The age-herald., 1901-03-14
S. 6s2.
AN ACT
No. 1145.

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 Secretary of State. No. 1145. AN ACT s. 6S2
 To prevent deficit in the State treas ury by consolidating the various funds
 therein, prorating the amounts of the
 several appropria tions made by the Gen. eral Assembly, regulating the order.
 mode and manner in which the same
 shall be paid, and defining and fixing the duties of the Governor, Auditor and
 Treasurer relative thereto.
 Section 1. Be 1t enacted by the General Assembly of Alabama, That all the funds now in the State treasury, except such as are regulated by the constitution of Alabama and by the acts of the Congress of the United States, be, and the same are, hereby consolidated into one fund, and all distinctions thereof are hereby abolished and held for naught. Provided, that upon the merger of the income of the agricultural and convict departments into the general fund, the charges and expenses which would otherwise be paid out of each of such funds shall be paid out of the general fund.
 Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Auditor of the State is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant on the treasury for such sums. and only for such sums, as are or may hereafter be authorized by law for carrying on the ex- ecutive, judicial and legislative depart ments of the State government for the holding of a constitutional convention, should one be called, and for the payment of the interest on the public debt and the interest on other interest bearing debts of the State without consultation and agree ment with the Treasurer of the State and the approval of the Governor, as herein after provided.
 Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That be- fore the Auditor shall draw any warrant for any appropriation made by the Gen. eral Assembly for any purposes other than those designated in section of this act, he and the treasurer shall con- suit together to ascertain whether or not the income of the State Is sufficient to pay all of such appropriations. If they shall conclude it Is not, they shall so re- port to the Governor. Thereupon the Governor shall consult with the Auditor and the Treasurer, and they shall fix a prorata amount to be paid upon each such appropriation. Provided, that in so doing they shall not reduce any such appropria.- tion in an amount exceeding nine and ne-one-hundredths per cent of the amount of such appropriation; and pro- vided further that the general appropria- tion of five hundred and fifty thousand dollars made for the public schools shall not by such prorating be reduced below five hundred thousand dollars for each prorate the appropriations made for the maintenance of the Insane Hospital of the State and for the institutes for the deal and dumb and blind. If in their Judgment the same should not be reduced. The Auditor shall draw his warrant for the prorata so fixed, and for no more. If any special appropriation heretofore made by the General Assembly shall have beer paid in part before the passage of this act, the prorate shall be made upon the whole of such appropriation and be de- ducted from the unpaid part thereof.
 Sec. f. Be 1t further enacted, That at any time after the first prorata payments on appropriations as hereinbefore pro- vided, full payment thereof may be made whenever the Governor, Auditor and Treasurer shall be satisfied that the reve- q. sufficient therefor; or further prorata pay. ments may be made thereon out of such revenue from time to time in the man. ner provided by this act, as such reve. nue may justify such partial payments
 Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act as to operating shall not apply to the revenue derived from the annual tax of ten cents on each one hundred dollars of assessed valuation of all taxable property within the State imposed by "An act to increase the State revenue of the public schools of the State of Alabama" approved February g, 1899 nor to the revenue derived from the spe- cial tax of one mill on each one dollar of the taxable property of the State, levied by An act for the relief of needy Con- federate soldiers and sailors, resident cit izens of Alabama, and their widows, ' approved February 10, 1899. but the amount of the revenue derived under each of said acts, including that heretofore collected. shall be applied to the purposes for which such tax is levied under such act. Provided. that the State may tenn porarily use any revenue derived under either of said acts for necessary purposes, the same to be promptly replaced by the State when necessary for use under the act to which the same belongs. And pro- vided further, that the provisions of this act shall not apply to any appropriation not exceeding five hundred dollars
 Sec. G. Be 1t further enacted. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act be, and the