The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-29
fTahk N. Julian,
 Secretary of State.

No. 62s) AN ACT H. B. 1oos
 To establish the Law and Equity Court
 of Mobile.
 Section 1. Be 1t enacted by the Legisla-
 ture of Alabama, that there Is hereby
 established in and for the County of
 Mobile, law and equity Court of record
 which shall be called the Law and Equity
 Court of Mobile, and which court shall
 have and exercise all the Jurisdiction
 original and appellate, and all powers
 which now are or may hereafter be, by
 law, conferred upon the several circuit
 and chancery courts of the state except
 said court shall not have Jurisdiction
 to try criminal cases. When exercising
 the powers and jurisdiction of courts of
 equity, 1t shall conform to the rules of
 procedure and practice In the chancery
 courts of this State, and when exercis-
 ing the powers and jurisdiction of courts
 of law, 1t shall conform to the rules of procedure and practice of circuit courts
 of this State, except where rules of pro-
 cedure are changed by this Act Pro
 vided, That the presiding judge of said
 court shall have power to make and adopt
 such rules of practice may be required
 by the proper system of practice for said Court, and to amend the same as may be expedient. Said rules shall be
 recorded upon the minutes of said court
 Sec. 9 That a judge for said court
 shall be appointed by the Governor with in thirty days after the approval of this Act, whose term of office shall continue
 until the election of 1908, after which time said judge shall be elective, by the qualified voters of Mobile County At the election for State officers in Mo- | vember, 1908. said Judge shall be elected I by the qualified voters of Mobile County; said judge so elected shall hold office | until the next general election for cir 1 cult judges and chancellors at which time
 and every six years thereafter, the judge of said court shall be elected by the l qualified voters of Mobile County as cir | cult judges and chancellors are elected. | Such judge shall have and exercise all the Jurisdiction and powers which are | now and hereafter may be lawfully ex- ercised by judges of the circuit court | or chancellors of this State, including | authority to issue all wrlts which are now or may hereafter be lawfully is- sued by judges of the circuit court or chancellors of this State.
 Sec 3. That the clerk of the circuit court of Mobile county shall be ex-offcio the clerk of said law and equity court of Mobile on the law side of said court and shall have all the powers and be liable to perform all the duties and shall be subject to all the penalties ir such court as in like cases in the circuit court now or hereafter provided by law, and shall be entitled to the same fees as in like cases in the circuit court now or hereafter allowed by general law, Sec {. That the register in chancery of the chancery court of Mobile co lnty shall be ex-offcio the register of said court on the equity side of said court and shall have all the powers and be liable to perform all the duties and l'e subject to all the penalties in such corrt as in like cases in the chancery court now or hereafter provided by law, and
 said register shall be entitled to the same fees as in like cases in the chancery
 court now or hereafter allowed by ren- eral law.
 Sec. 5. That said clerk of the circuit