The age-herald., 1901-03-14


 sides the life certificate hereinafter pro- vided to be known as certificates of the first, second and third grades, each of which must show the branches in which the holder has been examined, his rela- tive attainments therein and his general average. In no case shall an applicant for a certificate receive the same who fails to answer 50 per cent. of the aues- tions propounded in any branch, and whose general average Is below 75 per cent Every teacher in the public school must obtain a certificate prior to his em- ployment.
 Sec. s. Be 1t further enacted, That sec ton F of said act be amended so as to read as follows: That when an applicant shall have completed his examination he shall write his name and address on each paper of the same and deliver the same to the person appointed to conduct the examination, who shall enclose the pa- pers of each applicant In a separate en. velope, together with his certificate of the good moral character of the applicant or the written proof of the same, on which he admitted the applicant to examina- ton, and shall transmit the same to the Secretary of State Board of Examiners without delay
 Sec. 9. Be it further enacted That sec ton II of said act be amended so as to read as follows: That all examination papers shall be kept on file in the office of the Superintendent of Education sub ject to public inspection for six months. That any person who purloins, steals, buys receives, sells, gives or offers to buy, give or sell any examination ques- tons or copies thereof before the date of examination for which they had been prepared shall be guilty of Q misdemean- or and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars, and may also be sentenced to hard labor for the cop..;y for not less than six months.
 Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That the | provisions of this act as to the time of holding examinations shall not be effect ed till the first day of April 1901; pro- | vided, that the provisions of this act shall not be construed so as to apply to sepa- | rate school districts of two thousand in- habitants or more having authority at | present by their charters to examine their | teachers.
 | Sec. H. Be it further enacted, That all | laws and parts of laws both general and | special, in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved February 8, 1901. | (ODcial) ROBERT P. McDAvID, Secretary of State. No. s9s. AN ACT s. 255. | To appropriate $500 to enable the door | keepers of the Senate and House to pay | the incidental expenses of the two | Houses.
 | Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Alabama, That s6co be, and | the same Is, hereby appropriated out of | any moneys in the treasury not other- | wise appropriated for the purpose of en- abling the doorkeepers of the two Houses | of the General Assembly to defray the cost of preparing the two Houses for the use of the General Assembly and for pro vid.ng other necessities for the use and comfort of the Assembly.
 % Sec. }. Be it further enacted, That the Auditor of the State Is hereby authorized to honor the warrants of the doorkeepers of each of the two Houses for $500 each, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purposes above set forth.
 Approved February g, 1901.
 (Oficial) ROBERT P. McDAvID. Secretary of State. No. 334 AN ACT s. 167. | To authorize the removal of oysters from Alabama reefs for use in canning with | in the State of Alabama by certain cit
 izens of the State.
 | Section l. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Alabama, That any person | or corporation, being a bona fide resident and citizen of Alabama for one month or more, and engaged in the business of can ming oysters within the said State, may | employ or contract with any person or l persons, whether residents of Alabama l or not, to catch and remove oysters from | any oyster reef within the State for use | in the conduct of such business, and may use such oysters in such business as their own property. Provided, that the county of Baldwin shall be exempted from the l provisions of this act.
 | Sec 2 Be it further enacted. That it 1 shall be lawful for any person under such 1 employment or contract to catch and re- move oysters from any of the public reefs | of the State for use In said canning busi- ness, as we'll as from all private reefs, | from the owners or proprietors of which such person. persons or corporation so engaged in such canning business shall have first obtained a license to catch and remove such oysters; provided, howev- CT, that 1t shall not be lawful for any person under such employment or con- tract who is not a resident of this State public or private reefs in the State ex- ccpt for use in such canning business as aforesaid; and provided further. that nothing herein contained shall exempt any person engaged in the business of catching, removing or canning oysters as provided In this act from the opera ton of any existing law providing for the proper culling and preservation of oys- ters and for the protection of the reefs of this State.
 provisions of this act shall not apply to the county of Baldwin.
 Sec. l. Be 1t further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws So far only as they may conflict with the provisions of this act be, and the same are, hereby repeal ed.
 Approved February 9, 1901.