The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-29
Full Text of Bill.

Full Text of Bill.
 The full text of the bill, filed by Hon. w. L. Martin, former attorney general, is as follows:
 To the Honorable A. D. Sayre, Judge of
 the City Court of Montgomery, Sitting
 in Equity:
 Your orator, Jesse D. Beale, respectful ly showth unto your honor
 1. That your orator is of full age and resides in the city of Montgomery, state of Alabma.
 2. That your orator is a bona fde tax payer to the state of Alabama upon tax able property owned by him and situated in said state.
 3. That heretofore, to-wit: on the 27th day of February, 1901, an act of the leg islature of Alabama was approved en- titled An act to establish a department of archives and history for the state of Alabama, to prescribe it's functions and duties, and to provide for It's mainten- ance" (Acts 19O0-19O1, page 119D, under the provision of which act a department of archives and history for the state of Alabama was created and organized and Thomas M. Owen was constituted the director thereof and as such director the said Thomas M. Owen has remained in control of said department to this time.
 4. That by the terms of the Sd section of said act the salary of said director was and is fixed at the sum of eighteen hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly as other state officials, and said act in said section provides that "ap- propriation for said annual salary is hereby made"
 5. That by the seventh section of said act 1t was provided that in addition to the salary of the director hereinaboye appropriated the sum of seven hundred dollars annually is hereby appropriated for the maintenance of said department and the auditor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the state treasurer for the whole or any part of the said amount in such sums and in such manner as may be authorized by board of trus- tees"
 Law Is Cited.
 6. That on to-wit: the 18th day of Feb ruary, 1903, an act of the legislature of Alabama was approved entitled An act to make appropriations for the ordinary expenses of the executive, legislative and judicial departments of the state, for the interest on the public debt and for public schools" (general laws, 1903, D. 5o). By the terms of which act there was appro- priated for the maintenance or the depart- ment of archives and history S25OO for each year. to be used and expended as pro- vided by the law governing the depart ment, and said act further provides that mo appropriation herein made shall be construed to be in addition to the an- propriatior for the same purpose or pur- poses made by separate act heretofore passed.
 Second Appropriation. [ That after the passage of said act of February 27, 1901, as aforesaid and up to the time of the passage of said act of February 13, 1903, the said annual appro- priation of $7O0 made by said former act for maintenance of said department was drawn and expended to the full extent | thereof; and that since the passage of | said act of February 13, 1903, the said | department has continued to draw and 1 expend annually for the maintenance of the said department the said sum of $700 | and also the said sum of $250O, claiming that said last appropriation was in addi. | ton and not in lieu of said $70O appro- | priated; so that your orator ayers, that for and during the fiscal year ending Sep. | tember 30, 1903, the said department oi archives and history has drawn from the | state treasury not only the salary oi said director, amounting to $500. and no | only the sum of sZ00 for its maintenanc, | as appropriated by the later act afore | said, but has also continued to draw or | the score of maintenance the further sun | of $700 claiming the right to do so undel | the provisions of said act of February 27 1901; that is to say. for ana during saie fiscal year ending September 30, 1903, tn, | state Auditor has drawn and the stat. | treasurer has paid warrants in favor o | said department or director thereof az I tlz1 fnf md (