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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-19
Frank N. J ulian.
 Secretary of State.

No. 441) AN ACT (H B. i13O. To encourage the manufacture of calcium
 oyanamd dime nitrogen). In this State,
 by exemption from taxation for a peri 5d
 of ten years.
 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Ala bama:
 Section 1. To encourage the manufacture of calcium cyanamid dime nltrogen n this State, the plants and the properly and business necessary for the manufac- ture of the same, of any person. or firm, or of any corporation, organized for the purpose of manufacturing calcium cyana mid dime nitrogen), shall, in consideration of the benefit to be derived by the public from the manufacture of the same, be, and the same are hereby exempt from State, county and municipal property and privilege taxation of all description, either under general or local laws, until ten years after the beginning Of the construc- tion of any such plant. Nothing in this act shall be so construed as to exempt from taxation lands upon which such plants are erected.
 Approved July 27, 1907. Official:
 Frank N. Julian,
 Secretary of State.
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AN ACT

No. 640) AN ACT (H. 10S5 To amend al Act to establish State Livestock Sanitary Board and the office or State Venternarian in order to fur
 ther protect livestock from contagious and infectious diseases and provide
 for eradicating and excluding the dis
 ease from Alabama, approved March F. 1907.
 Section l. Be it enacted by the Legis- lature of Alabama. That, to an act to es- tablish State livestock Sanitary Roard and the office of State Nenterinarisn in order to further protect livestock from contagious and infectious diseases and provide for eradicatng and excluding such diseases from Alabama, approved March F. 1907, there shall be added Sec ton IS, to read as follows: Section 16 That none of the provisions of this act shall apply to or be put in force in a county where the majority of its area is not under stock law, or a law prohibiting cattle from running at large.
 Approved August G. 1907. Official:
 Frank N. Julian
 Secretary of State.
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addition to any such appropriation here- tofore made, or which may be made bv the new Code.
 Approved August 6, 1907. Onicial
 Frank N. Julian,
 Secretary of State. No. 6O5) AN AcT 1T p 11oA For the relief of Mary Marler. Mary j..
 Simpler. widows of Confederate
 Soldiers, and A. Campbell. a Confed-
 crate Soldier, being residents of
 Crensbaw County. Alabama.
 Whereas Mary Marler. Mary ]. Sim pier and A Campbell had long been on the pension roll of Grenshaw County. Alabama, but for the year 1906. their names were dropped from said roll through mistake
 Section 1. Be 1t enacted by the Leg iSlature Of Ala abama. That the State Au- dltor be, and he is hereby required to draw his warrant on the Treasurer of Alabama for Thirty Dollars for each of said pensioners for the year 1906, to be paid by the State Treasurer out of any balance in the pension fund of the state.
 Approved, August C, 1907. Official
 Frank N. Julian.
 Secretary of State. No. 632) AN ACT Cli. B. 1O75. To amend Section S09 of the Code of
 1896.
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legis- lature of Alabama, That Section S09 of the Code of 1s96 be, and the same is hereby amended so as to read as fol- lows; S09. Person in possession of and claiming lands may file bill to clear title.-When any person is in peaceabIe possession of lands, whether actual or constructive. claiming to own the same. in his own right or as personal rep resentatiye or guardian and his title thereto or to any part thereof. is de- nied or disputed, or any other person claims or is reputed to own the same or any part thereof. or any interest therein. or 10 hold any lien or incum- brance thereon. and no suit is pending to enforce or test the validity of such title, claim or incumbrance, such per son or his personal representative or guardian so in possession may bring and maintain suit in equity to settle %le title to such lands and to clear up air doubts or disputes concerning the same
 Approved August 6, 1907.
 Official
 Frank N. Julian.
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No. 534) AN ACT (H. B. l1SS. To appropriate the sum of s21 60 for the
 year 1904, and the further sum of $50 00
 for the year 1905 and the further sum
 of 5000 for the year 1906, total $Sl 50, to Mary Morris, widow of John Morris, and an ex-Confederate soldier ss Confederate pensioner for said
 years, her name having been erroneous
 ly omitted from the lists of pensioners
 for said years.
