The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-16

law. shall be guilty of . misdemsanor.
 and upon conviction. must be fined not
 exceeding one thousand dollars. Noth-
 ing however. in this section shall rem
 der invalid any bond or undertaking
 executed by such company or corpora ton.
 Sec. 10. That section l5I4 Of the
 Code of Alabama, 1907. be and the
 same is hereby repealed Sec. II. That this act shall become effective on the first day of January, Nineteen Hundred and Ten. Approved Aug. a1. 1909 OhnciaI
 Frank N. Julian,
 Secretary of State.
 No. 26s.) AN ACT (Hs1e
 TO provide for holding terms of the Circuit Court of Coffee County twice each year at both Elba and Enterprise in said county: to de- nne the jurisdiction of the court held at each place; to provide for transferring cases from one place to the other; to repeal all laws of local character in conflict with or repugnant to this act. Section 1. Be 1t enacted by The Legislature of Alabama, That on and after the passage of this act the Cfr- cult Court for Coffee County, Alabama, shall be held twice each year at both Elba and Enterprise in said county. Sec. 2. That the line now definine
 the western line of the territorial tu-
 risdiction of the court now held at En-
 terprise in said county be and the same is designated as the dividing line
 between the two courts. That portion of the county lying east of said line shall be known as Enterprise division and that west as the Elba division. That in all cases of which the Circuit Court of said county has or may here after have Jurisdiction. civil suits or proceedings shall be instituted in that division in which the defendant re- sides. or in which one of the defend- ants resides if there bs-more than one. or in which the land involved in litiga- ton Is located. or if the land is located partly in both divisions. then in that division in winch one of the defendants resides, or If the defendant in any cause is a nonresident then in that division in which the property attach- ed or seized Is located or the cause of action arose; in criminal cases the de- fendant shall be tried in that division in which the crime or offense was com mitted. If any civil cause or proceed ing is brought contrary to the above provisions or if any criminal case Is made returnabie to the division in which the crime or offense was not committed. then such defendant >or any one of them, if moro than one in the same case. may in vacation make .ap- p1ication to the clerk of the court to have his case transferred to the proper division. and upon the fi1fng of such application, such clerk shall transfer the said case, together with the file ef papers therein. and if such application Is made in term time, the court shall make an order transferring the same. That the court at each place as also the grand jury empanelled at each place shall have Jurisdiction oo-exteu- sive with the county.
 Sec. 3. That grand jurors for the terms of court held at each of the places named shall be drawn from the county at large as now provided by the general laws of the State; that petit jurors shall be drawn from the par ticular division in which the court ia to be held, and in every other particu- lar the manner of selection and draw ing shall be under the general laws os the State regulating same.
 Sec. 4. That all laws of c local character in so far as they conflict with or are repugnant to the provis- ions of this act be and the same are hereby repealed.
 Approved August 31, 1909. Official,
 Frank N Julian, .
 Secretary of State.