The age-herald., 1901-03-14

q regularly licensed pilot or shipmas- ter under the laws of the United States.
 Sec. g. Be it further enacted, That im- mediately upon the passage and approV- al of this and prior to each election the harbor master shall appoint an examin- ing board consisting of two bar pilots and one shipmaster, who shall give five days notice by publication, one in a newspaper published in Mobile, of the . time and place at which they will exam inc applicants for the position of deputy harbor master, and who shall at such time and place examine all such appi- cants, and when such examinations have been concluded shall certify to the par ties hereby vested with the power of electing such deputy harbor masters the names of the parties so examined that they deem competent to All such positions. Said examiners shall receive five dollars a day for their services, which expenses, together with the cost of giving notice, shall be borne equally by the parties elected.
 Sec. 3. Be 1t further enacted, That such deputy harbor masters, before entering on the duties of their office, shall give bond in the sum of one thousand dollars for the faithful performance of their du- ties. to be taken and approved by and filed with the judge of probate for Mo bile County, who shall at the same time administer to them an oath to faithfully perform all the duties required of them by law such as deputy harbor masters.
 Sec. A. Be it further enacted, That said deputy harbor masters shall, when not engaged in shifting and mooring vessels, be at the office of the harbor master, Sundays excepted, from o'clock a. m. to 6 D. m. for the purpose of attending to the shifting and mooring of vessels, and from the time such vessels are anchored by the pilot bringing her up until she is again taken in charge by a pilot to go down the bay or to sea, one of said deputy harbor masters, and no other per son, shall superintend the shifting of said vessel from berth to berth or to the moor ing of her in any other place than that where she was anchored by the pilot bringing her up. During office hours the deputy harbor masters shall not engage in any other occupation save the duties herein prescribed, and when called on to do so, shall moor or shift vessels at any reasonable hours before or after said of flee hours.
 Sec. 5. Be 1t further enacted, That said deputy harbor masters shall receive the following compensation to be paid by the vessels: Mooring sailing vessels or shift ing sailing vessels in Mobile river south of Chickasaw Rogue creek or shifting steamers under one thousand tons, five dollars; mooring steamers or shifting steamers over one thousand tons or shift ing sailing vessels to Spanish river, ten dollars.
 Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That 1t shall be unlawful for any other person to perform the duties herein required of the deputy harbor masters, and that any oth- CT person who shall perform such duties shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; pro- vided, that the captains of vessels shall have the right to shift or moor any ves- sel of which they are in actual command
 Sec. 2. Be 1t further enacted, That for neglect of duty or for any other good cause the said deputy harbor masters may be removed by the said harbor mas ter and port wardens, and any vacancies occasioned thus or in any other manner shall be filled by election, as hereinbe- fore provided
 Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That the deputy harbor masters shall be under the supervision of the harbor master. Orders for shifting vessels shall be left with the harbor master when and where to ha masters shall have the power to act in the absence of the harbor master.
 Sec. g. Be 1t further enacted, That if either one of such deputy harbor mas ters shall at any time be absent tempo rarily, or shall from sickness or any other cause of any kind be unable to dis charge the duties imposed upon them by this act, the harbor master shall have authority to appoint in his place depu- ty harbor master pro tempore, who shall have the same qualifications as are pre- scribed for deputy harbor masters by this act, and who shall during the absence or other incapacity of such harbor mas ter, perform all the duties of such posi- ton and receive therefor the compensa- ton provided by this act to be paid to deputy harbor masters for such services. Upon the return of such absent deputy harbor master, or upon the removal of his incapacity to discharge the duties of his position, it shall be the duty of the harbor master to give written notice to such deputy harbor master pro tempore that the term of his appointment is at an end and the delivery on mailing of such notice to such deputy harbor mas ter pro tempore shall put an end to such term.
 Approved March 4, 1901.
 (Omcial.) ROBERT P. McDAVID.
 Secretary of State. No. 1909. AIN ACT s. 225. To regulate the practice as to the proof
 of the incorporation of corporations in
 the trial of criminal cases.
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Alabama, That in the trial of criminal cases it shall not be necessa- ry for the State to prove the incorpora- ton of any corporation mentioned in the indictment. complaint or information, un- less the defendant, before entering upon such trial, denies the existence of such corporation by a sworn plea
 Approved March 4, 1901
 (Oficial) ROBERT P. McDAvID, 2
 Secretary of State. No. SIS. AN ACT s. 554. To authorizing mining quarry and man.