 Be 1t enacted by the Legfslatu ture Of Alabama, That the sum of s21 50 for the year 1904, and the further sum of s30 co for the year 1905, and the further sum of $9O % for the year 1906, be, and the same Is hereby appropriated for the ben eft of Mary Morris, widow of John Nor ris, an ex-Confederate soldier, as a Con federate pensioner for said years her name having been enormously omitted from the lists of pensioners for said years and tho auditor is hereby authorized and directed to-draw his warrant or warrants therefor, for the said sum of $Sl so, upon the Treasurer in favor of said Mary Morris. and the Treasurer is hereby att thorized and directed to pay the same out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
 Approved August g. 1907.
 Official.
 Frank N. Julian,
 Secretary of State.
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AN ACT

No 63l) AN ACT (H. 11e7 To aprropriate thirty-fve hundred dollars
 (950O), for the incidental and contingent
 expenses to be disbursed on the order
 oI the Governor Be 1t enacted by the
 Legislature of Alabama. That.
 Section l. For the incidental and con tingent expenses to be disbursed on the order of the Governor there is hereby appropriated out of any money in tte State Treasury not otherwise appropriat- ed. the sum of thirty-fve hundred dol lars (S35OW; such appropriation to be available for that purpose immediately upon the passage and approval of this Act, and to cover contingent expenses during the time intervening between the approval of this Act and the date when the new Code shall go into operation; pto- vlued that this appropriation shall be In
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r TdHk N, J uIIan,
 Secretary of State.

No. STD AN ACT. CH 122e To authorize the Board of Directors of
 the State Normal School at Jacksonville
 for and In behalf of said Normal School
 and for and in behalf of the State of s Alabama, to sell and convey to the
 Mayor and City Council of Jacksonville,
 certain house and lot on or near the
 southeast corner of the Public Square
 of the Town of Jacksonville, Alabama.
 the same being the house and lot for
 merly used and occupied by Cal
 houn County as county court
 house. and now used by said
 Normal School for school purposes.
 the proceeds of said sale to be used and
 applied by said Board of Directors of
 the Sta te Normal School at Jacksonville
 for the benefit of said Normal School
 Be 1t enacted by the Legislature of Ala bama as follows:
 Section l. That the Board of Directors of the State Normal School at Jackson vile, for and in behalf of said Norma School, and for and in behalf of the State Of Alabama. be and the same are hereby authorized ano empowered to grant bar gain, sell and convey to the Mayor and City ~ouncil of Jacksonville all she right. title and interest of the State Normal School and of the State of Alabama in and to certain house and lot in the town of Jacksonville. Alabama, and situated on or near the southeast corner of the public square of said town the same being the house and lot formerly used and occupied by Calhoun County as a county court house. and now used by said Normal School for school purposes: and to- this end the said Board of Directors of the State Normal School at Jacksonville are fully authorized and empowered in it's name to execute any necessary deed or conveyance to effectuate the purposes of this act and consummate the sale and con . veyance of said house and lot to the Mayor and City Council of Jacksonville
 Sec. ? That the proceeds of the sale of the house and lot described in Section of this act shall be payable to and re- ceivable by the said Board of Directors of the State Normal School at Jacksonville, and the same shall be and constitute as- sets in their hands to be used and expend- ed by said Board in the interest and for the benefit Of said Normal School as said Board may adjudge or see fit.
 Approved August ?, 1907.
 Official:
 Frank N. Julian,
 Secretary of State.
 No 56s) AN ACT. CH. 1244 To relieve and exempt the Alabama State
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No. 639 AN ACT II. E. 120l For the relief of w. C. Evans, a Confed-
 crate pensioner of Pickens county, Ala
 bama.
 Whereas, w. C. Evans. a needy Confed- crate soldier of Pickens county, Alabama is on the pension roll of said county and entitled to participate in the distribution of the funds for the relief of needy Con federate soldiers under the Act approved February 10th, 1899. and
 Whereas. during the year 1905, the State Board of Pension Examiners, through CT TOT, had the name of w. C. Evans striclt- on from said roll as dead, thereby depriv- ing him of the amount due him under dis tribution of said fund made on October 1st, 1905, and on October 1st, 1906: Be fl enacted by the Legislature of Alabama that the Auditor of said state be and he is hereby authorized and directed to draw q warrant on the State Treasurer in favor of said w. C. Evans for the sum of sixty dollars. the same being the amount due him as Confederate pensoner of said county for the years 1905 and 1906, said amount to be paid out of the funds appro- priated especially for Confederate pension CTS of said State.
