The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-03

l Tor said sum Of nrty-nine and 9-10O dol- l lars.
 Approved Sept. 25. 1903. Official.
 J. THoS. HEFLIN. Secretary of State. No. n6) AN ACT. (II. .s5s. To provide for the registration and liens of judgments and decrees, and
 tho issuance of executions thereon. and the effect of executions issued on judgments and decrees. and penalty
 for the failure to register or index judgments and decrees according to the provisions hereof. | Section l. Judgments and decrees may be registered. Be 1t enacted by the Legis- lature of Alabama, that the owner of any | judgment or decree rendered in any court of record of this State or of the United States. held in this State. may file in the office of the Judge of Probate of any county of this State, a certificate of the clerk or register of the court by which the judgment or decree was rendered, which certificate shall show the style of the court which rendered the decree or judgment, the amount and date thereof, the amount of costs, the names of all parties thereto, and the name of the plaintiffs or complainants at torney. and shall be registered by the Judge of Probate in a book to be kept by him for that pur- pose. which said register shall also show the date of the filing of the judgment or decree, and said judge shall make proper index to said book which shall show under the proper letter or letters of the alphabet the names of each and every defendant to said Judgment or de- cree and for issuing the certificate of such judgment or decree. the clerk, or register, shall be entitled to a fee of twenty-five cents and for recording the same the Judge of Probate shall be entitled to like amount.
 Sec. ?. Judgment or decree shall be a lien on property of defendant. Every judgment or decree when filed as pro- vided in the preceding section hereof shall be a lien upon all the property of the defendant in the county where filed, which Is subject to levy and sale under execution, and such lien shall continue for ten years from the date of such judg- ment. The filing of the judgment or de- cree shall be notice to all parties of the existence of the lien.
 Sec. 3. Executions on registered judg- ments or decrees. Upon any judgment or decree which has been filed and register ed as provided by section one hereof, within ten years from the date of it's rendition, execution may be issued at any time within ten years from the date of such judgment, whether execution has been previously issued or not but no cost shall be allowed or paid to any clerk register, marshal, or sheriff for the issue or levy of an execution, except in case of sale. unless such execution is issued by the written authority of the party owning controlling the judgment or decSee, or his attorney of record
 Sec A. Execution not a lien unless judgment or decree is registered An execution issued on a judgment or decree of any court of record of this State or of the United States held in this State. which has not been fled in the office of the Judge of Probate as herein provided, shall not be a lien on the property of the defendant, ex- cept an actual levy on personal property. Sec. 3. A penalty for failure to comply with the provisions hereof. Any Judge of Probate who shall fail to make the registration or index required by section one hereof shall be liable to penalty of s20o, to the use of any party aggrieved, besides all damages sustained by such party.
 Sec. 6. An laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions hereof are hereby expressly repealed.
 Approved Sept. 25. 1903
 Official. J. Thos. Henln,
 Secretary of State. No. 29s) AN ACT Cu 4as To regulate all school districts affected
 by the creation of new counties or
 the change of county lines, and to pro-
 vide for the election of trustees
 therein.
 Section l. Be 1t enacted by the Ieeia- lature of Alabama, That any school dis trict, which by the creation of new coun- ties or the change of county lines. shall He in two or more counties, shall in no wise be repealed by the creation of said new counties or the change of county lines.
 Sec. 2 That the Superintendents of the counties In which said school districts shall lie. shall pay over to the treasurer of said school boards in said school dis tricts, all the funds or money coming into their hands due said school districts Sec. 8. That the trustees of a school dis trict which Is placed in two or more counties by the creation of new counties or the change of county lines shall be appointed by the superintendent of edu- cation of the county in which a majority of the children within the school age of said school reside.
 Sec. 1. That all parts of law of said school districts, which. by the creation of new counties or the change of county lines, lie In two CD or more counties, which are in conflict with the provisions Of this act are hereby repealed.
 Approved Sept. 26, 1903.
 Official:
 J. THoS HEFLIN.
 Secretary of State. No S15) AN ACT GIL 36s To amend Section 2704 of the Code
 Section l. Be 1t enacted by the Legisla- ture of Alabama, That Section 2704 of the Code be and the same Is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 21O4, (305ej, (346S.) Maturity of rent and advances.- Unless otherwise stipulated, such rent shall become due and payable on the fif- teenth day of November of the year in which the crop is grown.
 Approved Sept. 26, 1908.
 Official.
 J. THOS. HEFLIN
 Secretary of State. No 291) AN ACT GIL 658 To add the County of Houston to the
 Thirty-hfth Senatorial District
 Be 1t enacted by the Legislature of Ala bama:
 Section l. That the County of Houston is hereby added to and made a part of the Thirty-fifth Senatorial District of Ala bama.
 Approved Sept. 9s, 1903.
 Official.
 J. THOS. HEFLIN,
 Secretary of State.