred
| dollars.
Approved February 8, 1899.
(Offieial) ROBT. p. MDAVID,
Secretary of State
No. 1929. AN ACT S. 244
| To amend section 1869 of the code.
Section l. Be 1t enacted by the General
Assembly of Alabama, That section 1859, of
| the Code, shall be, and the same is hereby
| amended so as to read as follows; viz: 1862
Domestic may sell its property and fran
| chise to foreign corporation Whenever
| all of the capital stock of railroad eorpor-
| alton chartered under the laws of this state
| is owned by a railroad corporation charter
| ed by the laws of another state, 1t shall be
lawful for the domestic corporation to sell
and convey to the corporation owning it,
stock, all of its property, road bed. rights
| for any railroad corporation chartered b,
| the laws of another state owning, or oper
ating, by lease or other wise, any such rail
road or to acquire, hold and use all or anJ
part of the capital stock or of the property,
road beds, rights and franchises of any
| railroad corporation of this state, witk
whose railroad the railrod of the purchasing
or leasing corporation or it's predecessor in
fV,fa
or by means of an intervening line; but this
| purchasing or leasing corporation shall keer
| an office and an agent in this state, AMI
such railroad SO purchased or leased shall
be in all respects subject to the laws of this
state as If owned by domestic corporation
and all liens and rights of creditors shall
be presented unimpaired and any and al
| purchasers and leases such as are authoriz
ed by this act, heretofore made, are hereb,
| legalized.
Approved February 7th, 1899.
(Oficial) ROBERT P. M'DAVID,
Secretary of State.
| No. 292. AN ACT. II. b. 1879.
| For the protection of song birds, game
fowls and game animals in the state OF
Alabama.
| oSNOOii do IL tildClSu ny the SSIlSFdl as
sembly of Alabama That there shall be ne
bunting or shooting on the first day of the
| week, called Sunday, and any person Of
Tending against the provisions of this sec.
| ton shall be liable to penalty of twenty.
| five dollars for each and every offense, or
by Imprisonment in the county jail, foi
period of one day for each dollar of pen.
atty imposed.
Sec. 2-Be 1t further enacted, That no per-
son in this state shall kill, wound, trap net
snare, catch with birdlme or any similar
substance, poison or drug, any bird of song
or any warbler, linnet, titmouse, blue bird
sparrow, yellow bird, thrush, downy wood
peeker, hairy woodpecker, pilcated wood.
| pecker, red-billed woodpecker, red-headed
| woodpecker, cat bird, pewee, vireo, martin
taneger, tilcup, blue finch, indigo bird ORR
ole, shrike, keldee, gnat catcher, snow bird.
hair bird, grosbeak, whip-poor- will cuckoo,
chewink, chickadee, chat, phoebe bird red
start, finch, humming bird, COW bird, shore
lark, wren, swallow robin, grackle, meadow
lark, nuthatch. swift, night hawk, starting
or bunting, turtle dove, JORGE, red bird, jay
bird, hooking bird, American sparrow, fed.
lark or rain crow. Nor shall any person
for sale, any any of the aforesaid song or
wild birds, or the game mammals killed or
taken in this state except as hereinafter
| provided; but nothing herein shall be con-
strued to prevent the purchasing or keep
Ing of song birds in cages as domestic pets.
No person shall take or needlessly destroy
the nest of eggs of any song or other wild
| birds except as hereinafter provided. This
act shall not apply to any person holding
a certificate giving the right to take birds
| and their nests and eggs and game mann.
mails for scientific purposes in accordance
with the following provisions:
Certificates may be granted by the pro-
bate judge of any county in which he holds
office, to any properly accredited person of
| the age of fifteen years or upwards, per-
hitting the holder thereof to collect birds.
| their nests or eggs, or game mammals, for
strictly scientific purposes. In order to OBJ
| tain such certificate the applicant for the
| same must present to the said probate judge
| the sum of five dollars to defray the neces-
| sary expenses attending the granting of
| such certificate, and must file with the said
probate judge a properly executed bond in
the sum of one hundred dollars,
of the state as sureties. This bond
shall be forfeited to the state
| and the certificate to become void upon the
proof that the holder of said certificate has
| killed any game mammals or BIRDS or taken
| the nest of any bird for other than the
| purposes named. The certificates author
| ized by this act shall be in force for one
year only from the date of their issue and
| shall not be transferable; and, PROVIDED
| further, that it shall be lawful to kill any
| bird SO protected from the first day of No
vember to the first day of March in each
| and every year, save as to the turtle dove,
| which may be killed from August 1st to
| March LIST of each year, and, ex-
ceoting the hooking Bird which it
| shall be unlawful to kill at any time.
The English or European house sparrow,
| the king fisher, cooper's hawk, sharp
| skinned hawk, duck hawk, pigeon hawk,
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