 Approved August 6, 1907.
 Official:
 Frank N. Julian,
 Secretary of State
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Secretary of State.

No. 4s0 AN Aer 1T B. 96o. To amend Section 1 Of an Act entitled
 An Act to aid and encourage tech-
 nical education In the State of Ala
 bama and the providing for the cree
 ton and equipment of buildings and
 increased facilities at the Alabama
 Polytechnic Institute Approved
 March ., 1907
 Section l. Be it enacted by the Leg islature of Alabama, That lection of an Act entitled an Act to aid and en- courage technical education In the State of Alabama. and providing Tor the erection and equipment of buildings and increased facilities at the Ala bama Polytechnic Institute, approved March g. 1907, be amended so as to read as follows: section 1. Be II en- acted by the Legislature of Alabama. That there is hereby appropriated to the Alabama Polytechnic Institute m order to aid and encourage technical education in the departments of the sciences that relate to agricultural, me chanic and textile arts. the sum of fifty six thousand and five hundred dollars annually for the years 1907, 1905 1909, 1910, and that the funus thus appro- pria ted by the Act shall be paid out of any funds in tho Treasury of the State not otherwise appropriated. Provided that if donation of thirty thousands dollars shull be acquired by the Ala bama Polytechnic Institute and applied 10 the erection of a library building, thirty thousands dollars of the funds herein appropriated may be invested by the Alabama Polytechnic Institute In Income bearing securities, the income from which shall be applied to the sup port and maintenance of library be- longing to said Alabama Polytechnic Institute and located in said building.
 hfu Aaf immediately upon its passage. Approved July Sl lpi Official:
 Frank N. Julian
 Secretary of State. Nh 54O AN ACT (H. E. llS3 For the relief of Mrs. Mary Jane Vernon.
 widow and sister of G. B. Alexander
 a Confederate pensioner. Be fl enacted by the Legislature or Alabama, That the Auditor be instructed to draw warrant for the amount ot 80 payable to Mrs. Mary Jane Vernon, which said amount being the amount due G. E. Alexander. a pensioner who died on the 17th day of May 1906. and whose name was dropped from the roll before the payment of said amount to him, or any one else for him. Approved August 2. 1907. official:
 Frank N. Julian, Secretary of State. No 4s2) AN ACT (H. B. 965 To fix the times and place of holding the
 Chancery Court in the Eighth District
 of the Northern Division, composed Of
 the County of Madison. Be It enacted
 by the Legislature of Alabama:
 Section l. The Chancery court in the Eighth District, Northern Division, com posed of the County of Madison, shall he held at Huntsville on the first Monday in. April, and the third Monday in Sep tember, and may continue one week. Sec. ?. All laws and parts Of laws tn conflict herewith are repealed. Approved July S, 1907. Official
 Frank N. Julian, Secretary of state
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Fair and Exhibit Association and all persons. firms or corporations who con- duct business with said association on it's Fair Grounds in Jefferson County. during the annual fairs on said Asso- citation from the payments of all State
 County and municipal taxes and ll- eenses.
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the T.esisIa- . ture of Alabama, that the Alabama State Fair and Exhibit Association and all ner- sons, firms or explorations who may con duct business with said Association on its Fair Grounds in Jefferson County during the annual Fairs of said Association be and they, each and all. are hereby reliev- cd and exempted from the payment of all censes. '' See. ?. That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be and the same are hereby renea1ea
 Approved August ?, 1907 Official:
 Frank N. Julian.
 Secretary of State. No. 625) AN ACT III t9so for the relief of A. J. Brooks of lief ferson County, Ala.
 Be 1t enacted by the Legislature of Ala bama:
 Section 1. That the Auditor be and he is hereby directed to draw his warrant oa the Treasurer of Alabama for the slifm of two hundred and thirty dollars and l9-l00 dollars $(2S0 19) in favor of A. l. Brooks of Jefferson County, Alabama. Said amount is due said A l. Rrooks as balance of salary as commandant of the Confederate Soldiers Home at Noun tain Creek
 Approved August G. 1907. Official
 Frank N. Julian,
 Secretary of State.
