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 required under the general election laws of the State, and which official ballot shall be prepared according to the requirements of Section g of this act, and no other than an official ballot shall be cast and counted in said election, and such election Shall be held and conducted as general elections are held except so far as changed by the pro visions of this act
 Approved Dec. Il, 1900.
 No. 51. AN ACT S. H. To amend section s6O2 of the Code of Ala bama. @ Section l. Be 1t enacted by the General Assembly of Alabama, that:
 Section 3602 of the Code of Alabama be amended so as to read as follows: ''56O2 Contingent expenses and amount for nor nal schools set apart; residue apportioned As soon as such certificate Is received by thereto, a summons shall issue upon the apart out of the general fund sufficient amount to pay such expenses of the de- partment of education are by law pay able out of such fund.- and also the fol- lowing amounts for the normal schools: Florence Normal School, Jacksonville Nor nal School, Livingston Normal School, and Troy Normal School $75O0 each, per an- num- and for the other normal schools such sums as are provided by law; and he shall then apportion all the balance of such fund, as nearly as practicable, among the several townships and school districts in the State. as hereinafter provided for
 Section ?. Be 1t further enacted, That all lauc and mari of 1aw In conflict with this act be and the same are hereby repealed.
 Approved Dec. G. 1900.
 (Oficial.) ROBERT P. McDAVID,
 Secretary of State. No 1o4 AN ACT S. B. s4. To amend section 1166 of the Code of Ala bama.
 Section l. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Alabama, that:
 Section 1166 of the Code of Alabama be amended so as to read as follows: "1166 Q5S9 (2008). Consolidation of railroad cor porations; whenever the lines of any two or more railroads, or contemplated railroads chartered under the laws of this or any other State, which when completed, may admit the passage of burden or passenger cars over any two or more of such roads continuously without break or interruption, such companies are authorized, before or after completion, to consolidate themselves into single corporation, in the manner following: The directors of such corpora tions may enter into an agreement, under the corporate seal of each for consolida- tion, prescribing the terms and conditions thereof, the mode of carrying the same into effect the name of the new corpora tion, the number of the directors thereof, which shall not exceed thirteen, the time and the place of holding the first election of directors, the number of shares of capi- tai stock in the new corporation, the amount of each share, the manner of con- verting the shares of the capital stock in each corporation into shares in the new corpora ton, the manner of compensating the stockholders in each of the two or more corporations who refuse to convert their stock into the stock of the new cor poration, with such other details as they shall deem necessary to protect such consoli- dation; and such new corporation shall pos sess all the powers, rights and franchises conferred upon the two or more corpora tions, and shall be subject to all the re- strictions, and perform all the duties inn posed by the provisions of this article. The stockholders in either of such corporations, who shall refuse to convert their stock in- to the stock of the new corporations shall be paid actual value for each of their shares held by them, if they shall so require pre- vious to the consolidation being consum- mated. Such agreement of the directors shall not be deemed to be the agreement of the two or more corporations until after it has been submitted to the stockholders of each of the corporations separately at meeting thereof, to be called upon a notice of at least thirty days, specifying the time and place of such meeting and the object thereof, to be addressed to each stockhold- CT when his place of residence Is known and deposited In the postoffice, and pub lished for at least three successive weeks in one newspaper in one of the cities or towns In which each of such corporations has it's principal office of business, and has been sanctioned by such stockholders by vote of at least two-thirds in amount of the stockholders present at such meeting, vot- ing by ballot in regard to such an agree ment either in person or by proxy, each share of capital stock being entitled to one vote. When such agreements of the direct ors have been so sanctioned by each of the meetings or the SlOchHOlueTS SepdTdtely after being submitted to such meetings in the manner above mentioned, then such agreement shall be deemed to be the agree ment of the two or more corporations. Pro- vided, that every such new corporation so formed shall keep an office in the State of Alabama, and be in all respects subject to the laws of the State of Alabama as a domestic corporation"
 D. J. MEADOR,
 President of the Senate, Pro- Tenn.
 FRANCIS L. PETTUS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Approved Dec. 10. 1900.
 W. D. JELkS,
 Acting Governor. No. 109. ENROLLED-AN ACT S. B. 121. To amend an act of the General Assembly of Alabama passed at the present term of