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l
 supervise the execution of the law reg l ulating the practice of midwifery in the State; (5) To distribute among the peo-
 pie of the State by means of bulletins, ] leaflets, etc, information in regard to l the causation, propagation, and preven- | tion of infectious and contagious diseases; 1 @ To provide an equipment for estab- l fishing a field hospital for isolating and l treating cases of pestilential and infec-
 tous diseases, under great emergencies; l @ TO provide an equipment for disinfect- i ing houses under urgent and exceptional | conditions (S) To provide an equipment
 for Illustrating popular lectures on the 1 causes and modes of transmission of
 diseases, said lectures to be delivered un- 1 der the direction of the State Board of
 Health.
 | Sec. ?. That the sum herein appro- priated shall be paid in monthly install-
 ments to the executive officer of the State Board of Health on the requisition | of the President of said Board, approved l by the Governor, through warrants drawn by the Auditor on the Treasurer An itemized account of all expenditures made | under this Act shall be rendered annually to the Governor.
 Sec 3. That all laws and parts of laws
 in conflict with this Act shall be and
 are hereby repealed.
 Approved March 6, 1907.
 Official:
 Frank N. Julian.
 Secretary of State.
 No 2S9) AN ACT (S. 2S0.
 To provide for the collection, compila- tion and publication of statistics of
 cotton ginned within the state to es-
 tablsh a 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 reports therefor: and
 to fix penalties for the violations of
 the provisions of this act. Section ]. Be it enacted by the Legs- lature of Alabama, That accurate sta tistics of all cotton ginned within this
 State shall be collected. compiled and published in the time and manner here
 matter prescribed.
 Sec. ?. For the accomplishment of the purposes of this act there is hereby cre- ated and established a bureau in connec-
 tion with the Department of Agriculture and Industries. to be known as the Ala bama B. eau of Cotton Statistics. Such bureau shall be under the management and control of a director thereof. Such director shall be appointed by the Gov ernor, and shall hold office for a term of four years, unless sooner removed for cause and shall serve without com pensation. And such director shall give a bond in the sum of $500O to be ap- proved by the Governor. and conditioned upon the full and faithful performance of his duties.
 Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of said director to have accurate weekly statis- tics of all cotton ginned within this State collected. compiled and published; to keep records thereof; to prepare and keep a list or all ginners in this State; to pro- vide all ginners In this State with a copy of this act, with suitable blank forms ani postage for the making of such re- ports as herein required; to require said ginners to make such reports, and to collect compile and publish through the State and federal Departments of Agri-
 
 lication shall be made not later than noon of each Wednesday during the ginning season, and shall set forth the total amount of cotton ginned in this State during the week ending Saturday immed- lately preceding and the total amount ginned in this State during the current ginning season. He shall also ascertain and publish as soon as practicable after the first day of August of each year the ! total amount of cotton gnned within this State during the year ending July 31 inn mediately preceding
 Sec. 1. Every person, firm or corpora- tion in this State operating or who shall 1 hereafter operate a ginnery shall furnish his or it's name and address to the direc- tor of the Alabama Bureau of Cotton Sta tistics. Said person. firm or corpora tion shall keep in a well bound book a
 record of all cotton ginned, the name of the person or persons for whom Rinned. i and the dates of ginning same and shall report to said director such blank forms as shall be provided by him, 1 full and accurate information weekly as to amount of cotton ginned. and amount ginned during the current gin ming season. Such reports properly ad- dressed shall be mailed to said director as soon as possible. and in no case later than Monday noon. following. and shall set forth accurately the full amount of
 the cotton ginned during the week end | ing Saturday immediately preceding. Any person. firm or corporation failing or
 refusing to furnish reports required tv this section or who shall violate any af
 the provisions of this act. is hereby de-
 clared to be guilty of a misdemesnor.
 and shall upon conviction. he fined not
 less than ten dollars. nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense. IL is hereby made the duty of the several pros ecuting solicitors of this State to prose i cute all violations of this act. Sec. ,. The director of said bureau IS hereby authorized with the consent and approval of the Governor to incur all necessary expenses including books. post age stationery, office supplies and cler- ical assistance as may he necessary to de- fray the expenses of such bureau for books. postage. stationery, office supplies and clerical assistance. Upon approval by the Governor of vouchers of such expenses. the Auditor shall issue a war
 rant on the Treasurer for the amounts so approved. Such warrant shall be paid
 by the Treasurer. and for this purpose the sum of three thousand dollars. CsSO00). per annum. or as much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated out
 of the moneys in the Treasury not here
 tofore otherwise appropriated, for each , of the fiscal years.
 Approved this 5th day of March, 1907. Official.
 Frank N. Julian.
 Secretary of State.