 No. 4I2) AN Acr 0T R tiea To encourage the development of the va rious unused water powers in this Stat, hy exemptions from taxation for a pc riod of ten years.
 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Ala bama:
 Section 1. To encourage the develop ment of the various unused water pow CTS of this State, the plants and tho property, business and franchises, neeas- safY for the production, transformation and distribution of electric current, oe any person or firm. or of any corpora ton organized for the purpose of developing hydro-electric power for the use of the public, shall, in consideration of the bene Its to be derived by the public from thA development and operation of such prop critics and plants, be, and the same are hereby exempt from State. county and municipal property and privilege taxation Of all description. either under general or local laws. until ten years after the Nbeginning of the construction of any such plant. Nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to exempt from taxation the lands upon which such plants arc erected; nor shall this Act be so con- strued as to exempt from taxation any of the property business or franchises of any hydco-eleetric power plant already de- Veloped
 Approved July 27, 1901
 Official:
 Frank N Julian.
 Secretary of State.
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No 642o AN ACT GIL 469 To Amend Section 12 of an Act to grant
 8 new charter to the Alabama Girls In
 dustral School approved March 4. 1901.
 and to confer additional powers on the
 Trustees of the School
 Section 1. Be 1t enacted by the Legisla ture of Alabama, That Section F of an Act to grant a new charter to the Ala bama Girls Industrial School" be amended so as to read as follows Sec ton 12, That every Trustee of the School shall have the right to appoint one stu- dent possession the qualifications herein before prescribed who shall be boarded and instructed in the School Tree Of all charges for board, washing, lights, books and incidental fees but student shall not be eligible to appointment for more than four years. nor shall any girl he appointed under thls provision who IS able to pay for her education, or whose parents or either of them has the ability to pay for her education in the School
 Sec. ?. Whenever the School needs any land near the School for any purpose Of the School and the owner thereof Is a minor or an insane person, or refuses To sell the land to the State for the use of the School the Trustees shall have authority to institute In the Probate court of Shelby County. proceedings in the name of the State of Alabama, 10 con- demn such land. which proceedings shall be conducted as near as may be possible in accordance with the provisions of Sec ton l7l2-l742 of the Code Of lS96 It shall be the duty of the Trustees to pay out of the funds of the School all costs of every condemnation proceeding instituted by them under the power hereby confer red.
 Sec. 3. A Trustee shall be ineligible 10 be elected to any office by the Board of Trustees.
 Approved August S, 1907
 official:
 Frank N. Julian.
 Secretary of State.
 No. 6i0) AN ACT tH. E. l3 M
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No 56s) AN ACT. CH. 124 To relieve and exempt the Alabama State
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No 4es1 AN ACT (H R. 907 To provide for the making of bonds for
 the State Auditor and Secretary Of
 State through guarantee companies and
 to provide for the payment of the pre-
 mium on same
 Section l. Be 1t enacted by the Leg isature, That from and after the pas sage of this Act, the bonds of the State Auditor and Secretary of State as now fixed by law may be made and insured by qualified guarantee companies, and there is hereby appropriated out of the funds of the Treasury. not otherwise ap- proprated, an amount not 10 exceed two hundred dollars per annum, sufficient to pay the premium to said guarantee com pany or companies for making and insnr- ing the said bonds of the State Auditor and Secretary of State. Provided, that if such State officer Is unable to procure bond fin such guarantee companies, on terms satisfactory to himself and the Governor, then, and in that event. the Governor is authorized to receive and ap- prove personal surety on the bonds of such official. Provided. furthr, that no guarantee company shall be accepted as a surety unless it has on deposit with the Treasurer of the State at least s5O,0o0 worth of securities as provided by law
 Sec ?. The appropriation herein made for such premium shall be paid by Audi tors warrant upon the approval of the Governor. and shall apply to present officers who are required to make bonds In case of any suit upon the bonds of any such officer as herein provided, the courts of Alabama shall have exclusive jurisdlc- tion thereof. All laws conflicting here with are repealed.
 Approved August l. 1907.
 Official
 Frank N. Julian,
 Secretary of State
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No. 7ss) AN ACT s. B. 637 For the payment of the expenses of the
 Legislature and executive and judicial
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officers of the State in attending the
 funeral of the late Senator Pettus.
