The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-16

Coue OI AlaDalna be ana the same Is here by amended so as to read as follows 572. Contingent fund.-There is hereby appro- priated for the fiscal year of 1909-19l0 the sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars and annually thereafter the sum of Ten Thou sand Dollars for the contingent expenses of the executive department, to be paid out of the treasury on the warrant of the State Auditor under the direction of the Governor; provided that any part of such | annual appropriation may in the discre- tion of the Governor be used for the bet ter enforcement of the laws of Alabama provided further, that out of the appro- priation for the fiscal year 19O9-1910 all costs for publication of proclamation of the Governor according to law of the Amendment or amendments proposed to the Constitution of this State and of the publication of the notices of the election held upon said amendment or amend- ments may be paid.
 Approved Aug. 25, 1909. Official:
 Frank N Julian,
 Secretary of State.
 No. 1s) AN ACT. OH. 1A.
 To amend Section 6sS of the Code of Alabama
 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama: That Section 63S of the Code be amended so as to read as follows: 63S The Attorney General may employ stenog- rapher at salary of nine hundred dol lars, which shall be paid at the same time and in the same manner as the salaries of the other clerks in the executive depart- ment.
 Approved Aug. 9, 1909. Official:
 Frank N. Julian,
 Secretary of State. No. 6S) AN ACT. GIT. 345. An Act to authorize the Tax Collectors of the State to pay over funds collected by them under special general or local laws which have been repealed, or the levy declared null and void.
 Section l. Be it enacted by the Legisla- ture of Alabama: That any Tax Collector of the State, who has collected any spe- cial taxes under any provision of a gen. eral special or local law, which has been repealed or declared null and void by any court of record in this State, shall pay all such funds Into the county treas ury of their respective counties, and the receipts of the treasurer shall be his valid voucher for all such sums so paid Pro- vided, that If any such funds have been paid under protest and are in litigation, the collector shall hold such funds sub , ject to the judgment of the court in such litigation.
 Sec. ?. That all such funds paid into the county treasury shall be under the control of the court of county commissioners or Boards of Revenue of the counties in which said tax Is paid and collected Pro- vided that said courts shall use said funds for the particular purpose for which 1t was levied if possible: If 1t cannot be i so used, then 1t shah become a part of the general fund of the county and disbursed according.
 Approved Aug. 20, 1909 Official:
 Frank N. Julian,
 Secretary of State.
 No 173) AN ACT GIT. 179
 To amend Section 2047 of the Code of Alabama
 Section 1. Be 1t enacted by the Leg islature of Alabama: That Section 2o47 of the Code of Alabama be amended so as to read as follows: 2O47 Appropriation and payment of same.--The following appro- priations are made out of the treasury of the State of Alabama for the purposes named; for building servant houses and such other Improvements as the Board of Control shall deem necessary, two thou sand dollars for repairs and insurance on buildings, two thousand dollars; for the maintenance of inmates and the pay
  per capita, one hundred and fifty dollars per annum for each inmate in the homo at the beginning of each quarter on the order of the executive committee of the board of control. For payment of the sala r1es of the officers of the home as fol- lows: Commandant. per annum, one thou sand two hundred dollars; adjutant, six hundred dollars; resident physician, six hundred dollars; for hospital help, one and dnI1 1Hl %fa rx.f,. of each quarter on the order of the ex- ecutive committee. For the payment of the inmates of the home, the sum of one dollar per month each so long as they are inmates. payable at the beginning of each quarter on the order of the executive com mittee of the board of control The State Auditor shall draw his warrant on the State treasurer in favor of the command ant and treasurer of the Soldiers Home at Mountain Creek, upon the certificate of the executive committee of the board of control of said soldiers home for the amounts herein appropriat ted.
 Approved August 26, 1909. Official:
 Frank N. Julian,
 Secretary of State
 No. 119) AN ACT. (S. 4s.
 To amend Section 5Ss5 of the Code of Alabama. Be it enacted by the Legisa- ture of Alabama That Section 5Ss5 of the Code of Alabama be amended so as to read as follows: 1885. Who qualified to vote.-All qualified electors who are bona f1de residents In the precinct or precincts where the election is held shall be en- titled to vote and none others.
 Approved Aug. 25, 1909.
 Official.
 Frank N. Julian,
 Secretary of State.
 No 224) AN ACT. (S. 1O5.
 To regulate the packing and sale or other disposition of feedstuffs.
 Section 1. Be 1t enacted by the Legisla- ture of Alabama That any manufac- turer. merchant. dealer vendor or other person who sells, offers for sale or keeps in stock with intent to sell, any corn, rye wheat, barley or mill products such as middlings, bran, chops. corn hearts and all other ground feed products in sacks or bags, and cotton seed meal and cotton seed hulls. except in quantities hereinafter respectively prescribed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
 Sec. g. Oats shall be sold in sacks con- taining four and one-half bushels and i've bushels, weighing respectively one hun dred and fortyfour pounds and one hum dren and sixty pounds; rye and corn in two. two and one-half and three bushels sacks. weighing respectively one hum dred and twelve. one hundred and forty and one hundred and sixty-eight pounds; wheat in two, two and one-half and three bushel sacks. weighing respectively one