The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-09
Must ne True.
caasden Times-News.
Cea.srylns the school Faad.

Mobile Register. x Al
 beTiiis. KHieonrhfas Ths Monsgomsry ae % Advertiser answers that "ail the funds were merged" The question was:
 Didn't the last Legislature pass school fund. and the old soldiers fund Into one fund? remember that ma. something was said on that line put
 have lCst n,s,or out ss so iis ma that tR they passed a law merging all three funds Into one. Please answer.
 The Advertiser is in error as 70 tne ssSso sSs .1 raad session Tss aes that ali funds now in the State treasury. ex- cept such as are regulated by the con. stitution of the state. pc ana are a,s ns all distinctions thereof are sapohsneo and held for naughti and Npop tne merger of special funds, with tne s sn- ception above noted into haraa 5ne Uvnse and expenses which should otherwise pe l paid out of such special funds shaII ps paid out of the consolidated genefa'
 Section 2so of the article xiv, of the Constitution of the State of Aabama
 The income arising from the six.
 revenue reSefa ssS fund until called for by the nited States; and the funds enumerat- ed in Section 2b7 (..the principal aris- ing from sale or disposition of iahos may be granted or entrusted to the State, or given by the United states for educational purposes snaL os press served inviolate and undiminisnea, th nhu fully applied to the specific object oi ol the original grant or approprfation. 7 and and section Sss Gall lands or other properties given by the state tot suos os deceased persons who die without leaving will or heir. shall pc Iaitn- fully applied to the maintenance Q, speciai annual tax of thirty cents on each one hundred dollars of taxable property in this State. which the Leg. islature shall levy. shall be applied
 nnbiie to ,he s@PPolls scbPools, ana provided that pothing herein contained shall pre- vent the Legislature from first pro. yidlng for the payment s or the ,Dtsras, Donasc thereon out of all the revenues of the
 1t will thus be seen that the pub
 served GaeyS intaes by % tSe eonsttution Some newspapers of the State call ing attention to the condition of the State treasury at this time have ex-
 Der warrants. about November 20. will be hampered or delayed. This does | not appear to be likely to occur
 Section 1870 of the Code of Aiabama
 On the first of October of each. year
 or as soon thereafter as practicable the State auditor shall certify to ths | superintendent of education the
 amount of money which has accrued and been placed by him to the credit | of the educational fund for the schoi' astic year commencing that day. stat. ing specifically the amount derived from such sources. and any unexpend | ed balance there may be from the ap'
 propriation of the previous year to D.
 carried forward: and the amount SC | specified shall be apportioned by thu | superintendent of education and bt | drawn and disbursed according to law It Is probable that the school ap | propriation made October 1. 1908, ha' been exhausted. but the school funC
 seems to be conserved to its appro priate purpose, and as received will be faithfully applied.
 The Governor of Alabama. however in his canvass of the State. oetensibl,
 in favor of the proposed constitutions
 amendment. takes frequent occasion to call to witness the liberality of hi
 policies in the matter of public schoo education in the State. It will be seer by the above extract from the Stat,
 organic law that the real credit be longs to the men who made the stat Constitution of 1901 and to Alabama tax-payers