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so surrendered copies therefrom shall be made and certified by the director upon the application of any person interested, which certifcation shall have all the force and effect as If made by the officer orig inally In the custody of them and for which the same fees shall be charged. to be collected In advance.
 Sec 5. Be it further enacted, That an official and statistical register of the State of Alabama shall be compiled every two years by the director. to eontain: 0) Brief sketches of the several State officials, the members of Congress from Alabama the Supreme Court judges, the memberes of the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama {; @ rosters of all State and county off, eials; (O lists of all State institutions, with officials; tD State and county popu- lation and election statistics, and (5) mis- cellaneous statistics; and said register shall be published In an edition of one thousand copies for free distribution, the printing and binding to be paid for as other printing and binding herelnbefore provided.
 Sec. G. Be it further enacted, That the department is charged with the duty of making special effort to collect data in reference to soldiers from Alabama In the war between the States, both from the War Department at Washington and also from private individuals, and tc cause the same to be prepared for pub 
 Sec. [. Be 1t further enacted, That in addition to the salary of the directors hereinabove appropriated. the sum of seven hundred (s700) dollars annually is hereby appropriated for the maintenance of the said department, and the Auditor Is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the State Treasurer for the whole ol any part of the said amount In such sums and In such manner as may b' authorized by the board of trustees. Al printing. blanks, circulars. notices ol forms which may be needed for the use of the said department that may be em braced in class four of the public print ing act shall be executed by the public printer, and shall be paid for as other official work done by him.
 Approved February e7 1901. (Ohicial) ROBERT P. McDAvTD,
 Secretary of State. No. 4Ss. AN ACT S. s35 To amend subdivision of an act entitled
 an act to amend section 697 of the Codt
 Of Alabama of 1896, approved the 5tf day of December, 1900.
 Section l. Be t enacted by the Genera Assembly of Alabama, That subdivision of an act entitled an act to amend sec ton 627 of the Code of Alabama of 1s9j approved the 9th day of December, 1900 be, and the same is, hereby amended sc as to read as follows: Subdivision two l @: On the filing of the application the | court must make and enter an order ap- pointing a day for the hearing thereof and If the owner of the land resides with in the State, must issue notice 10 him of | the application and of the day for the | hearing thereof, which must be served by the sheriff or other legal officer at least ten days before the appointed time fol the hearing; If the owner be unknown o If he resides without the State Cor hal been absent from the State or beyond tn l jurisdiction of the court In which tn application Is made for six months nex | before the time of the filing of the appli cation in said courtl, notice may be givel l by advertisement In any newspaper pub lished in the county, or if there be n newspaper published in the county b posting notice at the court house doc and three other public places at leas three weeks before the day appointed fo the hearing. If the owner be an infan | or of unsound mind, notice must b l served on his guardian, if any he have resident in the State, but If he reside in the State and has no such guardian then upon the person who may have hir in charge or with whom he may reside. the owner be doad and the lands are il the possession or under the control of hi personal representative notice must b served on such representative and on tn heirs at law of the decedent.
 Approved February 27 1901.
 (Oficial) ROBERT P McDAVID,
 Secretary of State. | No. 512. A RESOLUTION S.J.R.
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