The age-herald., 1901-03-14

No. s1s. A RESOLUTION. II. J. R House joint resolution memorializlna
 Congress concerning the bill now pend
 ing in the lower House looking to the
 establishment of a soldiers home al
 Huntsville. Alabama:
 Whereas. Hundreds of valiant and gal lant confederate and federal soldiers who bravely fought in the civil war on ac- count of their age and inflrmities have become indigent and arc unable to sup port themselves. and. whereas, 1t is the duty of this great nation to care for its old soldiers in the years of their disa- bility. Now therefore, Resolved by the House, the Senate concurring, that the people of Alabama through their General Assembly hereby memorallzes Congress to enact the bill introduced by the Hon orable William Richardson of the Eighth Congressional Distric,. entitled: A bill to establish house for disabled soldiers of the Federal and Confederate armies in the war between the states, eighteen hundred and sixty-one to eighteen hun dred and sixty-flve, at or near Hunts vile, Madison county, Alabama. In or der that the many disabled and indigent Federal and Confederate soldiers in Ala bama may have the succor and comfort their necessity so strenuously demands.
 Approved March 1, 1901.
 (onricial.) ROBERT P. McDAvID.
 Secretary of State. No. 970. AN ACT s. 503 To amend section 19 of an act to regulate
 the mining of coal in Alabama, ap-
 proved February Is, 1897.
 Be 1t enacted by the General Assem- bly, of Alabama. That section 19 of an act entitled an act to regulate the min ing of coal in Alabama, approved Febru- ary IS, 1S97 be amended so as to read as follows: Section 19. Be 1t further enact ed That the owner, agent or operator of any underground mine in this State shall make or cause to be made by a competent engineer an accurate and ex- act map of said mine showing the exact position of said mine in reference to the section line which shall be connected with some known boundary line of the section or subdivision of the section. That said map shall show accurately the position of any branches, creeks or riv- CTS under which said mine may extend /; also, as near as possible, the position of any old mine near by. and that said map shall be sworn to by the engineer mak- ing same. That the original map provid- ed for herein shall be filed during the month of January next after the opening of said mine and shall show Its condi- ton on the first day of such January. and all new work inside of the mine must be added to said map, or a new map filed, each year thereafter. showing the condition of the mine on the first day of January of the same year; and this pro- vision for additions to maps shall apply to all the maps which have heretofore been filed in the office of the chief in- speotor of mines That said maps shall be filed in the office of chief inspector of mines who shall provide suitable and safe place for keeping them. That the chief inspector of mines with tho approv- al of the Board of Examiners may re- fuse to accept maps made by persons claiming to be mining engineers who are not known to be such and of good stand ing and character in their profession. That the mine boss in charge of such mines shall certify to the correctness of such map and the additions made there- to. That said map shall be made on a uniform scale of 100 feet to the inch, and any person may secure copy of any map on file in the inspectors office, by paying reasonable charges for making such map, and such copy when certified by the inspector shall be evidence in any court in this State. That 1t shall be the duty of the chief inspector of mines dur ing the first three days of January of each year to forward or cause to be for warded by express or by other safe means of transmitting at the expense of the agent, owner or operator of the re- spective mines all maps on file in his of- flee of mines in operation to the chief offices of the respective mines as such chief office shall be reported to him, in order that said maps may be revised showing the condition of the mine or che first day of January of each year, and it Sndll D6 Ln6 uuty OI buCA OWHCfg dBcht or operator of each mine in this State to have such maps revised during the month of January of each year, and re- turn the same to the office of the chief mining inspector, charges prepaid during said month of January of each year. and if said maps shall not be so returned, the chief mining inspector shall charge Tor tho tip,a In defai,It at the rate of me dollar per day for each days delay after the last day of January, and he shall not file any such delayed map until the fine has been paid, and all fines collected under this section shall be paid by him into the State treasury.
 Approved March f. 1901.
 (onicial.) ROBERT P. McDAvID,
 Secretary of State. No 1045. AN ACT s. b20. To provide for the isolation of convicts
 suffering with tuberculosis.
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Alabam, That the inspectors of convicts in this State, be and they are hereby required to establish a separate camp or place for all convicts in this State suffering from tuberculosis, at which all convicts, whether State or county, shall be sent and there kept at such labor as they may be able to per form, under the superintendence and d. rection of said Board of Inspectors.
 Sec. ?. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Inspectors shall prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessa-