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

hl0U No feo. AN ACT (h. 355. xo provide for the assumption and payment of all contracts. debts, lia-
 btlities and bonds of every kind
 and character. of any city or town
 which has been absorbed or whose
 government has been extinguish ed
 by the alteration or rearrange-
 ment of the boundary lines of an-
 other city or town. and to provide
 for the completion of local i'm
 provements. the making and collec-
 ton of assessments for such im-
 provements, and the issue of bonds
 to anticipate the collection of de-
 ferred installments of such local
 Improvement assessments by the
 city or town whose boundary lines
 gre SO altered or rearranged.
 Section l. Be 1t enacted by the Legis- 1ature Of Alabama, That when any mu- nicipAl corporation has been absorbed, or its government extinguished by the alteration or encouragement of the boundary lines of another city or town, the city or town whose boundary lines have been altered and rearranged shall assume and pay any and all debts, ha- Utilities and bonds of every kind and character, and the interest thereon when the same becomes due. which may have been lawfully contracted or is- sued by the city or town so absorbed, or whose government has been extin- guished. and the city or town whose boundary lines have been altered and rearranEed. and thereby absorbing and extinguishing the government of an- other municipality, shall assume. carry on and complete all contracts for local improvements which may have been entered into by the city or town so absorbed, or whose government has besn so extinguished, and the said ely or town whose boundary lines have been 90 altered or rearranged shall have all the powers with reference to the making of assessments for local Improvements, the collection thereof, as if such improvements had been originally instituted by 1t, and such last described city or town is hereby authorized, empowered and required to grant to property owners the same privileges of paying local assessments in fnstailments, as they would be en- titled to if their municipal organization had not changed. and for the purpose of carrying into effect this privilege che city or town whose boundary lines have been so altered or rearranged. shall Issue it's bonds in the place and stead of the bonds which would have been issued by the city or town whose government has been extinguished. to the end that all contracts for local tm- provements and the sale of bonds to carry on the same shall be faithfully observed and executed.
 \ Approved Aug. 2s, 1903.
 pficiaI:
 Frank N. Julian.
 6eerttary of State.
 No. slo) AN ACT. tH145; k47 of :, the Code of 1907. Be 1t enacted by the Legislature of Alabama;f 1. That Section 546 of the Code of 1907 be and the same Is hereby amended so as to read as tol- lows: The Governor Is authorized to appoint an expert accopntant of known integrity and skill who shall act as examiner of public accounts. and who shall, under tie direction of the Gov ernor, whenever required to do so, au- dit and examine the books, accounts, and vouchers of the Secretary of state, aAA Auditor, the Treasurer. the Super intendent of Education. Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, and the Whrdens of the penitentiary. or such officers as may have charge Of the books, accounts and vouchers pertain
  and expenses and mapagements, and also the books. accounts. and vouchers pertaining to the revenue receipts and expenses of the University of Alabama. the Alabama Insane Hospitals, the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, the Alabama Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and Blind the Alabama Girls industrial School. and the several Nor mal schools of the State, and of any public institution receiving any money from the State Treasury. The Cover nor shall direct and control the exarni- ner. and when he deems 1t necessary, may require him to examine the &C., counts of any State or County Ofhcer charged with the duty of collecting or distributing any part of the public re- venue. The said Examiner of Public accounts shall receive q compensation at the rate of Eighteen Hundred Dol lars per aunum. The Governor may also appoint four assistant examiners of public accounts. who shall each be subject to. his direction and each in- vested with all the power and charg- ed with the duties as herein provided with respect to the examination of pub lie accounts. The compensation of each assistant examiner shall be fixed by the Governor at not exceeding Five Dollars per day while actually em- ployOd under the direction of the Gov efUor 6s herein pEONlu0os Auu Sh6 6ON- ernor may also allow the examiner and each assistant examiner the addition al sum of not more than Two Dollars and Fifty cents per day for his expen Bes while actually employed for the State, hts actual railroad expenses paid while travelling to and from the capi- tol and home to the plaee and places ordered; and the Governor shall pre- scribe the time for which said exami- uer and assistant examiners shall be employed. When required by the Gov ernor to do so, the examiner or one of the assistant examiners. shall have the money in the State Treasury counted. in which the Governor shall require either the Auditor, the Secretary of State. or the Attorney General, or ali of them, to be present to supervise the count and join in certifying the re- suit to the Governor. Immediately af- ter the completion of examinations. in which the revenue of any of the sever al counties Is affected. the examiner making such examination shall make out an account, under oath, for and in the name of the State against such county for approximately the number of days engaged in the examination for such county at the rate of seven dol lars and fifty cents per day and for an equitable portion of the actual railroad fare incurred by the examiners In going 20 and from such county and file same with the commissioners court or other --ourt of like Jurisdiction of said county and forward a duplicate thereof to the State Auditor. Said commissioners court or other court of like jurlsdlc- ton, shall at its first meeting draw a warrant on the county treasurer of said county in favor of the State, for