 Section l. Be 1t enacted by the Legfs- lature of Alabama that there Is hereby appropriated out of the State Treasury the sum of five hundred dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary to defray the expenses of tho Legislature and the executive and Judicial officers of the State in attending the funeral of the late Senator Edmund W Pettus, in- cluding their transportation and suitable floral offering. Second, That the Auditor shall issue his warrant in payment of said expenses upon itemized statement of the Chairman Of the Joint Legislative Committee on Arrangements for said funeral heretofore raised by joint resolu- ton.
 Approved August g. 1907 Official:
 Frank N. Julian.
 Secretary of State.
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No. 522) AN ACT eH. J. R. 2Ss.
 Instrueting our senators and requesting our Representatives in Congress to use their influence to have money approprl- ated to open and clean out the Cahaba River to navigation of flat boats and barges from the Alabama river to Cen tervile, in Bibb County. Alabama: also to make a survey of the Cahaba river from Centreville, Alabama, to the mouth of Schultz Creek to such point up said Creek as the surveyors may deem expedl- ent for the purpose of locking and dam ing same. Whereas, the Cahaba River has been by Congress declared a public waterway from its mouth to Centrevllla. in Bibb County. Alabama, and was for many years nayigated by steamboats and barges. And whereas, said stream has ba- come unnavigable by reason of few shoals and large deposits of driftwood and debris formed h~ suction of matter from beneath such drifts; and whereas, the opening of the Cahaba river and its said tributary would be of incalculable value to the country contiguous thereto. as well as to the United States, in the way Of transportation of coal, iron, etc, there fore, Resolved by the House, the Senate coneurring, that our Senators and Rep resentatives in Congress be and they arc hereby requested to use their Ilost earn est efforts to scure a donation of money from the Federal government to aid In clearing and deepening said Cahaba River from it's mouth to Centreville, in Blob County. Alabama. and to surveying, lock- ing and draining of said Cahaba River from said Centrevllle Up to ScEul 2 Creek, and to the surveying locking and draining of said Schultz Creek from It's mouth up said creek to some point to be designated by the surveyor.
 Approved July S1, 1907.
 Official:
 Frank N. Julian,
 Gacretarv of State
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For the relief Of Major David M. Scott, of the Alabama National Guard4 Whereas Major David M. Scott. of the Alabama National Guard, received
 permanent personal injuries on the 22nd
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No. 356) RESOLVED CH. ]. k. 217.
 By the House. ths Senate concurrins. that the Capitol Commission are hereby authorized 10 have a passenger elevate constructed and placed in the front hall of the Capitol, by the time the Leglsla- ture reassembles in July next
 Approved July r. 1s07 Official.
The Winslow mail., 1907-01-05
The Santa F6 and
Its Auxiliary Roads

If one adds to the lines com
posing the Santa Fe system
those auxiliary roads which the
company controls, through own
ership of stocks and bonds, the
aggregate is 9.537 miles. Count
ing in the completed sections of
the lines under construction, the
total main track mileage is now
9,931. an increase of nearly one
half since 1895. By adding sec
ond main track in the double
track districts, the grand total
exceeds 10000 miles, or, to be
exact, it is just 10, 228 miles, or
two ffths the distance around
the globe at the equator.
The item of yard tracks and
sidings foots up the snug figure
Of 2,259 miles. Kansas heads
the list Of main track mileage
with 2,71O miles, Texas comes
second, with 1896; California is
third with 1856; New Mexico is
fourth, with LILY; Oklahoma
an Indian Territory rank fifth
with $40. The others follow in
the order named-Arizoria, Colo
rado, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa
and Nebraska. The Santa Fe
today ranks among the half doz-
en- largest American systems in
mileage operated.
The Winslow mail., 1907-01-05
st. Joseph Academy
Partially Destroyed

St Joseph Academy at Pres
colt was partially destroyed by
fire at an early hour on Christ
mas day. The building was oC
Cupied by ten sisters and be-
tween twenty and twenty-five
children, all of whom were re-
moved in safety, although some
had narrow escapes from the
flames
But for prompt and efficient
work the entire building would
have been consumed, though as
it is the loss will amount to
about 5000, with $4,000 of it
covered by insurance.
The sister superior of the
Prescott institution is known as
Sister Aurelia of the order of ST.
Joseph.