The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-11

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tendent of Education of this State by the
State Auditor. after he has had the use
of same in the issuance of said warrants
and shall be safely kept In the office of
the Superintendent of Education of this
State. Provided no money shall be ap-
proprated for the erection of a new
school building on a plat of ground OF
less dimensions than two acres.
Sec. 1. That upon the receipt of said
warrants by the County superintendent
of Education, he shall sign and return to
the Superintendent of Education of this
State a receipt for the same, said receipt
to be made out by the Superintendent of
Education, and that whenever it shall
be shown to the satisfaction of the Coun-
ty Superintendent of Education that the
erection or repair of public school build
ing for the benefit of which he holds a
warrant, has been commenced. and that
the amount of subscription secured by
said district has been collected and is in
the hands or possession of it's trustees,
and that a deed has been properly exc
cuted conveying to the State of Alabama
for the benefit of said district the lot or
parcel of land on which said public school
house is being erected or repaired, and
after such deed is delivered to and ac-
cepted by him for said Board, he shall
endorse and deliver to the district trus-
tees of such district said warrant and
the amount or sum of money named in
the same shall be paid to said trustees or
to their successors in office or assigns
by the State Treasurer out of the amount
hereby and herein appropriated out of
the Treasury of the State. The County
Superintendent of Education shall take
q receipt for said warrant from said dis
trict trustees on blank to be furnished
him by the Superintendent of Education
of this State, in duplicate, and one of
said receipts shall be forwarded to the
Superintendent of Education of this
State and the other kept by the County
Superintendent of Education.
Sec. g. That the superintendent of Ed
ucation of this State shall, in a book
Kept by him for that purpose, open an
account with each county in this State
and shall charge against said county the
amount of each warrant issued under
Section 3 of this act for the benefit of
any of the public school districts of such
county; provided, that If any OF said
warrants are not delivered by the County
Superintendent by reason of the failure
on the part of the district TO comply with
the requirements of Section of this act,
the same shall, after the lapse of six
months from the receipt of the same by
the County Superintendent of Education,
be by him returned to the Superintendent
of Education of this State, and by him
marked cancelled" and If the same has
been charged against the county in the
book kept under this section, an entry
shall DO made therein credting the ac-
count of said county with each of such
cancelled" warrants; provided further,
if at the end of any year the whole APP
preparation for that year has not been
exhausted the State Auditor and the
State Treasurer shall carry the unex-
pended balance forward and this balance
shall be available in addition to the reg
ular appropriation for the current year.
Sec. 8. That the proceeds of all war
rants issued under this act shall be used
only for the erection or the repair of the
public school houses in the districts for
the benefit of which they shall be issued
as shown by the application filed with the
County Superintendent of Education by
the district trustees, and it shall be I'M
lawful to use or apply the same to any
other purpose whatsoever; and any dis
trict trustee of any public school dis
trict in this State who shall knowingly
use or apply or authorize the use or APP
plication of the proceeds or any part
thereof of any warrant delivered to him
under this act, for purposes or objects
other than as required by this Section
shall be guilty of a mlsdemeanor, and on
conviction shall be fined not less than
$500 nor more than $1,000, and may also be
imprisoned in the county jail or SEN
fenced to hard labor for the county for
not more than six months.
Approved, March . 1907.
Official:
frank n. Julian,
Secretary of State.
No. 81 AN ACT a. 523
To amend Section 9 of an act to estab-
lsh State Normal School of white fe-
male teachers and students at Living
ston in Sumter County.
Section l. Be it enacted by the Legis-
lature of Alabama, that Section OF said
act be amended so as to read as follows
That the Board of Directors OF said Col
lege shall consist of six Directors, to-
gether with the Governor. State Super
intendent of Education and the President
of the School Ex-off. The directors shall
be appointed by the Governor as herein
after provided 1t shall be the duty of
the Governor. upon the passage of this
bill to appoint six directors of said Nor
NAL College; provided that no two of
said directors shall reside in the same
county, except In the county OF Sumter
there may be two of said directors Two
of said directors shall be appointed for
the term of six years. two for the term
of four years: two for the term of two
years; and every two years thereafter it
shall be the duty of the Governor to
appoint two directors whose terms of
office shall be for a period of six years.
The members of said Board of Directors
shall receive no compensation for their
services except their actual expenses In
going to and returning from their meet
ings, which said expenses, upon certif-
cate of the Secretary OF the Board, APP
proved by the President. shall be paid
out of the fund annually appropriated
and set apart for the support and main
tenance of said College. The Board of
Directors, as now organized. shall cease
to exist upon the appointment and organ
ization of the new Board as herein pro-
vided for.
Sec Q That any vacancy in the Board
of Directors caused by death reslgna-
ton or otherwise. shall be filled by ap-
pointment by the Governor the appointee
holding for the unexpired term of his