The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-16
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 Secretary of State.

Frank N. Julian,
 Secretary of State.
 No. 3S5) AN ACT (l1, 245 To provide for the better equipment and
 support of the University of Alabama
 and to appropriate funds therefor.
 Preamble: Whereas, reliable statistics
 disclose the fact that the University
 of Alabama is poorly equipped mate
 rially and inadequately supported tinan-
 cially; and whereas, 1t is generally con
 ceded that the limit practically of all
 development has been reached under
 the present meaI CT equipment and sup port; and, whereas, the State of Ala
 bama cannot afford longer to do less for her sons and daughters than Is done by other States for theirs; there
 fore Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama:
 Section l. That, for the purpose of better supporting the University of Ala bama the additional sum of twen- ty-five thousand dollars &25,OoO0o) Is hereby appropriat annually, to be used by the Board of Trustees of said University In the manner, and for the purposes for which the existing regu- lar annual appropriation is used. Sec g. That, for the quadrennial pe- riod beginning on the first day C. Jan uary. 1907, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($1OO,OOo00) is here bv appropriated annually for the pur- pose of making needed improvements in the material equipment of said uniVer- sity, including the erection and furnish ing of new buildings, and the necessary repairs and furnishings for the build ngs now in existence.
 Sec 8. That the moneys herein pro- vided shall be paid by the State Treas urer In equal quarterly installments on the first day of January, April July | and October, to the Treasurer of the l University of Alabama upon warrants which shall be drawn by the State Au- ditor as warrants are drawn for other appropriations to the said University provided, however, that the appropriation of one hundred thousand dollars made in Section of this Act shall not be available and the Auditor shall not draw his warrant for any part of said sum except upon the requisition of the Board of Trustees of the University of Ala hama. or the President thereof approved by the Governor.
 Ser 4 That the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama shall em- body in the report required by law to be made to the Legislature a state ment showing the manenr in which and for what purposes the funds herein pro- vided have been expended.
 Sec. D. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this bill are hereby repealed.
 Approved March 6, 1907.
 Official:
 Frank N. Julian.
 Secretary of State.
 No 975) AN ACT 01. 3S To make appropriations for the expenses
 of encampment, maneuvers and target
 nractice of the Alabama National Guard
 for the year 1907, 1908, 1909 and 1910:
 Section l. Be it enacted by the Legls- lature of Alabama: That the sum Of Twenty thousand dollars for the fiscal year ending September SO 1907; and in, sum of twenty thousand dollars for Athe fiscal year ending September 30, 1908; and the sum of twenty thousand dollars for the fiscal year ending Sep tember 90, 1909; and the sum of twenty thousand dollars for the fiscal year ending September 3O 1910. or so much thereof as the Governor, in his dis cretion, may deem advisable or nee essary, be and the same is hereby ap- propriated ont of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying expenses and cos. of such encampments, maneuvers an such target practice at such places as the Governor may determine, of the Alabama National Guard, as may be ordered during those years for the pur- pose of instruction and discipline, in- cluding in such expenses the transpor- tatiol of officers and men to and from such camp or maneuvers and to and from target ranges, as determined by the Governor if the target practice Is not held contemporaneously with the encamrmont the preparation of camp grounds and other expenses connected