The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-16
GENERAL LAWS
Enacted by The Legislature o1
 Alabama.

,ffice of solicitor of said court shalf be fiied by appointment of tho Governor of Alabama, and such appointee shall hold of1lce for the unexpired portion of his predecessor's term. and until his successor Is appointed and qualified.
 Sec. 5. That the solicitor of and for said
 Marengo Law and Equity Court shall receive q salary of twelve hundred dol. lars per annum as compensation for his services, said salary to be paid monthly out of the Marengo Law and Equity Court fine and forfeiture fund
 hereinafter provided for. upon his ord. CT drawn on the Treasurer of Marengo County. computing his term of ofics
 to date from the date of the issuance of his commission; and said salary shall be preferred claim against said fund.
 !, Sec. 6. That the clerk of the circuit fcourt of Marengo County shall be ax- omcio clerk of the Marengo Law aud Equity Court on the law side of its
 docket and shall have all the powers
 and shall be required to perform all the duties. and shall be subject to all the penalties and liabilities in said court. as are imposed on and required
 0f him in like cases in said circuit court; and he shall be entitled to the l same fees for services in said conrt ss he is entitled to for like services in the circuit court. as are now. or .hareafta, ] may be. allowed, by law to the clerk
 of said circuit court. The judge of said court shall adopt seal for the law side of the docket of the Marengo Law and Equity Court. which shall be kept In the custody and control of
 said clerk. The said clerk of this court shah have power and authority
 to grant all orders aud do all things
 during term time of said court whicl the clerks of the circuit courts of the
 State may do in term time or vacation Sec. 2. That the register of the chancery court of Mhrengo County shall be ex-ofiicio register of the Ma equity side of its docket, and shall have all the powers and be required to perform all the duties and be subject to all the liabilities and penalties in said court as are imposed on and ro. quired of him in like cases in tue
 chaneery court; and said register shall be entitled to the same fees for services in the said court as he Is entitled to In the chancery court. as are now. or hereafter may be, allowed by law to the registers of the chancepy courts in this State. The judge of said eourl shall adopt seal for the equity side of Marengo Law and Equity Court.
 which shall be kept in the custody and control of said register. And said reg ister of said court shall have power and authority to grant all orders and
 do all things during term time of said
 court which the register of the chan. cery courts may do in term time or va.
 cation. Provided. that said register. If lawyer and otherwise qualified to practice law, may practise on the law side of said court but not on the equity side -;f. 'i'.1
 Sec. 8. That the said clerk of the circuit court and the said register Of
 the chancery court, who are respec.
 lively ax-offlcio clerk and register of
 said Marengo Law and Equity Court,
 may keep an office in the city of De-
 mopolis. in the Northern Division of said court, and may appoint and keep g
 deputy in said office, who shall have charge of said office and keep the same
 open during regular business hours
 for the transaction of such business as
 may properly come before the clerk
 and register of said court: and tnv
 ssaa siRsy s saS ssS issSssss a sss
 ly, shan rhaYes ths .sams rpo wsTo and ap-y thority as said ragisfer and elerlsaand,
 may grant all orders and do sall things
 in the name of said, clerk, and, regiss'
 ter, as they could or should do inaper,a
 son. and shall be subject to the same
 duties and penalties as such clerk and
 register. Provided, that said clerk and
 register may, if they desire. appoint
 one and the same person to act as thelF
 deputy. but they are not required to do
 so.
 Sec. 9. That there shall be two
 terms of said Marengo Law and Equity
 Court during each year. The first term of said court shall begin on the nrsi
 Monday in September. 1909. and con tinue until the first Monday in January 1910; and, thereafter, beginning witt
 the first Monday in 5anuary. 1910, the
 regular terms of said court shall be
 as follows; The first term shall begin
 on the first Monday in January Of eao, second term shall begin on the first second term shall begin on the ArA Monday In July in each year, and shallI continue until the first Monday in Jan Auary following; provided, that during
 the regular term of said court the judge thereof, may adjourn the court and take such recesses from time to time as to him may seem proper. Sec. 10. That there shall be two di-
 visions of said Marengo Law and Equi-
 ty Court, to be known as the North.
 ern Division" and the Southern Divis- ion," respectively. That the Northern
 Division" of said court shall embrace
 that portion of the territory of Maren
 go County included within the follow ing precincts of said county as now or ganized. to-wit: Macon precinct, De- mopolis precinct. Old Spring Mill pre- cinct. Dayton precinct and Fandsdale precinct The Southern Division" oi
 said court shall embrace all the terri
 tory of Marengo County as now organ ized that Is not embraced and included
 in the Northern Division" of said
 court as above set out. Court shall be held in, the Southern Division of said
 court at the court house. in the town
 of Linden; and ceurt shall be held in
 the Northern Division" of said court
 in the city of Demopolis, in Demopolis
 precinct. at such place therein as the
 judge of said court may designate and
 select, provided that the city of De.
 mopolis smust provide and furnish.
 without cost and expense to Marengo County, suitable and necessary build
 ings in which to hold said court, and
 for the safe Keeping of the prisoners
 and the records of said court and the
 necessary offices for the officers of said court.
 Sec. II. All actions. except actions for the recovery of land, or the posses
 sion thereof, or for a trespass thereto
 must be brought in the division of
 said Marengo Law and Equity Court,
 In which the defendant, or one of the defendants, resides, if such defendant has within either division of said cour- a permanent residence; all actions fo
 the recovery of land, or the possession thereof, or for trespass thereto, mus
 be brought in the division of said court in which the land lies; and a foreign or domestic cor poration may be sued in either division of said court, where it does business