The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-19


 rinninr at the intersection of the south line of Townsa4p IS, south: Range ?. west. aqd the west bank or the
 Cahaha River. running thence west to the range line between Ranges and 2. west; thence north two miles on said range line; thence north two miles on said range ine to the south west corner of Section 19, Township is, south, Range 2, west; thence west hVe mfles to the southwest corner of Sec- ton %, Township IS. south, Range 5, west: thence north one mile to the northeast corner of Section 19. Town ship fs, south. Range 3. west: thence west one mile to the northeast cor ner of said Section 19: thence north one mile to the northwest corner or Section IS. Township IS, south, range 5, west: thence west three miles to the southwest corner of Section 10, Town- ship IS, south, Range | west; thence north two miles to the township line between Townships II and ls south, Ranse 1. west, and at the northwest corner of Section 2, Township lss Range 1, west; thence west three miles to the range line between Ranges and west and at the southwest cor ner of Section 31. Township 17. south,
 Range 4, west; thence north on said range line three miles to the north- east corner of Section A. Township r, south, range 5. west. thence west to the east bank of Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River: thence in southwesterly direction. following the
 meanderings of said Locust Fork of tke Black Warrior. River and of the Black Warrior River to the intersection Of Black Warrior River with the town ship line betwen Townships IS and 19, south, range 6. west: thence east to the northeast corner of Section 5. Town ship I9, south, range 2, west: thence south two miles to the southwest cor- ner of Section g, Township 19. south. range 2. west; thence east two miles to the northeast corner of Section Is. Township 19, south. range [. west; thence south two miles to the south west corner of Section 23. Township 19, south, Range [, west: thence east two
 miles to the range line between Ranges and and al the southwest corner of Section 19. Township 19. south, Range (. west; thence south two miles to the southwest corner of Section 31. Town ship ls, south. Range G. west: thence
 east two miles to the northeast corner
 of Section 5. Township %. south. Range C. west; thence south two miles to the southwest corner of Section g. town
 ship 20. south, Range s. west; thence east two miles to the northeast corner Of Section 16. Township 20. south,
 Range 6. west; thence south two miles to the southwest corner of Section @.
 Township 20. south, Range 6, west;
 thence east two miles to the range line between Ranges and west. and at the southwest corner of Section 19. Township 20 south. Range 5, west;
 thence south on said range line be-
 twen Ranges 5 and 6. four miles to the southwest corner of Section z, Township 21, south, range 5, west:
 thence east seven miles to the south east corner of Section :. Township 21. Range 1. west: thence north to the
 present boundary line between Jeffer- son and Shelby Counties, thence in a northeasterly direction following the
 present boundary lines between Jeffer-
 son and Shelby Counties to the place ot beginning. and containing 445 1-i sauare miles.
 Sec. g. The county seat of the new county of Houston shall be the city of | Bessemer.
 1 Sec. 8. That Jacob Kimball, Dr. J I B. Viles, J. V. Huey, Chambers Mo Adory, Dr. M. c. Ragsdall and H. W.
 Crook be and the same are hereby ap- | pointed a Board of Commissioners fol | the performance of the duties and exercise of the powers hereinafter en- 1 joined and conferred upon them; a ma l jority of said board may act and may Ehll all vacancies therein.
 Sec. 4. That said Board of Comfnis- sioners are herby empowered and directed to divide said county into cleo | tion precincts, to the best convenience of the people, and to designate tho | place of votiAg therein, as soon a: 1 practicable. and to give notice Of the | boundaries of said precincts and place ! of voting therein by publication 1T 1 some newspaper published in sait
 county, for at least twenty days previ'
 ous to the election hereinafter pro yided for. That said Board shai hold an election for the election o 1 county officers on Tuesday the fourtf | day of February, 1902. in said count3 | by giving at least thirty days notice l thereof, by advertisement in some | newspaper published in said county l That said commissioners are empower l ed to appoint three (3) inspectors ant l one returning officer for each election l precinct in said county to hold salt | election, who shall be governed in then | duties by the laws regulating eiectlon! | in this State That said returning or l fioers shall make their returns to sait l Roard of Commissioners. at Bessemer l Alabama. within three days after salc | election; that the said Board Of Com | Ikissiofrers after duly counting tn' votes shall make certified returns ! thereof to the Governor of Alabams within ten days after the day of cleo tion; that within ten days thereafter | the Governor, Secretary Of State ano Auditor shall count the votes and the Governor shall Issue compilations tc those persons who shall have received
 the hiEhest nEEneer of votes as county Sec. 5. That the county officers tc
 be elected at said election shall be 6ne CD probate judge. one CD circuit clerk one CD sheriff, one CD tax assessor
 one Q) tax collector, one CD treasurer 4one, (l) county superintendent Of edu- cation, one CD coroner and four (4I county commissioners. who shall holC their respective officers until the ueN'
 general election for State and county officers and until their successors art
 elected and qualified.
 Sec, 6. That until the next appor' tionment of representatives. the saio
 county of Houston shall be entitled to one representative. which representa-
 tive shall be taken from Jefferson Countys number.
 Sec. [. That the County of Houston
 be and Is hereby attached to the Ninth
 Congressional District and Eighteenth | Senatorial District, and shall form part and parcel of the Tenth Judicial Cir omit and tha NorthwAStArn NhnncerN