The age-herald., 1899-03-05
AN ACT
H. 145i.

oecTeIdTy or Oldte. No. 74S AN ACT H. 1454 To provide for the execution of convey ances by married men whose wives are insane.
 Section 1. Be 1t enacted by the General Assembly of Alabama, That when any married woman has been legally declared insane the husband may convey any or all of his real estate, excluding the home stead, by deed, mortgage or deed of trust, as though he were single.
 Sec. 2. Be it further enacted; that in all conveyances under this act the deed shall state that the rarty is a married man. and that the wife is insane, and shall have att tached to 1t a copy of the judgment of the court declaring the wife insane. And such judgment when so attached shall in the absence of fraud in procuring the same be conclusive of the wife's insanity and of the right of the husband to execute such con- veyance.
 /. Approved February 23d, 1899.
 (Official) ROBERT P. MDAVID,
 Secretary of State. No. TAB. AN ACT. H. 1SSO 10 provide TOT the recovery 10 the state of lands not legally patented and to settle disputed titles.
 Sec. l. Be it enacted by the General As- sembly of Alabama, That the Governor is hereby authorized to employ an agent for the purpose of examining into the sale and disposition heretofore made of school or other lands belonging to the State, with a view of recovering to the State lands which have illegally passed out of the possession and of settling or strengthening out titles now in dispute.
 Sec. 9 Be 1t further enacted That the employ of such agent shall be at the pleas ure of the Governor, who shall discontin- ue. suspend or employ such agent as he may consider best for the work in hand, and such agent shall receive as compensa- tion salary to be fixed by the Governor not exceeding $100 per month while actu- ally employed.
 Sec. 3. Be 1t further enacted, That such agent shall be under the direction and con- trol of the Governor, to whom and to the State Superintendent of Education he shall make report of his findings as to any public land to which he may discover the state has legal claim or with the title to which 1t had not parted, and the gov- ernor is hereby authorized to take such steps by suit or otherwise, as he may think necessary to establish the rights of the State and recover possession of the land.
 Sec. A. Be it further enacted, That such land agent is hereby empowered to call on any official of this state for access to any records bearing on the subject of his in- vestigation, and tax assessors are hereby required when called upon to furnish such agent with the names and addresses of persons now in possession of any 18th sec- tion land, together with the present as- sesed value of such land.
 Sec. 5. Be 1t further enacted, That such land agent shall be allowed his actual ex- penses while engaged in the work, not ex- ceeeding s1.0o per day, which shall be paid on the approval of the governor.
 Sec. G. Be it further enacted. That all ex- penses incurred by the state under the provisions of this act, shall be hereafter refunded to the state treasury out of the first moneys that may be recovered to the state or to the 16th section fund as the re- suit of the work of the agent herein pro- vidad for.
 Approved February 23d. 1899. fomciaIl ROBERT P. M'DAvID. Secretary of State. No. 75S.. AN ACT H. 1888. To direct the secretary of state to provide
 the law library of the University of Ala bama with a set of the acts of the Gener- al Assembly of Alabama, and with one
 copy each of the journals of the house and senate.
 Section 1. Be 1t enacted by the General Assembly of Alabama. That the secretary of state be and he is hereby directed to deliver to James K. Powers. president of the University of Alabama, for the use of the law library of the said institution.