The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-14
J. T1Tos. HEFLIN,
 Secretary of State.
No. BID

2
 digesting and promulgation of the
 public statutes of this State, both civil
 and criminal
 Whereas. The Constitution of this State provides that 1t shall be the duty of the Legislature at It's first session after the ratification of this Constitution, and with in every subsequent period of twelve years, to make provision by law for re- vlsing. digesting, and promulgating the public statutes of this State of a general nature both civil and criminal; therefore,
 Section l. Be it enacted by the Legisla- ture of Alabama. That the Legislature shall. as early as practicable after the passage of thls act. elect one commission CT. whose duty 1t shall be to revise, di- gest and codlfy all of the statutes of this State of a general and public nature, both civil and criminal, including such acts as may be passed at the present session of this Legislature.
 Sec. ?. Such commissioner shall revise and reduce into a writ ten and systematic code of the whole body of the public statutes of this State, civil end criminal. and the said Code shall be divided into three volumes one containing the political. one the civil and the othe. the criminal statutes, and each volume shall be bound separately. Sec. B. It shall be the duty of said IblHIllISSlbHtI, dI leaSl three months Dc- fore the meeting of the next Legislature. to deliver said code to the Governor of this State, together with a sworn state ment, showing all the changes he shall have made in the phraseology of all the acts and laws codif1ed by him. including additions thereto and omissions there from, with accurate reference to the acts and laws so altered or changed; and it shall be the duty of the Governor care r,,l1 t1,. officially report upon the same to the Les islature of 1907, recommending such alter ations, if any, as to him seem proper; and attaching to his report the sworn statement of the commissioner herein provided for.
 Sec. 1. Said commissioner shall prepare appropriate chapters, titles and subdvis- ions of titles for each chapter, clearly and briefly expressive of the subjects treated which shall be arranged alphabet ically. bringing into each chapter, as near as may be- a condensation of all public laws, appertaining to the subject treated in each chapter; said commissioner shall not simply transfer transcribe the laws but shall (without changing the sense) so alter the phraseology as to exclude all redundancy or obscurity of expression, and where there shall be several acts relating to the same subject they shall Dt CbIdtHotu lillO pIt. anu so expressed as clearly to set forth the sense of the whole. having regard to the judicial ex- position thereof: whenever it shall be aparent that there may be legislative omissions in any statute said commission CT shall supply the same so far as to per feet such statute and render it's operation complete and shall aid such original votes and references as shall be proper for the clear elucidaton of them and for easy ,..fa t1,,s they may be compiled, showing. as far as may be when such acts and statutes become operative, when amended, with foot notes of all decisions of the Supreme Court. construing or mentioning such sec tions or acts. and a brief and concise statement of the questions decided by such decisions.
 Sec. ,. Such commissioner shall pre- pare and submit complete and accurate index to each separate volume of such code. which shall contain an alpha habetical arrangement of all the various subjects contained In such volume. and each sub iect or section shall be indexed alphabet fcally under every head or subdivision of such Index, and each reference shall be to se-tl.ns of such code or to the page wh"rc such subject is not embraced in sections
 Sec. 6. The commissioner shall number each section of said code and immediately after the number of every section shall set out the number of the sections of the code of 1S96 1886, 1876, 1s67 and 1852. m the order herein set forth. designating by a t-) any intermediate code which does not contain such section or subject matter
 Sec. :. Such commissioner shall pre- pare an appendix to such code which shall contain table or tables of the numbers of the sections of all of the codes of this State which refer to or em- brace the same or like subject matter.
 Sec. s. Such commissioner shall prefix the said Code with all the predatory mat ter contained in the Code of 1s96 and with the Constitution of 1901. and shal make brief and concise statement of the rui- ings and decisions of the Supreme Court on each section of the Constitution of 1901, where the same has been construed and of the Constitution of 1875 which state ment shall follow immediately after the section so construed or passed upon.
 Sec. g. Said commissioner shall receive for his services from the State of Ala 3ama the sum of ten thousand dollars, which sum shall include allowance for clerical assistance. which sum shall be payable at the rate of twenty-five per cent. t25 per cent) per annum, until the said Code is delivered to the Governor, when the remainder shall be due and pay- able.
 Sec. 10. In case said commissioner shall die, resign or become unable to execute the duties herein required of him. the Governor of the State shall appoint suitable person in his place and such person when so appointed shall have all the rights and powers of said com mis- sioner and be subject to all the duties re- quired of him.
 Sec. H. Said commissioner shall pre- pare and submit .~ the Governor when