The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-11
Frank N. Julian,
Secretary of State.

Approved February 2S, l9Oi,
Official;
Frank N. Julian.
Secretary of State.
No. 1857 AN ACT. III. 42s.
To appropriate annually $4,000, or so
much thereof as is necessary, to aid
rural school districts in the State to
erect or to repair public school houses.
lie 1t enacted by the Legislature of
Alabama:
Section l. That the sum of $4,000 annu-
ally or so much thereof as is necessary
be and the same is hereby appropriated
out of the proceeds arising from the sale
of fertilizer tags by the Commissioner of
Agriculture and Industries for the pur-
pose Of aiding in the erection or the re-
pairing of rural school houses in this
State. The said appropriation to be used.
disbursed and apportioned as hereinafter
provided and set forth; provided that not
more than 1900 of this appropriation
shall be used or paid out in any one
county of this State in separate fiscal
year.
Sec. 2. That whenever the district trus-
tees of any school district in this State.
no part of which lies in any incorporated
city, town or village, shall show to the
satisfaction of the County Superintendent
of Education of the county in which such
district lies that they as such have Sc
cured bona fide donations or subscriptions
made by solvent and reliable persons to
the amount of not less than 500 (the
same to be discharged either by payment
in money or in suitable building mate
rials) for the purpose of building school
house or for the repairing of a public
school house in said district and shall
make application to said County Super
intendent of Education to receive the
benefits of this act the County Superin-
tendent of Education shall file such APP
plication and make a memorandum or
record of the same and shall submit
all such applications to the County Board
of Education for the consideration of said
Board as hereinafter provided. The County
Board of Education shall at any regular
or called meeting carefully consider and
investigate all applications filed with
the County Superintendent having in view
the EDUCATIONAL luttIcSt5 VI liASii NOuhtS
and districts making application, as well
as tho pecuniary conditions of the people
and patrons of each of the districts max
inr, application and the ACCESSIBILITY and
necessity of the erection or the repair
ir-, of said school houses And after
full investigation of each of the said APP
plications the County Board of Educa-
ton shall approve such of the same as
shall seem just and necessary, giving
preference to the most needful, and the
said Board shall make or cause to be
male a note or memorandum on the
record of their proceedings showing the
applications that were approved by them,
the amount of the donation or subscrip-
ton secured by each district whose appli-
cation is approved, and the amount of
money which the Board recommends to
be given to such district out of the ap-
preparation herein made to be distributed
in the county under this Act; provided
that the amount so recommended for
such district in the discretion of the
Board shall in no case exceed the amount
secured by donation and subscriptions,
and the total for any school house in no
case shall exceed $500; and provided fur
Their that no appropriation shall be made
for the building of a school house unless
said school house Is built in accordance
witt the plans and specifications either
furnished by or endorsed by the super
intendent of Ed lcation of the State.
Sec. That the County Board Of Edu-
cation In each county shall certify to the
Superintendent of Education of this State
a statement in writing showing the coun-
ty from which 1t comes, and each school
district in the county, designating the
same by its number or other proper
name, the application of which for the
benefits of this Act, has been approved
by said Board and the amount or sum of
money recommended by said Board to be
given to each of said districts out of the
appropriation made by this act to aid
in the erection or repair of the public
school house for such district; and said
statement shall be signed by the County
Superintendent of Education and shall
give the postoffice address of such STU
perintendent And upon the receipt Of
said statement by the Superintendent of
tnlS STATE, ne Slidil icduCSl lhC otdto
Auditor to draw his warrants on the
State Treasurer for the sums or amounts
of money as required by this act and
shall lay before the State Auditor said
statements, and give him such informa
ton thereto as he may possess. And
thereupon it shall be the duty of the
State Auditor, and he is hereby directed
and required, to draw his separate war
rant on the State Treasurer for the
amount of money to be given to each
scnool district, as shown by said state
ment. and he shall make each of said
warrants payable to the County Superin-
tendent of Education of the county
wherein such districts are situated, and
shall /, dictate thereon for the benefit of
what public school district the same is
issued Stating the county and number or
name of the DISTRICT, and that the same
is given by the State to aid in the erec-
ton or repair of a public school house.
Said warrants shall be delivered to the
Superintendent of Education of this State
and receipted for by him and he shall
forward the same to the differen- County
ST perintendents of Education as the same
are payable The said statements from
which said warrants are made up shall