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 was induced to leave. One half 10 the party sustaining such damages and the other half to the county. Providing that the provisions of this act do not apply to the counties of Covington, Jefferson Dekalb, Blount, Lauderdale. Conecuh, Lawrence, Cherokee. Marshall, Coosa, Baldwin. Butler, Escambla, Clay, Gull man. Colbert. Etowah. Fayette and Franklin.
 Approved February 27th, 1901.
 (ofleial) ROBERT P. McDAVID,
 Secretary of State No 47s. AN ACT S. 526 To establish a department of archives
 and history for the State of Alabama,
 to prescribe Its functions and duties
 and to provide for Its maintenance
 Section l. Be it enacted by Inc General Assembly of Alabama, That there is es- tablshcd for the State of Alabama a de partment of archives and history" to be located in the State capitol In apartments to be set aside for its use by the Gov ernor; and the objects and purposes of the said department are the care and GUS
 
 materials bearing upon the history of the State, and of the territory included therein, from the earliest times the com pletion and publication of the States of flcial records and other historical mate. r,als, the diffusion of knowledge in ref erence to the history and resources of the State, the encouragement of historical work and research, and the performance of such other acts and requirements as may be enjoined by law.
 Sec ?. Be 1t further enacted G), That trol of board of nine trustees, one from each Congressional district, and the names of the said trustees, with their particular terms of service, are as follows, VIZ; Peter J. Hamilton, for the First Con gressional district, to serve for two years; Jefferson NJ Falkner for the Sec ond district, to serve two years; W. D. Jelks, for the Third district, to serve two years; J. II. Johnson for the Fourth dis trict, to serve four years; W. H. Blake | for the Fifth district, to serve four years; Henry R. Foster. for the Sixth district to serve four years; Oliver D. Street. for the | Seventh district. to serve six years; Will fam Richardson, for the Eighth district, to serve six years and Samuel VIII John for the Ninth district, to serve six years, | the beginning of the several terms or service for the purposes of this act to be January 1, 1901. @. The said board shall have the power and authority to fill vacancies occur 1 therein, whether by expiration of term of service or by death or resignation but the names of all new ly elected members shall be communlca- ted to the next ensuing regular session of the State Senate for confirmation, and l in case 1t shall reject any of the said newly elected trustees, It shall proceed forthwith to fill the vacancy or vacan- cles by an election (9 All trustees ap- pointed to succeed the present members or their successors whose respective terms shall have fully expired shall serve for a term of six years, and appointees to fill vacancies by death or resignation shall only serve out the unexpired terms of their predecessors. (D The said board shall. within ten days after the approval of this act, proceed to organize said de- partment. It shall hold at the State cap itol at least one regular meeting during the year, and as many special meetings as may be necessary, and at said meet ings five members shall constitute quo- ruum (5) The Governor of the state | shall be ex-officio a member or the said | board, and he shall, so far as possible, lend every encouragement to the success and upbuilding thereof 6) The director | hal ha tary of the board. @ The trustees shall receive no compensation for their ser vices other than the amounts or thelr travelling expenses actually paid out while in attendance on the meetings Of l the board or on the business of the de- partment. (S) The said board is empow- cred to adopt rules for its own govern ment, and also for the government or the department: to elect director and to provide for the selection or appoint ment of other officials or employees, as l may be authorized; to provide for the publication of historical material pertain ing to the State under the supervision or the director; to have the direction ana control of the marking of historic sites, or houses, and the exploration of pre- historic and Indian mounds and other re- mains existing in the State; to control and expend such appropriations as may be made for the maintenance of the de- partment, and to do and perform such other acts and things as may be neces- sary to carry out the true intent and pur- pose of this act
 Sec 3. Be it further enacted. QD That the department shall be under the immediate management and control of director, to be elected by the board of trustees. whose term of service shall be six years, and until his successor is elected and qualified (2) He shall take an oath of of fee as other public officials, and shall be commissioned in like manner. (3) He shall devote his time to the work of the department, using his best endeavors to develop and build 1t up. so as to carry out the design of it's creation, and shall receive for his services the sum of elgh- teen hundred (s1, ,So0) dollars per annum. payable monthly, as other State officials, and a continuing appropriation for the said annual salary is hereby made D He shall have the control and direction of the work and operations of the depart ment: he shall preserve it's collections, care for the official archives that may come into It's custody, collect as far as possible all materials bearing upon the history of the State and of the territory included therein, from the earliest times