The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-29
AN ACT.
Secretary of State.


 To provide for the establishment of A
 bureau to compile and publish col
 ton statistics and to prescribe the
 duties and powers of said bureau: to make appropriations for the main- tenance thereof; to require ginners and others to make reports tn ereto: l and to provide penalties for the viola tions of the provisions of this act Section l. Be 1t enacted by the Leg islature of Alabama, That here be cre- ated and Is hereby established a bu- reau, In connection with the Depart ment of Agriculture and Industries, to be known as the Alabama Bureau of Cotton Statistics. Said bureau shall be under the management of director who shall be appointed by the Governor. and shall hold office for a term of four years. unless sooner removed for cause whose compensation shall be $1,500 % per annum Said director sh all give bond in the sum of five thousand dol lars, to be approved by the Governor. and conditioned upon the full and faith ful performance of his duties. Sec. 2. 1t shall be the duty of said director to prepare and keep a list of all cotton ginners and public ware housemen in the state: to provide all such with copies of this act and with suitable forms for making reports; and to collect. compile, and publish, as here matter prescribed full statistics of cot ton ginned and warehoused within the State and such other cotton statistics as in his discretion may be necessary to show the annual production and dis tribution of cotton for the State. The dates to which the reports of cotton ginned shall relate shall be the same as provided for by the National Gov ernment. It shall also be the duty of the director to require said ginners and others to make reports to the Ala bama Bureau of Cotton Statistics of the quantity of cotton ginned and warehoused to the dates specified to report in accordance with forms which may be furnished them by the said director.
 Sec. 3. Every individual. firm. or corporation before engaging in the bus mess of ginning seed cotton In the State of Alabama, shall notify the direc- tor of their intention to operate a gin- nery during the current season and requesting such blanks as herein pro- vided for the making of reports.
 Sec 5. Every individual, firm, or cor poration operating a ginnery in this
 State shall keep book record of all cotton ginned, both on his own ae count and for others. the name of the person or persons for whom ginned, and the dates on which ginned.
 Sec. 6. Any individual. firm. or corpora ton refusing to comply with the provis- ions of this Act, or who shall furnish in- accurate information. shall be guilty of msdemeanor and shall upon conyic- ton be fined not less than BIO more than $1O0 for each offense. It is hereby made the duty of the prosecuting sollc- tors in this State to prosecute all viola tions of this Act
 Sec. '. The director of said bureau is hereby authorized to appoint and com mission such local field agents to assist in ha of a discretion may be deemed expedient, said agents to serve without compensation. Said director Is also authorizes with the consent and approval of the Governor, to incur all necessary expenses. including books. postage, stationery. office sup plies, and clerical assistance, as may be necessary to defray the expenses of such bureau for books. stationery, office supplies and clerical assistance. Upon approval by the Governor of vouchers of such expenses, the auditor shall issue warrant on the Terasurer for the amounts so approved. Such warrant shall be paid by the Treasurer and for this purpose the sum of fifteen hundred G1,5OO0) dol lars per annum. or so much thereof as may be necessary. Is hereby appropriated out of the money in the Treasury not heretofore otherwise appropriated for each of the fiscal years.
 Sec. 8. That the act entitled. To pro- vide Tor the coleclloh coHlplidlion ana publication of statistics of cotton ginned within the State; to establish bureau of cotton statistics and to prescribe the duties and powers of such bureau; to make appropriations for the maintenance thereof. to require ginners to make re- ports thereto; and to fix penalties for the violations of the provisions of this act, approved March 5th. 1907, and all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with the provisions of the act, are hereby re- pealed
 Approved August 13, 1907. Official:
 Frank N. Julian. . Secretary of State